This conflict their biggest dream is for a lost in peace. And lets bring in Lawrence Brewer is the Caucasus Program director at the london based peace Building Organization conciliation resources mr burgess thanks for joining me so it sounds like this ceasefire has been broken before it even got a chance to go into effect with both sides accusing each other of launching attacks does this mean were back to square one. Yes as you said this used by supposed have been in place for 2 hours now and there are reports that fighting has continued i think there are a number of factors here 1st of all russia doesnt have the same leverage that it had 4 years ago the last time there was a major escalation at that time russia brokered a few fire after 4 days and it held were now 13 days in and the ceasefire is not holding as a by john i think its very concerned about agreeing to a cease fire and just seeing a reef priests without Real Movement on the substance of the talks and i think theres also a
Together in person, although very much hope will be sometime soon. But in the meantime its nice to connect this way and stay tuned come the Manhattan Institute putting together a ton of virtual content that they will be rolling out over the next few months. So look at your in boxes for some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim i am so pleased to welcome my guest, douglas murray, to our event this afternoon. Douglas is a journalist, and im sure many of you if not all have read his work on the pages of the wall street journal, the National Review or of course in the spectator where he is an associate editor but this is also an author most recently as 2019 book the madness of crowds and he was with us in person at the Manhattan Institute i think in early 2018 and i was just after the publication of this book, the strange death of europe. Douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things, you can the uk and im sure u. S. , un
For some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so pleased to welcome my guests Douglas Murray to our event this afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and i am sure many of you, if not all, have read his work in the pages of the National Review or wall street journal or the associate editor for the spectator. Most recently he wrote the madness of crowds and was with us in person at the Manhattan Institute in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book, the strange death of europe. Douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things uk and, i think, the u. S. Im not sure he knew the subjects of his most recent book and this one would come into play so much during this particular moment in time but they have and it is for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome y you, douglas, to our event this afternoon. Thank you very much, vanessa. Its a pleasure to be with you and all your members.
I am in added junk to fellow at the Manhattan Institute and your post for the young leader circl circle. I think all of you for taking time to be at this event a day. Both Young Leaders members in our general membership. I am so sorry that we cant all be together in person. Although i very much hope it will be sometime soon. But in the meantime, its nice to connect this way. And stay tuned, the Manhattan Institute is putting together a ton of virtual content that they will be rolling out over the next few months. So look at her in boxes for information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim, i am so pleased to welcome my guests, Douglas Murray to our events. This afternoon. Douglas is a journalist. And i am sure many of you, if not all have read his work in the pages of the wall street journal, the national review, and of course the spectator where he is an associate editor pretty is also an author most recently and 2019 book, the madness of crowds. And he was with us
Incredible Boston Review and its lead ed editors. All of us have been proud contributors to the rich intellectual tradition curated by Boston Review, and i just think its really important to say in this moment before our countrys more famous publications were willing to run pieces on police and prison abolition, racial capitalism, black radical thought and the ethics of resistance, the boston the review really provided one of the major forums for these ideas to be debated with seriousness and subtlety, and it still does. There are not many publications who can match Boston Reviews commitment to publishing black thinkers, giving space to black liberation across the political spectrum or the bolder questions with of justice, democracy and citizenship. So its a real honor to be here at a panel cohosted by Boston Review. And just as a reminder, as serena said, the contributions from this evenings event which i hope you continue to contribute all go to three important organizations. Critica