for market dominance, east this is, wes, get a step ahead with the w business beyond on you to look closely. listen, carefully. don't know how those things you miss to the ago. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah, last summer you as president joe biden wanted to pivot to asia by putting vladimir

putin in the past and in his place. but a $100000.00 russian troops at ukraine's doorstep. they keep getting in the way to night, the russians and the american, and suddenly talking war or peace in europe, again, the ukrainians and the europeans. they have something to say to. if anyone's listening, i've gotten berlin, this is the day. ah, even notice of that. we will do our everything to guarantee ukraine security. unfortunately, it's important for us know that neither berlin nor paris makes any decisions about the ukraine without ukraine. isn't ready for serious dialogue with russia. london, which is we very much want to plough massey to prevail with the provisioning pieces

of european solidarity for ukraine. its sovereignty and its integrity is not in question for us, nor for me personally has it. but also coming up scandal after scandal, u. k. prime minister bores johnson, he seems to have 9 lives a political survivor. but many british fear of the right to protest peacefully. they fear that rights may not survive. johnson's government. and these are elected representatives. they are supposed to be protecting the people. and if they are failing at that, then it should be all right, stand out and protest. and the response of them to imprison of asked is absolutely, it's jacayla ah, to our viewers watching on p b as in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day as joe biden prepares to mark one year in the white house. the leader of the world's sole superpower is trying to hold together

a world that's about to lose its balance of power. if you're thinking of threats from a rising china or a nuclear iran, don't forget a resurrecting russia to moscow is making demands on washington and nato to pull back into stay back, no more eastward expansion. no nato membership for ukraine, a return to soviet light satellites orbiting the russian mothership. high level talks last week between the us and russia, nato, in russia, and the ofc and russia ended with no progress. instead, the overseas had warned the threat of war in europe. spank yard is dangerous and real german foreign minister on a line to bear box visit to key of to day sent a message to moscow. we will not act as if the berlin wall never fill. fears of a russian invasion of ukraine had jangled nerves in the region after visiting

a memorial to anti government protesters who died in 2014 on alina burbock, says any solution to the conflict must come through dialogue, not arms, meeting, ukraine's foreign minister to metro qu, labor burbock offered an explicit gesture of support for ukraine. zoe, daddy teet solidarity. european solidarity for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. del hyena, that is not up for debate, not for us, and not for me personally, but any further aggression would have a high price. his emphasized that to day once again, as titian island, one price rushes building up, its troops on the ukrainian border. both the european union and the u. s. a threatened to impose further har sanctions. if russia goes ahead with an invasion. for years ukraine has called on germany to deliver our is to help boost its abilities to defend itself. calibus,

as russia doesn't share ukraine's cooperative attitude towards defusing, the tensions when is a mild construct. you know, so plenty of police if we've a very constructive stance on this matter. but unfortunately, my, our constructive ness isn't mutual on russia's partnership, was vocal to see, even from kiev burbock goes to moscow on tuesday, where she'll meet russian foreign minister search oliver of. she's keen to revive for way peace talks in the normandy format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. my 1st gifts tonight is constance at stilton mueller. she is an international relations analyst, and she holds me fritz stand chair at the brookings institution. she joins us tonight from washington. constance, it's good to have you. on the day, i want to begin by asking you as someone who comes from germany who experienced those winds of change back in 1989 is vladimir putin. is he asking europe and the

world with his demands to act as if the berlin wall never fail? hi, brent, and thanks for having me on a thanks for reminding me of my age as well. but no, you're quite right. the. i think that to anybody who read the 2 draft agreements that the kremlin put in front of the white house and nato just before christmas, had to conclude that what the kremlin is pursuing here wouldn't let me put in is pursuing here is no longer just neutrality. or finland is ation for ukraine, but something much, much larger. and it is really the rolling back of the democratic transformation of the former countries of the war. so pack that are many of whom are now members of the e. u and nato. that's a really big deal. it is a big deal. and when you consider what is at stake is germany. it is europe's voice,

