we're not going to bring in the life of former pentagon official michael maloof joe biden wants to extend the new start treaty is not a promising sign. but it's minimal it in lease gets gives the. the existing treaty another 5 year years of life but there's no additions there's no negotiation or other things that need to be controlled but at least this is a beginning i think it does minimize biden's. discourse with the russians and does the bare minimum but i think it is a good start. a crawlin spokesperson has said that russia welcomes the move from the u.s. but needs more time to study the details of washington's proposal as its concerned about demands washington has been making up until now do you think that they can strike a compromise here well it depends upon what the the acceptance or didn't denial of the in any terms will be it's my understanding that it's going to be just a mere extension of the existing treaty there as i said there are other areas that should be covered but maybe if relations can improve over time they might be able to open up discussions into those other areas

let's bring in our guest michael maloof he's a former senior security policy analyst at the office of the u.s. defense secretary thank you for joining us on the program now usa it is a diminished agency because of donald trump if some of the power was put in charge how might that change. well her position is actually accorded to biden is going to be elevated to the national security council level so that gives an added importance as to how foreign aid will be used and humanitarian assistance will be used as a guiding light or upcoming foreign policy under biden and also shows that we might even go ahead and so far and weaponize that given samantha powers previous experience and and recommendations to then vice president biden into obama the president. as you pointed out libya was it was one of those outcomes yemen was another so if we if we need humanitarian assistance or and couple with that would be human rights advocacy and an insistence upon that in in any assistance that we give. does that mean that we're going to go ahead and shoot it into people's heads again so this is a that

also accuse the united states of reshaping accords to its own advantage over pentagon to analyst michael maloof believes that while extending the treaty is necessary it's still not enough. i think it's a minimal step it's just to keep your toe in the water as it were but it's not a full blown a let's let's work things out and and come to terms on spheres of influence or working together on counterterrorism none of those things this is the bare minimum it's my understanding that is going to be just a mere extension of the existing treaty there are other areas that should be covered but maybe if relations can improve over time they might be able to open up discussions into those other areas and some of those areas would include your tactical nuclear weapons which are not covered by the existing treaty and delivery systems and perhaps they could even agree to cut back on the number of warheads over time and that's something that did occur when the obama negotiated new start 1st on. syria a director john brennan claims the bottom instruction is planning some drastic action against the number of tru

former pentagon analyst michael maloof predicts the agency is in line for a major upgrade as a foreign policy tool for. well her position is actually accorded to biden is going to be elevated to the national security council level so that adds gives an added importance as to how foreign aid will be used and humanitarian assistance will be used as a guiding light of our upcoming foreign policy under biden and also shows that we might even go ahead and so far and weaponize that given. samantha powers previous experience and read and recommendations to then vice president biden and to obama the president libya was it was one of those outcomes yemen was another so if we if we need humanitarian assistance or. and couple with that would be a human rights advocacy and an insistence upon that in in any assistance that we give . does that mean that we're going to go ahead and shoot it into people's heads again so this is a her elevation like this raises some important questions as to just to what extent foreign policy or foreign assistance will be used as a foreign policy weapon as opposed to g