#Ukraine: Brussels POV: Poland seeks NATO primacy. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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🗓️ 18 June 2023
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#Ukraine: Brussels POV: Poland seeks NATO primacy. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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| 0:32.0 | I'm John Bachelors with Professor H.J. McHenner, quickly to Brussels. |
| 0:36.3 | Brussels is NATO. |
| 0:37.7 | It's also the EU. |
| 0:38.8 | We're concentrating on NATO, which is coming to a big meeting, a big powwow and Vilnius in July. |
| 0:45.6 | Secretary Ian Stoltenberg has asked to stay on by President Biden, which presumes that he will. |
| 0:51.5 | At the same time, NATO has dissenters. |
| 0:55.5 | One is Victor Orbán and Hungary. |
| 0:58.3 | Another is the unknown of Erdogan in Ankara, having won his election, continuing his authority over the Turkish people. |
| 1:07.2 | And one more detail, because we've talked of Hungary and Turkey before. |
| 1:11.5 | They're reluctant, they drag their feet, but they come along. |
| 1:14.6 | One more detail is Poland. |
| 1:16.6 | Professor, I mentioned that Poland is not looked upon with great favor by the rest of Europe because of the law and justice party, |
| 1:24.2 | which is right now conducting something called the Russian Influence Commission, which I'm told |
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