mark hansing with the center for strategic and international studies, mr. kenton. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thanks for having me on the show. or sobering words today, coming from germany's president describing russia's invasion of ukraine as a turning point in history. in a national address, frank walter stein meyer said that the world is entering a period of confrontation, and he is warning germans. they will have to make sacrifices calling for a change in the national outlook upgrade to excellence. and you also said that acknowledging this new reality is the only way that people will be able to meet the challenges ahead. but it can kind of policy makers cannot what miracles, no one hadn't gone was, was it in and not even a german president can take away. i worries in these profoundly uncertain times. nobody really does. on the contrary, i believe that many of these lawyers are legitimate, we are experiencing the deepest crisis. our united germany has ever known. a been about, sorry, i've been doing, but i'm firmly convinced tha