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a short while ago i spoke to aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for internationalfocusing on us foreign policy, for the latest on the diplomatic efforts in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is saying that he is going to send a new delegation to more ceasefire talks. what is your reading of that? is there a real chance of a deal here, or is this just to satisfy international and us pressure? i satisfy international and us pressure?— pressure? i think it's impossible _ pressure? ithink it's impossible to - pressure? ithink it's impossible to say. i pressure? i think it's - impossible to say. given my experience in negotiations, these are not normal negotiations. the key decision maker on the palestinian side is ensconced 15, 20 or 30 metres below ground in a tunnel between khan younis and rafah. there are indirect negotiations between qataris, the egyptians and the israelis, and until now there has been an absence of urgency. that is the key. negotiations work when there is something that the parties want to agree on and they are in a hurry to agree on it. he

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so we've been other work at the carnegie endowment that shown that black voters, like most americans, vote on domestic issues. so we know that it's the economy but there's something particular here when it comes to black voters. they vote in particular on racial issues. and we've also seen that in decades past for black voters, when it comes to racial equality is not just a domestic issue, it also extends internationally. we can go down the list of black activists who see the palestinian struggle for self-determination through the lens of the black fight for equality domestically. so if i had to give an answer, i would definitely say that yes, racial equality, economic equality are up there. but when it comes to humanitarian in the respect of human rights globe hopefully that is something that definitely registers high for black voters, because i will argue that in some way ties into this fight for racial equality >> we know that the uncommitted movement that we saw in michigan is moving ahead to super tuesday in colorado, for instance, they have a non-committed option now on the ball

there whatsoever definitely not so cbs news got a hold of kerim sajadpur a senior fellow at the carnegy endowment for international peace now kariem an americanborn iranian who studied at john's hopkins and resides in the united states here makes sure to spew as much hatred as possible against the islamic republic without any facts. back up his claims. let's hear what what he had to say. it's good to see you again. this was the first parliamentary election in iran since the sustained mass protests over the death of massa amini. does the turnout tell you anything? it's another reminder john that iranians know their living the religious dictatorship that can't be reformed via the ballot box. i think what's particularly insulting for iranians is that all politicians. lie everywhere, but when you're being ruled by a religious government that rules from moral pedistal and engages and this level of corruption and repression, i think it's even more insulting than just being ruled by your run of the mill corrupt dictatorship. we have enough trouble uh believing polls here in the united states, so i hesit

aaron david miller is a us foreign policy expert and a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for internationalif the relationship between israel and the us has come under strain in in recent weeks. this president, perhaps alone amongst modern american presidents, has a deep and abiding commitment to the people of israel and the security of israel. doesn't mean he is not angry and frustrated about benjamin netanyahu. this particular shipment was triggered by the visit of ministerfor defence. there is a supply line issue with f 35s. it reflects a reality. having worked for half a dozen administrations, presidents do not like fighting with israeli prime ministers, particularly during a crisis. since this crisis began, we are almost six months into it, the administration could condition, restrict military supply to israel, he hasn't done that. changing voting posture in new york, in order to vote for or abstain, on a resolution highly critical. hasn't done that. and orjoin the international committee in demanding cessation of hostilities. hasn't done that. joe biden needs to change the pictures on

earlier, i spoke to aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international internationaland negotiator, on whether israel is still listening to the us. support for a ground campaign and rafah assuming israelis come up with a plan to avoid grievous harm to the 1.2 million palestinians who are sandwich there, that apparently is no longer the case. it's conceivable that if the israelis to their notion, that they have to eliminate the last remaining organised battalions of hamas and close down the tunnels between rafer mack —— rafah & i. you could have a significant escalation between biden and netanyahu. over the last few months, i haven't seen it and the administration is angry, bitterand it and the administration is angry, bitter and frustrated with netanyahu. the biden ministration have imposed not a single cost of consequence on this government.— single cost of consequence on this government. what do you ut that this government. what do you put that down _ this government. what do you put that down to? _ this government. what do you put that down to? i _ this government.

