so much as it was recalled he wanted to leave the drawing battle until the collective bargaining puts america's democracy credentials in the line of fire but is this move the red tape rolled back. two thirty pm in moscow the zero g. headlines fighting for control of key cities intensifies in libya but the media's blame for making it look too much worse look much worse than it is stoking the conflict just to get striking headlines. as khadafi is foreign cash goes under lock and key experts warn of the legacy of using frozen assets as a long term political tool. and young italian so as to inject fresh blood into the country's leadership but some fear it could mean leading to the nationalistic paul right. up next r.t. so be shevardnadze joined by two leading world affairs academics to ask what the

future holds for a troubled libya and its neighbors and why foreign nations need to stay away stay with us for that. stephen cohen it's really good to have you back. on your who are all so good to see you again so stephen has come out with a new book out it's called the victims return survivors of the cool life after star and that's coming out in london next week but will still need to talk about what's going on in the middle east because some shaking is coming out and now it's being seriously discussed u.n. and u.s. could intervene into libya what do you think are we seeing echoes of iraq here i think it's very different than iraq i think iraq was

a moment when the united states in the name of democracy formed democracy by bringing democracy at the tip of a bayonet or with bombs and i think we're seeing the ripple effects of iraq in the region. i'm opposed to u.s. intervention i wish the united nations had more capacity to end violence and bloodshed in countries like libya but i think for the u.s. to intervene would be dangerous because the countries in the region themselves it seems to me as we saw in egypt people in those countries need to take control of their own destiny and i have not followed libyan politics carefully but i think we're at a tipping point in that country with the forces arrayed against gadhafi. in the next sure i do think so you're seeing that so if the u.s. intervene we create a backlash in the region that could harm the possibility of future democracy in a very unstable and important region older than. i was from northern border of iran

united states and they are very moment earlier in so many countries and one large or very were there for. katrina makes a point of american intervention. discredits your prerogative to the tyranny of its getting old throne because when it appears the pirate was overthrown with the backing of the united states in the force of the favor of domestic democracy. and edition what we're witnessing in egypt and. it's not clear these are pro democracy which are these are and the responding words they want to get rid of a dictator but getting rid of a dictator or country doesn't mean they're censoring to democracy that's a process in these countries would be very difficult when there is no democratic culture american intervention or one other point. if intervention is necessary it

should be the collective action of the united nations and this might not be a bad thing because the united nations was created in an effort to maintain peace and if there were actual war and violence against the populations you know there's going to be intervention and i think people who care about this country should insist that the solution be taken at the united nations not in the white house and not at brussels at nato headquarters i mean for you all know how decisions are made or is that really matter well but part of the problem in the countries we're watching in the middle east now is that the institutions of democracy have been so guarded and attacked over the last decades by the despots in power that it will take generations to build those institutions but in the same way the u.s. relationship with these countries has been so heavily dependent on military and national security relations that it has distorted our relations and so we talk a good game in the united states of support for democracy but we've really been

supporting stability in support of oil or in support of other measures so i think we need a new national security. or new thinking to use a term that was popular in this country in order to develop a relationship that would emphasize economic development which is going to be critical because so many of the protests in the region have to do with economic despair and joblessness and i think support for civic governance not the meddling but just actual changing relationships so it's away from military it's more civil political you look at the situation in general the book how lessons are going for what's going on right now in the arab world well i think the lesson is that you are witnessing people who have been suppressed and repressed for decades who are disgusted and fed up with the cronyism the corruption the suppression of not necessarily democracy put people's ability to lead their own lives and in

anger about the joblessness but i do think that corruption the sense that these leaders were willing to put in their own sons and his family despotism has led to something we rarely see in this world we saw we saw some of it in one nine hundred eighty nine in this part of the world but it's people rising up and seeking their own destiny it's never as simple as that but i do think that that's what we begin with and from there it will get very complicated i think in america i don't know about your country but there's a sense all you know democracy has carved you know regime changes girly these dictators have been ousted and what follows would be a measure of international support of non meddling of other countries ability to come together and find the resources i come back again to economic development i really think that's going to be critical in this region because you have millions of young people and that's how it started in tunisia it's like new

