In 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. This is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. Im rob the executive director and im delighted to welcome all of you to this very special event. Before i begin if i can please ask everyone to take your iphone or samsung or whatever and turn them on a silent because we are broadcasting live on cspan one. Please watch your language, speak in clear tones so people around the world can hear us today. You are free to tweet as much as you like because we are eager to get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It is not often that one can time the publication of eight new book so proficiently to an International Event or its not one often one can arrange an International Referendum to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new book. As it turns out, we have today, this confluence of events. W
Good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director and i am delighted to welcome all of you to this very special event. Before i begin if i could pleasa ask everyone to turn everything on silence because we are broadcasting live on cspan so please watch your language and speak in clear tone so people around the world can hear usngua today. To get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It isnt often that one can find the publication of a new book to an International Event or i should say it isnt often one can arrange an International Referendum in a friendly country to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new book. But it turns out that today we have a confluence of. We have the referendum in turkey that although the results and process were provocative and controversial and im sur ensure will hear more about that. The result seems to be to elevate the existing precedent into an even higher and more elevated position and one that migh
Good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director and i am delighted to welcome all of you to this very special event. Before i begin if i could pleasa ask everyone to turn everything on silence because we are broadcasting live on cspan so please watch your language and speak in clear tone so people around the world can hear usngua today. To get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It isnt often that one can find the publication of a new book to an International Event or i should say it isnt often one can arrange an International Referendum in a friendly country to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new book. But it turns out that today we have a confluence of. We have the referendum in turkey that although the results and process were provocative and controversial and im sur ensure will hear more about that. The result seems to be to elevate the existing precedent into an even higher and more elevated position and one that migh
Dennis ross and former middle east Senior Advisor for the state department david pollock. From the center for national interest, this is just under an hour and half. [inaudible conversations] well, good afternoon, everybody, and thank you so much for turning out, springlike day in washington. Lets hope it continues. And thanks for cspan for coming along, and just a few tips on how were going to handle this mornings meeting. It is being filmed live, so when we cut to q a please state your name very clearly so that the world knows who you are and your your aunts and uncles can refer to the recording. The subject today i think is highly relevant. Iran sanctions and the nuclear deal. Weve heard a lot about iran during the election campaign, and particularly from the president , but i think there is some confusion as to what the actual policy is, given that we have a nuclear deal with iran, which no one seems eager at this point in time to care up, even though the president says its the wor
Washington. The conversation, live at noon on cspan 2. The turkish referendum vote they give president erdogan expanded executive powers was the discussion of the institute at washington dc. Panelists offer their predictions for turkeys future. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director. I am delighted to welcome all of you to this special event. Before i begin if i can please ask everyone to take your iphones or samsungs or whatever and turn them on silent, because we are broadcasting live on cspan one. So please watch your language and speak and clear tones so people around the world can hear us. Youre free to tweet as much as you like because we are eager to get todays discussion out far and wide. It is not often that one can time the publication of a new o will propitiously to an international event. Or arrange a referendum in a far away country to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new look. As it turns out, we have t