u.s./pakistan economic relations. i believe because of the reformist government in pakistan, a democratic government that is not burdened with trying to do anything as to achieve legitimacy, and we have a global conservation in which the destiny's appear to be tied for some time, and hopefully for a longer time, that the new way of thinking about how to secure the foundations of this relationship is indeed the responsibility of leadership of the two sides. i think the u.s. government has responded or tried to respond to this challenge, and the new external assistance law has been passed, which attempts to give $1.5 billion every year. in reality that amounts disbursed are less, but this reflects an institutional arrangement in which the countries can work out. five areas have been identified under the institutional arrangement for focus. these are energy security, food security, economic growth, particular focus on the affected areas in the tribal region, and social sector, including education and health. i believe tha

u.s. contractors are currently functioning in pakistan and what their identities are nor their purposes and an acceptable for the u.s. obsession with firing drones into pakistan also frost and stew critical to destabilize the situation in pakistan targeted militants in the northern part of pakistan near its border with afghanistan march seventeenth drone strike is reported to have killed forty innocent civilians prompting a month long break by the us despite these casualties and the bloody experience in both afghanistan and iraq and now in pakistan here there seems to be no sign of a policy change from nature's part that his son officials here in islamabad in the capital of pakistan warn that drones are a seriously strengthen not only anti american sentiment but also to military sentiment in this sense to a region making it increasingly hard to justify the continuing war on terror but this trans prime minister in an interview with our t.v. confer. that u.s. drone strikes are causing huge anxiety for pakistan at off weekend more problems rather than solutions in fighting terror the drone att

and pakistan demands the u.s. cuts its activity in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths if their lowest level since nine eleven. you're watching ninety live from moscow with me marina joshua welcome to the program the world's emerging economic giants are showing a united front of their push for reforming the international monetary institutions at a pivotal meeting the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa or the so-called brics and also decried the use of force in war torn libya it's all part of their efforts to gain greater clout in global affairs are just as our silly isn't the chinese resort of sunny were a gathering has been taking place. they really want greater influence as you had mentioned earlier influence two areas one is economically another is politically economically they really want a new financial model existing today of the world that will be beneficial to developing countries because they say there really is a shift at least economically it's very ob

u.s. and pakistan. mean, as the pakistan american community, we've been working on some of these things, and there has to be recognition that one of the largest exports to the u.s. is textiles. at the same time, there's a textile industry that's very hyperprotective of any pakistani products. there needs to be cooperation between both of our sides to figure out what specific items we can have those negotiations on and get that market access for. my second question has to do with -- obviously, right now we have this environment coming up where congress is looking to pass some of these fta's whether the u.s.-colombia free trade agreement where there's an opportunity for the market aspect to get bundled. the second question is on, you know, when we have things like the u.s. pakistan enterprise fund, questions come in like why do we need this government fund investing in pakistan that's overseen? part of that is you see very smooth pathways for u.s. businesses to go into india which is next door so i think

pakistan that demands the u.s. cuts its activity in a country that's relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths at the lowest level since nine eleven. with r.t. live from moscow right now or just after tipping well the world's emerging economic giants are showing a united front and their push for reforming the international monetary institutions at a pivotal week the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa all the so-called brics have also decried the use of force in war torn libya it's all part of their efforts to gain a greater clout in a global affairs. a city now is in the chinese resort. the government has been taking turns. so that the five countries have reached a common ground and strive for change or they discussed ways of supporting an initiative to replace the u.s. dollar as the world's main reserve currency also calling for. reform as well what more can you tell us on the search. for your rights and human rooting for those points if they have come up with in essence what they re

u.s.-pakistan relations. the finance minister is in washington for spring meetings at the international monetary fund and world bank. pakistan is trying to secure billions in the aid dollars from the imf. the finance minister is meeting department officials during his trip. >> shaikh abdul has keyed to talk to us for 15 minutes today. at this which point, he's agreed to ask questions. we're delighted to have you. we turn things over to you now. >> thank you, sir for that very nice introduction. i should hang around here in the u.s. if i keep getting such a recognition. nobody seems to have much to say good about me in pakistan. so. [laughter] >> i'm delighted to be here. it's an honor for me. and thank you for the invitation. i think they are meeting at a critical time. the pakistan-u.s. relationship has acquired a significance that it never had before. it's seen as important both for the peace and security of the region, and perhaps for the whole world. the need to learn from the past as well as our recent ex