i spoke earlier with aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peaceite house is making of all of this behind closed doors? the administration has said these are the words of senator schumer — they have been very clear on that point — but it also comes a time when we see pressure from president biden himself, you know, to limited success, i think it's fair to say, in the eyes of the biden administration. what you think they will make of that? i think they are happy with the fact that such a stalwart supporter of israel came out and publicly expressed the views that i am sure most of the ministries and officials including the president probably hold privately. it is clear that the president has no intention of following the remarks of senator schumer. i think the administration is literally grappling, the president has a huge commitment to israel. he needs the netanyahu government in order to change the situation in gaza. and to allow predictable period of time, 6—8 weeks, trying to get humanitarian assistance into gaza. you notice that as the mensurati

let's speak to aaron david miller — he's a us foreign policy expert and a senior fellow at the carnegie endowmenttional peace. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. let's start with that us revolution. it was blocked by russia and china. what do you make of the significance of the us for the first time calling for an immediate cease—fire, even though it was late the hostage release? i cease-fire, even though it was late the hostage release?— the hostage release? i think the administration _ the hostage release? i think the administration was _ the hostage release? i think the administration was reluctant - the hostage release? i think the| administration was reluctant and understands that no un security council resolution, even if you gain unanimity of the five members, will fundamentally do anything that alters the situation on the ground. the only action right now that makes senseis the only action right now that makes sense is the ongoing negotiations between israel and hamas brokered by this ci director the egyptians, qataris and senior hamas leaders. that's the only mechanism that c

that was the russian army, the controversial washington base, carnegie endowment for international peace. he's also are tied connell in the soviet and russian on forces. and he's now a member of russia's foreign and defense policy council. dr. dimitry training. thank you so much dr. training for coming on. today's also the anniversary of the my lai massacre in vietnam, but i don't think they donation that propaganda. media are going to be talking about $6000000.00 dead in indo china. it'll actually be claiming on the 2nd day of voting there in russia, it will be claiming foods and is a dictator. and is that the question or is the question, why is the so popular on the 2nd day of voting a little? i think he is a genuine lady somewhat. who is popular? i, i don't think is is the right word under the circumstances. i think that uh for the vast majority of russians, he is the right man at the right time in the right job. and they want him to stay in the job and call it support call at the popularity. but that's, that's, that's the reality. and they think that the final result of the vote will

earlier i spoke to aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peacet middle east analyst and negotiator, on whether israel is still listening to the us. the administration's position has now moved from support for a ground campaign in rafah, assuming israelis can come up with a plan to avoid previous arm to the one million palestinians who are sandwiched there. that apparently is no longer the case so it is that if israelis stick to their notion that they have to eliminate the last remaining organise battalions of hamas and close up the tunnels between rafah and sinai, it is conceivable and you could have a significant escalation between joe a significant escalation betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu but frankly, right now, and over the last six months, i have not seen it. the administration is angry, they are better, frustrated with benjamin netanyahu but so far the biden administration has chosen not to impose a single cost of consequence on the israeli government. what do you put that down too? i think it is three factors, the president's comm

he's a us foreign policy thank you very much for the moment. expert and a senior fellow at the carnegie endowmentnational peace welcome to bbc news. let's just talk briefly about that aid ship, it seems to be approaching gaza now. it is obviously hugely important on a humanitarian front but it does show how diplomacy can move things along. sure, there are certain inconvenient realities that need to be faced. firstly, humanitarian assistance delivered by air or sea, necessary, but the reality is that you need to get the land routes working. gaza had 500 trucks before october seven, now that number in for a under 100. the only way to get aid efficiently into gaza is by land. to this end, the israelis have opened up a new crossing point in the north which yesterday functioned for the first time. i think the administration is pressing this heavily and doing more. i pressing this heavily and doing more. . ., ., a pressing this heavily and doing more. . ., ., ., more. i wanted to ask about the comments _ more. i wanted to ask about the comments from _ more. i wanted to ask about the comments from the _

i spoke earlier with aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peacea lot of speeches in your career, were you surprised at all by the common survey from senator schumer? i common survey from senator schumm— schumer? i do not think - i don't see — schumer? i do not think - i don't see how _ schumer? i do not think - i don't see how anyone - schumer? i do not think - i | don't see how anyone would schumer? i do not think - i - don't see how anyone would not be surprised. in 27 years of working for republican and democratic and administrators, i have heard all speeches on the hill from both parties. this was an extraordinary demonstration of opposition to the government, to the prime minister of a close american ally. a call literally to see him defeated and also to the administration, an open invitation, using his own words to bring about leverage on israel if necessary as long as this particular government remains in power. it was an extraordinary demonstration and it shattered one of the greater remits of the us relationship that we do not intervene i

