a good afternoon, welcome to the atlantic council. that can you for joining us tore today's event, countering china and russia in the caribbean. stre european and indo pacific theaters. china and russia have made significant inroads within the western hemisphere over the last several decades and at the same time, the u.s. approach the region and strategic competition is in search in some respects of a new strategy. we know navigating street -- strategic competition is a major balance for the atlantic council to address, across our various programs and centers, but we are here to investigate what does an effective strategy really look like for this region today and in the current environment? over the last 18 months, the center for strategy and security with support from the global china hub has been working together to address just question. that project has culminated in a new atlantic council strategy paper, which we are excited to launch today. we are so grateful to our speakers for joining us today and special thanks to congressma

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this is just under an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic council. ank you for joining us for today's event, countering china and russia in latin america and the caribbean. my name is jenna, and i'm the executive vice president here at the council. and this is a tope thetic of personal -- topic of personal interest. great too see so many old friens here thanks to everybody for joining us. we'll be focusing on the nature of strategic competition that's been in both european and indo-pacific theaters. china and russia have made significant inroads within the western hemisphere ifd over the last several decades, and at the same time, the u.s. approach to the region and strategic competition is in search in some respects of a new strategy. so we know that navigating strategic competition is a major defining challenge for the atlantic council to address across our various programs and centers, but we're here to the investigate what does an effective strategy really look like for this region today the in the current environment. so over the last 18 months,

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this event is part of the conference on chinese influence in the global south, from the atlantic council in washington, d.c. and it is just over 40 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning. pleasure to be here. and welcome to all our panelists and to our guests. this is originally lightning talk, so i will go straight to get his. my i am jane munga, i'm a fellow with the carnegie endowment for international peace for the african program, this morning i'm joined by three experts in china-africa relations and i'll introduce them. first to have joe was right next to me, joseph asunka is the chief executive officer of afrobarometer. joseph has previously been the program officerra at william hewlett foundation. before joining hulett, joseph was -- in california and by what he taught african politics. political economy, filament. if you have not interacted with the afrobarometer i encourage you to. they are online so also just do a quick summary. our next guest is oscar. oscar is just told he can from nairobi so welcome to d.c., to a very cold day. oscar otele is a nonresident fellow with the g

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my thanks to the atlantic council. thank you, sheikh mohammed for coming and taking questions after long weekend of negotiations in paris. we know that you are in paris with the representatives from the united states, egypt and israel, all focusing on the release of the hostages. but there's a plan, a framework that you will agree to this weekend to release the hostages in agreement with a phased pause in the fighting, women and children first, and to continue this in phases as you proceed with aid going in as well. this is being presented as a understand now to hamas. in the past they've insisted on an immediate permanent ceasefire before any hostages can be released. chance they might agree to this, are with their veto be a dealbreaker? >> first, i would like to thank you forgive me this opportunity to speak your today at the atlantic council and to be with both of you here and david. actually, i think that right now i would describe the progress that we are making in the last couple weeks is where in a much better p

and thank you to our audience both here at atlantic council and those joining us virtually. it's interesting to join the session to shed light on african interests, talking about african countries from my own works. and from colleagues who are passionately -- who have passionately spoken about this discussion. we frame the question of african agency from two perspectives. the previous panel have discussed and i know the ambassador dismissed a deal over global south. some flat form -- platforms if you look at published works, you know, the con sthoacht global south has been levitated to higher levels. but let me use politically correct terminology. developing countries. developing countries. and from that perspective we see african countries, you know, being part and parcel of that group and if you read and follow the rhetoric of chinese diplomats, as others have said, they are very specific on the use of developing countries when they're referring to african countries. the reason of course that has a historical connotation and the idea here is to evoke the colonial sentiment

i'm a senior fellow with the geoeconomics center of atlantic council.ike to welcome you to our next session where we are going to dig into development and finance, china's lending, aid, its investments and what is being called the global south. i'm going to use the moderator's privilege and refer to low income and middle income countries. that seems to be a more neutral term than what we were using before. real quickly, just to introduce the topic. we found a great deal today about a lot of the big picture aspects of china's interaction with the developing world. and to think what we're going to try to do here is sort of dig into the lifeblood of this interaction, which is money. the lending investment and a that china has offered to both low income and middle income countries over the past decade amounts to a vast sum, well over a trillion dollars. based on a data statistics the commitment or even larger than that. there's a lot of issues that now revolve around the flow of capital out of china to these countries come and many of you are aware that the

