This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

I welcome my colleague, Anatole Levin, of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

to reflect upon the events of these last days on the election day and since about the direction

of the Republican Party now we're told in majority on the hill as well as recapturing the White

House for Mr. Trump. Foreign policy will be part of the early days, we're told, have've already been conversations between Mr. Zelensky, the siege Mr. Zelensky, and

the principal of Donald Trump, and we can presume there'll be more conversations because

critical posts with regard to the Ukraine conflict have been filled in.

Marco Rubio, the senator from Florida, now Secretary of State.

Waltz from Florida will be the new national security advisor.

A man named Hegset from Fox Television will be the new Secretary of Defense.

Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat, now Republican, will be the new

DNI. There will be more posts to me name, but that's enough to know that the overseas conversations

will change direction, we can presume. And I told a very good day to you, is there a general

impression you have or your colleagues in Washington have of these early appointments and Ukraine?

Or is it too early?

Good day to you.

Hello, John.

Well, I think it's too early in some ways because this will be a very complicated and difficult negotiating process.

I think, you know, what we can say or ask is, you know, whether this team is remotely competent or extreme or experienced enough actually to conduct such negotiations because and whether they will,

well, whether they will rely on their, you know, professional subordinates for help.

And whether those professional subordinates will go along with any plan for peace in Ukraine or will try to

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