I have heard it said that russia was a more centralized state today than it was were least there was a bureau that has to be consulted in some sense and that means that it is the power that can make decisions very effectively and can respond very rapidly with a changing situation and can exploit opportunities very rapidly and we as a nation and as part of a western alliance have to think about how we deal with are relatively cumbersome decisionmaking processes and the much broader need to get by with any course of action from a wide range of parliamentary opinions public opinions, Civil Society and 28 countries across nato and so this is also a very big challenge and its not just a challenge of being ready with conventional wars is but a challenge of thinking outside of the box in this approach and meanwhile the prosperity agenda must remain at the half of the scas work and the Prime Minister and chancellor said many times and you cannot be a strong country and that you have a Strong E
Be militarily defeated without being treated in the homebase and so this fight eventually has to go over the iraqi border not odd. [inaudible] you dont really expect to defeat them . But there are ground forces. [inaudible] we have are the spoken about playing the role and im not suggesting that we have an optimally configured ground force in the region but im equally clear that injecting western boots on the ground would not be the solution. That would not deliver the solution. Try as they may leave lead us on to this. Thank you, mr. Chairman on this point. This analysis is being done with whatever you hope to achieve with airstrikes. And of course we are talking about this in recent years and so what are your plans for this situation . It also remains to be seen as far as a political transition in the regime to a government which has legitimately. [inaudible] at the outcome that we see is not going to be it easy to deliver and we recognize that. In the meantime it is easy to challeng
Its got to be much more subtle than that. It got to be about helping each side see where there might be limited areas where they could work together. Im not the great believer in the grand bargain. Now sit down and have a discussion about every in. It is unlikely to be good but they will be some areas where people have quite significant differences and nonetheless have it limited junior level of communication which delivers from a practical benefit to both sides. We will obviously return in some detail of course and the next session. The secretary has made it very clear [inaudible] there is a general concern that we seem to lack a strategy on the full spectrum response with their business is taking them on when it comes to do social media before we even get into iraq with the iraq ema to make significant programs and indeed perhaps a more direct relationship with the kurds in trying to combat. The putting all that aside can you tell us what you would hope to achieve from participation
Very knowledgeable and sweet man. But oddly, was very different than bill. He and his other brother were very similar. James was almost from a different family, which is probably why he was a successful politician. Brian before we run completely out of time, whats next . Robert might be next documentary, might be next book. Someone is interested in my stacks record book. It might turn into something. Brian you did an oscarwinning 20 feet from starting on . Was that just you 20 feet from stardom. With that issue . Morgan i have a feature coming out with yoyo ma area we will premiere in the fall. Brian our guests have been Morgan Neville who lives in los angeles and has done a lot of documentaries with our other guest who lives in memphis. We thank you for bringing us the best of enemies. For free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q a. Org. If you like tonights q a, here are some others you might enjoy. Christopher hitchens discussing his life and w
Better quality of life. So we really started expanding our perspective on what we were trying to accomplish here. Woodruff and, its friday. David brooks and ruth marcus take on a week full of foreign tests for the Trump Administration. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it was the most highly anticipated meeting yet of the trump presidency. For the First Time Since he took office, mr. Trump was faceto face with his russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. On the agenda . Syria, north korea, and moscows meddling in the 2016 election,