Hi everyone, I am joined today by Alexander Mercuris and Professor John Meersheimer.

Welcome to you both.

Glad to be here, Glenn.

So our discussion today will focus on what is perhaps a new stage in the Ukraine war

and also the global implications of what we have done in Ukraine.

For example, how this war will impact the US-China rivalry.

Hopefully we'll get to that.

But let's first start off with Ukraine as, again, this could be contested,

but it appears at least to me that the US is preparing to reduce

its involvement as the war appears to have been lost now, or at least moving quickly in that

direction. I'm not sure the Europeans, they appear at least to be in a bit of a panic. It will seem

they're not sure how to respond.

Some argue if the Americans withdraw a bit and the Europeans have to take over, but that seems

all delusional at best, as this would be very big shoes to fill. And we go back to the same issue. What do we do when we're losing Ukraine

and Americans are losing interest? Do we escalate or do we start negotiations? And I think this

split, as we've talked about here before, is becoming more evident. Obviously, the French are now

with Macron talking about sending in troops while the Germans rejected.

The Americans, under the State of Union speech by Biden, he also rejected it.

So it seems everyone's pulling in a little bit different direction.

And this is when NATO Secretary General Ian Stoltenberg stepped in and told the French,

listen, let's consult first internally before we, you know, laundering our dirty laundry in public eyes.

So hopefully to, you know, cover up on some of these fragmentations, as, you know, we have to show unity and solidarity.

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