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interesting stuff isn't an ambassador, alexander, but now with the atlantic council, the pleasure talking to you. thank you for your time. thank you. and reminder, we are waiting to hear from joe biden. the stage is set there as it has been for some time he had long meeting with the president, reject type at one who recently finished his news conference. we were bring you jo biden's address to the nato summit or his news conference with the native summit. live on al jazeera, when it happens, we'll move on to other news finance reports of a possible radiation leak at a nuclear power plant in southern china are being dismissed by its operators state run china general nuclear power group says operations at the nuclear power station in gwendolen province do meet safety rules and the surrounding environment is fine . french company, e d f. that partly owns the stations as it has been informed of an increase in rare gases that one reactor, but one of the subsidiaries or it's subsidiaries, which actually designed the reactor has reported a want of an imminent radiological threats. we spoke to nu

he's a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council. he joins us now from geneva and new york state long, just picking up where bernard left off that wed does. all of us leave the opposition weaver. i mean, effectively it's now movement and exile. how effective can it actually be from you know, i think the russian opposition has been facing incredible challenges over the last few years. and this is, of course, an attempt by the kremlin to snuff it out. and of course this decision and the legislation was timed very specifically on of, on a birthday on friday. i think the russian opposition knows the challenging landscape. it's there and i don't think there under any illusions of the difficulty in navigating the ability to break in and potentially by electoral means have a change of government in russia. but of course the russian president is focused on, on, as i said, nothing it out. so they're going to have a very challenging landscape in the months and years ahead. part of that landscape can be shaped potentially by western support and

atlantic council director and it is my pleasure today to open this event it serves as the latest installment of the africa center africa conversation series and series of us officials moderated by the new and dynamic african center leader. i was delighted to see this series launched on africa day with my good friend and former colleague's in the national security council senior director for africa. but i am equally delighted today to introduce the featured speaker assistant deputy - - deputy secretary of state was a very large portfolio to oversee the development of us foreign policy for southern africa as well as economic and regional issues like trade and investment and climate and health. multilateral engagement with democracy of human rights and i have to say is a retired diplomat myself, it is encouraging to see people like her in positions of prominence in the biden administration it is critical to reengage with africa and the world in general, and also convince others senior us officials of the importance of africa strategically. it is a repeated theme of the vision we have to view af

the atlantic council stores, as far as i got from washington, d. c. thanks very much for being with us. so the ball had been set quite low in terms of expectations, but they saw it seemed to be quite pleased with with how it went. do you think it might be a real improvement to relations? absolutely not. thank you for the opportunity to be here. michelle. no, most experts thought it would be a nothing burger or a snooze test and we got it exactly right. it was a short meeting, it was 3 hours and very little was accomplished. both sides have to issue statements saying it was successful. one real practical thing came out of it. and this is a good thing, but this is it. the us ambassador to russia will return to moscow and the russian basset, or to washington will return to washington. that's it, that's all we got out of the summit. i mean how important we mentioned that is that kind of one area where they can have a tangible achievement. does that improve the kind of relations in terms of avoiding mistakes that could lead to further conflict with any kin

i am atlantic council board director and it is my pleasure today to open this event.test installment of the africa conversation series. this is a series of conversations of u.s. officials moderated by our new and dynamic african senator leader. i was delighted to see this series launched on africa day with of course my good friend and former colleague and the national security council senior director we are equally delighted today to introduce the featured speaker deputy assistant secretary of state ifor african affairs acuna cook. she has a very large portfolio. she oversees development of u.s. foreign policy for southern africa as well as economic and regional issues like create investment climate and health. engagement, democracy and human rights. i have to say as a retired diplomat myself it is really encouraging to see people in positions of prominence in the biden administration. it's a time that's critical to reengage with africa with the world in general. and also convince other the importance of strategic importance of africa. as sort offr a repeated theme th

i'm atlantic council board director mary carlin yates and it's my pleasure today to open this event. it serves as the latest installment of the africa centers africa conversation series tand this is a series of conversations with us if officials moderate moderated by ourafrica center leader . rama yade. i was excited to see these series launched with my good friend ambassador linda thomas greenfield and roseanna banks who is national security advisor director for africa but i am equally delighted to introduce our featured speaker, deputy assistant secretary of state for african affairs akunna cook and she has a very large portfolio. she oversees the development of us foreign policy for southern africa as well as economic and regional issues like trade, investment, climate and health, multilateral engagement and human rights. is a plateful. and i have to say as a retired diplomat myself it's encouraging to see people like akunna in positions of prominence in the biden administration . it's a time that's critical to reengage with africa and the world in general with africa can also con