dominoes the young men who couldn't get a license and who was disgusted by the corruption and lived in self up on fire and suddenly you. people witnessing this and then finally you had the ability to communicate to social networks or not to be treated lightly people were able to see if you could get rid of a dictator in one country it could happen out of the problem in the united states or will just come from. a lot of us and has been drawn into. the war and people are saying because it is the upper story it isn't that would be a laundry maybe it's the first story but it's a long journey and for mr second people think of the revolution as a story. react badly to that generalization in egypt for example when the markets go on about the regime of history where the military regime will govern a country that's not a revolution it's called a regime change at the moment it's a leader change i don't know what's going to happen and we're going to get

information and still be interchanged we misuse the word revolution when we talk about desperate for so there's a lot of misperception going the other thing that's the us and in the united states i think is there and i just think should do something word to shepherd you know the suburban shopper like a former guides his flock of sheep or his cattle or the idea of the united states has to shepherd things countries is of course russia got organised badly and his country will make it on the road or they won't make it and all the united states doesn't understand the situation but there is a danger of a diplomatic and political involvement here and i would be rich i mean there are two things that have arisen in the united states in the last few days one is of course the renewal of democracy promotion this idea that america has the right or the wisdom to impose democracy in other countries and you see a lot of this in the commentary president obama should bring democracy to egypt to bring democracy to tunisia that's not our role we need to get our own act together

inside our country but also of course there's a concern that there will be more terrorist threats and danger in the. the feeling yes that the instability will fuel terrorist threats well you could argue the opposite that the repression of the possibility of democracy in these countries has given fuel to terrorists who have been i mean have been angry and enraged over these last decades by the u.s. occupation and presence in these countries it's a very tricky time i'm not even talking about the role of israel and the reactions in the united states there's a great live israel and iran also well iran i think is in an interesting position because there's iran has become again as it was because of the failed iraq war more powerful in the region and i think or oil and other factors may make it even more powerful with israel in the united states you have a strong support for israel and a concern that it will lose allies the fact that you had the board because it's i

mean israel's main ally has caused many supporters of israel concerned i think you will see a region which is not going to be empty israeli but will not be as willing to support agreements that have been so inconsistent with the human rights of palestinians and so inconsistent with the rights of other countries arab countries and in the region but there is great concern among those who feel israel be threatened by the changes two years ago obama sought to reset relations with russia but humans are there to talk about so far world there are so we're going to get serious not. spin at work which to make sure the work from current from other of the more corporation in afghanistan or one of them. around but i think it was an allusion to the children of course of the story he wanted to reduce nuclear weapons are for i've just written one manuscript about this and i will be

sure it was not a good one it's a very unstable. underlying disagreements that created really a new cold war are going on. and there's no fundamental of agreement on the really being additions for example why was the reset even necessary why wasn't there a strategic partnership after the short war the strategic partnership could grow to children your grandfather created with reagan and bush that was launched after nine hundred ninety one. the united states blames putin but that's not a fair explanation there is no agreement on the power secondly nato expansion is clearly the biggest thing is the biggest stumbling point between america and russia it's even bigger than people understand and i will tell you why president medvedev and certainly russia isn't from a sphere of privileged interests in the former soviet republics security or

anything political we say we have united states not we say no because no country is allowed to have a sort of influence in the murray it's an evil what is the expansion of nato it's an expansion of the american sphere of influence vast expansion into the territory used to be the sphere of most of soviet russia so moscow says to washington why did you get this for us and in our backyard and we get nine this is the. political conflict of our time and there will be no reset and go now there is a solution but nobody is prepared to put it forward in the united states but it's still this problem is solved. and no partner should know me so i think you know steve speaks as a scholar of russian the soviet union was a pretty face doesn't speak about the enormous opposition even this modest reset has confronted in the united states you had again a republican party which for decades has supported bipartisan arms control treaties and how many republicans did you finally get seven i think at the most so the reset

is modest i agree with steve's analysis of the ongoing problems but the fact that it's. under fire in america is a failure of both the media of its politics and leadership this is want to. present something both sides have enormous power and foreign policy accord which often reagan the world both by their own parties but they overcame it with the edifice being attacked in moscow for the reset obama there but this is where leadership is required but don't forget these guys in the area of this parliament need to expand sure obama didn't expand nato and he did not hear it in this problem it has to be resolved and he grew worse by the day remember the united states is still saying that georgia should become a member of nato and saakashvili is saying yes we want to and united states and even saying that ukraine will crain should become a member of nato even though we will crean says it's not interested now and these

