Together in my brief stint in the government. He has had a distinguished. Areer in the Foreign Service he is the state Department Coordinator for sanctions, policy, prior to that ambassador fried was assigned to the Guantanamo Bay facility, which we will discuss briefly. The main focus of the conversation will be on sanctions. He also had additional responsibilities. Previously as assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs, senior director of the National Security council, universe u. S. Ambassador to poland. It is wonderful to welcome you. Thanks for being here. Mr. Fried thank you. I appreciated. One of the interesting things about Foreign Policy is, as people have gotten, grown disillusioned with the effectiveness of military force, as an instrument of version in american Foreign Policy, a lot of attention has focused on sanctions. As a way to get others to do what we want, and not have to use military force but use a financial instrument to try and get others to
Argentina calls for the scrapping of its spy agency. And they were sacked from nigerias army for refusing to fight boko haram, now these former solders say they are fighting for justice. Hello, a gun and bomb attack at a major hotel in libyas capitol has left at least 11 people dead. Gunmen stormed the hotel in tripoli which is used by diplomats and foreign workers. There was a siege lasting several hours. Victoria reports. Reporter the roads around the hotel have been sealed off by the police and the army. Some guests run outside the hotel, thats when a car bomb exploded in the parking lot. And after a gun battle the attackers detonated their explosives inside the hotel. This was a very well coordinated attack on one of the the most Popular Hotels in the city a hotel which housed a number of embassies up until last summer during a militia battle in the city. It is also very popular with foreign dignitaries and Business People visiting tripoli. Reporter a group linked to Islamic State
Tough situation. Thats a terrific question senator and isils propaganda runs the gamut. You are absolutely right to point to some of these horrific videos including that sends a signal and attracted some element of isils propaganda also includes a fair number of messaging examples in which they paint a fulfilling life in the caliphate that they project to individuals who may be disenfranchised, disadvantaged dissatisfied in their home environment. So the range of factors for people than that going to places like syria now ranges from ideological that you pointed to but also to the psychological catering to some sense of wanting to belong to something no matter how depraved that group they would belong to is. And to others its the sheer sense of adventure and a chance to throw your hat into the winning side is a part of the calculation. We have tried to disaggregate all the different factors in the messaging we are seeing so we can develop contra messaging strategies to go at it. The pr
We must secure our border. Gwen and jeb bush steps into the deep end of the pool making a case for the kind of president he would be. Each president learns from those who came before their principles, their adjustments. One thing we know is this, every president inherits a changing world and changing circumstances. Gwen can he escape the shadows cast by his father and his brother . Covering the week, michael crowley, Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent for politico, nancy youssef, Senior National security correspondent for the daily beast Pete Williams justice correspondent for nbc news and john dickerson, chief Political Correspondent and political director for slate and cbs news. Awardwinning reporting and analysis. Covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capitol this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by from a world of darkness we became a nation of light a nation powered by electricity, a nation powered by the ibew.
We must secure our border. Gwen and jeb bush steps into the deep end of the pool making a case for the kind of president he would be. Each president learns from those who came before their principles, their adjustments. One thing we know is this, every president inherits a changing world and changing circumstances. Gwen can he escape the shadows cast by his father and his brother . Covering the week, michael crowley, Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent for politico, nancy youssef, Senior National security correspondent for the daily beast Pete Williams justice correspondent for nbc news and john dickerson, chief Political Correspondent and political director for slate and cbs news. Awardwinning reporting and analysis. Covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capitol this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by from a world of darkness we became a nation of light a nation powered by electricity, a nation powered by the ibew.