nato is a defense of alliance. the events of the last week in the last four months have strengthened our defense in our deterrence against russia. patrick: thank you, sir. i want to talk about finland and sweden, the most significant thing to come out of this nato enlargement. what are the benefits and drawbacks of them joining the alliance? we had a lengthy land border over 1000 kilometers between nato and russia, creating a new frontier. what does adding finland and sweden do for nato's powers around the baltic sea? it highlights the importance of the north and the arctic. they can take up to a year for them to formally become members because they need the national legislature's approval of 30 members. is there a threat of russian reprisal we should keep a weathered eye on? adm. stavridis: i think this will happen in the fall because of russian invasion, because a russian threats. the more russia threatens, the more they conduct combat operations, the faster this will happen. no, i don't think there is much risk

nato is a defensive military alliance. designed to preserve in part by holding members to a high democratic governance and economic transparency standards. indeed, further to that point, democratic processes in both countries have shown that the finnish and swedish people themselves are strongly supportive of joining nato. so while nato has not yet formally prepared at the session protocols for finland and sweden, we expect it will very soon. there is tremendous urgency and a strong case for inviting these countries. expansion of nato requires unanimous agreement by all nato member states of course. and with time of the essence, the 11th hour concerns by turkey standing in the way of this process only serve putin's interests. in the meantime, and as members prepare to meet next week in madrid, it is imperative that we press ahead with our own approval process which is why we are having this hearing today. this may very well be one of the most important decisions this committee and the senate makes in the decade and beyond

finland and sweden's future place in the alliance. i welcome the opportunity to share with you today. unequivocally supports finland and sweden membership in nato. we strongly support nato's open door policy, and firmly believe that these two countries membership in the alliance would benefit the national security of the united states and strengthened the collective defense of nato and the broader security of the euro atlantic region. as president biden said, when he welcomed finished president, missed oh, and swedish prime minister, anderson, to the white house last month, we are proud to offer the strong support of the united states to the application of two great democracies and to close, highly capable partners, to join the strongest most powerful defensive alliance in the history of the world. and quote. likewise, i want to think the more than 80 senators who signaled their full support for sweden and finland's application for nato membership in a letter to the president. as well as the bipartisan senate resolution, 646, in suppo

, as the situation shows, well, in fact, there is some parity between the north atlantic alliance and. it may have existed before in the consciousness of the russian leadership, but in fact it does not exist , especially now that the de facto accession has already taken place, there are certain legal points, but in principle the accession to the alliance of sweden and finland has already taken place, so the presence of the alliance in this region has increased significantly. we are not just talking about some small states, we are talking about states that are very serious from a military point of view. sweden is a state with a strong air defense system. finland is just a state with a sufficiently serious army in europe, well, again maybe they have some plans, theoretically, to fight with nato with this very de-conserved kaliningrad equipment, but these are already such absurd plans that we can't even talk about them seriously. the optimism that we all heard from the comments of the presidents and heads of government of those countries that are members of the alliance and the group of

hashem: if sweden and finland join nato, then the end alliance -- alliance will have a border with russia this could in itself be the beginning of a seismic geopolitical shift that would see russia grappling with the presence of the western troops on the border. theresa: let me pick up on the previous point that my colleague stated that this is a new cold war. we must remember that russia invaded ukraine and it is an unprovoked war. this has been going on since 2018. i think today with president biden, he stated last year when he met with president putin, he warned him that if he invaded ukraine that would see big united west and an bigger and stronger nato. so that is exactly what vladimir putin has gotten. we have seen a reversal of over two centuries worth of neutrality from sweden. they have calculated the situation is so dire that they need to join nato. finland has a long border with russia, so they have carefully calculated and have decided it is better to be with nato than to end up like ukraine and be invaded. i think russia's actions have actually created exactly what president

