it s key to germany, but it s also key to america,ecause i would say in modern times, it has been the most important and most successful instrument for peaceful change. you see, all the central and eastern european countries who used to be part of the eastern bloc, they have become democracies, and this is not preor preordained, this goes not without saying between world war i and world war ii, 28 of the then 38 states in europe were authoritarian states or dictat r dictatorsh dictatorsh dictatorships, and the european union made it possible we have now a whole continent made up mostly by democracies, and that s a huge benefit. i would also expect that we d talk about russia, because that is very important, how we respond to the russian aggression on crimea, and also in eastern ukraine, and germany
most uncooperative congress we ve had in history. jimmy carter, his peace-making work around the world. if i had one constant prayer the last 35 years of my life, it would be to bring peace to israel. his place in history. reporter: what s the one piece of advice you would give any president when they walk in the oval office for the first time? tell the truth. plus, larry cuomo. what he thinks about the state of our union. we have extraordinary mobs at the same time. this is piers morgan tonight. jimmy carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but his work since then has won him praise worldwide and a nobel peace prize. his latest book is through the year with jimmy carter and tonight i m privileged to sit down with president carter. president, thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary center. good to have you at the carter center. i love the dates here. you became president in 77. cnn is launched in 1980. the carter center s launched in 1982.
local community there, putting serious strains on society, not only here in egypt, but also in tunisia, and it s very interesting that the president used this argument partly to help defend the international in libya, saying that we have to protect what he described as inspiring up risings in the eastern countries, these revolutions from the spillover, potential spillover effect that we were definitely starting to see in the first weeks of this conflict in libya. these two countries, both libya and tune naisia are both in fra states and their economies have been battered in recent months, the last thing either of these countries would need as they re doing the very hard work now of trying to create new democratic systems out of the ashes of dictatorsh