Three colleagues, and 50 members of the Washington Institutes board of trustees undertook just about one week ago completing it, to the gulf. Let me just very briefly introduce our my colleagues up there. My immediate left, keep our , a fellowkate bauer at the institute. She will speak after me offering impressions of specifically about our visit to abu dhabi. Our brcaft is our family fellow. A former u. S. Government Intelligence Analyst who will be prepared in our q a to talk about all sorts of issues from counterterrorism and counter radicalization to social change going on in the gulf and at the far end of the table is mike saying, they institute is is our former, National Security Council Director who will also participate in our q a session talking about all sorts of issues under the sun trump Strategic Issues to u. S. Bilateral relationships with the countries in question. Capn, this was an unusual that we took in the sense that it was a large delegation. There were 55 of us all
Robert good morning. Welcome to the Washington Institute. Satloff, the director. Im delighted to welcome all of you to this policy forum trip report from a trip that i, my three colleagues, and 50 members of the Washington Institutes board of trustees undertook just about one week ago completing it, to the gulf. Let me just very briefly introduce my colleagues up there. My immediate left, kate bauer, a former u. S. Treasury official Family Fellow at the institute. She will speak after me offering impressions specifically about our visit to abu dhabi. Lori plotkins boghardt. She is a former u. S. Government Intelligence Analyst who will be prepared in our q a to talk about all sorts of issues from counterterrorism and counter radicalization to social change going on in the gulf and at the far end of the table is mike singh,our former National Security Council Director who will also participate in our q a session talking about all sorts of issues under the sun trump Strategic Issues to u
Choice to define the future of the poles in liberia in the countrys president ial runoff. Hello again my name is peter watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up about a Million People are forced to move in vietnam ahead of a Violent Storm thats already brought death and destruction to the philippines. Perus president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed. Plus. The russian Opposition Leader. Calls for an election boycott after his bid to run in next years president ial votes is blocked. We begin in liberia where the polls are opening this hour in the president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years now the former football of george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph unemployment and corruption with a big campaign issues. Is in the capital monrovia. In the contest for the liberian presidency this month all my International Footballer do it with a head star
President ial runoff. Alone will compete. With your top stories from aljazeera also coming up about a Million People are forced to move in vietnam ahead of a Violent Storm thats already brought death and destruction to the philippines. President defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed predecessor and the russian Opposition Leader alexina calls for an election after his bid to run in next years president ial vote is blocked. To liberia first where the polls have opened in the president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years the former footballer george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph unemployment and corruption with a big campaign. In the capital monrovia. In the contest for the liberian presidency this month all my International Footballer do it with the head start he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october hes opponent in the current liberia
This is the news. Coming up in the next sixty minutes a choice to define the future of liberians votes in a president ial runoff. For the unrest in peru police fired tear gas and fights with protesters angry at a decision to pardon the former president. Barred from running against a Prominent Russian Opposition Leader is told hes not eligible to run in next years president ial election. Including defending champions. In Cleveland Cavaliers. So polls are open in liberias president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy years the former wild footballer of the year george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph block i in an election thats focused on creating jobs and fighting corruption. Reports now from the capital monrovia. In the contest for the liberian presidency this month former International Footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october hes