To cross off endless war im joined by my guest james to address and watched and hes a retired u. S. Diplomat and former Foreign Policy advisor to the u. S. Senate Republican Leadership and in new york we have lighter he is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at rectors university as well as an Adjunct Senior Research analyst at the institute of war and he studies at Columbia University all right joining us across an effect i mean you can jump in and you and i also appreciate it ok james let me go to you 1st on this you were on cross talk during the campaign essentially during the election and after the election and what caught our eye mostly about trams candidacy was his willingness to rethink some of the pillars of american Foreign Policy and i was excited about i have to say that i know you were too and i think there was a National Interest article that had his name on it but i think there were a lot of people that had their fingerprints on that article and he talked about it i
Had to and thats despite severe pressure from many quarters especially with this respect to iran where that said youre right you know he has not has not gotten his out he says he wants to get out get out of germany now he wants to get out of syria he wants to get out right now understand and he never manages quite to do it we can speculate what reasons are maybe its in terms of his own untidy way of approaching things personally maybe its because as terrible as which is itself is or is a question why does he have why these people or maybe its. The strength of the institutional structures of government and make it virtually impossible for anybody to actually be on the system and to do something other then what the system wants to do i really dont know at the end of the day it doesnt really matter but i think coming back to the will on the promise shows that he understands this is what the merican people want they dont want these wars anymore maybe even joe biden will pay it. Service to
To cross off endless war im joined by my guest james to address and watched and hes a retired u. S. Diplomat and former Foreign Policy advisor to the u. S. Senate Republican Leadership and you new york we have lighter he is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at rectors university as well as an Adjunct Senior Research analyst at the institute of war and peace at Columbia University all right gentlemen in effect i mean you can jump in and you and i also appreciate it ok james let me go to you 1st on this you were on cross talk during the campaign essentially during the election and after the election and what caught our eye mostly about drums candidacy was his willingness to rethink some of the pillars of american Foreign Policy and i was excited about i have to say that i know you were too. And i think there was a National Interest article that had his name on it but i think there were a lot of people that had their fingerprints on that article and we talked about it it was a lit
Touch on claims about the death of democracy in his country. Today good morning its thursday the 25th of june youre watching r. T. International where shes gone 9 oclock in moscow now voting does get underway today in russia on amendments to the countrys constitution the package includes more than 100 provisions some of which have been widely criticised today both online and early voting does get underway all leading up to next wednesdays general vote so heres a quick recap then of the constitution and the proposed changes. It was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the countrys foundational law the constitution within hours the entire government had resigned the current constitution dates back to 993. 00 to western backed president Boris Yeltsin built from the de breze of the communist soviet era yeltsins constitution created what would be criticized as a hyper president ial system the president called all the shots and it was forged in bloodshed as a h
Putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president Vladimir Putin as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the Russian Federation these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the Russian Federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the Russian Federation for the government to resign. Im grateful to everyone ive worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. Were to remai