or the as loud as they should be in these discussions. i mean, i'm wondering, are washington moscow talking over berlin in brussels? yeah, there's 2 paths to this question here. the question is, are the americans trying to listen to us? and do we have anything to think on the former point? i can tell you and you probably have seen it yourself for the white house about a week ago. published a list of their phone calls and meetings with a senior politicians across europe, and i think it had about a 100 entries. so i think that question is fairly summarily answered on the unfortunate answer until your 2nd question is that it seems to me that the signaling coming from berlin and then from europe overall is pretty confusing. so in berlin, you have an innovative book who's as you said, heading to moscow tonight for meetings tomorrow, and who has said very carry,

as far as i'm concerned north into the pipeline is on the table. on last week, several senior social democrats coalition partners, a party of on a charge, the chance for disagreed in public. and the defense minister did so on the day the by the administration was trying to defeat a senate vote table by senator cruz to sanctioned the pipeline. in other words, the mine restoration has been bending over backwards and we haven't exactly been, shall we say 1st coming and then time you have christian immigrant politicians as well saying oh, you know, we shouldn't, we shouldn't have economic sanctions like taking russia out of the payment system swift, it's confused. well, how do you explain? germany's reluctance to say we're going to kill nord stream to a because it would obviously, it would hurt vladimir brewton. it would hit him where it hurts,

but they've been reluctant. i mean, this was something uncle, a miracle didn't want to do. and now we've got over sholtes basically, you know, carrying on that, that miracle legacy. well, let me walk you back on that. the chance are merkel and you have president biden in the summer. came to an agreement on bilateral corporation on ukraine, which said very clearly that energy security and pipelines would be on the table if russia committed any act of aggression against you print that was read as including 2 or 32. and also, i think more importantly, politically, it kind of meant that you know what happens to ukraine. germany in europe now owns that problem. shalt has been quite ambiguous about his

commitment on this point. and the most generous interpretation i can think of is that he and his allies in the government wanted to preserve strategic ambiguity about consequences. that wouldn't per say, be a mistake. but i do think, given the truly astounding language that's coming out of the criminal these days, basically saying, you know, we're not going to negotiate these agreements with you. you can find them that's, you know, that's it. and we're not going to talk arms control or trust building measures with you, or foreign minister, 2nd lover of whom. we'll meet tomorrow saying, you know, after 991, these countries, the former countries of the warsaw pact were orphaned territories. these countries that are now members of most of the members of the un nato. and i think when you have the rhetoric ratcheting up like this and an arms build up like you have on ukraine's eastern border, i think it's time for europeans and specifically the germans who play

a central lawyer to be more articulate in their language with the, the german foreign minister, i know she wants to revive the old normandy piece of format, which it obviously has france and germany of mediators between moscow and kia. do you think it's? is it too late for that? i think i do. i think i think that this is really buying time and i think everybody in berlin knows that. i think the foreign minister knows that that's again, i think, not legitimate, but i think that is what we're doing here. the question really is does anybody have a way to. 5 sort of get the credit them down from the extremely high flagpole on which it is positioned itself at. that's really hard to see. again, given the military build up, that's already their recent increases in recent days on. and the really astonishing the uncompromising belligerent rhetoric it's hard to see how the kremlin does that

without losing face. and we know that's not something that likes to do. and what about the options for the west moving forward? if going to war over ukraine is out of the question, should the us, they though, should they arm ukraine heavily enough so that it can at least make another russian incursion, at least uncomfortable and ugly, for the kremlin when the u. s. and the u. k. have been doing that already and i think the ukrainians on that point are fairly relaxed. i mean there are some things that they haven't received, such as, i don't know, patriot missile defenses or mankind, stingers. but at least that's what i'm reading. i'm. but i think the ukrainians are relatively well equipped and trained to fend off any things that are short of

a massive, full scale invasion. and still not clear that that's what the russians are gearing up on. 5 i think the more important thing to understand here is that for anybody who has like me, that you did mentioned my ed lived through the yugoslav wars of the 19 ninety's when i was a reporter for inside the weekly pay group that was a decade long war and a slow unraveling of the use of federal republic into military may have more crimes and genocide. and the risk that i'm seeing is that you could see a protracted extended conflict with sort of unclear on balance and atrocities being committed um, culpability. perhaps on both sides you never know in combat on and then you

