NATO formally invites Sweden, Finland in, bringing challenges to regional security

STORY: NATO formally invites Sweden, Finland in, bringing challenges to regional security DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): FU YIMING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of outside of the NATO Summit 3. various of the press conference 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ESSAM KAMEL, Chief editor of Vetogate newspaper, Egyptian expert in international relations 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZARKO PUHOVSKI, Croatian political analyst 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) 7. various of demonstrations STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): FU YIMING, Xinhua correspondent "The 2022 NATO Summit formally kicks start Wednesday here in Madrid, the capital of Spain. Top on the agenda are the accession of Finland and Sweden to join the military bloc, assistance to Ukraine and the expansion of the NATO Rapid Response Force program. The summit will also introduce a new strate

NATO expansion won't make Europe or world safer: Croatian analyst

STORY: NATO expansion won't make Europe or world safer: Croatian analyst DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of NATO headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZARKO PUHOVSKI, Croatian political analyst 3. various of military forces 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZARKO PUHOVSKI, Croatian political analyst STORYLINE: The eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not make Europe or the world safer, Croatian political analyst Zarko Puhovski told Xinhua in a recent interview. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZARKO PUHOVSKI, Croatian political analyst "I don't think that Europe is going to be safer. I don't think, to be very honest, that there is a reason for NATO to exist in terms of safety. The essence is now geopolitics and geostrategy. And then we know from very old philosophical and geostrategic point of view, the essence of power is expansion. The power tends to expand almost in physical terms and therefore NATO is now trying to sh