you will. >> the atlantic council and of the privilege of being on the task force.hank you very much. i have likened the jcp into an arranged marriage between two parties that don't trust each other and the prenuptial agreement that only deals with the dowry, not how to make the marriage work. what do you think really convinced her on that this was a good time to have a spectacularthis particular agreement? what can i do over the long-term to succeed? people will be coming out of the woodwork to try to make it fail. i think that the jcp you was the fastest but the administration. the things in place. the stink of execution. come back to the strategy, the pivot to asia, all, while this nonsense, they can screw that up execution. what would you recommend for the longer term of the part of the administration to do that and make sure this agreement has every opportunity for success and if it does feel what would be plan b command how would you put in place depressed implement that? >> so quickly we've already discussed that issue before. i said there are three reasons w

minister of state from the armed forces will explain and answer questions again here at the atlantic councilit should start in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome on behalf of the atlantic council. it's a great honor for me t

yes, fran. >> fran burwell, the atlantic council. two questions. as you head into this review, what are the types of scenarios you're looking at? you've mentioned maritime. you have mentioned still wanting -- do you still see yourself as having a global role? it seems to me that many european countries, including the u.k., are confronted with so many regional emergencies. it's hard enough to respond to those. at the wales summit, we saw an increasing emphasis on almost a return to defense of the east, and we're likely to see even more of that in the lead up to the warsaw summit, at least in what the host country is going to be asking for. how do you see -- what types of difference scenarios do you think that you will base -- have to base this review on or look at, reflect on, as you look at the review, and how global are they? then to return to the gentleman's question about women and the sas, you can't talk about that too specifically, but can you say whether the recent success of our women in getting through the training has changed or affected t

ariel cohen at the atlantic council. as we are watching the russian economy declining in the oil price is project dead day in the 40 to 60 corridor, that raises serious questions about the profitability of any russian oil and gas projects in the arctic. if the money into the russian budget is going down and the projects are not viable, why on earth you would spend loads of dollars if you're in moscow, why would you spend this money shoring up the art it? i understand these are great projects in the care of the end, you know, et cetera but looking to the future, looking not shale in west siberia to be cheaper than the arctic, looking at the u.s. continental north america and other places, i ran coming in mind, iraq hopefully pacifying and producing more oil and gas, why would you even bother? thank you. >> one more question in the front and then we will conclude. >> hi, emily meredith from energy intelligence and i also have an energy related question. you all talked little bit about how the imposition of sanctions were v

institute, and robert manning, a senior fellow at the center on international security of the atlantic council. derek, depending on what year it is, you pick up the business pages, and a supercharged hard charging china is a problem for the united states, or a sagging china is a problem for the united states. and it's hard to figure out how to - how this economy is reliant. >> the fact is we are not that reliant. the united states doesn't ex-mort much. 2-way invest: what we are responding to is china is big, every time something happens, we look. whether it's going well or it's the incredible country. when things are going poorly, it's a total disaster. it you look around the world, there's a number of economies. how did it come to pass that china went from being a place that made low complications easy, injection plastic, moulded products, to things that are really tough to make, and tough to make well. starting from a low base, that's why they advance so quickly. they had trouble moving up the ladder of sophisticated equipment. and innovation. it's hard to name a lot of chinese brands, if yo

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ambassador to china, who is now chairman of the atlantic council. ambassador, thank you for joining me. a lot of topics under discussion, but right now, how would you describe the relationship between the u.s. and china? andhuntsman: it is strained has been strained for the better part of six months. the markets have been roiled by the emergence of china from a neck sport model to an important model. the markets are jittery. -- and export-based model to an import model. the markets are jittery. have all of this, and this is the backdrop against which xi makes his first visit to the united states as head of the party and president of the country. jane: let's start with the cyber attacks. president obama says quite clearly they have to stop. president xi says he will cooperate with law enforcement and investigations. but does that assurance really go far enough? jon huntsman: if you look at the text released today, there is really nothing on espionage and ciber, which is a big part of the problem. you have to differentiate the espionage part. a lot of