the carnegie endowment for international peace said that if you can cut you off from washing gas bench. yeah, we've been asked to quote by gas from austria, which is a country that's an intersection of various pipelines from a bunch of different places. pay for its trends that true slovak yeah, and then organize its delivery from the western border to the center of ukraine, where the consumption is concentrated and all this added cost of $30.00 to $40.00 more for 1000 cubic meters of gas. it does now just by reversing back the flow of the russian gases sends into europe. meanwhile, over the u officials are doing their usual routine of trying to repress ukraine by making more demands of its citizens and industry. thanks to the political agreement, the chief today and the council members states are encouraged to continue reducing their gas consumption until 34 is march 2025 by at least 15 percent compared with their average gas consumption in the period from 1st and april 2017 to 31st march 2022. so you might be wondering where is that figure come from this belt tightening of exactly 50

. >> i'm michael nelson, i work9e two floors up here at the carnegie endowmented on technology.if you read the business press you see a lot of stories about competition policy with bylines from here in washington and brussels. there's a lot of other countries involved china u.k., india japan. i'm wondering as you look around the world if you see competition authorities that are doing some new, innovative, useful things? and shld get more attention. and then the other side are there places where you think, we have some real problems, some of these twice about the way they're looking at antitrust issues? >> that's a good question. >> the f.t.c. has a long stapping history going back decades of, you know, working with -- cooperating with enforcers in other jurisdictions. of course every jurisdiction has its own laws and policies, so every take theirs own independent action with the principles in mind. i think one thing that wasi joined the f.t.c. was talking to enforcers in other countries was a sense that for the past couple of decades the message that some of these other enforcer

let's now speak to aaron david miller, seniorfellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace on us foreign policy. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. prime minister dejun —— benjamin netanyahu saying that he was in a new delegation to more ceasefire talks, what is your reading of that? is there a real chance of a deal here or is thisjust to a real chance of a deal here or is this just to satisfy international and us pressure? i think it's impossible to say. given my experience and negotiation, these are not normal negotiations, the key decision—maker on the palestinian side, 15, 30 metres below the ground, in a tunnel, in car younis below the ground, in a tunnel, in caryounis of below the ground, in a tunnel, in car younis of rafah, with suspicion, with direct negotiations, the egyptians, americans, and the israelis. and until now, has been an absence of urgency. that's the key, negotiations work when fed, something that the parties can agree on and they can feel in a hurry to agree on and here, you have two speeds, slow and slower. the reality is that this is the only path

let's speak to aaron david miller — he's a us foreign policy expert and a senior fellow at the carnegie endowmental peace. as we see that aid is being dropped and there are reports in the washington post that the us has green—lighted delivery of £2000 bombs and fighterjets stop what does that tells about the relationship that the ticket was quite strange between the us and it is strange, but this president, perhaps alone amongst modern american presidents, has a deep and abiding equipment to the people of israel and the security of israel. doesn't mean he is not angry and frustrated that benjamin netanyahu. this particular shipment was triggered by the visit of minister for defence. there is a supply line issue with a 35. it reflects a reality. having worked for half a dozen administrations, presidents do not like fighting with israeli prime ministers, particularly during a crisis. since this crisis began, we are almost six months into it, the administration could condition and restrict military supply to israel, it hasn't done that. changing voting posture in new york, in order to vote for or ab

going around demanding that everyone else stop by rushing gas, one washington state tank, the carnegie endowment for international peace said that if you couldn't cut the you off from wash and gas bench. yeah. would then have to quote by gas from aust. yeah. which is a country that's an intersection of various pipelines from a bunch of different places. pay for its trends that true slovak yeah. and then organize its delivery from the western border to the center of ukraine, where the consumption is concentrated and all this added cost of $30.00 to $40.00 more for 1000 cubic meters of gas. the does now, just by reversing back the flow of the rushing gas it sends into your memo over the u. officials are doing their usual routine of trying to repress ukraine by making more demands of it. citizens and industry, thanks to the political agreement to chief today and the council member states are encouraged to continue reducing their gas consumption until 31st march 2025. by at least 15 percent compared with their average gas consumption in the period from 1st of april. 2017 to 31st march 2022. so you m