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it's so good to see you leading in such a position at the atlantic council after your many years of service. i also want to say to you, ambassador, it's a pleasure to be with you this morning. congratulations to you on the relaunch of the africa center and your vision and leadership. you were among the first people to reach out to me when i was appointed and i recall you saying, you wanted to promote africa as the land of opportunity and not of risk and that as africa was stronger, i was all in to support you and your leadership. thank you again for having me on today. as a daughter of nigerian immigrants, i've always known my life was intertwined with the african continent. my parents came to the u.s. in 1970's as students and they actually moved back when i was an infant and so my earliest memories are from living in nigeria, living in africa and beyond that, both of my parents are-- have remained deeply involved and invested in africa. my father actually still luvs there. and my mother has remained an active part of various diaspora organizations. but it wasn't until i went back to niger

if iran initiative at the atlantic council, she joins us live via skype from washington. d. c. many. thanks for joining the program. barbara. so after many years, just dealing with the reform is government. the u. s. will now be dealing with an ultra conservative iranian government. this is new territory. how will the u. s. be viewing all this? well, 1st, let's point out that the key decision maker and iran was never the president. it was always the supreme leader, particularly this supreme leader, ayatollah ali harmon, a. so in that sense, there isn't really that big change we've heard, right. see already commit to the iran nuclear deal. iran need sanctions relief. so i agree with the previous analysis also with javan cerise. that it's likely that they will wrap up these talks in vienna. well, before racy and his cabinet come in and that iran will obtain desperately needed sanctions release. i think the question is whether there is going to be anything to build on with this group. and there, you know, the vital ministration has talked about a longer and stronger agreement that

earlier, i spoke to barbara slavin, director of the future of iran initiative at the atlantic counciln though there aren't any results yet, it seems ebrahim raisi will be the winner. the most likely rivals all eliminated, but what we're waiting to see is the figure from the turnout.- waiting to see is the figure from the turnout. hello is it, does the _ from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime _ from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime play - from the turnout. hello is it, does the regime play games| from the turnout. hello is it, - does the regime play games with it to make it reach least 50% which i think is the bare minimum we would be seeing to be required to give this individual any sense of legitimacy as iran's next president.— legitimacy as iran's next resident. , ., ., legitimacy as iran's next resident. ~ , ., ., ., president. we should have a note of caution _ president. we should have a note of caution as _ president. we should have a note of caution as and - president. we should have a note of caution as and when | president. we should have a i note of caution

they atlantic council and an advisor tom de la de la, the gun leader of the high council for national reconciliation. he's joining us from washington. d. c. thanks for speaking to us. we'll get to the meeting between biden connie and just a moment. first. can i get your reaction on what the taliban spokesman said? that the u. s. would be breaching previous agreements? if it left $650.00 troops in the country. what will you see? this is a picnic allergies actually get some medical issues. if the united states, the size to maintain a security force within the embassy compound in cobble, as most embassies in crisis written countries do, then that is a sovereign us decision within sovereign us territory. and i'm not sure if it's all the one i understand that, but it's something that is allowed by law and their job is not to be involved in anything beyond the parameters of the embassy. so if that is an ace, then somebody needs to clarify this motor, itala bon, and then maybe the united states can can try to fight this as well to the rest of that kind of thing. okay. and on the shelf, the m