i am the associate director of the south asia center here at the atlantic council. on behalf of my colleagues i would like to welcome you all here today for a timely discussion on the iranian nuclear role after the deal. , criticala crucial juncture for iran, the united states, its allies, and the community.rnational after 30 years of relative isolation and intensifying sanctions, iran may be entering a new level of engagement. we view this historic moment as one that holds immense opportunity. the task force serves as a comprehensive source of analysis on iran. by bringing together key regional stakeholders, the task force has made great strides in investigating geopolitical effects. until now we have primarily hurt perspectives from outside iran, but we will here today more iranian perspectives. these reports will be presented by nasser hadian, who will be joined by our senior fellow at the middle east peace senior , who is going to take a broader view of the intentions in the middle east. this event is part of the south asia center iranian task force, led by our

[applause] >> posted by the atlantic council. this is 90 minutes.afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i am the associate director here at the atlantic council and behalf of my colleagues, i would like to welcome you here today. like to welcome our live audience who are watching at home. we sit is a vertical juncture for iran, the united states, and its allies, and the entire international community. after 30 years of intensifying fictions and isolation, iran is entering a new gauge -- a new age of engagement. at the atlantic council, we view this moment as one that holds opportunity. ae task force has served as comprehensive source of analysis on iran. by bringing together key americans, iranians, and regional stakeholders, the task force has made significant strides in wondering -- in our understanding of the jpcoa. until now, we have heard perspectives from outside iran on the deal. today, we will hear about the deal from the iranian perspective. we will hear about their intended role in the national community, and international community, following th

. >> fran burwell, the atlantic council. two questions. as you head into this review, what are the types of scenarios you're looking at? you've mentioned maritime. you have mentioned still wanting -- do you still see yourself as having a global role? it seems to me that many european countries, including the u.k., are confronted with so many regional emergencies. it's hard enough to respond to those. at the wales summit, we saw an increasing emphasis on almost a return to defense of the east, and we're likely to see even more of that in the lead up to the warsaw summit, at least in what the host country is going to be asking for. how do you see -- what types of difference scenarios do you think that you will base -- have to base this review on or look at, reflect on, as you look at the review, and how global are they? then to return to the gentleman's question about women and the sas, you can't talk about that too specifically, but can you say whether the recent success of our women in getting through the training has changed or affected t

even if this is not an official gathering of the atlantic council, the united states is proud to cheer it for the next two years. the foreign dignitaries who were here, i want to be very clear, we are eager to work with your nations on the unique opportunities the arctic present at the unique challenges that it faces. we are not going to any of us solve these challenges by ourselves. we can only solve them together. of course we are here today to discuss the challenge that will defy the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. and that is the growing threat of a changing climate. our understanding of climate change advances each day. human activity is disrupting the climate. in many ways, faster than we previously thought. the science is stark. it is sharpening. distants this was threat is very much in the presence. -- present. the arctic is the leading edge of climate change. whateading indicator of the entire planet faces. arctic temperatures are rising about twice as fast as the global average. over the past 60 years, alaska has warned about twice as fast as the re

. >> and chin han sick from the atlantic council. back in the 1940s the united states sought nuclear weapons and proliferated in the 50s around the forces tactical nuclear weapons and soviets developed nuclear weapons and company to reorganize because we were afraid nuclear weapons would, when the battlefield. plan was in time activation which was in a well-funded member, but an attempt the army can deal with the asset strategy coming back. in the 70s and 80s, precision weapons. they've got lots of precision weapons towards enemies and now the deputy secretary and secretary of defense are worried about it coming back the other way towards the precision weapons coming up their force potentially. if the army tried an awful lot of ground forces talked about weapons which did not seem to be used as an organizational challenge, do we need to rethink organization or double down on the third offset we don't need to. what do you think? >> look, we've got a lot of brave people think about a lot of different things. the third offset is one of