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aaron david miller for the carnegie endowment for international peace.wo different answers to the same question we've gotten in the last few hours. is this a split between the leaders or a convenient media narrative to serve the president domestically who is facing pressure from his own party? lisa: there we heard from aaron david miller that it is an actual split. earlier this morning, terry haynes said it is more of a media narrative. the question is what can president biden do if there is this split? we have seen the limits of the u.s.'s ability to control israeli politics. annmarie: at the beginning of his administration, he put some distance between him and the netanyahu government. but then he went to israel and gave benjamin netanyahu this bearhug. i am still struck by benny gantz coming to the united states. the prime minister said there is only 1 p.m. in israel. officials said that we didn't invite him but he still met with them. jonathan: the president said that there were other ways to deal with the trauma caused by hamas in october, october 7

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united states and gets more critical by the day but even here, there's a silver lining as the carnegie endowment scholar, amr humza, we noted in november, arab attitudes since the war began have been far more moderate than in the past, condemning violence against civilians on both sides, rejecting terrorism and urging a two-state solution. he pointed out that this is part of a broader turn away from political violence with over 90% of arab surveyed in one poll in recent years, rejecting extremist organizations and condemning terrorism that backdrop might explain why, despite their vehement opposition to the scale and scope of israel's military actions in gaza. no arab country has suspended its relations with israel even the denunciations have been somewhat muted and instead the focus has been on practical ways to help the palestinians such as cease fires, aid corridors, and post-war reconstruction. all on the path to a palestinian state american officials who deal with them have told me that they find the leadership of these arab countries ego constructive and helpful in searching for solutions.

pleitgen cnn berlin joining us now from florence, italy is alexander bound of senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. sandi, it's always a pleasure to speak to you about russian affairs. now, obviously there was no credible opposition candidate standing in this selection, but in terms of the mechanics of the voting itself, how free and fair was that >> it's absolutely unfree and unfair. it's clear and we see the increase of the result every second, every next election. reelection of redeemer putin gifts us, give 10% more. like 60 always 60% in into 12th 12 in 2012, then albert, 70 and then over ha ha. the reason it's clear putin has taken an unprecedentedly irresponsible, immoral decision to invade ukraine. now he has to show that this decision is supported by the majority. that is larger than ever which is way to redistribute, to share that responsibility for this decision with the whole of the country it is a big mandate though, and his eyes as there presumably for the war in ukraine. and it means it's gonna push even harder. that's something like 90%. it was his policy to

. >> joining us now, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and former arabay they're the same thing. there is nuance. the u.s. has rejected three past cease fire resolutions because the language in it was not quite precise enough for them. what took the u.s. so long to draft their own resolution with the language they specifically wanted? >> i think it's the reality, and the biden administration, i think, has the right priority that a resolution and security council in new york is not going to do anything, i repeat, anything, to fundamentally alter the situation on the ground. the only thing worth paying attention to right now is not the ground campaign in rafah, not the u.n. security council resolution, it's what's going on in doha where big burns is meeting up with assad director to continue their indirect negotiations with the qataris and the egyptians with hamas's senior leadership. how they're doing this, i have no idea, he's underground in khan younis or or rafah. everything else is a key to an empty room. you will not be able to surge humanitarian ass

for joining me now is former state department middle east negotiator and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, aaron david miller, aaron, thank you for taking the time. now, look, israel is denying that it attacked and is reviewing what happened as paula hand cogs just noted does seem when something like this happens. we do get to emerging narratives and it becomes difficult to actually peace through what really happened. but what is your reaction to this, especially in the backdrop of ongoing hostage negotiations? >> when look as long as the israelis are operating militarily in gaza and in northern gaza, central gaza, and the south, as long as hamas appears to be regrouping in northern gaza israeli idf forces operating in a highly congested area where hamas as assets are located in and around and below civilian structures in populations these kinds of incidents >> i tragic but all too frequent, which raises the key question that the only way to change the battlefield dynamic here, surge humanitarian assistance into gaza free some of the hostages he's to get an israeli