. >> hello and welcome, i'm fred kemp, i'm president and ceo of the atlantic council. today we're delighted to work to our headquarters. sheikh mohammed bin abdul ramen al-thani. the prime minister of the foreign affairs of qatar. his excellency has served as prime minister since march of 2023, foreign minister he's held for eight years now beginning in january of 2016 . the prime minister is known all around the world for his leadership in conflict mediation and he has a remarkable track record of success. in just the last few months the prime minister helped secure the release of 100 israeli hostages, the delivery of aid to gaza, mediated u.s.-iran prisoner exchange, facilitated the release of 10 american hostages in venezuela and negotiated the release of ukrainian children from russia among other accomplishments. as the middle east has plunged into renewed conflict following hamas' october 7th terror attack on israel, concerns of escalation are growing. hezbollah in lebanon, shia militias in iraq and syria and houthis potential drivers of further escalation. it's a

a is the same as senior director of the roof recovery center and middle east programs of the atlantic council in washington. and he has more on the expansion of is really operations to southern gaza. israel is unfortunately quite a distance away from achieving its military objectives. so the war will continue until israel feels that it is done. so, given the nature of the expense of the tunnels, given their inability so far, to take out a number of key commanders. unfortunately, the war is going to continue for some time. uh, hopefully there can be negotiated, humanitarian pause coming up in the near term, but over the long term it's going to go for a while. and on the diplomatic front, it's actually a state us extra state anthony blinking is heading back to the middle east. it's his 5th trip since the war began. is there any chance he can get any movement on the propose these 5? yes, the ceasefire has been negotiated. all the various elements of it. it's really up to him off right now whether they will accept what has been produced through the guitar e channel. if they do accept it, it will

from the atlantic council in washington, d.c., this is just one hour. i think what we will try to do is to dig into the lifeblood of this interaction, which is money. the lending, investment, and a that china has offered to most low income and middle income countries over the past decade amounts to well over a trillion dollars. based on data statistics, that commitment is larger than that. there's a lot of issues that now revolve around the flow of capital out of china to these countries. in many of you are aware that the lending in particular is a debt problem in many countries that has to be addressed and even protect -- even present serious risk to chinese lenders at a moment of economic downturn in china. we will get into this now. i want to introduce our speakers , then we will turn to questions. we have two speakers today who are joining us remotely. first from new delhi is an associate fellow informed polity and security at the central -- center for socioeconomic progress. she is also affiliated with harvard university's asia center and the insti

this event was hosted by the atlantic council. ♪ u.s.nder secretary of state for arms control and international security participated in a conversation about african-american leadership in foreign policy. during the discussion she talks about her career path and offers advice for aspiring foreign policy professionals. this event was hosted by the atlantic council. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us this morning for a discussion with the honorable ambassador bonnie jenkins, the under secretary of state for arms control and international security at the u.s. department of state. our theme is the future of black voices in international policy, an important topic as we recognize the value of diverse american voices and representation in u.s. foreign policy. and what better time for today's theme than during black history month? today's event is presented by the atlantic council black employee network to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of black leaders in shaping the global future in manner that promotes inclu

atlantic council. ♪ >> good afternoon here in washington.ood evening to our virtual viewers in europe. my name is john herbst, i run the eurasia center at the atlantic council. this is a very good day for the atlantic council and for american understanding of russia. the eurasia center is launching a new series of papers on russia tomorrow. we are doing this because russia, under putin, poses the greatest short-term threat to the united states. of course, china is the greater long-term threat because it enjoys a real economy, which russia does not. and russia has been signaling this threat for well over a decade. and the u.s. academic community and political/policy committee have been slow to realize it. so, with this series of paper, we are going to be taking a close look at russia, both the and foreign policy, in order to draw an accurate picture and a proper conclusion of the jet -- of the danger that russia represents. we have a paper today that leads us off, written by a brilliant young american scholar on the five scenarios for russia'

atlantic council says it remains a significant factor in many recipient countries. how could this be addressed through the financing side of things? gyude you were involved in public works. perhaps you have addressed this issue on the ground. >> in my travel on the continent, the only place i saw this was in equatorial guinea. but there were circumstances that may have prompted that. equatorial guinea chose at the last moment to host the au summit and needed to build quickly. they brought in a lot of chinese lenders. because of the demographic issues in china, it is more expensive to have a chinese worker work in africa now than it was. maybe that was the case up to 2008. but in my part of the world, i don't think that is an issue anymore. you still have four men and supervisors you might be chinese, but anywhere between 85-90% of workers on construction projects tend to be locals. >> this is less of an issue than it has been presented as. >> you are starting to see the shift in two ways. one, i have seen certain countries push back by putting in requirements for a