and pakistan demands the u.s. cuts of tyranny in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths hit their lowest levels since nine eleven. and all germans b.b. and ronstadt extended by a month the deadline to complete that shortfall and the oaks it exploration feel strongly opposed by the the russian problem is more interested. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome the world emerging you can i giants are showing a united front in their push for reforming the international monetary institutions at a pivotal meeting the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa or the so-called brics have also decried the use of force in war torn libya so part of their efforts to gain greater clout in global affairs are these tests are still years in the chinese resort of sannio where the gathering has been taking place. they really want greater influence as you have mentioned earlier influenced two areas one is economically another is politically economically they rea

u.s. and pakistan moving forward and working together in the way to a u.s. needs pakistan in a wine tear. so it absolutely has i mean you know the it is become a hot issue on the streets and pakistan so it's helped provoke massive demonstrations but largely much groups who were not america's friends to begin with but america's support amongst the professionals in the middle class that are the core of the new relationship that the american leadership has been trying to forge of that have also been damaged so i think this all of these developments have been harmful for american pakistani relations and more likely it's going to lead to a narrowed role for the united states on the ground and pakistan and bigger picture what do you think that means as far as the u.s. after it's an afghanistan and but the taliban in pakistan what in fact you know there's no clearly defined border between afghanistan and pakistan that iran line has never been formally recognized and it's very difficult to fight that conflict on only one side of the frontier.

u.s. and pakistan. there has been significant interaction but it has never realized it's true and full list potential. in spite of that there is a significant degree of economic interaction that has been throughout and survived the vicissitudes of politics. trade for example is roughly $5 billion a year. fbi from the u.s. roughly half a billion dollars on average. others are approaching 1.8 to $2 billion a year from the u.s. and government to government assistance now targeted at $1.5 billion for economic matters. so the second question we want to think about is how to seize the potential that exists and to build up on this economic degree. to a new plateau which realizes the potential and is true insulated. on the political and other fronts. let us turn to pakistan and see what is happening. first of all, democracy is back and it is back with all of its vibrancy, lawyers and volume and dysfunction in and legislation. it is the period when the president and over our respect to the government and the fed

u.s. uses technology to spread democracy in the arab world but are their intentions really so innocent. pakistan demands the u.s. cuts addictively in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths can't their lowest level since nine eleven. is a day on the russian capital you're watching r t was nearing a joshua welcome to the program the world's emerging economic giants are pushing for a bigger cloud and global financial architecture and policy the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa or the so-called brics have been flexing their muscles in issues ranging from a response to canonical balances and the crisis in libya well it's now cross slide over spawn of chess or cilia who is in a chinese resort to find out for us we're gathering is taking place already. it seems like that we are seeing the emergence of a new force in global affairs so what exactly are the five powers pushing for. well in a nutshell these are five countries really just one great influence in two major meet us first economically they really want to see a reform in the financial model that

how many you asked contractors are currently functioning in pakistan and their identities are nor their purposes and unacceptable situation the u.s. obsession with fire and drones into pakistan also threatens to critically destabilize the situation in pakistan targeted militants in the northern part of pakistan near its border with afghanistan march seventeenth drone strike is reported to have killed forty innocent civilians prompting a month long break by the us but despite these casualties and a bloody experience both of candy stand and iraq and now in pakistan here. seems to be no sign of a policy change from nato as part pakistani officials here in islamabad in the capital of pakistan warn about. a seriously strengthened not only anti american sentiment but also to military sentiment in this region making it increasingly hard to justify the continuing war on terror pakistan's prime minister in an interview with r t can. us drone strikes are causing huge anxiety for pakistan and are creating more problems rather than solutions in fighting terror the drone attacks the. fear of the militants and against the government and the mi