finland's acceptance of sweden into the alliance is, in my opinion, a very powerful step, and i am sure that putin did not expect this because he believed to the last that the norwegian would block it in this entry, this process, because he apparently did not achieve what he demanded regarding there is the kursk issue and uh, putin will calmly declare to himself that he sees uh, there is no unity in the alliance. the alliance was not able to advance and they were so sure of this that uh, in fact, no one was able to comment on it, even from the russian side, it is normal putin said something on like well, they have no claim against us and let them enter and so on, we only have claims against ukraine. that is, this is a clear geopolitical loss for russia, and here i agree that just in relation to finland , sweden, uh, nato worked very effectively, but in relation to ukraine, for example, i think it is such a paradoxical thing. the european union seems to have always been such an amorphous management compared to nato - it is an organization that was very calm , they tried to interfere some

are the documents that determine the priorities for 10 years, the main tasks for the alliance were thee adopted relevant provisions, strategic concepts and final declarations of support for ukraine and simply drew attention to such a moment that uh, in the previous concept of the alliance, russia was defined as a strategic partner right now in of the new concept of defining russia for the alliance. this is the direct and greatest threat, respectively. it is from this that the alliance will build its policy for the next 10 years, including the strengthening of the eastern flank. well, radio svoboda, our colleagues published a material based on the results of this and named seven of the main results of this meeting is very important. therefore, first, ukraine has the right to self-defense, and nato will unconditionally support it. second, russia is the main threat to nato, which was not the case before, you have already said about it. third, nato will strengthen in all directions in all areas; fourth, nato will be ready to defend the baltic countries from the first second; fifth, finland

the aggression in ukraine has reinvigorated alliance members, refocused them.s summit we saw over the past few days in madrid, the strategic concept that brings all of these countries together is really refocused, reenergized, revitalized this alliance. the addition of these two countries to the alliance membership, which will be ratified in the next two days on tuesday, not only does it show a strength and alliance, it also hugely increases the border between nato and russia itself. >> indeed, at the nato summit in madrid, thank you. here in washington the supreme court has wrapped up one of its more polarizing sessions by stripping the federal government of a tool for controlling pollution. a conservative majority in america's highest court has the last week expanded the right to bear arms, overturn the national right to abortion, and now curb the ability of the top environment regular to limit carbon emissions and power plants. they could also limit the government authority to address major issues like climate change without congress. meanwhile it was a hist

chairman keating leads this nato resolution in response to the alliance. the transatlantic alliance that have stood up to the aggression of russia in face of unprovoked aggression and come together to do the right thing. to my colleagues in the senate who will be taking up these articles, i urge you to r to demonstrate support for finland and sweden to join nato. and i urge your support as well. this resolution so conceived so that the united statesgovernment can speak with one voice, one voice and resolute support of our nordic allies and ukraine's fight for freedom and democracy. i hope my colleagues join me ina conservative-leaning court.

, i.e. if russia does not cross these red lines of the alliance, it actually has complete freedom ofin the caucasus and central asia or, er, in eastern europe, that is, the so-called post- soviet space is meant. well, actually, your conclusion is somewhat let's say it's debatable because, relatively speaking, we understand that now it's trying too hard to be more proactive, because it seems the concept of 2010 , which provided for a partnership with russia, it really looks completely similar now , but in particular, these measures are related to the increase in the number of nato troops directly on the eastern flank of the creation of new command structures that should operate in a new way from the point of view of e-e accumulation of power, the creation of rapid reaction forces in greater numbers there eight times more, although we don't know, if there were 5,000 rapid reaction forces there before, how many of these 80,000 will now act in such a quick call , why do you consider these steps insufficient to talk about the fact that nato is starting to form a proactive position regardi