joining me now to discuss these latest developments, aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowmenternational peace. is, of course, a former u.s. middle east negotiator. erin, it's great to see you again. i'll start with these comments. because we know that hamas officials were also in cairo today for negotiations. a little bit of confusion as to whether the israelis were gonna go there or send someone there. they are accepting this offer, if you will, by the americans. but what are the chances that they would agree, that hamas would agree, to a deal that does not specifically spell out a permanent cease-fire? >> if that's hamas's demand, and it certainly hold out for that, it will be a cessation of hostilities, and probably in the withdrawal of israeli forces around gaza, chances are -- i do believe, and thanks for having me, that -- we've probably reached the best opportunity in the next week or so in order to do a limited exchange. 45 hostages, initially, the elderly, the sick, and women, for a 45-day, one hostage per one day, temporary cease-fire. and an unknown and asymmetrical

came just weeks before the presidential elections alexander baunov is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. he joins us now via skype from florence, italy, great to speak to you again, alexander i'd like to pick up on that last point about the crackdowns on people people who've wanted to pay their respects or were moralized alexander navalny in these preceding weeks, what more can you tell us about that? >> at first i have many friends who are planning to go despite the risk of clashes with the police provocations or simply being labeled or aged some least of unreliable citizens, which is an important risk despite this risk, i have people who are going there to pay their last respects as you told it, as you put it, a position the main opposition leader of russia and it's important moment for them and how do you think that the risk that is posed to people who do decide to go today >> because of the draconian laws and crack downs we've been speaking about them earlier in the show what would you expect turn out to be for the funerals? aleksey navalny >> i think that au

he's a former state department negotiator and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment. and hagar chemali, she's a former spokesperson for the us mission to the united nations and the host of the youtube who show. oh, my world, it is great to have both of you. thanks so much for coming on this evening. erin, let's start with you and this potential deal that we seem to be inching closer to its now on hamas to agree. do you get the impression that we might get to a finish line here? unfortunately i. cannot hear aaron's, so we're going to see if we can work that out, but he got let's go to you for a second. we'll work on that audio as well. i want to ask you about these aid drops and what do you make of the aid drops from the united states today and them happening now >> yes. well, so these aid drops are not easy to pursue as you as you talked about with the spokesperson john kirby, highlighting how difficult they are, how how extraordinarily expensive it is, how dangerous it is to pursue two airdrops. and the fact that the united states was able so quickly after this tragi

he's a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former middle east negotiator aaron. great to see you as always, we're just looking at some pictures and we can rewrite the video and show it to our viewers again, it looks like tony blinken was a shaking hands with some of the protesters who were sort of aligned his route as he was walking from meeting to meeting their and tel aviv. and it appears that he's shaking hands in greeting some of these protesters who i believe are calling for the release of those hostages being held by hamas at least those are some of the folks who were there. what i can tell in these signs, your assessment as to how blinken his handling this latest round of shuttle diplomacy >> i mean, this has numbers, emperors, you mentor having 66. and before this conflict is done hopefully in the post-conflict stage, maybe some diplomacy secretary states going to shoot pack a few extra shirts in his bag because he's going to be going back and forth. hopefully, if we're lucky, quite a few times, look, i think the main action here, jim frankly, un s

rachel kleinfeld, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for national peace.. he might even use a bathroom where classified state secrets were stashed until trump was indicted. but there is a lot that trump is saying out loud and from the podium that has more than an echo in viktor orban's journey. >> so what's important about orban is that he was democratly elected. hungary was a democracy. it's still a member of nato. it's still a member of the european union. orban had popular support. he won a big election victory actually. but what matters is what he did after he won. and he then began to systematically piece by piece dismantle the institutions of democracy. and he did so without -- in his case he did so first without breaking the law. he changed the constitution because he had a constitutional majority. he altered the judges. he began doing something behind the scenes. so for example, he played around with the press, people who advertised in the opposition press suddenly had trouble getting government contracts. and because hungary's a small country, he

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