would you call you racial, you know, oh gosh, i was visited by the atlantic council members in the end of 2000 and the g. and i challenge our critics to look at the colts. you know what these people told who shinkel? we respect you, alexandra, very bull and the other saying that, you know, we respect the russian soldier in happy will help you to protect it from russia, you know. and then these people obviously supported a pretty dangerous, you know, sometimes violent protest sections in embellish, which were of course targeted against sample. and, and believe me, beller ocean nationalists. i mean out, nationalists on look better than the you agree. and in fact, they handle better than the russian was there also, you ration of the mind sometimes violent and that's why they're there. they're perfect agent for the western powers. ok, they want to repeat what they did it and you know, georgia, go to you. this whole strategy coming from the west is appalling. li, stupid, okay. it creates a negative return. if they just simply respected the country sovereignty and allowed the people of beers

bernard smith reporting from moscow mark sim cops, he is a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and he says, by now, the russian opposition knows that the ultimate aim of the kremlin is to crush them altogether. the russian opposition has been facing incredible challenges over the last few years. and this is, of course, an attempt by the kremlin to snuff it out. and of course this decision and the legislation was timed very specifically on of, on that birthday. on friday. i think the russian opposition knows the challenging landscape that's there and i don't think they're under any illusions of the difficulty in navigating the ability to break in and potentially by electoral means have a change of government in russia. but of course, the russian president is focused on, on, as i said, nothing it out. so they're going to have a very challenging landscape in the months and years ahead. part of that landscape in the shape potentially by western support and pressure that the west places on russia for adhering to its own constitution and trying to facilitate the democratic standards

them of what he calls a worthy adversary. marks macowski is a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council in a former u. s. department defense official. he says, while expectations for the meeting are low, the leaders could make some progress. when you're at a low point, there's only one way to go and that's up. and so both sides, i think, feel of value and seeking to de escalate current tension. they see a need for discussion and dialogue. obviously, president biden has been in europe and this is a unique opportunity because the president is not traveling as significantly as other presidents have in the past. and he is engaged with allies, essentially, to showcase the unified front, to deter russian aggression in the future and respond as necessary. so he felt it was the right time to reach out personally to president good and to see what potential areas of cooperation there could be. i think both sides know that there is a very limited area. cooperation is possible, but i think we can expect to see and a framework for discussion in the future, particularly on nuclear stability, strategi

we have a senior fellow at the atlantic council. she joins us from london. holly, lovely to see you. great to have you on the show. tell us more about who this president is. a hard liner. ultra conservative. what more do we know about him. >> well, robin, he was not a household name until the 2017 presidential election which he ran as a rival candidate to incumbent president rohani. he lost to him with 60 million votes. from there on we saw his ascent in government. what we're really seeing is this proto jay of the supreme leader is being groomed as a supreme leader in waiting once the supreme leader passes. this is part of whkhamenei's legacy. he fits the lineup when you see the clerics. by having him as president, he is one of the branches of government that will be all hard lined led. >> and then with that in mind, domestic poll six, what does that mean internationally for the iran nuclear deal? >> well, the reality is ibrahim raisi does not have a lot of experience. he backs the nuclear award. we've seen a slow walking of the nuclear talks. this is relat

from bus and turkey is matthew, we're who's a former us ambassador, nonresident fellow at the atlantic councils, eurasia center and global energy center. good to have with us matthew, so it'll be all smiles for the family photo when the leaders get together later today. but are we in for a whole monia se summit? and thank you very much for having to be honest. i think we are in for a generally harmonious summit. certainly if you compare it with the fiascos. well, president trump was an office in which cases he often torpedo the some s and wouldn't even let there be joint communiques that, that would have any mention for example, of climate change. so, judging by that standard, i think this will be more or less harmonious, and i think as well as morse johnson said after his meeting the other day with president biden. wow, this is, you know, a breath of fresh air and what a relief that now we're talking again like allies and partners. that's that the other are definitely differences, especially on the bite administration, more confrontational approach to china, and that's making some of the other

