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bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

CHINA!

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Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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China has the world's largest army and navy! How will anyone confront this threat?

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

loving that China is directly being cast as an enemy of NATO

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"Russia was the enemy, the adversary"

Someone better tell this guy that NATO is not an anti-Russian alliance

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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He wants China to be "defined" by nato. Not as an enemy of course, but maybe competition or adversary.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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He just asked if this was a controlled debate and they said yes lol

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

What should NATO do to counter the Chinese penetration and assertiveness in Southeastern Europe?

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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Albania abandoned the communist bloc because they betrayed stalin and then they tried to be friends with China but were horrified by the cultural revolution. Albania wants nothing to do with China or russia.

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

European union helps you with method of building institutions

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

European union needs to do more financially

lmao lol. what does this guy think EU is for?

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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He is kinda rambling here. I think he used Iraq as an example of a country where nato membership is being worked on and how it takes time? He is now bitching about not getting enough money from the EU until the other lazier Balkan states.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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Lmao at the talk of albainian strength across the balkans

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Mr Hootington posted:

Lmao at the talk of albainian strength across the balkans

Albania will grow larger!

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Foreign minister of Spain!

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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bedpan posted:

Albania will grow larger!

He did imply he wanted to the balkans to just become greater albania.

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

this guy talking about everyone being united against russia and supporting ukraine is making me question unity

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

thank you for summarizing because i immediately fell asleep once his voice cadence shifted to policy talk

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Ukrainian "soviet type army" that needs to be left behind

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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Spanish troops are in the balkans helping with stability?

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

EU and NATO working closer together

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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How can EU and NATO work together better? What kind of question is that

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"European Union with its natural allies on the other side of the Atlantic"

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Donald Trump reference!

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"a better integration of our defense industries"

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"we are very lucky we have him [Biden] as president"

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"fragility in the south"

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

is wanting to make the "southern flank" stronger a immigration thing?

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

welp he just mentioned "irregular migration"

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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bedpan posted:

is wanting to make the "southern flank" stronger a immigration thing?

Yeah. Europe is real concerned with securing africa

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

Mr Hootington posted:

He pretty much did without saying "we are at war with russia". It is viewed as a proxy war.

well yeah everyone knows it's a proxy war

I was hoping for a baerbock moment of outright saying it was an explicit hot war and having to have her ministry walk it back

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Oct 21, 2011


Mr Hootington posted:

He says Lula and Brazil support the war against russia?? He also says the Hague will be important in the future when Russia needs to face justice.

lol what we loving don't ahahahaha

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Turkey in the EU!

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

"social and economic consequences of russian aggression"

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Saying that europe will not be a fortress is really making me thing that this guy wants to make europe a fortress

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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He says Spain and europe needs to reindustrialize so they regain control of their autonomy. He said they don't want to be closed off, but want strategic autonomy with open societies within europe.

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

the big panda in the room

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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Again talking about how China is a threat, but also need trade. Squaring this with the reidustrialization statements.

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Mr Hootington posted:

He did imply he wanted to the balkans to just become greater albania.

drat, balkan clay disputes are getting spicy again

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
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Next panel is called "Rethinking China: a shifting paragigm?"

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Officer Sandvich
Feb 14, 2010

Mr Hootington posted:

Interview with the prime minister of neatherlands. He says the war in Ukraine has to be won or russia will attack eruope.

do they actually believe this

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