bush jr. were not critical, but now he heads the center named after general scowcroft in the atlantic council named after him, steve hadley, is giving their names to calls not only to destroy the creep bridge, they do not understand why it has not yet been destroyed. dmitry, well, first of all , you know, as the classics of marxism and linism said, being is determined by consciousness, since they, so to speak, work in a magazine, or rather not in a magazine at the atlantic council, hadley does not work there, he is there. ok, but i don’t know, well , he probably gets some money there, being honorable, non -honorable, therefore atlantic money, i will tell you honestly , this is where i think we disagree, i believe that these are people who value their reputations, these are people who want to be taken seriously, these are the things that can be done now speak calmly in america, without any fear. for your reputation, and things of the opposite order, let's sit down and talk with putin, these are the things that expose you to fierce attack. dmitry, you know, to answer your question, i also don’t

requires a lot of work. in terms of the amount of work that these people do, for example, the atlantic council the large coordination mechanisms for the oil and gas industry in the region. in the field of finance, these are jp morgan, black rock and so on. all ngos and media in the region, they all must come to a consensus. and this process takes a long time, it takes a lot work and negotiations. from their point of view, this is democracy. democracy is when ngos come to an agreement with. 5 billion dollars for the development of civil society were invested in overthrowing a democratically elected government in the name of democracy, and they brought all the experience gained back home, and now we have all this, it is possible that for a very long time, and this has fundamentally changed the nature of the american management because of the threat of someone's words gaining popularity on social networks, and i've said this about five times already, but this is one of the most amazing stories i've ever... i hope to see you again. thanks tucker.

that was melinda haring from the atlantic council.nister alexander stubb has won the country's presidential run—off. mr stubb — from the centre—right national coalition party — declared himself the winner with 51% of the vote. his rival, ex—foreign minister pekka haavisto from the green party has already conceded. the president heads up foreign and security policy, acts as commander in chief of the military, and represents finland at nato, which the countryjoined only last year, after russia's invasion of ukraine. let's look at pakistan. against the odds, independent candidates backed by pakistan's jailed former prime minister, imran khan, have won the most seats. but the second and third largest political blocs say they have started formal discussions about forming a government together. the two parties, led by nawaz sharif and bilawal bhutto zardari, formed an alliance to oust mr khan from power in 2022. they've issued a statement saying they plan to work together to bring political stability. if they do form a government, it's like

national endowment for democracy, atlantic council prinat, unesco, google, paid in november 14th. conferenceshis, this and that , already proven, people hear it and then multiply it as the real truth, from a drop, from a drop of fake lies, that is, we are dealing, relatively speaking, now we know that there is a laundry that launders things, there are launderettes that launder money, and... this is a laundromat for laundering the lies that are in the mouth tv presenters and leaders of countries becomes the truth for the world, amazingly, amazingly, but we understand that the objective right and desire to understand certain events, honestly, there is no such desire, why not go to syria and talk with those people who have already admitted that... this is a lie, why? but this is not necessary, they have never been to russia, by the way, but there is no need, why? they have rupars here in russia itself, these are russian-language publications, internet portals, please, medusa, bbc russian service, radio freedom, echo of moscow, khodorkovsky's open russia, open society co. insider, editor-in-chief

britain, there is no threat , in the end, if we take, for example, the latest report of the atlantic councileverything will be like the cold war, we will collapse ourselves, but they are sure, but we are sure is that they will fall apart, when was the last time we had a report where we wrote that we need to do this and that for one of the five scenarios against america to work, the entire fucking institution of the usa and canada, the amazing institution of europe, all the others, which are after the sunday broadcast. they ran off to complain about me, you are all academics , you have written at least one paper that could be put on the table to say, yes, this is an interesting document that you can work with, you are a society of quiet adoration of the objects of study, well, i think, a document that writes the atlantic council, it is not designed to be discussed somewhere and to be somewhere somewhere, so it constantly flows away all the time, no, they constantly write such reports, the main idea is that guys, the money that the state spent on these academic institutions, where is their res