and it took time to join the alliance. leopold kalva was the initiator of joining the alliance. forty years of dictatorship. franco, he was replaced by philip gonzalez , who, even during his election campaign , openly declared that he was an opponent of nato. however, at that moment, spain was in the process of modernization, so he was forced to ensure the country's security and solve internal problems such as the gibraltar issue on march 12, 1986. in spain, a historic referendum was held on the further stay of spain in nato, the country became the sixteenth member of the alliance back in 82, but abstained from participating in the military structure of the bloc, according to the results of the referendum, the majority of spaniards gave a positive answer, while 40% were against, which demonstrated deep division in society. therefore, the question of the definitive command structure of the alliance madrid joined only in ninety-sixth year. after nato was headed, the former minister of foreign affairs of spain , by the way, was a former opponent of joining the union. javier salana

and this explains why they are adding china as a security challenge for the alliance. yes, the language is systemic challenge and i think there is a lot of negotiation among the members and exactly what type of language to use. some european countries have big investments in china and they don't want to see china and russia in the same basket. but i would say that what really cleansed it for many people are countries in central and eastern europe, especially was the february 4th documents signed in beijing in the run up to the olympics, where president putin and she can ping signed an agreement to say are a statement with many points for one of the key points was that they both were joined together to push back on nato. so i think that the sent a red flag to many countries. and we've seen a lot of cooperation with russia and china to those who have been paying attention . it's been taking place for quite a long time. there have been 3 recent documents in the last few years that they signed together. plus we've seen russia, china nagle operations or exercises in the med

chairman keating leads this nato resolution in response to the alliance. the transatlantic alliance that have stood up to the aggression of russia in face of unprovoked aggression and come together to do the right thing. to my colleagues in the senate who will be taking up these articles, i urge you to r to demonstrate support for finland and sweden to join nato. and i urge your support as well. this resolution so conceived so that the united statesgovernment can speak with one voice, one voice and resolute support of our nordic allies and ukraine's fight for freedom and democracy. i hope my colleagues join me in announcer: house lawmakers passed a resolution in support of finland and sweden's decision to apply to join nato. the vote was 394-18, with all the no votes coming from the republican side. here is a look at what is live tuesday. on c-span, the house returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern to consider a bill that reaffirms the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation. members will also begin work on a spending bill that funds agriculture, v.a. milita

this year, the alliance adopted a new the strategic concept is radically different from the previous one, which was presented 12 years ago exclusively for the facts of the week, all the details about the document are told by its author , the head of the planning policy department in the office of the nato secretary general, benede and berti, the new strategic concept begins with the fact that the euro-atlantic union does not live in peaceful conditions, rules and norms in the euro-atlantic region were violated by russia, and due to its actions and aggressive behavior, russia became the direct and greatest threat to the security of the allies, and this without exaggeration, historical decisions, because in the previous concept of nato, russia was called a partner , rebuilding relations with it accordingly, now russia is the main threat, and this radically changes nato’s approaches, the time of friendly hugs for moscow is definitely over, because even putin, fersteiners like hungary, now have to pay attention to the new concept. 50 paragraphs of the document in two directions refer to

instead, the new economic alliances are about developing shared -- on the road. and building our capabilities. so vania based american cake, the only cake manufacturer in the u.s., was having trouble obtaining stainless steel. the congress -- occur 3 million pounds of u.s. steel. instead, we have secured new agreements with the e.u., u.k. and japan on steel that are protecting american jobs. avoiding retaliatory tariffs, reducing inflationary pressures and alleviating a major supply chain crotch. this was facilitated by the relationships and goodwill. by revitalizing economic alliances through these kind of agreements, we are rebuilding relationships and fighting unfair trade practices and creating a global economy for america's workers and businesses. our second area of focus is to protect the national and economic security. to meet this need, the department of commerce deployed tools. we employ and enforce controls on sensitive goods, software and technology to ensure products are not used by that actors. in the biden administration, we broke new ground. nowher

