for president putin. by the way, that call doesn t have to be made today. it could be next week, could be next month. jim sciutto in kyiv, we re going to see you at the top of the hour. thanks so much for your reporting. thank you. and joining us now is the house foreign affairs committee chairman congressman gregory meeks. he led a congressional delegation to ukraine, he met with president zelensky as well. sir, thank you so much for being with us this morning at this critical juncture here. you also you and other house leaders had a briefing from jake sullivan, the president s national security adviser, did you like what you hear, do you feel like you re getting all the information that you need? i think that the administration is doing a tremendous job at threading the needle. they re being accessible to members and letting us know what is going on. and number two, they are serious about plan a and plan b. they re putting their foot forward and trying to let the diplomacy
on publicly. john hannah, former national security adviser to vice president dick cheney. john, great to have you with us this early morning. untraced again, we re hearing a guest after guest, these experts telling us that these negotiations should not be happening in public, make a decision quietly, privately, let diplomacy work, then just announce it through public negotiations. everybody has weighed in . you re exactly right, jonathan. back to you and moments coming up. we take you live to ukraine where attacks on ukrainian hospitals and ambulances are now increasing. that s next . hello, friends. michael usif here. youst know the right says the priceless conservative, the left this priceless radicalt but is the creator god and human flesh and he s the only one who can give you peace and he wants to give you that eternal peace if you come
getting advice and just not following it or he s getting bad advice or whatever. but this has been a disaster for russia. look at their economy. look at what s happened militarily. russia, mr. putin, made a huge mistake by going into ukraine. he s paying a heavy price. i can tell you the global community is going to stand with ukraine and ukraine s sovereignty. president zelenskyy is saying that negotiations with russia are only words. can diplomacy work if everything russia is saying is not true? he said at the very beginning of that, you can t believe anything that russia is saying. well, you know, obviously we are looking for a way to end this war. so we have to explore diplomacy. that s what mr. zelenskyy has said. he will explore diplomacy. but he s certainly not going to believe what mr. putin says. it s going to be actions, not words. a part of what he is asking for is the protection of the
Hare Publishes Op-Ed on Future US-Cuba Relations
Ambassador Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published as op-ed in the
Orlando Sentinel on the prospects of United States-Cuba relations under President-elect Joe Biden.
In the article, titled “Will Cuba policy matter for the Biden administration,” Hare and co-author Andy Gomez – a retired professor of Cuban studies and Dean of International Studies at the University of Miami – discuss the Biden administrations strategy towards Cuba and how they might return to the negotiating table. Cuba is not a top priority for President-elect Biden; however, the administration must be quick to disavow the growing influence of Russia, China, and other adversaries in Cuba. At the same time, Hare and Gomez argue that Cuba must be proactive in order to facilitate foreign investment, travel, and a return to diplomatic normalcy with the U.S.
Hare Quoted Discussing Freedom of Expression in Cuba
Ambassador Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in a
Financial Times article on a freedom of expression in Cuba.
According to the article, titled “Cuban authorities backtrack on talks with protesters,” the Cuban government accused the group known as “The Revolution of Applause” of being aligned with the United States and receiving support from the them and U.S. backed media companies. As a result, a planned discussion between leaders of the communist government and protested has been called off due to the accusations.