Challenges was the subject of an event at Indiana University school of global and international studies. This is 90 minutes. So were here today to talk about whether the obama approach, call it a doctrine, call it a policy, of scaling back of retrenchment and a repositioning is one that the next president ought to change and reconsider or maybe even deepen. And we have the Perfect Panel to engage in this conversation. To my right is jessica mathews. You have everybodys bio, so im just going to say a few highlights from my own personal experience which im very honored to say i have with each of my colleagues here. Jessica is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. She served in government as a columnist and been a driver on a wide range of Foreign Policy issues throughout her career. I encourage you to check out her writing in the new york review of books, it feels like its every week. I guess you did have one the last couple of weeks. The most recent of which a
Journey to europe only to be sent forcibly home. I am robin adams in doha with all of todays big sports story including the Kansas City Royals take advantage of home field to go 20 up in baseballs world series. The war in syria is the focus of international talks in vienna. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry has already met on the sidelines with irans foreign minister. They will be joining Foreign Ministers from russia, turkey, saudi arabia, and france in toplevel talks aimed at resolving the conflict. Its hoped that opening a political dialogue with press assads allies, rush and a iran may find a way to a solution to a new transitional politically compote country rim the civil war has been ongoing for 4 1 2 years and more than 250,000 people have been killed in the fighting. Al jazeeras mohamed jamjoon is in vienna, joining us live now. So is there any optimism or how much optimism is is there that can this could be any different from the previous attempts to resolve the situation in
The face of desperate circumstances. Is that not precisely how the u. N. Has withstood adversity and arrived at the present day . Japan will further enhance its assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons from syria and iraq. Converted to a monetary figure, this years assistance comes to approximately 810 million u. S. In total. Triple the amount we provided last year. Japan has strictly maintained itself as a peaceloving nation for the 70 years since the end of world war, and we have accumulated a record of successful efforts fostering peace and prosperity in the world. In cambodia and elsewhere, japan put forth its best efforts its diplomatic endeavors, its dispatching of peacekeeping operations and later assistance over the longterm. At this very moment in south sudan, members of an engineering unit of the Japan Selfdefense forces are making efforts around the clock. Japan has also, for its part, very recently prepared a legal domestic framework enabling it to contribut
U. N. Has withstood adversity and arrived at the present day . Japan will further enhance its assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons from syria and iraq. Converted to a monetary figure, this years assistance comes to approximately 810 million u. S. In total. Triple the amount we provided last year. Japan has strictly maintained itself as a peaceloving nation for the 70 years since the end of world war, and we have accumulated a record of successful efforts fostering peace and prosperity in the world. In cambodia and elsewhere, japan put forth its best efforts its diplomatic endeavors, its dispatching of peacekeeping operations and later assistance over the longterm. At this very moment in south sudan, members of an engineering unit of the Japan Selfdefense forces are making efforts around the clock. Japan has also, for its part, very recently prepared a legal domestic framework enabling it to contribute to peacekeeping operations in a broader manner going forward. The
Dangerous if youre not properly layered and you dont have the right shelter. Mola lenghi joins us from Dupont Circle with how people are coping with the cold. Reporter the thermometer behind me wait for it it still read 26 degrees as it did about an hour ago, but with the sun going down, winds picking up a bit, it certainly feel colder than it did an hour ago. It is only getting colder, windier tonight overnight into tomorrow. Its not quite as windy as it was last night if you were unfortunate enough to be outside like some of us, but you can still feel it beginning to pick up. Last night you remember it was painful as far as the wind goes. Oftentimes it was dangerous, too. Those out here working in these conditions, walking in it say the wind is definitely the worst part, although some are dealing with it better than others. Is that im from chicago, so this isnt that cold. Its cold, but its not that cold. Reporter its not chicago. Yeah. I just got back in the country from Southeast As