Ice is the joint north and south Korean Ice Hockey Team take to the rink in a friendly against sweden expose their first match before the Winter Olympics next week so it was a friendly all first the start well find out. If. Im going to home for good to have you with us a massive protest is underway in a stands to oppose a potential deal with macedonia that would see a longstanding dispute over its name settled now greece has opposed its neighbors use of the name macedonia since it became independent from yugoslavia or nine hundred ninety one athens says it suggests a territorial claim on its own Northern Province of macedonia and the two sides had pledged to find a solution this year. Well for more on this we can bring in our correspondent in athens and carol salva and say what is it that the demonstrators are looking to achieve what are they calling for. Well for starters the turnout has been absolutely phenomenal authorities are also trying to pay down and they put out an initial sta
Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas democratic reforms including the 2015 election. And while the 2015 election was historic, burmas democratic transition has been a work in progress. Along with its complex, ethnic and cultural history, the Burmese Military continues to control key ministries in large swaths of the economy. Which is why there was some concern in 2016 when the obumau administration unilaterally rolled back most of t
Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas democratic reforms including the 2015 election. And while the 2015 election was historic, burmas democratic transition has been a work in progress. Along with its complex, ethnic and cultural history, the Burmese Military continues to control key ministries in large swaths of the economy. Which is why there was some concern in 2016 when the obumau administration unilaterally rolled back most of t
Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009, the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. Policy taking a leap of faith in an approach combining in engagement and pressure would usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical of such a shift, 2010 elections provided an opportunity to test the credibility of a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with the military jon ta and the democratic grassroots movement. Undoubt bli this engagement strategy had a positive effect on burma democratic reforms including the 2015 election that brought the democratic opposition to power. And while the 2015 election was historic, burmas democratic transition has been a work in progress. Along with its complex ethnic and cultural history, the Burmese Military continues to control key ministries in
San bernardino, we have seen how failures this grain who is entering the United States puts all of our citizens everyone in this room a danger. Mrs. Clinton we know a lot of the rhetoric we have heard from donald trump has been seized on by terrorists, in particular, i says, because theyre looking to make this into a war against islam. Response to the president ial candidate and the in new york, new jersey, and st. Cloud, minnesota, where in were a man named dahir adan knifed 10 people. We will host a roundtable discussion. We will go to minneapolis to speak with haji yusuf with unite cloud, to philadelphia to speak with nazia kazi, author of article in the chronicle of Higher Education headlined teaching against islamophobia in the age of terror. Here in new york, well talk to Debbie Almontaser, president of the Muslim Community network, and with cuny law professor ramzi kassem. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im am