GLOBALink | U.S. uses NATO to foster worldwide influence: Egyptian expert

STORY: U.S. uses NATO to foster worldwide influence: Egyptian expert DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ESSAM KAMEL, Chief editor of Vetogate newspaper, Expert in international relations 2. various of the NATO headquarters 3. various of street views of Kiev STORYLINE: An Egyptian expert in international relations says that the United States has been using NATO on many issues to foster its influence in the world. Essam Kamel, Chief editor of Vetogate newspaper, points out that U.S. led-NATO has been adding fire to the flame in international issues including the Russia-Ukraine conflict. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ESSAM KAMEL, Chief editor of Vetogate newspaper, Expert in international relations "Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO has been adding fire to the flame in this crisis, as threat to the national security of Russia or any other country is dangerous. Countries cannot wait for another country to come to their bord

GLOBALink | U.S. uses NATO to foster worldwide influence: Egyptian expert

An Egyptian expert in international relations says that the United States has been using NATO on many issues to foster its influence in the world. Essam Kamel, chief editor of Vetogate newspaper, points out that the U.S. led-NATO has been adding fire to the flame in international issues including the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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