have, you have a humanitarian disaster, you have refugee flows, you have thousands, tens of thousands of frightened people fleeing and needing help. and then i think there comes a moral and perhaps a legal debate in the west about helping the civilian societies on the battlefield and whether those might need and the helpers and, and the, and the, and the people being under attack need some sort of military protection and i think the professionals no, exactly that, that is a possibility. but that is a moral and legal and political morass that nobody, i think really at this point wants to discuss public. let me get one more question here. before we run out of time, i just want to broaden this out before we say goodbye, the u. s. is preoccupied with russia and ukraine efforts to revive the iran nuclear deal as well. china has to be watching this and taking notes. i'm wondering,

is this going to have any bearing for the future of taiwan? well, clearly, the kremlin and the and, and aging are looking at this and trying to figure out how resolute the, the bite ministration is, how durable and sustainable alliance cohesion is. and whether there are chinks in, in the countess of the alliance, within europe or within european capitals. and of course, in this context, the sort of messaging confusion and reluctance that i was talking about earlier in the context of the berlin debate is unhelpful because of the key role that ellen has to play in mustering european. and so, and, and not just because of the pipeline. and, and so that is, i think,

unfortunate not just because it could be seen as some commentators have suggested as encouraging or even enabling the kremlin, but also sending signals farther abroad. and that might be something which we would regret greatly at a later point to say if there is a chinese moves against taiwan. but let's not forget that, apart from being an asian democracy, taiwan is also one of the world's largest producers of semiconductors that and sits and very important ceiling. unfortunately, consultants were out of time, which we had more time constantly show. stilton miller, the timeless from stances. it's good, have you on the show and please come back in. i'm sure there's going to be plenty to the talk about between you would be us old timers. they absolutely so right, be, well, you to, ah,

a people have been railing in cities across the u. k. 2 protests against a new bill that they say is an attack on the right to demonstrate the controversial police and crime bill would grant police greater powers to crack down on disruptive protests. but critics say it will also make it more difficult to hold peaceful demonstrations. andy smith is rehashing in his head, his 1st words to his wife emma, a scientist. to day, she'll be walking free after 2 months in prison in southern england. andy smith could never have imagined that she would ever be behind bars. oh my gosh that i love his hood shipment so proud of her i i you know, we have, we have really young nieces in who are that that the future is not going to be the same future that we had, right. and we have, we have to fight for that fusion, her crime, she blocked motorway. she is part of an environmental group that is pressuring the

government to insulate british homes to save energy. they say it's the cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis. terrified was coming down to my lawyers. i like that we can fighting responses, but blocking roads for hours has enraged motorists. the british government has vowed to put an end to it in a statement. the home office tells dw, freedom to protest within the law as a fundamental potter for democracy. but the police must swiftly deal with the selfish minority of protested, whose actions and danger the public. the u. k. government is targeting environmental activists. we want to stop disruptive, protest, public nuisance will be new offense carrying a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison, or an unlimited fine. and that's highly controversial. and yo's and

human rights groups have stage many protests. they see the bill as an attack on democracy itself. and even conservative legal observers like the former attorney general, are concerned the most problematic all the parts which give to the home secretary very significant powers to determine what constitutes serious disruption. ah, whereas normally that would be a master left of the police. ah, emma, more than a fellow protest as no that that is, rupture is controversial, but they see no other way and to continue breaking the law, the law is our fundamental right? the if our government is failing, that we can hold that government to account. these are our elected representatives . they are supposed to be protecting the people. and if they are failing at that, then it should be all right to stand up and protest and the response of them to imprison of us is absolutely it's draconian. for the moment, the protest as

