Bookings institution where they are about to begin a talk on russias annexation of crimea. Great friday. E a well see you back here tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] thank you for coming this morning. To thinkngs we like and we like to tell our supporters that are unique strength is our ability to use of analysts to integrate insights and merge with a global picture that can inform the uniquely Global Concerns of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Crisis inw, the ukraine is an episode which analysis intype of part their its effects on u. S. Foreignpolicy. We think it has the potential to have some impacts throughout the world. People are arty asking what the crisis in ukraine means for efforts to make peace in syria for efforts to denuclear ice denuclearize iran. For this crisis will mean the pivot to asia or what ever you want to call it. We decided that were going to try to set th
That the Power Africa Team is focused on a number of projects they are trying to push forward. I would expect things are as transparent as possible. There is certainly an entre to say, who are the guys you are talking to . Those are opportunities. The two questions that were directed toward me the competition from china. I do not see it as competition. As and epc contractor, we obviously compete with Chinese Companies and have competed with Chinese Companies. We submitted a bid today for a contract in tanzania. It is tough for us to compete with chinese contractors. We are more expensive at the end of the day. But we also intend to use equipment that is more reliable. You have to pay for that. Overall, at the macro level, i do not see it as competition. Chinese companies and the Chinese Government have done Amazing Things in africa in terms of roads and infrastructure. There is so much to be done that it is not a matter of competition. We have come late to the game in a way. As everybo
I served might not think it has a problem or may not think it needs a solution or wants to or does not want to internationalize a solution. We are an organization based on membership. There is a sovereignty reality we have to accept as a member statebased organization. What do you try to do . You try to find mediators intermediaries that have legitimacy on their own. You might send out somebody who you knew was close to certain government leaders from another country who could talk quietly behind closed doors without a big deal. Graduatere is a u. N. Resident coordinator on the ground that could target an entry point. You always have to be looking at this. One of the reasons i want to make sure we have brought a financial backing for broad financial backing for mediation tools is so people can say if this many countries of this many persuasions are behind using the mediation tools, it must not be a western imperialist agenda, and we have no agenda other than trying to address a conflic
Without having forces on the ground to separate the antagonist, what we try to do is use the voice the u. N. Has to raise aware ps of this and to have discussions with those countries who have influence inside syria. Publicly we talk about this to bring attention to the issue, privately we are talking to the countries in touch with fighters on either side to try to build some humanitarian space. Most of these issues you are raising, they are a way solved in the geneva convention. Its a question of having it respected. One of the sad things about being a diplomat in our areas in these times is the inability to have new International Norms or obligations. I dont think the geneva convention, i dont think we could have today negotiated the geneva convention. So we are stuck in a situation where we really have to look after the heritage that we have from previous generations. They are not bad at all. And they do a pretty good job of disemanating it. But this should be a job of all of us. If
That was 2009. Now the president seems to be leaving that out of the obama care pitch. Its law. A lot of people say they dont like it but they like that part of president obamas Signature Health care law. So, can you keep your doctor or not . And a High School Field trip becomes a life or death situation when this happens. Thats their bus. Im harris falkner. Efforts to free the pakistan doctor that helped zero in on osama bin laden. Hes been in prison for 2 1 two years and the pakistan Prime Minister promises to review his case. The Prime Minister meeting with lawmakers this week. The doctor remains behind bars, even though his 33year sentence was overturned. Many people see the trumped up charges as retaliation for embarrassing pakistan. His crime, helping the cia search for and track down al qaeda leader osama bin laden. The plan was to verify the location of the man behind the 9 11 attacks. The doctors undercover operation led to the u. S. Navy seal rid on bin ladens compound in may