Mohammed bin adbulrahman althani, excuse my pro nuns asian and the deputy Prime Minister in 2017. He is responsible for all the of ministry of Foreign Affairs issues including planning, implementing Foreign Policy and here for a series of high level conversations, with the department of defense, the department of state and the white house. Were looking forward to hear the details of. Whats going to happen. The minister will join us at the podium for brief statement and then sit down on the stage with our visiting fellow im getting your title wrong, the easier one, with our visiting scholar andrew bellin, and will open up to questions from the audience. Theres a lot to talk about here. Qatar has been at the center of what i think well all agree an ugly disagreement between gcc countries and others and one that divided traditional u. S. Allies and some divisions, i think, even within the u. S. Government. So we are really very interested to hear your perspective, mr. Minister. Why dont y
The American Enterprise institute hosted this event. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Sorry for the brief delay but i think youll find that this is a conversation that youre going to find extraordinarily interesting. We are delighted to welcome today his excellency Sheikh Mohammad bin bethani, excuse my pronunciation, appointed minister of Foreign Affairs of qatar in 2016, and the deputy Prime Minister in 2017. He is responsible for all of the ministry of Foreign Affairs issues including planning, implementing Foreign Policy, and hes here for a series of highlevel conversations with the department of defense, the department of state, and the white house that we are looking forward to hearing all of the details of. Whats going to happen today, the minister will join us at the podium for a brief statement, then hes going to sit down on the stage with our resident or visiting fellow, excuse me, im getting your title wrong, is easier one, with our visi
It comes from the same route as democracy and autocracy is about a hook about the study of power. This is a study of Donald Trumps power how do you get it how do you obtain it and how does he get away with it . Its a system of enabling system between trump and congress and a system between the media that enabled him to create an audience and a system that involves the republican donor elite in the Traditional Republican Party and above all him and the core group of his voters within the Republican Party who enabled him to win the republican nomination. How do you respond to president comes fbi appointee saying that the memo he has read should be released could pose a grave danger to the country . Let me step back for a second. First of all let me tell you what this memo is and what this memo is not. What this memo is congress doing its job in conducting legitimate oversight over a unique law, fisa and if mistakes are made and individuals did something wrong than it is our job as the br
Protestations about iran come at a tricky time for him Israeli Police are recommending that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on two Corruption Cases the recommendations follow a months long investigation into allegations of bribery well in the latest book by our next guest israeli Prime Minister netanyahu who denies all allegations comes under fire for more than just bribery joining me now amidst yet more bombing of palestine by the British Armed Israeli Government is present open finkelstein his latest book is called gaza an inquest into its martyrdom thanks so much norman coming back on the show israel back militarily by the u. K. Is again bombing gaza a sad time in this for the book. When i wrote the book i didnt expect that it would be timely i wrote it as a historic document because palestine and gaza in particular were falling off the news much to my surprise because the situation in gaza has reached the breaking point since two thousand and twelve the un reports hav
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