u.s. uses technology to spread democracy in the arab world but we're intentions really so innocent. and pakistan demands the u.s. cuts to be in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths hit their lowest since nine eleven. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching. joshie welcome to the program all the world's emerging economic giants are showing a united front in the or push for reforming the international monetary institutions at a pivotal meeting the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa or the so-called brics have also decried the use of force and words war in libya it's all part of their efforts to gain greater clout in global affairs or you know across life to refuse to serve still you who is the chinese from sort of sania for us we're gathering has been taking place but our task is sort of five countries as we know reach common ground there strive for change so what exactly is that and what exactly what. poll today they had signed what they call the sign a declaration it's basically a compilation of all of the concerns that they've had l

u.s. uses technology to spread democracy in the arab world but are they your intentions really so innocent. pakistan demands the u.s. cuts its activity in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths is there a lowest level since nine eleven. leytonstone n b b p roth said some of the we're getting reports from rolls nafta and b.p. may third by month the deadline to complete that sheriff's hold and the arctic exploration deal strongly opposed by b.p.'s kiran kate. of the russian capital you're watching r.t.m. arena josh welcome to the program the world's emerging again i'm joined say they have reached common ground in their push for reforming international monitoring institutions the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa the so-called brics have also the cried the use of force in libya it's all part of the our efforts to gain greater clout in global affairs are just as our cilia in the chinese resort of salvia for us were the gatherings taking. these are five countries really just want greater influence in two made for us first economically they really want to

and pakistan demands the u.s. cuts its activity in the country as relations soured by drone attacks and civilian deaths hit their lowest levels since nine eleven. the latest time in the v.p. role sad song that we're getting reports of a real sniff and a heart of stone dead by a month the deadline to complete our schussel and the oaxaca exploration deal strongly opposed by b.p.'s ten k. b.p. partners more in twenty minutes. this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm arena josher welcome to the program the world's emerging a comic giants are showing a united front of their push for reforming international monetary institutions at a pivotal meeting the leaders of russia brazil india china and south africa or the so-called brics have also decried the use of force in the war torn libya it's all part of your efforts to gain greater clout in global affairs are these tests are silly is in the chinese resort of sanyo where the gathering has been taking place. they really want greater influence as you had mentioned

u.s. and pakistan thanks to drone strikes and the recent case of raymond davis pakistan isn't too fond of the cia but is there any hope that this relationship could be revived but another area facing serious problems right now that's so and central america u.s. military officials have now said that the drug war there is as violent as the wars in both iraq and afghanistan what can the u.s. do to help but we haven't already tried before and today the house voted on that old so contentious budget bill let's look at the bigger picture here with the politics the debating and the media buzz surrounding this is it safe to say that this is going to dominate the two thousand and twelve elections and more importantly the race to the oval office and if you fact cat bankers might be shaking in their boots today and a report has come out from capitol hill suggesting that some major wall street players light all testifying before congress on the financial crisis and also saying that they should be prosecuted but will we ever really see anyone on wall street pay we'll cover all those stories and much mor

u.s. and pakistan at the lowest level since nine eleven it's all about the demands washington cuts cia operations in the country and drone attacks continue to cause casualties among civilians. now it may be almost a year away but america's two thousand and twelve elections look set to be dominated by who should pay for the countries that are looming deficit conservative politicians favor spending cuts for basic services while president obama proposed a tax hike for the wealthy professor joseph stiglitz a nobel prize winning economist told us here about see that the divide between the rich and the poor in the us is already enormous and has to be rapidly addressed that discussion is coming your way next. joseph stiglitz is a nobel prize winning economist and columbia university professor and he's pushing for a rethinking of the global economic framework in the wake of a financial crisis i want to thank you so much for joining us professor now you've written recently about the increasing disparity between rich and poor in the united states and you've even compared these conditions to what led to the

u.s. institute of peace has run on pakistan. since january this is our fifth public forum on the critical foreign policy and national security issues that are opposed by the u.s. and pakistan relationship. i think this level of attention is justified because the importance of the u.s.-pakistan relationship really cannot be overstated. as part of the institutes continued effort to increase u.s. understanding of pakistan, this morning we will examine the topic of security sector governance and we will look at the roles of the defense and interior ministries in pakistan and the issue of civilian oversight in control of pakistan's military and police forces and its nuclear arsenal. usip has a number of programs that are ongoing in pakistan in the publication on the table outside again, pakistan and if you want to read more about what the united states institute of peace is doing in that country, you can pick up this publication. today's program is also time to because it comes only a few days after a successful visit to afghanistan,

