NATO at 75: Can it stand up to Russia?

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, foreign ministers are gathering at NATO HQ in Brussels to mark 75 years of the military alliance and discuss how the member states will continue to support Ukraine and deter Russia.

James Cook is joined by the Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski to discuss efforts to support Ukraine, whether NATO members need to step up their spending and what he thinks about a potential return of President Trump.

And BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale and head of foreign policy at Policy Exchange Sophia Gaston discuss the global challenges facing NATO, as well as its role in ending the conflict in Ukraine.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	So it turns out that we have some competition, new competition in the
0:08.9	podcasting world because NATO has launched a new podcast.
0:13.0	The Military Alliance, NATO, is called NATO
0:15.3	through time history podcast, and it's marking their 75th anniversary.
0:19.5	Not only that, I did not know this,
0:21.0	but it's not even NATO's only podcast it seems
0:24.0	podcasts are conquering all when even armies are making them but we will not be
0:28.9	defeated in this battle of the podcast because this newscast is all about NATO.
0:34.0	Newscast.
0:35.0	Newscast from the BBC.
0:37.0	Why can't people buy a house?
0:38.0	Look at their wages.
0:39.0	Do you have any questions on things that are not related to math?
0:41.0	People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about.
0:45.9	The era of global warming has ended.
0:48.4	The era of global boiling has arrived.
0:50.9	It's the first time ever, I've been able to say well done here.
0:54.6	I'll end by tempting her to update newscast and update this house. The
0:58.8	Prime Minister is not under a desk. So we're going to talk about NATO and we're going to do that with the BBC's diplomatic
1:06.0	correspondent James Landale. Hello James. Hey! And Sophia Gaston, who's head of foreign policy
1:11.6	at the Think tank policy exchange.
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