economics yes, yes, so uh what's my point i say this, strange thing with him at all these events, fiona hill there, i don't know, uh, a lot of people. uh, the angel stand a whole bunch of people who have always held high positions in the cia there national security councils and so on. here, as soon as any person says some reasonable things. so immediately he is called the kremlin's assistant to putin's agent, and so on. here is the deceased, of course, steve and so on. he wrote. well, him and this ambassador mirka all in order to discredit one of them. one pattern, here they are all agents of the kremlin, or henchmen or a useful thing, they repeat they say, putin's arguments here, putin says it doesn't work. find today in the so-called mainstream press. find people today who allow you to doubt that russian aggression is taking place in ukraine, and i’m not just saying aggression. it's just that you said it didn't give your moral assessment enough. unprovoked cruel, but now, when right here, i hear it. i have this feeling, war, it just work. father of all tankers put me. learning market is di

uh, but uh, yeah, we know from uh, 4 fingers article and fiona, by fiona hill. just last september, i believe that there was this peace agreement was a tentative peace agreement between, between russia and ukraine. it was signed or around march 31st and assemble and you know, eyes and following all of those pieces, negotiations with great interest. and you know, there was a limited coverage in the western press. we just didn't have all the details. but according to fiona hill, the details were essentially that russia, we would draw all of its troops from ukraine, from, from most of ukraine, perhaps the 90 about 93.6 percent of the ukraine reward controlled territory excluding the of the dos region in an exchange you program and layer. yes, of course they would keep premier russell keep from you. and, and, you know, you probably want to disarm to a limited step but would still retain uh, you know, a large, a large army. well armed army and would have security guarantees by the western powers to continue our country to resume armina in the event that of a, or the

and i quote fiona hill, who was your chief of staff at this point. "we didn't tell theresa."e to say that it's perfectly possible for people who are working in number ten to have lots of ideas about things and only surface them when they formulated a sort of firm proposal. of course, i had discussions with them about whether or not to hold an election. and are you know, i'll be honest, i wasn't certain for quite a long time, but there was i came to the view that the timing of the likely departure from the european union and then what would have been the next general election, was such that it would be preferable and also because we only had a small majority, it would be preferable to have an election and hopefully get a bigger majority. as you say, it didn't happen like that. there we are. that's politics. to get that bigger majority. and then that would have given us a number of years over the departure from brexit to get everything in place for people to see what that meant before the general election thereafter. i hate to intrude on private grief, but there was that news c

and i quote fiona hill, who was your chief of staff at this point. "we didn't tell theresa." that it's perfectly possible for people who are working in number ten to have lots of ideas about things and only surface them when they formulated a sort of firm proposal. of course, i had discussions with them about whether or not to hold an election. and are you know, i'll be honest, i wasn't certain for quite a long and i, you know, i'll be honest, i wasn't certain for quite a long time, but there was i came to the view that the timing of the likely departure from the european union and then what would have been the next general election, was such that it would be preferable and also because we only had a small majority, it would be preferable to have an election and hopefully get a bigger majority. as you say, it didn't happen like that. there we are. that's politics. to get that bigger majority. and then that would have given us a number of years over the departure from brexit to get everything in place for people to see what that meant before the general election thereafter. i

speaking for the issue will be timothy garton nash, homelands, history of europe and our own fiona hill for the united states here at brookings moderated by the new yorker's susan glasser. following this discussion right now, brookings visiting fellow will moderate a panel focusing on europe's past between russia, china and the united states, the global ramifications of the russia-ukraine war and what the sharpening u.s.-china rivalry means to the atlantic security order. we'll conclude with a conversation on democratic governance and global disruptions and western hogemeny. and this discussion will trackle how governments can balance the foreign and domestic policies in the face of crises. we're streaming live and on the record and we'll be talking questions from viewers via e-mail events at brookings.edu or social media using the #us europe and a microphone for those of you in the faulk auditorium. i'll hand it over to susan glasser. looking forward. >> thank you suzanne and all of for spending part of your day. i'm personally looking forward to it how often do you get to start your c

i would appreciate if you could bring on fiona hill to program. i know she is a hard get. she talks about the global north and the global south. she is a brilliant russian scholar. host: thank you for the recommendation. we appreciate it. caller: i would like to say that we had a chance, we will get back to the house. we will get these democrats back online. when we have democrats in control, and the house come in the senate both, we can get things done. that is all i have to say today. host: if you pay attention to the polls, this is the washington post, abc poll, taking a look at the issues of politics missing that they appeared to be headed for a rematch. many say they would prefer a nominee other than the president. he is the strongest democrat for 2024. mr. biden is trailing by 10 percentage points in this election cycle although the cycle margin of the lead are significantly at odds. the difference between this pole and others is the unusual makeup suggesting that it is probably an outlier. if you go over to nbc, it says that three quarters of voters are concerned ab