march of the nineteenth year, the national endowment for the development of democracies, the atlantic council, unesco, google, in november of the fourteenth they paid a grant of 5,000 pounds sterling, facebook, open. as proven people hear it and then propagate it as the real truth, from a drop, from a drop of fake lies. to get involved in certain events , honestly, there is no such desire, why not go to syria and talk to those people who have already admitted that this is a lie, why, but this is not necessary, they have never been to russia, by the way, there is no need, why, they have mouthpieces here in russia itself, this is russian-speaking. publications, internet portals, please, jellyfish, bbc russian service, radio liberty, echo of moscow, khodorkovsky's open russia, soros open society, insider, editor-in-chief roman dobrokhodov, well, okay, but what is the purpose of all this, well, why is it, why, mr. dobrokhotov very precisely defined this purpose. insider, independent media , that's what he writes, of all this, only the maidan makes sense , it's high time to do it, i personally am

requires a lot of work, in terms of the amount of work that these people do, for example, the atlantic councile of the large coordination mechanisms for the oil and gas industry in the region. in the field of finance, these are jp morgan, black rock and so on. all ngos and media in the region, they all must come to a consensus. and this process takes a long time, requires a lot of work and negotiations. from their point of view, this is democracy. democracy is when ngos come to an agreement with black rock, with wall street journal, they come to agreement with the community and activist groups about a particular initiative. that's what it represents. we have all this, it is possible that for a very long time, and this has fundamentally changed the nature of american governance, due to the threat that someone’s words can gain popularity on social networks, i have said this five times already, but this is one of the most some of the most amazing stories i 've ever heard, and i thank you for sharing them with us. mike benz, executive director of the foundation for online freedom, i hope see you a

institute of peace and the atlantic council.s lise grande, head of the united states institute of peace, congress establishes in 1984 as a public nonpartisan independent institute that is dedicated to helping prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflict brodrick would like to describe ourselves as a part of the government of the interagency that this conflict prevention. our purpose today is to mark the second anniversary of russia's brutal full-scale invasion of ukraine, and the tenth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. eait's an honor for us to cohost the special event with atlantic council. joining us today are several former u.s. ambassadors to ukraine. we have ambassador john herbst, ambassador steven pifer, john tefft, alongside ambassador bill taylor who is usip's vice president for europe, and ambassador yovanovitch. when russian troops invaded ukraine on the 24th of february in 2022, most people expected that ukraine would fall to russian troops in the matter of days. ukraine, against all odds, still

netherlands, they donated half a million euros in march 1919, national endowment for democracy, atlantic councilesco, google, in november 14 paid a grant of 5,000 pounds sterling. facebook, open society, the center for the study of corruption and organized crime, the macarthur foundation, the european center for journalism, the public organization avaas, this is not a complete list of those who finance belling, now look, fake news that ends up in the largest... publications in the largest channels, television, radio and so on and so forth, they give, when published, the right the first persons of the states to use this information, as already absolutely confirmed, but when the president or some prime minister of some country speaks at a press conference, does this and that? and they have never been to russia, by the way, but there is no need, why? they have mouthpieces here in russia itself, these are russian-language publications, internet portals, please, medusa, bbc russian service, radio liberty, echo of moscow, khodorkovsky's open russia, sorys' open society, insider, editor-in-chief roman.

haidi: that was william wechsler director of middle east programs at the atlantic council. coming up, a survey shows most japanese firms don't see china's economy improving this year. the japanese chamber of commerce and energy in china tells us more about their findings later this hour. first, china pledges to stabilize markets after local shows sink to a five-year low friday. we have more details on that ahead. this is bloomberg. annabelle: chinese authorities are again promising support for the nation's stocks after friday's market round led to an outpouring of frustration on social media. let's bring in our chief north asian correspondent stephen engle in hong kong. another pledge end another time we don't get many details on it. stephen: i think authorities have to stay something. a statement coming from the csrc sunday essentially trying to put a band-aid or some cream on the wound, if you will, friday's stockmarket route. essentially all of the jawboning we heard earlier in the week. out by friday and the csi 300 same 3.4%. there was an outpouring of frustration on s

a good afternoon, welcome to the atlantic council. that can you for joining us tore today's event, countering china and russia in the caribbean.