and british militaries at the atlantic council here in washington.her official duties include operations, operation policy, legal matters, personnel policy. and if that is not enough, other responsibilities include cyber, relations with iran and ireland and latin america. after graduating from university, penny began a very successful career in business and communications working in the private and public charitable sectors. she was communications director for the kensington and chelsea council. she supported british truckers during the french blockades. in 2006, she became director of diabetes uk, the largest patient organization in europe. if that wasn't enough, at the same time she founded her own media company which she ran successfully for many years before she successfully sold it off. in the world of politics and with high profile politicians under john major she was head of youth for the conservative party. she had a two-year spell as head of broadcasting under william hague. she's even dipped her toe into the waters on this side of the atlan

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i'm jim from the atlantic council. i'm going to ask you not about equipment, but organization, if i could. back in the 1940s, the united states developed nuclear weapons. tactical nuclear weapons anticipate then soviets developed nuclear weapons and the army thought we need to reorganize because we're afraid nuclear weapons are going to be coming our way on the battlefield so the plan was something we called the pentomic division. it was an attempt, i think, by the army to deal with -- deal with the offset strategy coming back at you. then in the 70s and 80s precision weapons. i think the u.s. military got really good at military got goot sending towards enemies. i think this is why the deputy secretary talking about a third off sets and worried about it coming back the other way. coming at american forces, potentially. this is why you think a lot about missile defense. if the army tried -- if a lot of ground forces thought and tactical weapons, as an organizational challenge, is there an organizational challenge for l

atlantic limit the atlantic council. i have the privilege of being a barbarous task force.14 bilal. i liken it to a marriage between two parties that don't trust each other in a prenuptial of that concerns the data we have not had to make it work he recommends iran this was a good time to have this particular agreement and what can iran do with the want term to make it succeed because people will be coming out of the woodwork. for bilal, the jcp was a massive strike or the administration. they can put things in place. they stink of execution. go back to the strategy to asia and all the nonsense of the affordable health care act. so what would you recommend for the longer-term on the part of the administration to make sure the agreement has every opportunity and success and if it does fail what would be planned the analogy put in the place they need to do that. >> so with fire to discuss the issue before, but there are three reasons which made the diplomacy and necessity. two reasons facilitated that. the three reasons which necessitate his number one war. no matter how much

. >> from the atlantic council. i'm not going to ask you about equipment, but about organization. in the 1940's, the united states developed nuclear weapons, and that was proliferated in the 1950's. thought, we army need to reorganize, because we are afraid nuclear weapons will be coming our way on the battlefield. the plan was called the thin tonic position -- the 10 tonic pentonic position. it was to deal with the offset strategy coming back at you. in the 1970's and 1980's the military got good at sending precision weapons toward enemies. now, and i think this is why the worriedecretary is about it coming back the other way. the precision weapons coming at american forces, potentially. that is why you have so much missile defense. the army thought about tactical nuclear weapons, which has not been used, as an organizational challenge. is there an organizational challenge for land forces in the rethinkdo we need to organization or double down on the third offense that we don't need? what do you think? sec. mchugh: we have a lot of bright people who think about a lot of different

. >> re: coed ,-com,-com ma the atlantic council.ou extrapolate the logic of what we are watching here and what is in the back of my mind as a naval race prior to world war i and sort of walk for five years, 10 years, do you see the ability of the naval clash in the pacific or do you see minds prevail where working outside security works, we are going to security and reassurance measures and regimes in stuff like that in walk away at some point. thank you. >> it is really difficult to see which way it goes. it is a rather close call i will say. the chinese that they continue to build their naval capacity at the rate they are doing, they are probably about 15 to 20 years of being able to field the kind of capable force that could match up well against the u.s. navy. they still have a number of deficiencies in their sleep. because of those deficiencies, that is why they rely primarily on asymmetric means. long-range missiles, submarines, only recently that put the money to building up their fleet that they are faced to take a few detou