now from both in turkey is matthew breeza, former us ambassador, a non resident fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center, in global energy center. good to have you with us. so some european circles are putting this out. the thing you know, america, joe biden may say, america's back, but can we really count on america again? will trump be back for another round in a few years? how do you think you're by the message is going to be received by some of his allies? thanks for having me on sammy, i think that's absolutely right that across europe, rightfully many people are concerned. we could see the return of donald trump, s b u. s. president, because he's suggest that he wants to run again. but my guess is at this g 7, the defense of the other 6 heads, the state is going to be one of great relief. and as far as johnson said a couple days ago, what really, he said that you could have a conversation in a collegial, collaborative and allied way with the us president finally, you know, have you having had the honor to meet you by many times into i've worked with him, i mean i know he's so charis

he's a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and a former u. s. department of defense official. he's joining us by skype from washington. d. c. thank you very much. indeed for being with us. kimberly was saying they're both sides be working fairly hard over the last couple of weeks to keep those expectations low. if both sides are able to reframe the relationship. would that be enough? you know, i think when you're at a low point, there's only one way to go and that's up and so both sides, i think feel of value and seeking to de escalate current tension. they see a need for discussion and dialogue. obviously, president biden has been in europe, and this is a unique opportunity because the president is not travelling as significantly as other presidents have in the past. and he is engaged with allies essentially, to showcase the unified front to both deter russian aggression in the future. and respond if necessary. so he felt it was the right time to reach out personally to president food and to see what the potential areas of cooperation there

she had earlier i spoke to cameron hudson as well as a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council. he says washington's been trying to keep its options open while still engaging with ethiopia. they've been trying to use diplomatic persuasion up to this point to get the ethiopian government to relent in its sort of pursuit of total victory in gray. they have not been successful in, in that conversation, but they have withheld some of the most biting sanctions that the united states have. sanctions related to the human rights abuses that have gone on at the hands of b, o. b, in government troops and their allies in the region. so what was being alluded to there by the state department representative was the fact that the administration has planned and is prepared to, to sanction ethiopian government and military officials for the crimes being committed. unless this is fire hold, unless there is some, some, some, some permanence to, to the changes that we've seen just in the last 24 hours. we've also heard from the un, which is welcome to cease fire by ethiopian government, and is ur

barbara slavin is the director of the future of iran initiative at the atlantic council. she says, well, this may be a new president for iran, it doesn't mean that will be drastic. change the 1st, let's point out that the key decision maker and iran was never the president. it was always the supreme leader, particularly the supreme leader, ayatollah ali, home and 8th. so in that sense, there isn't really that big change we've heard, right? see already commit to the iran nuclear deal. iran need sanctions really. so i agreed that it's likely that they will wrap up these talks in vienna, well before racy, and his cabinet come in and that iran will obtain desperately needed sanctions release. i think the question is whether there is going to be anything to build on with this group. and there, you know, the vita ministration has talked about a longer and stronger agreement. that's going to be that's going to be a really heavy lives. going to be very difficult, i think, to negotiate that with a racy lead administration. he's going to look more towards china more toward russia.

/nato chief of staff in the us defense department, and now non—resident seniorfellow at the atlantic council's gave his analysis of the talks. you know, ithink both sides achieved their primary objectives, and you are right, there was no seeing in any one's soul, there was clearly a frank dialogue about differences between the united states and russia. differences the between the united states and russia. i think there was an airing of grievances on both sides, the united states being very firm in laying out the areas it would no longer tolerate russian aggression, both here in the united states and abroad, and the costs that would be associated with additional russian aggression. and president putin likely laid out clear red lines on how far russia would go. i didn't see many concessions, clearly, president putin spent the majority of the day rebuffing accusations of cyberattacks and election hacking and mistreatment of the russian opposition at home and mr navalny. but i think mr navalny avoided any sort of accusations that he wasn't tough enough. i think clearly he laid out, and the fact th

