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#Ukraine: NATO and its Discontents. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

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🗓️ 26 January 2023

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#Ukraine: NATO and its Discontents. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/25/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-tanks-leopard-2-germany-poland/#1674639561854

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0:00.0

I'm John Batsworth, my colleague Colonel Jeff McCawson, CBS News, Dickinson College

0:09.9

visiting professor, Diamond Sixth Leadership and Strategy CEO, NATO, Jeff served in the

0:15.9

US Army, and he served simultaneously at NATO now and again, so we're looking at the NATO

0:21.3

map.

0:22.6

NATO Deployes.

0:24.4

My brother was deployed to Germany for many years in the late Cold War.

0:29.4

Jeff was deployed to Germany, but the map has changed.

0:33.2

Jeff, I want to first turn to the news from Ankara and from Brussels that Turkey remains

0:41.8

adamant in blocking the entry of Sweden unless, and then there's a long list of demands

0:46.5

having to do with so-called terrorists and Kurds.

0:50.2

But in any event, Sweden is not at this moment permitted because of the requirement of unanimity

0:57.6

in order for something to happen in NATO.

1:00.7

Is this a setback for the plans to rearrange NATO's map, Jeff?

1:05.8

Well, it certainly could be, John, but so far, NATO leaders, Mr. Stoltenberg, Secretary

1:10.9

General and other leaders in NATO have been dampening down and saying this will all work

1:16.4

out.

1:17.4

Right now, there are two countries still that have to recognize the admission of Finland

1:21.4

and Sweden and that as hungry as well as Turkey.

1:23.8

And Garens, it suggests that they will do so immediately upon the reconvening of their

1:27.8

parliament, which will curse shortly.

1:29.6

It's quite right, John.

1:30.7

The real problem is Turkey.

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