this is an incredibly important piece of news for the entire alliance, but especially for its easternnk. because these are the cities of the baltic sea region, this is a very important piece of information for poland. this also will extend the border a lot between the border a lot between russia and the north atlantic alliance. so, for sure, this is a historic decision. and the second very important issue, all the decisions which are being taken on response to the russian aggression against ukraine. this is a process which has been going on for some time, of course, but today, nato is taking crucial decisions on strengthening nato�*s eastern flank. it is taking decisions on changing its approach to russia. let me remind you that according to the previous strategic concept of nato from 2010, russia was seen as a partner country to nato. and, of course, as a result of the invasion of ukraine, this has changed dramatically. today, russia is called directly the biggest threat to nato states, especially to its eastern flank, the flank on which poland is located. and boosting nato in our pa

the alliance was confirmed by both sides.s the un security council that has the primary responsibility for maintaining the international community? peace and security, which means nato can only act under a security council mandate, where russia has the right to vetom the first crisis occurred in 1999, due to the bombing of yugoslavia, and in 2003, without the sanction of the un security council, the invasion of the united states and its allies into iraq began; nevertheless, russian nato consultations continued, but relations sharply worsened in august 2008 after the shelling of tskhinvali and the subsequent forcing of georgia to peace in 2014 after the coup d'état in ukraine and the annexation of crimea to russia, the nato russia council ceased its work. about the atmosphere of that time we talked with the direct participant viktor mikhailovich zavarzin. the brave military leader became in 1997 russia's first chief military representative to nato, now he is a member of the state duma. you stood at the origins, one might say,

of the nato member countries signed the protocols on the accession of finland and sweden to the alliance the way , turkey also played a key role here, the signing ceremony took place at the nato headquarters in brussels on zoryana stepanenko, the correspondent of radio svoboda in brussels, followed the process. she is in touch with us . present and future this is how today's event was described by the secretary general of the alliance at the nato headquarters solemnly signed the protocols on the accession of two scandinavian countries to the alliance, because both officially confirmed their desire and ability to fulfill the political, legal and military obligations stipulated by nato membership, it is said in the documents that it will now start the ratification process , that is, the matter goes to the parliaments of 30 allied countries, and each of them essentially has to say yes to sweden and finland only then do they become full members of the alliance, the secretary general expects that it will not take a year as usual, but months, and by the word of a colleague, the danish parliame

--these alliances. from europe to the indo pacific, we are developing new forms of engagement that are fit to purpose our most pressing challenges. from combat and corruption to charting the future of the digital economy. our alliance building efforts are exceeding expectations. we stood of the u.s. eu trade -- deepen our commitments and the president -- now is our intention to forge an american partnership for economic prosperity. . we promote trade and investment between the u.s. and africa, via prosperous africa. and the u.s. africa leaders summit. as these efforts, we reject the notion that attracting private sector investment requires an endless race to the bottom, arming american workers and businesses. the new economic alliances are about developing shared rule of the road and allowing high standards. we are relying on joint partnership between businesses and government to support joint research and sharing, innovation ecosystems and to promote investments. these efforts are making a difference.

but when you're facing an alliance against, you know, for a long time and alliance against nobody, because no one would credit for actually being an anti russian alliance. and now fine with the math is flipping reclining are saying they're worried about who they're planning against. if they're making, you know, these preparations, it's got to the moment it's a powerpoint presentation. but if you look through these documents that are just appear, there's some pretty astonishing stuff being written. if you wouldn't mind, i'd like to quote a couple more little bits because some of that is really frightening. if you look at the implications, the strengthening the alliance and accelerating its adaptation. ok. so one wants to tell me what they are adapting to more strongly. i, i be really interested in hearing, but even something that's down to knock us like significantly strengthening our deterrence and defense. okay. 40 k to $300.00 k rapid reaction force. that's strengthening defense. if it ever happens. ok, how do you strengthen deterrence? yeah. more know. better news, more in better news.