pakistan. i was more bullish i would say a year or so ago. i think the breakdown that we're seeing between the u.s. and pakistan on security coordination is very real and i think it is multifaceted. and i think there's nothing we can do but continue to work that issue. we will never have boots on the ground or substantial boots on the ground in pakistan. we need to work those relationships as best we can and understand that the fissures are very real within the pakistani government. we know the civilian and security divide but there are serious divisions within the security agency too. understanding who is doing what and understanding that game i think is more essential than most of what we're doing in afghanistan at this point. i know you might disagree with that but from the perspective the u.s. national security interests, when you look at groups like the remnants of al qaeda, a range of groups that have free reign in pakistan. the simple fact of the matter it is not only how they assess their own security situation, it is also who they see as potential force multipliers and how they see the th

u.s.-pakistan relations. he's in washington for a spring meeting of the international monetary fund and world bank. this is hosted by the woodrow wilson center. it's almost an hour. >> dr. shaikh has agreed toeak speak to us for 15 or 20 minutes today. after which point we will -- heg has agreed to take questions from the audience.re deliged to mr. shaikh, we are delighted toe have you and turn things over to you now. introdnk you for the very nice introduction.. i should hang around here in the u.s. more often if i keep getting such recognition nobody seems to have much good to say about me in pakistan. [laughter] i'm delighted to be here. it's an honor for me. thank you for the invitation. i think we are meeting at a critical time. the pakistan u.s. relationship has acquired a sycophant it never had before. it's seen as important both for the security and region and perhaps indeed for the whole world. the need to learn from the past as well as the recent experiences, and to shape and configure the relations

u.s. and pakistan hit their lowest levels since nine eleven slam abad demands washington cuts the cia operations in the country drone attacks continue to cause casualties among civilians. because of the top stories here in our city back at the top of the hour with more sports next the meantime. thanks for another very warm welcome to sports today i'm you know neal our headlines this hour. then there were four a shelf out in real madrid complete the semifinal lineup in the champions league. breaking the rules and each are punished first feeling to feel young russian horn player in their premier league game with siesta at the weekend. concourse c. rushing ahead of their faith cup last four clash with. the weekend. football first the semifinal lineup in the champions league it's not a complete shock out on real madrid complementing their first leg lost eight wins with victories on wednesday shocked into a last week beating the holders five they were a class apart at home as well the two on scoreline not really justifying the germans dominance former real madrid mana raul scoring one and setting up

u.s. and pakistan have their lowest levels since nine eleven sama bob demands washington cut cia operations in the country as drone attacks continue to cause casualties among civilians. that we travel to a galaxy far far away to check if outer space can avoid becoming a see it or for real life star wars art one of our special report is next year in our. nothing. comes. come up. on. russia look we want the u.s.s.r. to watch it the world's first earth satellite but nick won. the cold war launched a space race that would capture our imagination and feed our dreams of cosmic exploration for decades to come. but crossing the front year the i'm still into space would also revolutionize life on earth. out of sight hundreds of kilometers above our heads a fragile network of satellites manages are interconnected society. of the one thousand satellites in orbit today almost half along for the united states not only making the united states the most advanced space nation but also the nation's most dependent on its assets in space space is the backbone of our national security there is no substitute an

there's the cia running amok in pakistan and the u.s. did have complete control which i didn't think was to but is that a perception that is very prominent in pakistan or not? >> thank you. spoke -- [inaudible] bruce riedel has written a column in "newsweek" in terms of the use of strategic assets like laundry, et cetera. the fact that this has also been brought up by general petraeus and miller, testimony in congress, and the fact that this in a way is inevitable because of past mistakes by the u.s. in terms of the withdrawal from afghanistan. my question in a sense is, is this strategic depth still necessary? because others have also spoken about the deterrence factor that pakistan has in terms of its nuclear capability, vis-À-vis india. so why is it that still this perception that india is the threat to manifest itself, despite the fact that these strategic assets like any terror group may be necessary in a place like afghanistan and the nuclear deterrent is indeed there? >> thank you very much. >> the strategic depth they talk about,