a senior vice president of >> we take you live now to a discussion about iran posted by the atlantic council on the internal debate happening within in the aftermath of the nuclear deal, the eu approving a deal in july, the u.s. senate failing to disapprove of the deal last week, with another vote coming up tomorrow in the senate. the accord is expected to be

friend and colleague going all the way back to csi, he is currently a senior adviser of the atlantic council and we are fortunate to have his wisdom and articles basically every week. >> now, i would like to acknowledge the contribution of the c-span that is recording our event and bringing the discussion to a much wider audience in the united states and around the world. and to our co-sponsors in addition to the international institute, the potomac institute for policy studies and the university of virginia law school cooperating with us, many of this discussion. let me be very, very, very brief at this point. i will have something to say later on. first of all, what we are going to discuss today basically two challenges that the international society is facing for many, many years. one is the change of mother nature of course that we know that sometimes we have no control over, but then what is of security -- grave security concern is man-made. i think our challenges first on the technological disasters that we see what's happening now with this terrible explosion i think today in china, i

even if this is not an official gathering of the atlantic council, the united states is -- arctic council, the united states is proud to cheer it for -- chair the next two years. and to all the foreign dignitaries who were here, i want to be very clear, we are eager to work with your nations on the unique opportunities the arctic present at the unique challenges that it faces. we are not going to any of us solve these challenges by ourselves. we can only solve them together. of course we are here today to discuss the challenge that will defy the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. and that is the growing threat of a changing climate. our understanding of climate change advances each day. human activity is disrupting the climate. in many ways, faster than we previously thought. the science is stark. it is sharpening. it proves this was distant threat is very much in the present. the arctic is the leading edge of climate change. our leading indicator of what the entire planet faces. arctic temperatures are rising about twice as fast as the global average. over the pas

i'm jim from the atlantic council. going to ask you not about equipment but organization if i could. back in the 1940s that can develop nuclear weapons and proliferate in the '50s around the forces. tactical nuclear weapons and then soviets develop nuclear weapons and the army thought we need to reorganize because we are afraid nuclear weapons are going to be coming our way on the battlefield. so the plane was something we called the pentagon the division. this wasn't well remember but it wasn't him by the army to deal with, do with the offset strategy coming back at you. so than in the '70s and 80s, precision weapons. i think u.s. military got really good at sending loss of precision weapons towards enemies. and now kind of worried, and this is why i think the deputy secretary of the second of defense are talking about a third offset, worried about a coming back the other way, towards the precision weapons coming out american forces can potentially. if the army tried, if a lot of ground forces out of a tactical nuclea

that will be hosted by the atlantic council and will be at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. announcer: monday night on "the communicators," the head of the task force will discuss the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction that will allow wireless companies to bid on airways space. >> a professional determination that was made in the spectrum act, in one thing i do want to emphasize is that we are not taking spectrum from broadcasters. it is a voluntary auction on behalf of broadcasters. broadcasters continue to be an extremely valuable service, but congress passed this act or on a one-time only basis, they will be able to relinquish their spectrum rights in return for a at thef the proceeds auction, so what it is is congress's determination and the fcc's implantation to make meett forces available to wireless broadband needs. in other words, the need for broadband spectrum is burgeoning by multiples and exponentially. not a lot of good, low-band spectrum left, and this is a new, novel method that congress has put in place and that the fcc is to implement. announcer: that is on

and british militaries at the atlantic council here in washington.er official duties include operations, operation policy, legal matters, personnel policy. and if that is not enough, other responsibilities include cyber, relations with iran and ireland and latin america. after graduating from university, penny began a very successful career in business and communications working in the private and public charitable sectors. she was communications director for the kensington and chelsea council. she supported british truckers during the french blockades. in 2006, she became director of diabetes uk, the largest patient organization in europe. if that wasn't enough, at the same time she founded her own media company which she ran successfully for many years before she successfully sold it off. in the world of politics and with high profile politicians under john major she was head of youth for the conservative party. she had a two-year spell as head of broadcasting under william hague. she's even dipped her toe into the waters on this side of the atlant