but when you're facing an alliance against, you know, for a long time in alliance against nobody, because no one would credit for actually being an anti russian alliance. and now by with the mask is slipping, require saying, do they're worried about who they're planning against? because they're making, you know, these preparations. it's got to the moment it's a powerpoint presentation. but if you look through these documents here and there are some pretty astonishing stuff being written, if you wouldn't mind, i'd like to quote a couple more little bits because some of that is really frightening. if you look at the implications, the strengthening the alliance and accelerating its adaptation. ok. so one wants to tell me what they are adapting to more strongly i, i be really interested in hearing, but even something that's down to knock us like significantly strengthening our deterrence and defense. okay? 40 k to $300.00 k, rapid reaction force. that's strengthening defense. if it ever happens, ok, how do you strengthen deterrence? yeah. morning. better news, more in better news. what are th

you are trying to form an alliance. the eastern lines eastern front versus the west and front and all be indicate to show that. now you question to, to handle your question directly. yes, he just adopt a very fine balance between the east and west. do you just lead with india and former? it was last year, the number alignment movement in the early 950 with the now the gang, the i mean so sorry, national and g to be to, i mean dos, lenise legged, a movement mobile movement of developing countries for none the alignment, egypt he's leaving the african and for the non alignment at the language that the east and west understand is the national interest of the country. ok. you want to twice, once in the general assembly against the war, the russian campaign, and the meantime, it voted with russia in the human rights council and united nation. so what i'm saying is that egypt stands with the right thing, right? stand it thinks as a sovereign state, done. just a similar point to you, sir. go up. ralph recently said western amb

both sides are forging new alliances with countries they only recently kept at arm's length russia turning to an iran still aspiring to be a nuclear power, joe biden swallowing his pride in a controversial visit to saudi arabia, which just three years ago he called a pariah. so onto the point we're asking new alliances in troubled times, is it anything goes for biden and putin? hello and welcome to. to the point it's a pleasure to greet our guests. susanna koba is foreign correspondent for the german news magazine der spiegel and it's a pleasure to welcome tyson barker. he's an expert on foreign and transatlantic relations and geopolitics at the german council on foreign relations, d. g. a. p. and erica herman covers business and economics for the berlin based daily the tats tyson barker. many commentators referred to biden's fist bump with saudi arabia's crown prince as nothing less than a cow tao, will it succeed in actually reviving the us saudi alliance and delivering the benefits biden's looking for the optics were terrible. the optics were, you know, reverberated through congress thr

both sides are forging new alliances with countries. they only recently kept at arm's length. russia turning to an iran still aspiring to be a nuclear power. joe biden swallowing his pride in a controversial visit to saudi arabia, which just 3 years ago, he called a pariah. so on to the point were asking new alliances in troubled times. is it anything goes for by and then put in with hello and welcome to to the point. it's a pleasure to greet our guest. susanna cova is foreign correspondent for the german news magazine. dish beagle and it's a pleasure to welcome tyson barker. he's an expert on foreign and trans atlantic relations and geo politics. at the german council on foreign relations. d g, a p and rica, ham uncovers business and economics for the berlin based daily. the tuts. tyson barker, many commentators referred to biden's fist bump with saudi arabia's crown prince as nothing less than a cow tau. will it seed in actually reviving the u. s. saudi alliance and delivering the benefits biden's looking for what the optics were terr

alliance i believe the best way to win hearts. thought is to continue doing what we already did to stand together against all threats to our security against more aggressive russia, but also, of course, against the threat of terrorism to counter the threats, in the list of which russia and terrorism stoltenberg lists , separated by commas, the protocols of finland's accession to nato, sweden, today were signed from the intention expressed by the countries to this official ceremony. for the growing euro-atlantic family, in record time, the swedish government decided to apply for nato membership in response to the deteriorating security situation in the euro-atlantic region , which was caused by illegal unjustified and russia's unreasonable actions against its neighbor, the peaceful democratic state of ukraine, which was not a member of any military alliances, however, the entry of two scandinavian states into nato is not a quick matter. ahead is the ratification of the signed protocol by the parliaments. all the member countries of