u.s. and pakistan hit their lowest level since nine eleven islamabad demands washington cut cia operations in the country as drone attacks continue to cause casualties among civilians. and staying with our coverage of the break summit in china r t you spoke to martin gilman who was a representative of the international monetary fund in moscow in the late ninety's that's now into the show spotlight that's next. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers who. will. bring you the latest inside stem technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. hello again or welcome to thought like the into the shell on our t.v. . they might get on the program. of the i.m.f. . the international monetary fund says the economies of brazil russia india china and south africa are going to see a tremendous growth in the chinese analyst as far as to say the brics financial systems will make up a third of the world's g.d.p. in just for a year to date there has of the brics countries are in china then discussing joint opportunit

everything as well as the fact that that relationship with pakistan is so and to defeating the taliban or to this war effort. will extend to me the freedom to u.s. troops too because all the logistics or the vast percentage of them come up through a corruption through the pakistan so yeah if you can a serious discussion like that is most concerning this talk about limiting the drone strikes or is most concerning although i did see in the wire that there was one and one of those was there is unity but. again if you look at a lot of this posture did you see do you still with the end game because it always seems immune to things kind o. able in the way that they are suspect is not what our town want to thank you very much for joining us and we'll be we'll be catching back up with you later i'll see what actually happens in july or what kind of numbers obama does give us to thank so much. ok thank you and have a good night. for taking a break but still a concert night she might run for president but first she wants to wake takeaways and rice from judges who have more in this congress on this plan ahead in our tools and segment and then swimming in

pakistan. i was more bullish i would say a year or so ago. i think the breakdown that we're seeing between the u.scoordination is very real and i think it is multifaceted. and i think there's nothing we can do but continue to work that issue. we will never have boots on the ground or substantial boots on the ground in pakistan. we need to work those relationships as best we can and understand that the fissures are very real within the pakistani government. we know the civilian and security divide but there are serious divisions within the security agency too. understanding who is doing what and understanding that game i think is more essential than most of what we're doing in afghanistan at this point. i know you might disagree with that but from the perspective the u.s. national security interests, when you look at groups like the remnants of al qaeda, a range of groups that have free reign in pakistan. the simple fact of the matter it is not only how they assess their own security situation, it is also who they see as potential force multipliers and how they see the threats around them. and i've

u.s. and pakistan too with pakistan in the last couple days saying no more drone strike saying get the majority of your cia officers which for a while we were bare there saying get them out so you know does that just put a dark cloud over everything as well as the fact that that relationship with pakistan is so integrity to defeating the taliban or to this war effort. will it be the feeding the u.s. troops too because all the logistics or the best percentage of them come up through a crunchie some look at the state so yeah he considers disruption like that is most concerning this talk about the drone strikes or is goes concerning although i did see in the wire that there was one of those years today where. it again if you look at a lot of this posturing you see you so what's the end game because it always seems in the united things kind of noble in the way that they are and i suspect there's money in our town to thank you very much for joining us and we'll be we'll be catching back up with you later all see what actually happened in july or what kind of numbers obama does give us to thank so mu

u.s. as pakistan the list of pressing issues just goes on but to the speakers at this forum really represents the arab world or is it a carefully selected progress through a group that only shows one perspective well joining me now to discuss this from morocco is units of john muhammad he's chief analyst as at is a policy dot com you know it's great to have you back thank you so much if we look at some of the names at this event mr brzezinski madeleine albright senator mccain and officials from qatar advise from turkey iraq iraq member of parliament who's missing from this guest list and what does that say to you about american efforts to engage with the muslim world. well. it signifies a continuation. of a long term policy the united states dating back to the post-war were two. national objectives that are being realized increase of principled participation. that would include all for instance from the muslim world then initially they were concerned with arab nationalism what we should really look at is who is funding and promoting this event it's the it's a cooperative endeavor between the

