u. a. e. let's get more on this. we can speak with lucy. i know saca, he's the associate professor of gulf politics and go studies center in counselor university joins us in the whole thank you for joining the program so us next year . say i'm to meet blinking back again in the region at a time of course of even more heightened attention given the events of recent days . what do you think is on his mind? what is he hoping to achieve on this 4th a visit to the region? well, difficult to, to know exactly this piece for the find. it didn't work very well. and i mean, we are on the southern side of the month of, of where without any change in the, in this really a behavior in terms of been, goes on in terms of allowing other kind of solution to come in with this a month ago. so i don't have a big expectation enough for us and maybe ask in israel to not to expand the contract more by responding or by a kidding or an acting in other scenarios like live i don't see the iraq or even, you know. and so i the, i don't think that the visit of the big t

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u. s. t e u, the u. k. a straight to canada and japan. all right, let's bring it out. guess for today's discussion for the started in context on web joined by chris with us. who is the chief executive of micro advisory? that's a strategic business consultancy focused on russia. you raise up from that always in capital. also we're joined by all and build sites who's a sanctions expert who founded the country risk analysis company co risk. he also helped to write a recent report that investigated how russians sanctions are being ignored and from washington dc. out of total leaving is the director of the razor program at the quincy institute for responsible state draft. and gentleman, welcome to you all. i will start with you then chris, what do you make of these up domestic growth, full cost figures for russia as well. the look of domestic but an actual facts. uh, but, but really does numbers show is that the economy is stabilized, is, is large. the being driven, but with a combination of military industrial, complex spending were just having, of course, the big it back

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a more fuel on the fire that was really interesting and the community does not joining operation. prosperity, guardian, the american let admission their, their standing of their own products. and the e. u is not inherently a military organization, it's not made of, it is an economic community. and so they have an interesting history in colorado, somali piracy, and they haven't longstanding this in you now for atlanta that continues to operate to protect service against piracy. and so putting the you in the, in the picture, it is an interesting point because it is not inherently an escalation in terms of a sovereign state against a human or a military alliance against germany. it is a, an economic community working to protect ship. and so they are likely to be viewed differently and they may be able to change the equities a little bit and give us some space to continue to protect the ships that are under a time, well also diplomatically ads. and otherwise, we're going to divert duty attention away from the maritime domain and probably with the center for maritime strategy in baltimore in the us. and we appreciate your time in your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you so much. your opi

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