NATO Prepares to Counter Russian Aggression
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Two decades after the Cold War, tensions are on the increase between the NATO Alliance and Russia. NATO's planning a military buildup in Eastern Europe mostly at US expense. We hear why and get Russia's reaction.
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| 0:48.0 | At the end of the Cold War, NATO and Russia agreed not to station forces along their shared borders, |
| 0:53.7 | but times have changed. |
| 0:55.5 | Vladimir Putin's actions in Crimea and Ukraine have the Pentagon calling Russia the primary threat to American interests. |
| 1:02.7 | Now, U.S. funding for NATO will be quadrupled to provide what's called a rotational force |
| 1:08.4 | to patrol Eastern Europe, including the Baltic states and Poland. |
| 1:13.1 | NATO calls it deterrence. Russia calls it aggression. Today's talking point, gravitational waves are real, |
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| 1:57.1 | Two decades after the Cold War tensions are on the increase between NATO, the Alliance, |
| 2:01.7 | and Russia. NATO's planning a military buildup in Eastern Europe, mostly at U.S. expense. We'll hear |
| 2:07.6 | why, and we'll get Russia's reaction. Today's talking point, astronomers are comparing their |
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