i think an easier path for ukraine though is very promising, and as fiona hill said, earlier, we shouldnot give vladimir putin what he wants, which is an opportunity to make what happens in ukraine a showdown between the united states and russia. >> maria anna, i'm going to get to you in a second, but likely to jim, a quick answer. steve was saying membership means and nato ukraine, and nato-russia were essentially us having to defend ukraine article v, possible nuclear weapons, possible nato troops. how to prevent an escalation if ukraine was given a membership pass, even membership at the next nato summit? i i want your answer to be quick because there's a nuclear, burning nuclear question ever go to mariana afterwards. >> well, you point out all the reasons that a think a very good job of pointing the other side of this question. it's not something that is black and white in terms of how do you do this. nato hasn't had to do and enlargement move with this kind of complexity ever, getting consensus within the alliance by itself will be tough. i think you have to approach it in in a mo

i would appreciate if you could bring on fiona hill to program. i know she is a hard get. she talks about the global north and the global south. she is a brilliant russian scholar. host: thank you for the recommendation. we appreciate it. caller: i would like to say that we had a chance, we will get back to the house. we will get these democrats back online. when we have democrats in control, and the house come in the senate both, we can get things done. that is all i have to say today. host: if you pay attention to the polls, this is the washington post, abc poll, taking a look at the issues of politics missing that they appeared to be headed for a rematch. many say they would preferhe isr 2024. mr. biden is trailing by 10 percentage points in this election cycle although the cycle margin of the lead are significantly at odds. the difference between this pole and makeup suggesting that it is probably an outlier. if you go over to nbc, it says that three quarters of voters are concerned about joe biden's age and mental fitness. the poll also shows trump expanding his natio

she listened to her foolish advisers fiona hill and nick timothy , unveiling the and nick timothy, unveilingilies beset with that illness, potentially having to sell their home. her performance in that 2017 election campaign was so abysmal, her public speaking skills were up there with shane macgowan after a trip to the dentist. her campaign was so bad it saw us flirt with the possibility of a jeremy corbyn led government, which would have been an economic and national security disaster for the country. the result in the end was no overall majority and a reliance on the dup to form a government. it was a mess. and her premiership an almighty shambles . her premiership an almighty shambles. but there's no humility , no self—reflection humility, no self—reflection from this ex—pm , who has a book from this ex—pm, who has a book on the way about her glorious time in power which will be perfect for my winter firewood. theresa may is not without her talents. the longest serving home secretary since the war. some achievement giving the given the tumultuous nature of life in that department. she's

she listened to her foolish advisers fiona hill and nick timothy , unveiling the and nick timothy, unveilingilies beset with that illness, potentially having to sell their home. her performance in that 2017 election campaign was so abysmal, her public speaking skills were up there with shane macgowan after a trip to the dentist. her campaign was so bad it saw us flirt with the possibility of a jeremy corbyn led government, which would have been an economic and national security disaster for the country. the result in the end was no overall majority and a reliance on the dup to form a government. it was a mess. and her premiership an almighty shambles . her premiership an almighty shambles. but there's no humility , no self—reflection humility, no self—reflection from this ex—pm , who has a book from this ex—pm, who has a book on the way about her glorious time in power which will be perfect for my winter firewood. theresa may is not without her talents. the longest serving home secretary since the war. some achievement giving the given the tumultuous nature of life in that department. she's

a few years ago fiona hill said that polarization in this country is now a national security threat. because it shows the rest of the world that we can't function. we can't govern. and no one outside this body is going to see this rule and this tactic as anything other than at least an attempt to defund the efforts to help ukraine. and i get it. the speaker has the sword over his head because of a few in the far right have disproportionate control. we're not talking about the tail wagging the dog, it's the tip of the dog's tail. and the rest of the world is watching this. understanding the underlying reasons why this so matters. that ukraine's fight is the reason we fought the second world war. ukraine's fight is the reason we formed nato. it's the reason we formed the united nations. we simply can't let a sovereign democratic country get wiped off the face of the earth. and that we grew up hearing and believing never again. yet, as i stood in ukraine and saw the mass grave and heard of the horrors there, it will happen on a more massive scale if we don't act. to quote f.d.r. in his