william courtney's senior fellow at the rand corporation in former us ambassador investor. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you. to grow. ah, russian president vladimir putin have said that he looks forward to deepening the partnership between russia and china in a meeting with beijing's top diplomat wong that ye attend to talks with food in the kremlin today and told him that relations between beijing and moscow would not be influenced by other countries of the meeting. it took place just days out from the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, which also says that he's looking forward to a visit to moscow by chinese president. she jen paying over more. all this we want to pull in now i'm theresa fallon. she's the founder and director of the center for russia. europe, asia studies. she joins me from brussels. it's good to see you again. let me ask you about one ye. he told putin today that crises offer opportunities. what opportunities do you think the war in ukraine can offer to both russia and china? where i think it's beco

constitution is the commander in chief and the president of the country, florida me zelinski, william courtney as a senior fellow with the rand corporation, he says, any decision to replace the defense minister won't effect ukraine's ongoing operations? well, the timing is not so important. the main thing is that the new minister of defense be capable several years ago, rand corporation, where i work, wrote a report advisor, saying that it is important not for the minister defense to try to do the job of the chief of the general staff and vice versa that had been a problem some years ago. the new minister of defense would have to be the representative of the messy defense to the parliament, to the router, to the presidency, and also to many in the west election. rest coff has enjoyed a good reputation in the west as an effective minister of defense who understood the broad political implications of what was going on. hopefully the new minister will perform the same role and not seek to duplicate the military strategy. functions of the very capable chief of general staff general's allusion. it

let's bring in william courtney. he's a senior fellow at the ran corporation and a former special assistant to the president for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. he joins us live from washington, d. c. at william good to have you with us. so the ukranian seemed to be playing down speculation surrounding their defense minister. but how significant would a change at the top of ukraine's chain of command be against the backdrop of a possible it renewed russian offensive. i mean it wouldn't be good timing that would it well the timing is not so important. busy the main thing is that the new minister of defense be capable of several years ago, rand corporation, where i work, wrote a report advising that it is important not for the minister defense to try to do the job of the chief of the general staff and vice versa that had been a problem some years ago. the new minister of defense would have to be the representative of the messy defense to the parliament, to the router, to the presidency, and also too many in the west. alex

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