On the. Planet. Welcome to to the point and here are our guests felix huisman is a freelance journalist who has a focus on the far right and he says the dangers of far right ideologies were ignored too long we shouldnt make that mistake again with q. And on its great to have with us you often goes and hes a sociologist with germanys Konrad Adenauer foundation and he says the belief in conspiracy theories is a mass phenomenon that is part of our society. And also great to welcome trees along she works as an investigative journalist at online magazine advice and she thinks needy has responsibility in framing q. And a on is crucial for its containment. So let me start out by asking you to hose. About a study that you recently published that shows that fully a 3rd of those surveyed believe the world is being steered by secret forces why whats behind that. Well conspiracy believe in conspiracy theories is quite widespread in societies in general also in germany. So we didnt expect exactly t
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Finally get a common european asylum policy. Because. My conduct of could look at that i cant see often enough that migration is a global issue of enormous importance and one company has for many years to come near the feeling shifting that the e. U. Commission assured me in a Video Conference just hours before the fire that it would present this common solution on september. 6th in september these are good men somebody who swung before leaving. So what next im joined from geneva now by hunt on your veto do you know hes the director general of the uns International Organization for Migration Greece is overwhelmed by the vast number of migrants arriving in general now some countries are stepping in to help us we just heard in our report is that enough its not enough but the great help in these secret stances what happened in more of a catastrophe a humanitarian catastrophe that to be honest was just a catastrophe in waiting because the camp is overwhelmed you have mentioned before 100 h
Also, counterterrorism analyst washington Thomas Anderson talks about the evolving threats facing the u. S. Since the september 11 terrorist attacks. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for september 11. Todays show will focus on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. You can see planned events at the pentagon which you are watching at ground zero in new york. On cspan, cspan2 and cspan3. You can check the website for specific channel and time information. Follow along on the radio app. We will take your calls on this remembrance day. Here is how you can call us. The eastern00 for and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific times. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. Post on our cspan feed. On this day, several papers across the United States devoted. Heir editorial page here is the tribute out of johnstown, pennsylvania. On the 19th anniversary, our nation is distracted by politics. We are obligated to pause on this september
Cspan radio app. Here to join us to talk about the state of National Security sanderson. Homas , and im happy to beyond provide some insight and answer some questions. Host can you tell the audience about your background in this field . Guest i started out back in 1998 back in graduate school. This was the summer we were attacked in east africa by al qaeda. Defensework with a contractor called saic. I was assigned to programs looking at the threat of weapons of mass destruction, following the east africa bombings. We were concerned that al qaeda was seeking to up their game by using weapons of mass destruction. My team and i looked at the various groups that have tried to obtain weapons of mass destruction, from chlorine gas to using other materials. We looked at that, i did that for four years and i went off to china to do a fellowship. That happened to be right after 9 11, bow two weeks after 9 11. When i came back i joined the center for strategic and international studies. The dire