a happy to be outside. but with a new build it seems only a matter of time until they will be behind bars again. that report by our corresponded bigot mawson. margaret told us more about the concerns that are being voiced by opponents of that bill. many groups, not just environmental groups, that also groups like black lives matter. they are worrying that they cannot hold the government to account. also, trade unions have expressed that concern. they are saying, for example, that it might be an erosion of fundamental rights. and it might include trade union activists say, there are many groups that are really fearing that is too much for one thing too much new power for, for the police. for example, the police can preemptively stop and such protests that might already be on their way to a demonstration. and on the other hand that there are new crimes, like for example, locking themselves locking arms or gluing,

gluing themselves on to may to a. those are tactics that the pre testers and insulate britain support is arguing on long established tactics. like for example, linking arms like the suffragettes did that and they and able to the women's right to they say they don't not do not believe that that should be forbidden. in the okay, you as president joe biden took all those promising to help the country unite to end the corona virus and demick. but as the 1st anniversary of his inauguration approaches this week, many promises have yet to be kept. some of his major initiatives are being blocked by members of his very own party and the winds of some of the poorest americans are failing to improve los angeles, a democrat hot land, away from the palm tree lined streets. madeline merit look software self help

project for homeless people. people in this tent colony are getting back on their feet, but the social work a once radical change. today, we live in a system where wages are depressed, where people can afford to live. some of these folks on this block have jobs that they go to every day, but that doesn't mean that they can or to an apartment. madeline, as part of the democrats progressive wing, she hoped that president biden would build a molten welfare state for the us. instead, she still volunteering for the homeless without help from washington. biden has been in office for almost a year. he managed to pass a historic infrastructure package and more financial help for americans during the pandemic. but his huge social spending and climate protection bellis stuck in limbo blocked by members of his own party and with the congressional elections looming

this year. biden could lose his majority and his power. for one year. we're going to get this. madeline merit supported more radical reformers like bernie sanders. she reluctantly voted for biden, and now she feels let down. has he's always been much more of a smoother, much more of a handshake or are much more of a. i let you know, let's make a deal. we need a really strong and brave leader, and unfortunately, i don't see that and biden, for her biden is already elisa, very different from bernie sanders, the idol of the idealistic left wing, as they wanted. sanders in the white house until scathing about the president a biden's kind of fiddling oil america burns. it's, he's not there, he's not present. and he feels checked out by then is an out of touch, lacking a contents towards the people in this country who need

a whole lot of help. right now. it looks like optimism may have run out for many young voters. and so has that support for joe biden? ah, world men's tennis number, one of our joke of a chance. arrived back in belgrade after being deported from australia following a long visa voyage is returned to serbia, came on the day. the australian open got underway without it's 9 time champ. back home as to a tumultuous few days. no vent jokers which arrived in serbia, having been deported from australia for not having been vaccinated against coven 19 . but he was greeted at belgrade airport as a hero. his fans and serbia believe he has been mistreated by the australian government after organizes of the australian open said he was allowed to come because of a covey infection in december. this is

a shame what it is to lower killer failure. this is to say what the rope has come to handle, that you need to be forced to do something to think of accede i myself election. i did a double check, but i think that no one should be forced to do something with you as a judge. the sentence was his freedom of choice and speech. on the other side of the world, the australian open dot and away without it's 9 times champion, winds for the likes of ref, an adult. and the only osaka meant it was almost business as usual for spectators. you our and i think a very highly dissipated decision making. i think it was kind of greg holiday long . that's great. that would kind of put it behind us. the best project, which is great as player. i'm just glad the focus is now on what we're all he full . yet the estallion, i think, joke of each meanwhile has much to ponder. he may, will need to be vaccinated from may's french open to his bid for a record. men's 21st grand slam title is in further jeopardy and time is ticking.

i byron munich strike robert levin. dorski has been named fif as best men's claim for the 2nd year in a wrote lemon belsky became the 1st man of score $41.00 goals and a german bonus league of season. last term he has not stopped scoring since the poll controversial, he missed out on the ball and door to lino messy back in november, but as now again claimed the other major, individual football. oh, congratulations to him. the day it's almost done, the conversation continues online. you'll find that on twitter, it dw news, you can follow me on twitter at brent golf t v. i remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. see that it with with

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