TV7 Europa Stands: Strategic Situation Assessment – Russia/Ukraine Threat of War - February 2022
However the situation vis-à-vis Russia unfolds, the latest tensions within Europe’s most eastern theater will have far-reaching ramifications – not only for the continent, but the entire world.
At a time when the United States and its allies in Europe, Australia and elsewhere work tirelessly to maintain a so-called “rules based international order,” Russia and China aim to redefine the existing global structure by means of “strategic competition” with hopes of realizing a refined version that could re-balance ‘geostrategic power’ into separate (and even) opposing camps.
Panel:
- Jonathan Hessen: Host.
- Gen. Klaus Naumann, Former Chief of General Staff of the Bundeswehr as well as the Chairman of NATO Military Committee.
- Dr. Rafael Bardaji, CEO Worldwide Strategy and former Spanish National Security Advisor.
- Col. Richard Kemp, former British Infantry Commander and Head of the International Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Team at the British Cabinet Office.
- Mr. Timo Soini, Finland’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Premier.
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Series deliberates Europe’s identity and global standing from a conservative lens at a time when its Christian values are being relentlessly challenged from both foreign and domestic elements.
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TV7 Europa Stands: Strategic Situation Assessment – Russia/Ukraine Threat of War - February 2022
However the situation vis-à-vis Russia unfolds, the latest tensions within Europe’s most eastern theater will have far-reaching ramifications – not only for the continent, but the entire world. At a time when the United States and its allies in Europe, Australia and elsewhere work tirelessly to maintain a so-called “rules based international order,” Russia and…
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