so now when, when the senior director of the rossi kabibi sent in mid least programs at the atlantic council, thank you very much for speaking to us. thank you. very much for having me. the united nations top quote has cleared the weight here at claims brought by ukraine over a russian accusation of genocide, the international court of justice in the hague, as rule that it does, that it does have jurisdiction. so here, part of ukraine's case, despite objections from moscow cubes, main argument is that russia falsely accused ukraine of genocide to justify its invasion of in february 2022, russia and ukraine of previously accused each other on genocide using economy leading keith told us how the ukrainian side sees this decision by the i c j. the obviously there is a huge amount of all k detail here, lots complex in this case. it is being welcome to oversee that. the i, c j is going to deal with this case is going to look into this, but there are, it has to be said, lots of things that ukraine wants to look at, which they say they don't have the jurisdiction for just the last few days. lots of

it was in the atlantic council which was cochaired by former secretary of defense mark esper, air forceecretary deborah james. it'se really a seminole report that just came out two weeks ago on looking at how duty can improve leveraging commercial capability and innovation. three different aspects of urgent priorities to enhance strategic deterrence. so let me turn to andy to kick it off thank you. >> arrigo, it works. good morning everyone. but it's great to be here. thank you for thero intro. i'm going to talk about a program that i have been engaged in the inspiration for the semi manager jon scott with a theoretical design is actually the real lead for ds ri. i am privileged to have the opportunity to work on the policy and strategy say but there's also the technical side for this. but think the panel for being resilient this morning and responding to changes. the real person who deserves and should be thanked in her acknowledgment and her resilience acknowledged is nancy berlin. where is nancy? [applause] rambling this morning to make this with general cottons prompt. to make all t

requires a lot of work, in the sense of the amount of work that these people do, for example, the atlantic council the large coordination mechanisms for the oil and gas industry in the region, in the field of finance - this is jp morgan, black rock and so on, all ngos from ... mi in the region , they all must come to a consensus, and this process takes a lot of time, it requires a lot of work and negotiations, from their point of view, here democracy. democracy is when ngos come to an agreement with black rock, with the wall street journal, they come to an agreement with the community and activist groups about a particular initiative, that's what the battle for votes is from their point of view, when finally a bunch of populist groups decide, that they like the trucker who has become... popular on tiktok more than the carefully constructed consensus of the nato military leadership. well, from their point of view, this obviously represents an attack on democracy. that's why it was needed such a substitution of concepts, and of course , democracy has a magical property of leading to regime change, b

great to be here at the atlantic council. i want to talk about exactly the things clementine previewed. the air force initiatives currently underway. two related ones in particular are focused on operational imperatives we believe are necessary and driven directly from our national defense strategy and the missions it assigns to the department of the air force, including both the united states air force and space force. i have a colleague who manages our space force programs. the strategy, they are closely related, their activities and capabilities are closely related and we work in close concert on the abilities we believe are implied and necessary to fulfill missions under the national defense strategy. our operational imperatives initiative has been out there for some time. it is closely related to our more recent initiative, re-optimizing for great power competition. our operational imperatives work has been focused on identifying discrete modernization programs and projects necessary for the air force to fulfill its miss

and i went in west the senior director of the rustic re re sent in mid least programs at the atlantic council. thank you very much for speaking to us. thank you very much for having me. the united nations top court has cleared the way to here claims and brought by ukraine over a russian accusation of genocide. the international court of justice and the hague has ruled that it does have jurisdiction to have positive ukraine's case. despite objections from moscow cubes, main argument is that russia falsely accused ukraine of genocide to justify its invasion. in february 2022, russia and ukraine of previously acute each of the, of genocide using economy in kia, told us how the ukranian side sees this decision by the i c j are obviously there is a huge amount or all cane detailing here and lots complex in this case, it is being welcomed, obviously that the i c j is going to deal with this case is gonna look into this. but there are, it has to be said, lots of things that ukraine wants to look at, which they say they don't have the jurisdiction for just the last few days. lots of ukraine complaint

published a column by two representatives of the unknown, recognized extremist organization atlantic council strategy, everything is very simple, the first point: yes, we do not supply enough weapons now, so we just need to organize all the production of weapons in ukraine, well, you mice become hedgehogs, that’s all, yes, but as this is no longer for us, then there are a bunch of points about how to organize sabotage and terrorist acts in the depths territory of russia, the crimean bridge still stands, and it’s a miracle in general, they directly point out their goals. where to strike , where to carry out explosions, terrorist attacks, i imagined for a second, if we here on television by the state, somewhere in some newspapers, we start pointing out, listen, we urgently need to supply various sabotage groups, no matter whose, let’s not even discuss mexican, houthi, whatever, with weapons, why the brooklyn bridge is standing, for example, just think for a minute what will happen to them, like this is so, russia is not bad, russia. the russian ministry of emergency situations warns: protect y

