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This case but theyre relying on the Opposition Coalition which will also be appointing to the judiciary during the transition period to have members who will be independent and impartial to look into what happened during the june 3rd act as well as into jaffery conflicts and then to be the one responsible for delivering justice and accountability right here thanks for that have a malls and live in khartoum. Protesters in hong kong have gathered in front of the british consulate to appeal for the release of a man detained in Mainland China earlier Chinas Foreign Ministry confirmed that simon chang an employee of the u. K. Consulate is in custody saying he violated the law the ministry added that hell spend 15 days in whats called administrative detention chang went missing on all the same nights whilst on a business trip to the city of shenzhen. Well beijing hasnt provided any more details than about his detention but the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Says the u. K. To stop stirring up tro
I wanted to say a few words about wesley gelb. He was most recently president emeritus here at the council and served as our president from 19932003. Over the last five decades, he was a distinguished academic, a senior official at the departments of state and defense and a pulitzer prizewinning journalist at the new york times. He worked on the editorial side as well as a journalist. , he led the institution into the postcold war era. He was there for the founding or f the Maurice Greenberg center, the launch of the independent Task Force Program amongnvigoration many other initiatives. He was generous with his time and wisdom, particularly with a great many young people in the field, including myself. He was one of the countries true wiseman one of this countrys true wisemen. I wanted to be sure to take a moment at the beginning of this evening. Annuals meeting is our series on military strategy and leadership. Features top military leaders and was made possible by a generous gift fr
All right. Good evening. Thats wonderful to see you all again. Most especially the students from university and high school and delighted to have back the last time some of may have seen don, it was during covid had to do a webinar version its much better have back in person. I feel fortunate i kind of a friend and through the council now i think we know each other about ten years. Youre one of the worlds foremost experts on the cartels and the narco violence that goes along with it in mexico. But youve also covered Central America of brazil, gangs in jamaica we will get to yemens book and a little bit later, gun money about the flow of of a huge number of weapons flowing in the united into mexico, but just because its so much in the news lately, i just want to look a little bit more at. The fentanyl crisis and maybe. Can you those people come to some of the basics and why it is kind of in recent years, a lot of the cartels in mexico have taken a shift away from almost what wed call pl
Again. Most especially the students from university and high school and delighted to have back the last time some of may have seen don, it was during covid had to do a webinar version its much better have back in person. I feel fortunate i kind of a friend and through the council now i think we know each other about ten years. Youre one of the worlds foremost experts on the cartels and the narco violence that goes along with it in mexico. But youve also covered Central America of brazil, gangs in jamaica we will get to yemens book and a little bit later, gun money about the flow of of a huge number of weapons flowing in the united into mexico, but just because its so much in the news lately, i just want to look a little bit more at. The fentanyl crisis and maybe. Can you those people come to some of the basics and why it is kind of in recent years, a lot of the cartels in mexico have taken a shift away from almost what wed call plant based, you know, narcotics, you know, the huge field