are fundamental conflicts i mean we already had one world with us in georgia and there could be another country and if i don't who'll stephen cohen thank you very much for this interview. there in. the radioactive dust and the d.v.d. radium in the in a similar number for the bicycles you spread that are. most dangerous. and a decent that exists in the nature. of the group in the vicinity of known differentiated so produces so much heat and so many changes. and suits looking. for i've been out of the system. you don't have to have

a great noir have to play cribbage occasion to understand big if you spread radioactive materials all over something back. are. fighting for control of key cities intensifies in libya but the media is being blamed for making it look much worse than it is stoking the conflict just to get striking headlines. as could argues for in cash goes under lock and key exports a lot of the legacy of using bros and there's a long term political will. young people in italy look to inject fresh blood in for the country's leadership but some fear it could mean leading to the nationalistic far right. and andrew farmer joins us now with all the latest from the world of sports. the lose your money on for the english premier league title tricky question not to be somebody twists and turns have and i'm not sure i thought it would be

managed united but they lost yesterday. we can you think it would be one of those although chelsea do have a chance to make up some ground tonight they played blackpool in the blues at ten to one if you're not dancing a long shot who support is going up next. hello there you're watching the sport and these are the headlines i willing to start any possibility praises his plays after beating tears scar to lift the russian super cup. last regular season chants of unguarded make the last day to break a playoff victory over national economy. but he destroyed phoenix late at the hands of oklahoma city in a game of missed opportunities in the n.b.a.'s. we'll start with the football there is any coach leach on his ability has praised his side's character after beating to use an oscar one nil to lift the russian super cup substitute alexy iron of the

winner in the traditional curtain raiser to the new russian football season the muscovite far more scoring opportunities throughout this match but for letting these men found in athens seventy three minutes three iron off his skull are scheduled to play the need to get next month in the quarter final of the russian cup and before that both play in the last sixteen of the europa league on thursday brings anything does he see twenty and seriously ask the taxi call tell. me more in england can't scored a hat trick is a little stunned league leaders manchester united three one at anfield with suarez would be a sin in this match and how they did manage to get a consolation goal in the dying moments for united elsewhere remains a close call twice russian international little on public trying to got the other scotland three three draw against songs on that result the spurs level on points with fourth place chelsea they will play a relegation battle blackpool tonight chelsea themselves twelve points behind

manchester united they do have two games in hand the blues have slight fitness diet so he defended david louise a midfielder john obi mikel but he a drug that could be in line for a start a quick look at how the table shape. at the moment to place points ahead asshole that you have a game in hand and it's man city and chelsea i'm in a battle with the last champions league spot and then at the bottom it's bringing them. in the relegation zone but it's really tight down there with only five points separating the box a bite to eat real confirmation that have to take my word for it at that. time to be continental. where the conference semifinal on nine known regular season champions have been god taking the last spot after winning the deciding game with nothing to make seven three look like it's going to be an even a fairly on have been card with

a regular season count can strike three three times romantic vanka yes an opener and he would add another one late in the second weapon f.t.p. me i see the first pulling back to go but it was all. that. bragging rights thank you thank you. for a good old school like penalty to give me. something like. the press in for the last eight. i am waiting for them barry maslen maglite of course the two will play each other in game one on wednesday a true hadn't quite match up them between the second and third seeded teams in the east and the other tie two time defending champions that bass will face off against . your life both teams get the leadership during the season having threat matches against parents and simply respectively the western conference not the most places to be inside the now another best of seven series and in the other contests their

starting page is to take on atlanta and these games will take place tomorrow. now point skiing lindsey vonn had a weekend to remember in italy the american skier winning her third title in his many day to. victory in the world cup c.p.g. the twenty six year old already secured a super combined and downhill crown but a hunger to win carried over into the final day she clocked just over one million twenty one seconds of compact that one second of all his best friend and chief rival barry right grabbed the final spot on the podium let into the american so. many days for the downhill olympic gold medalist lindsey vonn. remark once again proved he's a force to be reckoned with in the main. that was big he got the full two world cup victory of his career in a highly charged race on but the ranch driving a gate and getting disqualified from the event as he tried to get the better of

