The ground. [applause] more now from the u. S. Institute of peace with the former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Derek Mitchell of former u. S. Ambassador to myanmar. The good afternoon. I dont want to interrupt your lunch, so feel free to keep eating but as promised, we are going to have a really goo good important discussion that will help to draw on whate heard this morning. And bill, by thinking a little bit about how we set a strategic frame this of Good Governance, think about all the things we heard this morning about some of the problems, some of the challenges that need to be addressed in fragile states, governing itution needed to become more accountable. We have to work on ways to build inclusiveness, tackle the problem of marginalization and exclusion, figure out how to empower the youth to take leadership roles. The importance of enabling Civil Society to be an important part of cementing a stronger state of society relationship, these are all dimensions of gove
Eating but as promised, we are going to have a really goo good important discussion that will help to draw on what we heard this morning. And bill, by thinking a little bit about how we set a strategic frame this of Good Governance, think about all the things we heard this morning about some of the problems, some of the challenges that need to be addressed in fragile states, governing institutions needed to become more accountable. We have to work on ways to build inclusiveness, tackle the problem of marginalization and exclusion, figure out how to empower the youth to take leadership roles. The importance of enabling Civil Society to be an important part of cementing a stronger state of society relationship, these are all dimensions of governance in one way or another and this is one of the central challenges of transforming fragile states to be more resilient. So, how do we do that from the perspective of the United States, how do we set up a strategic frame that helps to put into mo
To in relation to brexit. Labours deputy leader tom watson calls for the party to prioritise another Eu Referendum over a general election, contradicting his leader, Jeremy Corbyn. A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young boy was rescued from a river in Greater Manchester he remains critically ill in hospital. More migrants are picked up crossing the channel after whats believed to be the highest number in a single day yesterday. And is there life on this distant planet . Why scientists think there could be on exo planet k218b. Good evening. Dozens of mps have been protesting outside parliament this afternoon, demanding its immediate recall, after scottish judges dramatically ruled that the current suspension of parliament is illegal. The verdict of scotlands highest civil court is that the Prime Minister is attempting to prevent mps scrutiny of the governments brexit plans. And we are just hearing tonight that the government has rejected a demand from par
Mr. Hiatt good morning. Im fred hiatt Editorial Page Editor at the washington post. On behalf of the council, thank you all for coming. Thank you to senator coons. As you all know senator coons was elected in 2010 after a previous brief but distinguished career in the law and local government. And has been a leader in the senate in all kinds of bipartisan efforts, particularly of interest to some of us in human rights. Coleader of the human rights caucus. For many years, last time you came to the post had you recently been to africa. Today we are here to talk about your turning a little bit ttention to east asia. You were there a couple weeks ago. Since then relations have really gone downhill. What did you say while were you there . [laughter] lets start with the news of the day, we seem to be in a trade war, the stock markets unhappy. What do you make of it . Senator coons im struck first thank you. Thank you to the council on Foreign Relations. Thank you to tom, who has helped me pr
Good morning. Im fred hiatt Editorial Page Editor at the washington post. On behalf of the council, thank youall for coming. Thank you to senator coons. As youall know senator coons was elected in 2010 after a previous brief but distinguished career in the law and local government. And has been a leader in the senate in all kinds of bipartisan efforts, particularly of interest to ome of us in human rights. Coleader of the human rights caucus. For many years, last time you came to the post had you recently been to africa. Today we are herer to talk about your turning a little bit attention to east asia. You were there a couple weeks ago. Since then relations have really gone downhill. What did you say while were you there . Lets start with the news of the day, we seem to be in a trade war, the stock markets unhappy. What do you make of it . Senator coons im struck first thank you. Thank you to the council on Foreign Relations. Thank you to tom, who has helped me prepare and help make po