in a way is really a reflection of how messed up the international legal order is and i i also disagree with the point of my command which is. the the united states continue to be a global player in the international legal order and i think the us certainly was bad over the lusts few years well we see is that through treaty of the united states from the multilateral international organizations and also from the kind of rules of the international legal order in which it's played a very critical part in establishing so so you know there is there is that but again certainly but i think there are very serious moral issues in terms of how that responsibility. that retreat is quite significant isn't it and i'm reading an article which you wrote where you said well 1st of all antonia caetera says that is a $2000000000.00 arrears if you like in payments to the peacekeepers but also you said the problem is the trumpet ministration hasn't been paying its dues in full it

has racked up a reads of about $750000000.00 why yeah that's right well it really comes from a quirk in u.s. policy making towards the united nations in which american diplomats and diplomats from around the world negotiate amongst themselves on what's called a scale of assessments this is how much each country will pay into u.n. peacekeeping every couple years they enter these negotiations in the most recent one resulted in the u.s. diplomats at the u.n. agreeing to pay a little over 28 percent of the un peacekeeping budget however u.s. congress refuses to pay that amount they have imposed an arbitrary cap of 25 percent of un peacekeeping budget that they will allow the u.s. to pay into a u.n. peacekeeping that gap between what the u.s. is assessed and what congress allows it to pay results in these accumulating arrears at the u.n. on top. of that you have the trouble ministration that makes

a budget request to congress that significantly under funds un peacekeeping is owed so the result is us that's not paying its dues on time and in full and that results in mission that are not able to effectively carry out their mandates no hurry could it be also for talking about funding and funding shortfalls that some of the controversies involving un peacekeepers have an impact the fact that between 242016 there were 2000 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse there was a child sex trafficking ring uncovered in haiti there has been a lot of negative news associated with the peacekeepers well i wonder if that affects their funding i very much dot com that would be the main reason 1st of all like the other speakers guests mentioned the erosion of that our lives and international solidarity that the center of all countries in war

looking in the u.s. and also in europe they are facing serious crisis internationally that makes it difficult for them also to come out and show international solidarity i think the obvious where they're even more before these changes in the international landscape him but let me repeat the 1st point i brought in the reason why we need peacekeeping in the 1st place is to serve at the backup generator for short time to sustain support local solutions national solution is to political conflict is the primacy of politics the 4th that eve generates. a back up generator for a long time they will fail so peacekeeping failing because of that he's fatigue there is a resource exhaustion quality could will end legitimacy even offer local communities perception of peacekeeping is changing see significant. earlier in your

introduction and also in our discussion we excluded the army saw the so my mission because it's not considered as peacekeeping but increasingly in africa or elsewhere peacekeeping is going to be changed drastically because of the kind of challenge you have to face and the kind of challenge to address in terms of political solutions bringing. the fragmentation political fragmentation to end at the local level is becoming a challenge so in my opinion is a mix of many reasons partly because the international community is failing its monday it and wrong because countries that are supposed to lead this kind of initiatives are intimately embroider and there are really 3 things like that have been saved from there they are wrong and are 7 time the functionality and the figure of peacekeeping is cost from legitimacy perspective from local communities

or even in terms of being exhaustive you know india went to school for the last 20 years even before we had un mission india to see where are we now how much did we spend in this peacekeeping more than $20000000000.00 us dollars the past 2 or 2 decades or so and $20000000000.00 means 40 years of african union or 5 years just off the odyssey itself and this could have brought a lot of change in the political landscape if it was used for the long term solutions on the ground gentlemen i hate saying this because of really enjoyed this discussion but we're out of time going to have to leave it there so mark goldberg in denver hurried to the other matter in florence and i will in kill thank you so much for joining us and thank you for watching plenty more few online and on to 0 dot com you can see this program or any of our other editions by visiting inside story in the show's menu where facebook dot com forward slash age. inside story for

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slide at risk we are live in khartoum. u.s. national security advisor says oil tankers damaged up the coast of the u.a.e. were almost certainly attack using iranian naval minds and i jury as president against a 2nd term look at the challenges muhammadu buhari faces. chinese tech giant wall way has stepped up its legal fight against u.s. sanctions a company filed a motion in court to have a ban on its business deemed unconstitutional u.s. federal agencies and contractors are barred from using weiwei equipment for national security reasons chief legal officer says the u.s. is targeting the chinese tech giant for political gain we believe that u.s. politicians are use in cyber security it's an excuse to gain

kompany the support for actions they doubt these signed to achieve those goals these actions would do nothing to make matter works most cool they provide a false sense of security and these direct attention from the real challenges we face adrian brown has more from always headquarters sentients in china. well it's hard to think of any company in the world that could survive the sort of assaulted while our way is currently under this is china's biggest technology company of course and on wednesday the company invited the foreign media to their headquarters here in chains and once more talking to the media is one of the ways this company is responding to that assault now they wanted to update journalists on their legal moves that they've begun in the united states to try to