institute of peace and the atlantic council. >> good morning and welcome. congress established us in 1984 as the public, nonpartisan, independent institute dedicated to helping prevent, medicate and -- our purpose today is to mark the second anniversary of rush upon brutal -- russia's brutal full-scale invasion of ukraine, and the 10th anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. it is an honor for us to cohost the special event with the atlantic council. joining us today are several former u.s. ambassadors to ukraine. we have ambassador john herbst, alongside ambassador bill taylor and others. when russian troops invaded ukraine on the 24th of february in 2022, most people expected that ukraine would fall to russian troops in a matter of days. ukraine, against all odds, still stands. this is because ukrainians reject russia's attempt to occupy them. and are determined to defend their territory and protect their democracy. it's also the case because countries all around the world are committed to freedom and the international rule of law are standi

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let's go live to washington, speaking with a senior fellow on the atlantic council. able to hear some of what elise told us. what has changed today with this announcement that the u.s. will target those iranian backed militias? we don't have details about when or how these strikes will come. >> good evening and thanks for having me. it's important to recognize two patterns in the region. with the ongoing war on gaza, there's frustration in communities in the middle east that groups like houthis, hezbollah and others are responding to, and that is reflective of what they see as the continuous war and staunch u.s. support for the israel-gaza war -- for israel in the war in gaza. attacks on u.s. positions especially in syria and iraq, they did escalate since october 7 according to the department of defense. we have over 150 attacks since october 7 but those started or escalated as of december of 2022 and the line has not been crossed over the weekend until three u.s. servicemembers were killed but it was crossed in march when a contractor was killed in an iranian proxy

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live now to washington and dr ariel cohen, a senior fellow at the american think tank, the atlantic council yulia navalyna in brussels today at the eu foreign affairs council. what impact will this have? honestly, i wish that it would have an impact but short of ratcheting up sanctions, hitting russian intelligence officers from europe and otherwise impinging on russia because of the tragic death and possibly murder of alexei navalny, otherwise the russian leadership willjust shrug. they keep european politicians in very low regard. they openly despise them. i will remind you that david miliband, the foreign minister, was publicly cast out by foreign minister lavrov and the diplomatic symbols of meeting between yulia navalyna, the widow, and the leadership of the eu will do very little in moscow. you mentioned — do very little in moscow. you mentioned sanctions, - do very little in moscow. you mentioned sanctions, of course russia extremely used to sanctions, they have been in place since the annex of premier and upped significantly after ukraine. so more sanctions will have little impact?—

well, we have a slightly different structure of the atlantic council. example, no, no, the fact is that they have a machine gun of the wrong system, of course, not the same, the simple fact is that when we say, for example, there in the state, yes, in the deep state, you ask me to name it, name the names, organizations that represent this state, staff members will name them right away, but there is no evidence it’s necessary, but they will demand from me, you agreed on what you agreed on the document, with us it’s a little different, send someone, if he appoints you to clean up, you’ll be exiled. therefore, here we have a slightly different organization of science and , in principle, all analytical activity, with us, with us it still comes from the soviet union, when a note, a note is written internally, but they don’t, they have the task of any scientific, research and media center is, firstly, to prepare these analytical materials, some of which, by the way, do not appear, and secondly, to conduct propaganda, thirdly, to train personnel, that’s for sure. the soviet union is not needed

this event was hosted by the atlantic council. >> coming up, bonnie jenkins, u.s.er secretary of state for arms control and international security participated in a conversation about african-american leadership in foreign policy.

head of the scowcroft center of the atlantic council. predicts that this will worsen. beijing wants to achieve a balance between year relations with china is not necessarily an attempt to gain geopolitical advantages, especially with regard to the taiwanese in the middle east and even in ukraine, and knowing that they need the support of the united states and even the europeans, because they have interests in cooperation that are not limited to trade. however, zelek says, let's hope so. that china will side with ukraine is not worth it. i wouldn't bet on it, but your comment is correct in that at a certain time a certain country can quietly tell putin that it's time to stop. china is a good candidate for this, so we need to work towards china. to be honest, i was talking with some chinese diplomats when putin made nuclear threats. as you have seen, china has indicated that nuclear threats are absolutely unacceptable. it's good. china is getting closer to russia and iran. seeking to unite authoritarian countries against the west, but there will be no second cold war - s