I think we will go ahead and get started or good morning. I am the Vice President here. I am delighted to welcome you to todays important and timely event. Many of you know, we were founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent, nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vitally Important Mission of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict abroad. Odays topic is near and dear we have had an office since 2002 and are working closely with the afghan u. S. Governments and others to address underlying causes of the stability and violence. Dedicated considerable effort in the last care years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops, and policy analysis both here in washington and afghanistan. Throughout all of our efforts to hold fast to the conviction that the Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. We recently held a workshop in istanbul with work leaders from afghanistan, most of whom participated in various a couple of mon
Andrew wilder i think well go ahead and get started. Good morning. My name is andrew wilder. Im the Vice President here at usip at the asia center. Im delighted to welcome today to todays are important and timely event. As many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged with the vital Important Mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. Todays topic is very near and dear to usip. Weve had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u. S. Governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the afghan Peace Process is a top priority for usip. We dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill building workshops, and policy analysis both here in washington and in afghanistan. Throughout all our efforts with held fast to the conviction that for Peace Process t
Welcome to the program. Al jazeera has obtained a leaked telephone conversation which suggests that the toppled yemeni president has been working with the Houthi Rebels. The audio is dated late september. He is heard coordinating political and military moves with the houthi leader. Well lets bring in hashem now. He has reported extensively across yemen and has been following the events over the last few days closely. We have these extraordinary recording with the president coordinating military moves with the houthis. If true is this explosive. Absolutely. And this explains some of the accusations leveled against hadi by the International Community and the americans in particular in november. Because in november the United Nations imposed sanctions on the former president accusing him of plotting with the houthis to destabilize yemen and undermine the authority of president hadi. Very interesting, because in the phone conversation we hear him talking to the top military a top houthi mi
Schools. Michael welcome to the program. Al jazeera has received a leaked telephone conversation which suggests that a tomorrow official has been working with Houthi Rebels. So we have these extraordinary recordings from the allegedly from the former president abdrabbu mansouAli Abdullah Saleh. This is an important phone conversation. We hear him talking to a top military commander and asking him to coordinate with his aids about next steps to destabilize yemen, and to under wine president hadi. This is what he had to say. In that regarding we hear him asking to get in touch with his people. What does this tell us, Ali Abdullah Saleh he may be former president but he is wielding power. Are we going to see him reemerge. Hes been the longestrunning president in history. He always said that the movement against him was motivated against him by the muslim brotherhood. He said that his enemies were spreading lies against him. This is someone who still thinks that he has the possibility to c
Granting protection on russian soil. Also, the scene live at the houses of parliament. The three main Party Leaders here in the uk. The german chancellor Angela Merkel is just about to make a rare address on the merits of eu membership to boat houses of parliament. Well bring you her speech live. Also in the program, aaron is here. More problems for the flying kangaroo. It is just getting tougher for qantas. They bleed more cash. One in seven jobs they have to go. The airline is begging the deposit for more support. Well take a look at whats crippling the big roo. Hello. Thanks for joining us on gmt. Midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 1 00 p. M. In ukraine where the acting president has warned that any movement by Russian Troops outside their naval base in crimea will be seen as an act of aggression. His comments come after armed men seized the parliament and Administration Buildings in the capital simferopol. Moscow has agreed the personal safety of the ousted president