Welcome and thank you for making the effort to get here. Adam think any of us thought that i dont think any of us thought that the iran story we would be focusing on would be the story, the story of protest, domestic unrest, the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009. Whatever one expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions waivers, decertification of the gcpoa, and efforts of congress to annul to amend legislation. That is all still in play, but now it has been cast in a different light by what is happening inside iran. We have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue. The protests in iran and their implications for the region and u. S. Policy from a lot of different angles. Im going to introduce folks in the order i am going to call on them. We will start with patrick clauson. He is our senior fellow and director of research at the institute. He is going to look at the background of these protests. Where are they coming from
Maloney, Deputy Director of Brookings Foreign Policy Program and following the conversation theyll take questions from the audience. Live coverage is here on cspan2. Cspan2. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for braving the aftermath of cyclone bomb and polar vortex. Im the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via cspan at home. We have an extremely important topic this morning and an excellent panel to discuss it. We often have debates on middle east policy on interests and what the u. S. Should do in terms of immediate policy and pursuing its interest and we often have debates what the u. S. Should do in terms of its values promoting its vision of the good life, its vision of what the world should look like and once in a while an issue that very clearly encapsulates both and this is one of them. It pertains directly to some of the most important policy issues regarding the middle east in recent years
A dozen human rights protesters who tried to block his arrival i think the main story is coming next how difficult it is. Valued as a gem in africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to aljazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the citys progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where its heading now at this time on aljazeera. Hello im adrian figure and this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job well look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle easts second largest economy also this week meltdown and suspect these are the nicknames for two major flaws discovered. The hardware of nearly every computer and digital device worldwide the race is on to fix the. New year new rules for European Finance but thats not all well ask the chief global economist at u. B. S. Whats his dangerous idea. It is th
On behalf of brookings and the center of middle east policy, i am the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via cspan at home. We have an extremely important topic this morning and an excellent panel to discuss it. We often have debates on middle east policy on interests and what the u. S. Should do in terms of immediate policy and pursuing its interest, and we often have debates what the u. S. Should do in terms of its values promoting its vision of the good life, its vision of what the world should look like and once in a while an issue that very clearly encapsulates both, and this is one of them. It pertains directly to some of the most important policy issues regarding the middle east in recent years and decades even, with the jcpoa in play, and the president about to make decisions about that. And we also have the issue of democracy in the Islamic Republic of iran, and the people on the streets call
At this time. Im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job well look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east second largest economy also this week meltdown specter these are the nicknames for the two major flaws discovered in the hardware of nearly every computer and digital device worldwide the race is on to fix the. New year new rules for European Finance but thats not all well ask the chief global economist at u. B. S. Whats his dangerous idea. It is the number two economy in the middle east after saudi arabia when it comes to population its second only to egypt around eighty Million People call iran the home and more than half that number is under thirty years of age thats why when demonstrations of the rising prices the economic mismanagement broke out in the new year the world paid attention the demonstrations represent the bigg