Ladies and chess, thank you very much for coming. Coming. , thank you for we are in the season where the city tends to empty out and we are delighted that you are here that isss a problem arguably as important here in the United States as it is around the world, where we will be focusing on it. Let me briefly introduce myself and who will be conversing with today. Im sarah chase at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the democracy and rule of law program, not the climate and energy program. ,imon is going to kick us off simon taylor, one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in the space around the world. It very interestingly combines advocacy with extremely rigorous investigations, and is one of the things we will be talking about today, a recent report by Global Witness about shell pass activities in nigeria. s activities in nigeria. He hel a coalition of 40 countries worldwide, called publish
Event. We have seen in recent years and increasing recognition of corruption, serious and wide ranging consequences in the nation it occurs in u. S. Foreign policy. It deters commerce and intensifies social inequalities. It drains dollars and provides obstacles for democracy and rule of law by undermining the functioning and legitimacy of institutions. this means that requires evaluating past approaches for what has and hasnt worked. It will be working alone as well as in concert with National Partners to address and other forms of corruption. It is the issues that will delve into today. We have, very forcefully, and impressive speakers both have been on the front lines of designing and implementing or advocating for those policies. They include former and sitting government officials, legal experts, leaders of nongovernmental organizations. I believe its fitting that were starting off the podium. From then carded, instrumental in driving letter station. He is a longtime advocate of a
My best but it took a couple of years to realize what i was doing was a Mission Impossible there is no good political outcome from that. So we waited and practiced on waded into everybody waited. As you are aware even president rouhani to a couple of steps to the headquarters of the Pakistan Army and i think he did the right thing because when we are in islamabad their brews like to capitals in those decisions that were made so the president did the right thing but we didnt get anywhere either. They had a facetoface talk that was mysteriously halted while i thought it was Mission Impossible the way it to go to pakistan was too much accident and personality driven. When i say it was too much accident and in 2011 we thought pakistan was looking like the Peace Process and there was a gap of three months we had to work on the formula. The professor was the chairman was assassinated that afghanistan took a with a promise of a corporation so it took many more months through 2012 that i taugh
Host james lewis for the center of Strategic International studies is regarded as one of the leading site for Security Policy experts in washington. He is our guest this week week, the communicators. Both the house of the senate have passed socalled cybersecurity legislation. What exactly would happen if that legislation gets enacted and put into law . 2012 congress tried to pass comprehensive of the best cybersecurity bill maybe not the best bill but they could not pass so they felt bad and they did the next best thing to work on in for richet and sharing. Hopefully this will make it easier for companies to share information with each other and the government but it is the secondbest it is not the real deal. Host what kind of information . Guest risks and threats signatures of potential attackers to help a company defending itself better if it chose to do so. It is not privacy related. Host with this sharing in hands cyberSecurity Defense . Guest that is the hope. Probably not. It did
We believe in nurturing banking relationships for centuries with Strong Financial partnerships for the years to come. Providing the resources and stability to thrive. We build relationships that build the world. And now bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i and laura trevelyan. The town in nigeria attacked a boko haram militants we hear from those who still do not know the fate of their families. You do not know whether they are alive . I do not know. They could have died. I dont know. Heavy fighting breaks out near the president ial palace in yemen, posing a threat to the government. And he captured a key moment in the civil rights movement. We speak to the photographer who shot this iconic picture of Martin Luther king jr. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america, and also around the globe. In nigeria, eyewitnesses have been describing the destruction and loss of life in the Northeastern Region after attacks by boko haram. The attack could be the deadlies