that was eric gomez, the senior fellow at the cato institute in washington. speaking with me earlier you as president joe biden is in the republic of ireland after a trip to northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal ended decades of sectarian violence in northern ireland to day biden urged the government there to break a political deadlock in order to thwart what he described as enemies of peace. it was a trip that was over in a flash, j invite and popped into belfast for less than a day and met the british prime minister reaching to knock the occasion 25 years of peace in northern ireland. 25 years ago. this week. the landmark profess good friday grew side and it wasn't easy. and uh, there were no guarantees that the deal on paper would hold. no guarantees that it would be able to deliver the progress we celebrate today. it took long, hard years of work to get to this place. the agreement ended 3 decades of bloodshed between mainly catholic nationalists, who opposed british rule in northern ireland and mainly protes

eric gomez is a senior fellow at the cato institute. asked him how the dangerous the situation is now. eric: i think in the short term, the situation is certainly not good in terms of there being a lot of military activity around taiwan. but i am not that worried about a sort of near-term conflagration. what i am very worried about, though, is this is a symptom of a broader u.s.-china devolution in relations that we got a taste of with the pelosi visit last summer. we are seeing all this being done after the president of taiwan visited with the current speaker of the house mccarthy. and the u.s. and china are just any really bad place right now. and i am worried that if that is not resolved or pulled back, we could see more stuff like this in the future that could give way to something more like a conflict. brent: this deterioration of relations between beijing and washington, is that how you would explain what we are seeing right now, and that is the fact that chinese vessels are still around taiwan despite the fact that those three day

eric gomez with the cato institute. eric, we appreciate your time and your insights to night. thank you. i keep having me. russia's parliament has signed off on an overhaul of the country's conscription law . the legislation makes it harder to dodge a military call up. and it allows draft orders to be delivered by e mail. ukraine is expected to launch a spring counter offensive against russian forces. and there is speculation that moscow was planning a 2nd wave of troops mobilizations it happened very quickly. both chambers of russia's parliament fast track changes to the conscription law that has already been on the table for 5 years. now any one who does not report to the military after receiving a draft notice will no longer be allowed to leave. russia is, will, will difficulties love those who repeatedly do not report for duty. when i can have their drivers license revoked, least their right to engage in real estate deals revoked militia and may neither register or business nor borrow money. do you got it quickly? yes. but if you can, but the most important new feature is