Ahead of a major NATO meeting in the U.K., tensions between Russia and the West have reached new heights.

CCTV America’S Richard Bestic reports from Wales on what some say is the most significant NATO summit since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Ahead of a major NATO meeting in the UK, tensions between Russia and the West have reached new heights.

Large areas of the Welsh principality are in lockdown ahead of this NATO summit. A ring of steel fence was erected ahead of the arrival of some 60 heads of state and government and their vast entourages.

In terms of numbers, this is the biggest NATO summit in the organization’s history. To protect participants, 1,500 police officers have been brought in from across the U.K.

Admiral James Stavridis joins the show in Boston via Skype. He’s Dean of Tufts’ Fletcher School and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

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Admiral James Stavridis joins the show in Boston via Skype. He is Dean of Tufts' Fletcher School and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

Anton Fedyashin joins the show. He is executive director at the Imitative for Russian Culture at American University here in Washington.

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Anton Fedyashin joins the show. He is executive director at the Imitative for Russian Culture at American University here in Washington.