All right. Hearing will come to order. Welcome, everyone. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on u. S. Policy in iraq. I thank our witness for appearing today. Before recognizing myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement, i would like to take the opportunity to recognize and thank the members of our committee who served in iraq. Were grateful for your service and your input today is going to be invaluable. I will now ill make an Opening Statement and turn it over to the Ranking Member. Also before i begin on my comments here, i would like to take a moment to express my condolences to the families and friends of the sailors killed in pensacola last friday, the three sailers dedicated their lives were taken from us far too soon. And we need answers about the shooter and how this happened. Certainly at this point, the president and all of us must require the kingdom to give full and transparent cooperation with the United States investigation so we can understa
, and the third issue is the Good Progress of radio and television the national and nationwide networks that have International Networks and 33 Television Channels and 33 radio channels are the provinces, those from sistan and baluchistan to west azarbaijan and from North Khorasan to khuzestan, that is, and 33 provincial radio stations. In fact, they worked within the framework of the transformation document, the central issue is that the provinces have a central position for the country , customs and traditions, adherence to the original cultures , languages and dialects exist in the provinces, and even we have provincial networks that are part of the program. They are broadcasted in the local language and we watch it there is another issue, we have another issue called the spread of justice. When we talk about the university, only the university of tehran universities that you look at, you see that the university of sistan and baluchistan , my friends who went, i dont know that
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
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