Opec of course that Work Together to reduce supplies to World Markets to keep prices relatively high but the been on opposing sides on a number of issues especially syria and iran the 2 nations have discussed cooperating on Missile Defense which is a controversial issue for the United States of course saudi arabia currently relies on u. S. Made systems which washington recently agreed to strengthen the thoughts of nicholai a question of who is an associate professor at the Gulf Study Center of how to university he told us the timing of this visit is significant. There are basically 3 priorities the 1st one is to ensure the signing off as much economic contracts as possible in the nuclear petrochemical that are in the oil and gas petrochemical fildes. Secondly to achieve the understanding on the system to continue the corporation within the opec bloss between saudi arabia and russia and possibly even the further decrease in the Production Output and finally to reach the common understan
That there was an immediate assumption it had been designed to fail clearing the way for the u. K. To leave the e. U. With no deal. So it all feels like what you might call a long shot but dont underestimate just how much some European Countries want to get rid of what they see as the british problem and as well is that the johnson plan involves kicking parts of the irish border issue for years down the road who knows what the worlds going to be like johnson now has to see if the u. K. Parliament has any more appetite for all this in the e. U. If it all gets rolled out he will say hes tried and everyone else is to blame the question by then will be if hes still in control of events largely aljazeera manchester. Well president of the European Commission says johnstons offer has some problematic points for more reaction from iraq lets cross live to Natasha Butler whos in paris so not overwhelmingly positive reaction so far as i can see. No the message from the east side of things seems t
Kirk would talks about the spengler farm during the battle of gettysburg which was used as a union Army Headquarters and artillery reserve and field hospital. Oday we have today would. E have ron kirk had tired after a 40 year career as an editor in the newspaper and magazine industry. His publications include usa today, the baltimore sun, the harrisburg patriot news in the new york daily record. He managed the copy desk and harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as part of theker as hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been at Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Youuld like to present to ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. Thegue in my book that george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first
[tapping glass] mr. Burt okay, were going to get underway. I am richard burt, and my day job is i am a managing partner at mclarty and associates, but im also a member of the board of the center for the National Interest and i might add, a member of the board of the atlantic council. In both these capacities and having spent time at both think tanks, i can tell you quite sincerely that the lunches at the center for the National Interests are far better than the atlantic council. [laughing] [laughter] and to top off this excellent lunch we have a great dessert. That is ambassador john herbst, who is with us today to talk about the future of ukraine and ukrainerussia relations. We really couldnt have a better speaker to address this issue. John has not only served as the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, but has followed ukraine, the ukraine related issue for many years in his current capacity running his program, his European Program at the atlantic council. And having a real indepth underst
Sincerely that the lunches at the center for the National Interests are far better than the atlantic council. [laughing] and to top off this excellent lunch we have a great dessert, that is ambassador john herbst, who is with us today to talk about the future of ukraine and ukrainerussia relations. We really couldnt have a better speaker to address this issue. John has not only served as the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, but has followed ukraine, the ukraine related issue for many years in his current capacity running this program as, European Program at the atlantic council. And having a real indepth understanding for, lets call it Eastern European and Central Asian affairs, having that only serve in ukraine but also uzbekistan, if im not mistaken. And he told me that i think what his first jobs after leaving the state department was running a program called dealing with complex problems at the National Defense university. And if it actually the u. S. State department trained you for d