scrap the legislation that was passed recently that prevents federal employees using weiwei smartphones and other bits of its technology the company also spoke of course about the blacklist the trade blacklist in the united states that it's now been added to that means that while awake can buy components key equipment that it needs for its smart phones that are made here in china the company said that the action the united states a taken had set a dangerous precedent he said effectively u.s. politicians have now use the resources of an entire country to to clobber one company he said today it was wild way and telecoms tomorrow it could be your company now this is a company that is notionally private but china's government is right behind it this is a company that president xi jinping the chinese government the chinese people are very

proud of so if walk away loses then china loses as well which is why this company may simply be too big to fail china's state run people's daily has published an editorial titled us don't underestimate china's ability to strike back it talks about where on earth minerals used to make vital components and many electronic products and it says undoubtedly the u.s. side wants to use the products made by chinese china's export of rare earths to counter and suppress china's development the chinese people will never accept this cover albums is executive director at the asian trade center in singapore she says the u.s. is motivated not just by security but also by technology and trade concerns. the u.s. has been planning to do something about huawei apparent for some time and put the old pending the resolution of the trade in tariff discussion in the united states appear to have decided that those trade craft discussions are not going to be

resolved as quickly as it is this hated them they might as well proceed forward with a while a plan implemented all the 3 things because of the timing because of the trade talks fell apart and while a grand was announced almost immediately those 2 things have definitely become some played both sides think they have the upper hand so you're you're in of an unusual situation where both parties genuinely believe that they have the upper hand both parties points to 6 points in fact on the ground they think support that bolsters their claim when you start talking particular about digital and technology that fact that everyone that is so nations that is the future of where we expect to see in countries large and small in developing countries world technology i mean this is what we all actually have great in how this is resolved and the unfortunate thing for everyone outside of the united states and china is that there's nothing you can do except stand back and watch big party. have this debate between each

other and hope that they come to some resolution in the near term because it affects everyone today and is into its 2nd day of a nationwide strike that protesters hope will force the transitional military council back to the negotiating table and voice across the medical electricity and banking sectors all stopped working on tuesday or just later as call for the action as part of their push for a civilian led authority but the military council says it could lead to cuts and electricity or water services that may put lives at risk at the latest now from khartoum emraan khan is there for asylum and how it how is life being affected by this strike. well it's not just those sectors that you mentioned are on strike it's actually most of call taking it's almost at a standstill that's one of the busiest thoroughfares you can see all the shops along all completely shut the banks are all completely shut everything is very slow

at the moment and this is a success say the protest movement and that they are putting pressure on the transitional militia council the army who are normally in charge of the country right now let's bring you up to date with all of the latest that's happened in the last 24 hours. day 2 and the looks remain in place called to a nice stand still and the protest movement says it has the upper hand and is threatening more strikes if the transitional military council doesn't come back to the negotiating table. however the ruling transitional military council criticized the strikes saying the army was part of the revolution will know who the ins armed forces are part of that evolution by god we are and then think part of this revolution and without us. would have been instead empowered by god i'm telling you no one would have been able to remove him not was out us

a handful of shops and government offices did open but the strike is widespread enough for the organizers to deem it a success the plan today walkout was organized by the sudanese professionals association on behalf of the opposition coalition. of the workers who walked out they hope that the military leaders who replaced ousted president omar al bashir will listen to their demands for a civilian led government 2 so he just likes to do this right but we're going for more they don't leave without a longer shot was a little shocked at the news on the 1st of the sudanese professionals association of all organizing miche strike on behalf of the protests 3 minutes a day 2 will be even bigger than day one how about they all. also say that the central bank and all its branches will remain shuttered this is because many of the central bank staff turned up to work and say that they were actually harassed by the sudanese army. the opposition coalition will be hoping that the strike gives

them negotiating power and that the transitional military council will have to listen and we open talks if they don't opposition leaders say they will take further action such as more strikes the padlocks remain firmly closed to the talks between the 2 parties. so emraan does it seem like that the 2 sides are really digging in that their position and their positions are hardening. that's absolutely what it feels like certainly anecdotally if you listen to everything that's coming out not just on social media but in traditional media as well let's take the protests removed for example they calling this a success i may say for the all me don't listen then they going to hold more strikes and take part in more civil disobedience and this is a very strong statement was stronger than we've seen in baps the last few weeks or so and then you take the army the transitional military council they say we're

actually part of the protest movement there are in full traits as well coming in to the protest movements who off causing trouble who have an anti sudanese agenda they're actually blaming some of the protest movement for causing trouble as they were and saying it's actually their fault not ours but we haven't been able to come to a deal so far but then there's the 3rd element to all of this richelle and that's the regional players saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates they seem to be firmly backing a transitional military council by holding high level meetings between the leadership of that of the t.m.c. and. various ministers and crown prince's of those countries and that is angering the protesters because those countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. in egypt have an even sent backs it is to meet with the protest movement yet they are meeting at very high level with the transitional moves or council ok emraan khan with the latest from khartoum memoranda thank you. this national security

adviser says he is quote almost certain that iranian mabel mines damaged oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month but in provide any evidence to back up that statement he is currently visiting the u.a.e. for more let's go live to say mr abi who is and tehran so what what is their reaction in tehran in saying about these accusations. well rachele ever since the united states pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal a little over a year ago perhaps even ever since u.s. president donald trump became what was a candidate for the u.s. presidency a bad.