well let's bring in don mclean, gail. he's a geopolitical analyst and the director for south and south east asia with the philippine middle east studies association who joins us now from the philippine capital manella. donors of 3, a huge amounts of these 2 presidents to discuss, but it does feel like china might be a recurring theme. right. thank you so much for having needed a true honor. we have to understand that the deepening security partnership between the philippines and the u. s provides manila of course the opportunity to inch closer to which bid to long term goals for securing it sovereign peace, our rights and territorial integrity. was there a vast plethora of threats? we could definitely say the china is undeniably one of the most potent ones that directly challenges flipping sovereignty in solving. right. well we're talking about china as a threat. the president marcos junior while he's moved towards warner relations with the us. the use of those naval base is a testament about but he is also trying to keep

we spoke with a deal political unless don mclean, gail, who says that russia's economic resilience is proven that it's impossible for the west to isolate the country. we're all aware of this with districts, but to make sense out of this, the districts i something that we need to do. so let us revisit, you know, the very basics of economics. we must acknowledge the crucial balance between supply and demand. russia possesses, undeniably critical exports of great strategic value, and composing energy, food, and agricultural products. yes, at the beginning of the conflict, there was a slight contraction, international, russian economy and limitations in russian imports. however, you know, moscow was able to proactively maneuver past these particular hurdles to a combination of diplomatic political, economic strategies that really defied the expectations and the outcomes that the west start to have with ascension. second to 1st we have to understand that the west and some parts of asia are also feel free to do the graphic crisis. so the ability to churn out of non power to few will be call

and that is plus live and to don mclean. gill from the philippine middle east studies association. done as always. great to see i am. thanks for joining us here on the now this shanghai business for them announcement is met with a lot of mixed media response, especially as they were businesses that were full faction from both china and russia. they were on the list. but what's your thoughts on this? well, 1st of all, thank you so much for having me. say a true pleasure doing you again. now, i know the visit illustrates 2 very important things. first is that you know, both countries rush and china converge and your interests to maximize the utility of their partnership. based on this by lateral agreement, signed between both presidents a few months ago. you really take the relationship into a new era and stuck. and of course you've measured about the sanctions. you know, that's absolutely right. the meeting is also a symbol. you know that both countries will now allow them will not allow themselves to be constrained by western policies that interest, you know, the fact that business