A new Prime Minister is postponed in lebanon and protesters are still demanding a complete overhaul of the political system. The security situation in the sahara region of africa is causing a lot hundreds of soldiers have been killed this year and one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from measures on me were killed by fight to slick to i still near the border with mali leaders in the sahara region have held an emergency meeting in a share to discuss those escalating attacks well were live in mali capital bamako where augmented serous is standing by but 1st of all his report. These desperate times so africas we armed groups inflicting heavy losses and forcing thousands of civilians from the. Leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi didnt find a solution almost president Mohammad Yousuf who says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks these wars of. The scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting
Efforts. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the center for stra tee teethic and international studies. Im a senior fellow here and also the Deputy Director of the project on prosperity and development. We really appreciate everyone coming out on a thursday afternoon thats gorgeous before labor day i think this is a really important topic. And a really important report that were putting out right now. So i appreciate all of you taking the time out to do this. Before give a brief summary of the report which i hope all or most of you were able to get, it will be posted online right after this event. I you want to say a couple of thank yous. The first is to the Ford Foundation that has were just completing our second year of funding with the Ford Foundation. Theyve been really great partner with us. So thanks to the Ford Foundation for believing in in us. A slightly nontraditional partner for them on this. I want to thank my coauthor who is currently in laos working for unicef. If shes watching,
Rules Boris Johnson misled the queen and illegally suspended parliament. I strongly disagree with this decision by the supremes called. The british Prime Minister remains defiant saying bracks it will go ahead amid calls for him to resign. Also ahead some 40 people including children are killed as an afghan website as u. S. Backed forces targeted a nearby taliban fighter its. A divisive legacy spains top court says the remains of dictator Francisco Franco she big zooms from the states mostly in. The United Nations General Assembly is under way u. S. President donald trump was one of the 1st to address the u. N. In a wide ranging speech he attacked china and its trade policies yet again heres what he had to say. The United States lost 60000. 00 factories after china and did the w. T. This is happening to other countries all over the. The World Trade Organization needs drastic change the 2nd largest economy in the world should not be permitted to declare itself a developing country in or
Climate on oceans, Marine Biodiversity and human populations living in vulnerable areas. I appreciate it andthanks to our first panel. Ive enjoyed the conversation. I think were going to pick up on the end of that conversation around this idea of the Dynamic World and what that means now in the policy and security space so im excited to have an excellent panel to talk about that. Heatherconley , John Mimikakis was Vice President for oceans Environmental Defense fund, there was director of fisheries and amy lehr who is the director of the Human Rights Initiative so think the panel and im going to sit down and be quiet and handed over to my panel and we will start off. Thank you so much, good morning. I think the arctic is a tough place to talk about. The intersection of climate stress and security. And in many ways, the arctic is telling us, actually most polar regions are telling us they are under the most dramatic stress as the arctic certainly is warming 2 to 3 times faster than any
We will leave this program at this. To take a life of the discussion on a new report on irregular migration on the smuggling of migrants in mexico. This is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. It is just getting underway live here in cspan2. Is a gorgeous thursday afternoon before labor day. I think this is a really important topic and the really important report that we are putting out right now. I appreciate all of you taking the time out to do this. Before i give a brief summary of the report which i hope all or most of you were able to get, it will be posted online by the way right after this event. I wanted to say a couple of thank youse, first is to the Ford Foundation that we are just completing our second year of funding with the Ford Foundation, they have been a great partner with us. Thank you to the Ford Foundation for believing in us, slightly nontraditional partner for them on this. I want to thank my coauthor, the Carmen Garcia who is currently a