atlantic city. newark is hoping to become the new destination for gamblers. the city council voted unanimously to adjust the downtown redevelopment plan allowing for a potential casino. >> there's 24 million people in the radius of north jersey. there's, compared to atlantic city, there's probably 2 million in 50 miles. the income and demographics are here. the money we're losing to pennsylvania and new york is lost. we want to gain that back. christina: legislators must approve a constitutional amend. >> same-sex couples are finally being issued marriage licenses in rowan county, kentucky. the clerk, kim davis, refused to do so based on her christian beliefs. she remains in jail on contempt charges. many people in the county seem to agree with her, those getting their licenses are thrilled. >> civil rights are civil rights. they're not subject to bullies. >> i would defy him. i defy our government. we have no government in the united states no more. christina: gay marriage is expected to be a polarizing topic in the 2016 presidential election. >>> this weekend's gas prices a

atlantic city, known as the borgata babes. the scales of justice are tipping against these scantily clad casino waitresses. a council ruled the borgata can force these women to stay within a certain weight limit or be fired. the case was sent back to a lower court. >>> the clothing chain forever 21 says it's fixing a problem that caused some customers to be overcharged. customers have been reporting that a $100 processing fee from forever 21 has been appearing on their bank statements after they bought something. forever 21 officials say that processing error began on sunday, and they're working to correct it. they also say that no customer data has been compromised. >>> on long island, a family is celebrating a long shot. it's going to mean some long nights. jason and kelly are the new parents of identical triplets. doctors say that happens only once in every million births. so owen, noah, miles were born prematurely in july. they weighed only three pounds. two months in the hospital before they were able to head home. despite all the work, mom and dad are still excited. >> it's a miracle. there are no words to des

. >>> people in the atlantic city boardwalk may not have to watch the tram cars as often. when it won the bid last year to operate, it believed city councillet it advertise and raise fares. that hasn't happened. now the company is blaming the city for financial problems. it says it may cut service in the offseason and during offpeak hours. >>> new child safety seat laws are in effect in new jersey. if they're not strapped in properly or not sitting the right way, you could get a ticket. >>> speaking of driving, keep an eye on your ride. we have the list of most stolen cars. what you should keep in mind so you don't become the next victim. ♪ ♪ yoplait. the smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. >>> 4:52. next week supporters plan to rally for pennsylvania's top lawyer. kathleen kane, the attorney general is charged with leaking secret grand jury information to a philadelphia newspaper and lying about it under oath. kane said she did nothing wrong. she's hired a lawyer to look into disciplinary matters for her. she wouldn't say

atlantic city's famous boardwalk tram cars is not very happy with the city. the company says when it won the bid last year to operate, it believed city council would let it advertiseaise fares. that hasn't happened. now the company is blaming the city for financial problems. it says it may cut service in the offseason and during nonpeak hours. >>> happening today in the lehigh valley, the great allentown fair opens. look, the pierogi stand is waiting on us. the 163rd year for this event. today, def leppard, styx and tesla will perform. >> steamy time at the fair. >> oh, yeah, the next few days will get hotter. it was up to 90 yesterday. remember yesterday we started off with clouds. that really held temperatures back most of the day. we are in the clear this morning. other than a couple spots of fog, you wouldn't see it in philadelphia. look at the clear view looking towards boathouse road. the sun is getting up later and later. we're less than an hour away. in fact, 45 minutes away from seeing sunshine. we'll see bright sunshine through the day. that live boathouse view will see plenty of sunshine and the temperatures will climb into the lower 90s today with enou