New alliances in troubled times: Is it 'anything goes' for Biden and Putin? | To the point

Russia’s war in Ukraine was initially seen as a regional conflict but it’s having increasingly global repercussions, upending geopolitics and sparking tensions far beyond Europe. Both sides are forging new alliances with countries they only recently kept at arms length. Russia turning to an Iran still aspiring to be a nuclear power. Joe Biden swallowing his pride in a controversial visit to Saudi Arabia, which just three years ago he called a pariah.

On To the Point we ask:

"New alliances in troubled times: Is it 'anything goes' for Biden and Putin?"

Human rights and other liberal values are clearly not top of the agenda as Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and other key leaders seek to form new alliances in troubled times. Our guests: Susanne Koelbl (Spiegel), Ulrike Herrmann (TAZ), Tyson Barker (GCFR).

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0:00 Intro
3:06 Is it all about oil?
6:00 Iran is the strong partner - not Russia
7:15 Speed dating for unholy alliances?
8:37 Putin or Biden – who has the upper hand in the Middle East?
9:47 US-foreign policy for the middle class?
12:15 A package-deal that outweighs the costs?
14:00 A visit with the Saudis for a better midterm election outcome?
16:00 Everyone doing their utmost to look powerful?
17:30 Russia looking for help from Iran – a superpower humiliated?
19:30 Are the sanctions hurting the West more than Russia?
24:30 The elephant can’t be afraid of the mouse
25:00 Western sanctions are forceful and effective

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