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u.s. missile drone attacks. the attacks came only two days after pakistan asked the u.s. to drastically reduce the cia operations in pakistan. pakistan's foreign ministry issued a statement saying say -- those attacks are "counterproductive and strengthen the hands of the terrorists." >>> a global watchdog group says the number of pirate attacks at sea has hit a record high this year. the international maritime bureau says there have been 142 attacks so far. 97 have been off the coast of somalia. seven people have been killed in those attacks. >>> just within the last hour, ford announced it's expanding a recent recall. we'll tell you why. >>> plus -- mess left behind about who is responsibility to pay for vandalism during the protests of oscar grant -- of the shooting of oscar grant. >>> ford is expanding a recall with the f-150 trucks because of the air bags. the recall includes trucks from the 2004 to the 2006 model years. nearly 1.2 million trucks are now included in the recall. in february, the company agreed to recall more than 150,000 of these trucks because of this

the supplies along the afghanistan and pakistan border last year set back the coalition fight for months. the bombings were in retaliation to u.s. drone fights in pakistan. they said three children and two women were among the 25 women killed in the attack. now pakistan celebrities and other prominent figures are trying to force an end to the drone campaign which the u.s. rarely comments on publicly. they intend to hold u.s. military relief routes hostage blocking them with mass demonstrations by a highly sympathetic public. a cricket player turned politician is holding one this weekend. he acknowledged pakistan's fights against the drones have sunk the relations to their lowest point ever. >> those problems were acute in recent months, symbolized by the case of raymond davis. >> he is the cia contractor who killed two pakistanis in january allegedly in self- defense and was held for several weeks before being released. a procession of high profile u.s. officials including the house speaker and joint chief chairman came to pakistan this week. the united states can't afford to give up in its latest charm offensive with the pakis

the disclaimer is that if we want to look at pakistan's civil-military dynamic and control of the securities sector from a u.s. benchmark and this nonnative benchmark, i would argue that pakistan would fail on every count and it would be a useless exercise. what we need to do is get into the pakistan context and understand them how things are operating in what direction things are moving at present. that is what i will try to do in the time that i have. it is critical, i think, to understand the peculiar nature of the pakistan military. the civilian and the military dimensions, as have been mentioned, often run parallel to each other rather than in tandem. the disconnect between the civil in the military is well known. the fact that there is an anomalous relationship has been written. the reasons are deep and go back to pakistan's of independence and how things moved in the first decade of the pakistan's history. i will not go into that, but suffice to say that there is a major civil-military disconnected. it continues to persist in pakistan. if you look at how literature on this issue is presented, you alway

u.s. continues to grapple with its decline the brics countries need to lay a foundation for their economic and political rise so will a new world leader emerge. and more drone killings in pakistan today this despite the country's call to end all u.s. attacks so how will the two ever met and their war torn relationship. that's when it's wednesday april thirteenth at four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our t.v. now you may know this well the debt clock is a taken take a look at it racking it up as the united states reaches its debt ceiling of fourteen point three trillion dollars in debt next month the debate over raising it has already descended upon washington to raise or risk defaulting on the country's debts that's what's at stake now today u.s. president barack obama revealed his plan for deficit and debt reduction issuing this warning our debt has grown so large that we could do real damage to the economy if we don't begin a process now to get our fiscal house in order. yeah no kidding but china being the u.s. is main creditor and u.s. debt reaching with the entire economy produces in g.d.p. artie's shows how it's already been taking a majo

u.s. officials acknowledged relations with pakistan need work as the pakistanis demanded curbs on u.s. drone strikes and other covert activities. france and britain charged nato is not doing enough to protect civilians in libya. and stocks around the world took a hit after japan raised its nuclear emergency to the highest level. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> suarez: we have a slideshow of civil war photographs exploring life behind the scenes of the battles. they come from a newly released book. art beat has a live chat with filmmakers from the pbs series "independent lens." you can join the discussion tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern, or check back later to read the full conversation. plus, our partners at globalpost reported today while their staffer james foley and three other journalists captured in libya by forces loyal to moammar gadhafi are still being detained. turkish diplomats are now working to secure their release and hope to have good news soon. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshou