Introduction

This week's na g o politics podcast is a special up date. Analysis of the tetonic shiftin policy by germany and the european parliament in the past 72 hours that has had huge economic and strategic impact on russia. How are chinese banks reacting now that russia has been banned from the brussels base swift system? What does this mean for china's plans to build its own juan payment system as an alternative to swift? Can sijin king still position himself as a broker of negotiated peace?