the alliance building efforts are exceeding expectations setting up the tcc deepening commitments and the president has launched the endo pacific framework for prosperity announcing our attention on —- intention for economic prosperity also trade between us and africa the president advisory council in the west africait leaders summit across the efforts we reject the notion that attracting private sector investment is a race to the bottom and instead the new economic alliances are about shared rules of the road and building the shared capabilities we also relying on joint partnerships between businesses and government to support joint research and up innovation ecosystems and promote investment with opportunities for workers the efforts are ready makingff a difference take steel. for too long china can flood thet global market with cheap steel making it more difficult to compete on the level playing field the previous administration imposed tariffs from the eu and japan it had real-world consequences and late last year the only cake manufacturer in the us had trouble securing stainless

so on to the point were asking new alliances in troubled times. is it anything goes for buying and then put in with hello and welcome to to the point. it's a pleasure to greet our guests. susanna cova is foreign correspondent for the german news magazine. dish beagle. and it's a pleasure to welcome tyson barker. he's an expert on foreign in transit landing relations and geo politics at the german council on foreign relations. d, g, a. p, and rica ham uncovers business and economics for the berlin based daily, the tots. tyson barker, many a commentator is referred to by his fist to pump with saudi arabia as crown prince, as nothing less than a cow. will it succeed in actually reviving the u. s. saudi alliance and to delivering the benefits by this looking for the optics were terrible. the optics were, you know, reverberated through congress through washington through the united states. but the substance of the meeting with the g. c. c, plus 3 were, were quite successful. and i think that they show the embryonic beginnings of a new coming together b

s both sides seek new alliances for travel time. is it anything goes provide input in find out on to the point to point with d w. how about taking a few risks? you could even take a chance on the rearing to, ah, don't expect to happy ending literature list. 100 german histories. ah, russians. war on ukraine was initially seen as a regional conflict, but it is having increasingly global repercussions up ending geo politics and sparking tensions far beyond europe. both sides are forging new alliances with countries. they only recently kept at arm's length. russia turning to an iran still aspiring to be a nuclear power. joe biden swallowing his pride in a controversial visit to saudi arabia, which just 3 years ago, he called a pariah. so on to the point, were asking new alliances in troubled times. is it anything goes for by and then put in with hello and welcome to to the point. it's a pleasure to greet our guest, susanna koga is foreign correspondent for the german news magazine. dish beagle. and it's a pleasure to welcome tyson bark

then that's actually his state, not on a defensive, in fact, nato as a defensive alliance, unless it does not attack other countries and has no intention of doing so on diagnose. it is not a threat to any one within its own neighborhood. in fact, it is putin who has made imperialism the goal of his policies and the object of his products must have some kingston's unapologetic. russia continues to wage its war against ukraine. and while a number of alliance members have announced new deliveries of weapons and additional military funding of over 2000000000 euros, keith says it's simply not enough, declared co brothers who represented ukraine here in person in madrid. one that ukraine's fight is a fight for europe. wake up, guys, this is happening now. you're going to be next. this is going to be knocking on you door. just in the blink of an eye. the nato alliance is also set to grow with a turkish veto against finland and sweden joining having been lifted here. putin though is wanting. he'll consider sending ballistic and even nuclear weapons to russia's border with finland once it joi

it it's, it's what they wanted to do all along to reinvigorate the alliance. so, stripping away, any pretence of being a defensive organization, and acknowledging straight up that it's so purposes to confront. russia i did by the natal people to take a closer look at what's going on in the ukraine, where the proxies being destroyed before seriously tried to cross russia. but at least they're going to go through the motions. ted, ted, so, so it's very interesting here. so there is no longer a pretense to pan european security, because if you want pants, european security, you have to include russia. but really what now we've had and, and scott's right from e. i would say it shows the centrally from the very beginning of nato and of, and of course, after the end of the cold war, this is directed at russia, excluding russia. you cannot have pan european security without russia. that's something they don't seem to understand or want to acknowledge. go ahead, ted. here i have to agree for many years. i've been saying that the nato claims to have partnership arrange