and vba is a professor of south east european history and politics at the university of cox in austria. thanks so much for joining us on the w. can i ask you how much a concern is that on both sides, that this conflict could escalate further as well. i mean, both the costs of the government and the serbian government happened seeking escalation in recent days in the whole and the whole issue. but of course, both are wary to live escalate too far. i mean, crucially, the nature led to k for peacekeeping operation, of whom some were injured, the largest scale injury received. and the number of years um is there to protect costs of also, you know, there is limits of escalation, serbian armed forces which would be put on high alert or certainly not going to cross into comfortable that would risk and alter my confrontation with nato. so from that point of view, i think the risk is really that we're going to see further clashes of this sort, which will take a lot longer than to deal with, you know, normalizing and improving relations which has been the effort of the u. n. d, y, as in recent m

of cox's bazar. 1,300 of those shelters have been damaged. professor saiful islam is from the institute of water and flood management, bangladesh university ofclone is around a category four. the speed is 200 kilometres per hour, maximum speed, which is close to previous cyclone in 2007, cyclone sidr. but bangladesh may be a little fortunate that directly the track is not over the mainland in many areas, which is highly densely populated, like chittagong and others, but still it is an area which is touristic, not far to cox's bazar and as you also mentioned, the rohingya population live in teknaf, they are also vulnerable. we have so far seen not many casualties but there are catastrophic damages in terms of land, properties and agriculture in this area. and we have seen such kind of cyclone over the last five years, almost one or twice or even three in one year so it could be a consideration of global warming acting here. and how much of this destruction is down to a lack of preparedness and indeed the structures there are? there are so many flimsy buildings, aren't there, thatjust don't withstand the landslides that often ensue and the flo

cox's bazar, bangladesh. we can speak now to professor saiful islam, from the institute of water and flood management, bangladesh universityis this cycle in? and of the area is used to seeing cyclones but are you able to give us some sort of comparison? the cyclone is around category _ some sort of comparison? the cyclone is around category four. _ is around category four. experiencing 200 kph maximum speed which is close to a 2007 cyclone. bangladesh may be fortunate that the track is not over the mainland in many areas which is highly densely populated. but still it is an area and as he also mentioned the growing population living nearby will stop and so far we have not seen many casualties but they are catastrophic images in terms of land properties and agriculture in the area. and we have seen such cyclones over the last five years almost once or twice or even three in one year. so it could be a consideration of global warming in action. haifa could be a consideration of global warming in action.— could be a consideration of global warming in action. how much of this destruction — warming in action. how much of this de

university, and he'll be discussing most recent book, half american the epic story of african-americans fighting in world war two at home and abroad. now to, join this this conversation this discussion is dr. marcus cox marcus is a fellow with the jenny craig institute. and is also currently the dean of fayetteville state university right outside beautiful fort north carolina. oh the. previously many of you know him from town here where he's associate dean of graduate studies xavier and a graduate ph.d. from northwestern an and an expert on african-american military history. and so it's great to have these two amazing scholars and comrades on the stage with us today. and with that, marcus, i'll turn it over to you. and sir, you much. thank you so much. thank you everybody for being here. thank you, mike. and everyone, this is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about what's happening in the united states and in particular what african-americans. i'm honored and very privileged to be up here with dr. matthew delmont. matt is going to start off and do a brief overview of his, and then i'm going to up with some few questions of my own, and then we're going to open it up to the audience. so th