former geordie ambassador to the u.s. and middle east scholars jon alterman and marina ottaway talk specifically about how the arab monarchies of bahrain are dealing with pro-democracy movements in their countries. this is an hour and 25 minutes. i am very pleased to be moderating the session today. the session is on arab monarchies and how they confronted or dealt with the third spring or awakening. we have a distinguished panel with us. and this is part of a research project that is a merging of the kerr-mcgee paper and a few weeks, exactly on the topic of arab monarchies in the air of spring. the authors of this paper, dr. marwan muasher and that her ottaway. let me introduce them as author commentator for today, dr. jon alterman. marwan muasher is vice president for studies at the carnegie endowment, in charge of carnegie s middle east work here in beirut is known to assure all of you previously as vice president of the world bank and deputy prime minister previously in
the report analyzes why that should be true, and also as you just did, the report talks about the united states, russia and afghanistan and the in game and the distribution network and so forth. i think there are opportunities here, and the report says that i m not sure as you go down through pakistan and india whether that s true. the report does recommend that russia take a more active role in trying to persuade pakistan to pursue more responsible policies. how much influence there is i think is a question. as i just said, the relationship between russia and india is primarily now and arms transfer relationship. very different from the old da days. but i think thinking of it as a strategic hold the way you just did, ambassador, is the way the russians think of it. and some of their behavior we don t like very much. i think for good reason. but it is i think less incendiary than it was earlier, and i think there are
so $3 trillion over 10 years in deficit savings, kiera. the plan from the white house would have $580 billion in spending cuts, some of which would be to medicare and medicaid. but the biggest chunk, $1.5 trillion, half of the president s plan, would come from increasing taxes. we re talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and that s something that republicans are hitting on. and frequently both sides have used this when they do their math. and then also interest savings, kiera. $430 billion there the white house says, and that s because if you don
york times about the city s unprecedented precautions. lehrer: then, we get the latest from libya. ray suarez talks with lindsey hilsum of independent television news in tripoli. there s still this huge sense of joy here that however hard the conditions are, whenever you talk to people and you say how are you feeling, they say i m free. we re free, free at last. brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. lehrer: and hari sreenivasan has the story of washington s new memorial honoring doctor martin luther king, jr. 48 years after the civil rights leader gave his famous i have a dream speech, a monument dedicated to him has opened. but not before going through a struggle of its own. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. it s all about investing in th
craig fugate of fema on emergency preparations; and michael grynbaum of the new york times about the city s unprecedented precautions. lehrer: then, we get the latest from libya. ray suarez talks with lindsey hilsum of independent television news in tripoli. there s still this huge sense of joy here that however hard the conditions are, whenever you talk to people and you say how are you feeling, they say i m free. we re free, free at last. brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. lehrer: and hari sreenivasan has the story of washington s new memorial honoring doctor martin luther king, jr. 48 years after the civil rights leader gave his famous i have a dream speech, a monument dedicated to him has opened. but not before going through a struggle of its own. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. our future depends on new id