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The Brookings Institution hosted this 90 minute forum. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to brookings. Thank you for making some time for discussions on africa issues. Coming to brookings and coming to brookings on this day right smack in the middle when many people are at the beach. We would like to welcome you. By ae joined as well professor at st. Lawrence university, the university of which we frequently Work Together on africa issues, which also runs an Excellent Program and nairobi that just celebrated its 45th anniversary. Matt was there doing research and bringing some alumni along on a trip. Finally, joining the panel is john from freedom house. Africas with their program and previously worked in the Obama Administrations policy planning st ....
Thank you for joining us both here in washington and on cspan. Of middle eastr policy here at the brookings institution. On behalf of the center of the brookings institution, i want to welcome you. We have a special event. We have a full house. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic. I think its a fair question to ask why. Why are we still on the murder of one individual . Thats a topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. Two points are worth pointing out. First, brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. We still believe that. Its controversial, but we do. We also think norms might matter or should matter. That is more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i couldnt think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a very large, very important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people in washington and was, in this building many times and was in this building many times. He was known to pe ....
Whether by cspan or in the room with us. My name is natan sachs, and i am the director of the center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution and on behalf of the center, the Brookings Institution large, i want to welcome you again. We have a special event and a full house to boot. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic , and i think it is a fair question to ask why, why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . I think that is the topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. I think two points are worth pointing out at first, and perhaps even right here ive said this here before. Brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. It is controversial, but we do. And we think that norms might matter or should matter. Perhaps more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i cannot think of a be ....