each across the beach and the corrosion then also committed the same mistake as his french rival leaving the door open for matt in the thirty one year old full advantage of that with a blistering run x. from the back and nolan kasper tied to second place followed by on three mile. in other news rushes athletes finished off the european championships in style in parish three more goals for them on the last day there is a finished on top of the medals table up and coming down the push you know one to watch playing the long jump title beating portugal's knightly gomes park just one centimeter again years in triumph on the track when eight hundred metres and that was followed by victory in the women's four hundred meter reader so in total the worst six goals for russia ukraine and fifteen medals in all nation france came in second for germany man each with a total of ten. just in time is now russia's davis cup campaign came to an abrupt end at the weekend following their shock to fade away to sweden but there were no

such problems to spain as the top ranked nation breeze their way past minutes belgium in my world number one rafael nadal in action he had put their quarterfinal berth on saturday they were looking to complete a whitewash in. sunday in the dark he's just returned from injury was at his domineering best against a live iraq with the spanish left with a top notch forehand than a line from win this match six called sixty away beneath the carload his then had the chance to make the overall score five nil to spain that steve darcis gave his all to salvage at least some pride for the home side of a two needed tie breaks and all three sets before passing celebrate. which i really came down to the wire for the last is being confined in france and placed austria and there. i beat you for months prior to my. charlie france the frenchman was up against martin fisher who was ranked outside the top one hundred however fisher was the faster one out of the blocks taking the first

set six two charlie did level matters though when the second on the tie break and he went on to wrap up this match in full so. the make up of france and germany broke and gracious. karlovic from the deciding fifth rather play next by the usa the americans were easy win is against chile their argentina face to face a fast rising as xander stunned the czech republic bought sweden to beat russia already infantry in tight hold in serbia. not so much of me n.b.a. where kevin durant was far from his shooting best but the oklahoma city thunder still edged the phoenix suns in overtime for their green on the trot it was a back and forth match in oklahoma since carter timely paid for the visitors with nine seconds to go to make it one hundred nine each with a chance to pinch the win for oklahoma city but he missed the buzzer beater i'm sure. a lot regret them to do and he recorded a season

a three baskets from fourteen attempts but was even worse the carter he taught school for the suns but mislaid a couple of all important for you frozen over time loss the financial thing missed the last three points or. the host went on to win hundred ninety two one hundred sixty. let's catch up with what's been happening on the p.g.a. tour where south africa's rory sabbatini held on to win the hunger classic in florida and i say hold on because he was chased hard by south korean why yank sabatini was five shots ahead of the field start of the day but yang sing with a lap band misses the shot behind come the sixteenth pass for that magnificent tee shot and he was still within the shot by the last this week bunker effort here setting him up for birdie however sabatini kept his team putting on the last to say path for a one shot we. have a cricket world cup england will be without batsman kevin pietersen for the rest of

the tournament he needs a hernia operation after his side's burning victory over south africa england winning by just six runs in the end but the baby didn't start well for them batting first captain andrew strasser that would cost the for. pietersen followed just three balls later. bell also went cheaply of robin pietersen took three wickets and just three runs off sixteen balls ravi bopara and jonathan trott they managed to stem the ship for england with a stand of ninety nine england one hundred seventy one and south africa must the fancy their chances however stroup broad took four wickets for just fifteen runs pin bowling. and made fourth into the finale for south africa chase twelve runs from the last twenty two weeks behind the group trough the tail end of the victory . was a huge huge game for us you know after the game we really need to come out and. show character we definitely need to do that. as much of that like.

you guys are very deep in the field in the logic of the poles you. learn to crawl around showing what they can do. you know if the research woman if you can get that sample in writing won't be hot so to put any other game on sunday in the go to five . and you fresh thing with a great all round performance claim five wickets and hitting a half century is india finished on two hundred ten to five or forty six i was in reply to north of two hundred seventy four that. will end with a few shots from the world rally championships where seven time defending champion sebastian lowered has bounced back from his slow start to the season for frenchmen winning in mexico for the fifth straight time i load citron teammate sebastian topped the time chief going into the final day but he crashed out early on and looked at full advantage winning

a stage and hanging on for the title forwards finished you or me and you are a matter of the complete the podium in mexico. is the overall leader after winning the first race in sweden last month low lives up to second he is nine point three. so that is all the sport for moment will be here in a couple of hours with more support you that's it for me i'm back tomorrow next. question is that so much of. which of course you want it will be a drawing battle of the collective bargaining rights america's democracy includes the line of fire but is this move the grid to roll back.

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