/nato chief of staff in the us defense department and now non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council'ster. thank you very much becoming on the thank you. thank you very much becoming on the thank vom— thank you very much becoming on the thank yon-— the thank you. that headline in the thank you. that headline in the new yorker _ the thank you. that headline in the new yorker seeing - the thank you. that headline in the new yorker seeing the - the new yorker seeing the summit took place and nothing crazy happened. clearly a tongue—in—cheek reference to the trump era. clearly different, but what do you make of it? ., ~ ., ~' different, but what do you make of it? ., ~ ., ~ of it? you know, i think both sides achieve _ of it? you know, i think both sides achieve their _ of it? you know, i think both sides achieve their primary l sides achieve their primary objectives, and you are right, there was no seeing in any one's soul, there was clearly a frank dialogue about differences between the united states and russia. i think there was an airing of grievances on both sides, the united states b

more with him later, but cameron hudson with us now who is a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council on scott from washington again to give us a bit of expert opinion. maybe at us ask you about the hearing that we've been talking about. first of all, cameron and your views on, on the position the united states is taking. she was hired. i think that there's a lot of both sides in going on. absolutely, well i think that washington, as your correspondent noted, has been trying to preserve all options with respect to its engagement with, with e p o b. they've been trying to use diplomatic persuasion up to this point to get the ethiopian government to the lent in it's sort of pursuit of total victory in gray. they have not been successful in, in that conversation, but they have withheld some of the most biting sanctions that the united states have things related to the human rights abuses that have gone on at the hands of ethiopian government troops and their allies in the region. so what was being alluded to there by the state department representative was the fact that the administratio

slavin is director of the future of iran initiative and a non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic councilhington. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— the programme. thank you for askin: the programme. thank you for asking me- — the programme. thank you for asking me. we _ the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't _ the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't have - the programme. thank you for asking me. we don't have any| asking me. we don't have any results yet — asking me. we don't have any results yet but _ asking me. we don't have any results yet but we _ asking me. we don't have any results yet but we know - asking me. we don't have any results yet but we know who i asking me. we don't have any| results yet but we know who is most likely to win, at least. if, as your corresponding pointed out it will take a miracle, i think, for ebrahim raisi not to win, everything has been put in his favour — the most likely rivals all eliminated. but i think we're waiting to see is the figure for the turnout. how low is it? doe

blinken announced that they would fly the progress flag during a conversation we had with the atlantic councilgs, not just here but also abroad. >> our ambassadors, whoufr is in charge, have the authority to fly the pride flag. the strength of the power of our own example. the willingness to speak out to show the strength of our own diversity, including our embassies, sends a usually important message. >> it is more than symbolic at the state department. ned price is the first out spoke spokes person serving under blinken. since 1995, lgbtq members were ineligible for clearance. and that's when president clinton ended the ban. now, ned price is america's voice to the world, speaking out on all areas of international policy and diplomacy as a critical member of the biden state department. thank you for having us at the state department. >> welcome, jonathan. glad to have you. >> in february, president biden announced he was issuing a memorandum to promote and protect the rights of lgbtq people around the world. it will work to promote the rights of those individuals, including by combatting cri

she's also a senior fellow at the atlantic council. evelyn, good to have you on this morning. of this. they are not telegraphing any enormous compromises here. what then constitutes success for president biden in this meeting with putin? >> thanks for having me on. second, i would say we have to step back and remember why this meeting is happening because the invitation was extended by president biden, by the white house when russia was amassing its forces on the border of ukraine, blockading the black sea. it looked like there was going to be another invasion of ukraine and alexey navalny was hanging on at death's door in prison and the russian government wasn't transferring him to hospital. so this meeting was done in part to save ukraine, save alexey navalny. so that's already something. at least a short-term gain. now moving ahead, what i hope and expect is that president biden will lay out consequences, clear, potential consequences to the russian government, to the president, to president putin, for his continued aggressive foreign policy. all these actions that he's tak

holly is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and she joins us from london., lovely to see you. great to have you on the show. tell us more about who this president is. a hardliner. an ultra-conservative cleric as we have been reporting. what more do we know actbout hi and his political legacy? >> well, robyn, ebrahim raisi was not a household name until the 2017-presidential election. which he ran as a hardline-rival candidate to incumbent president hassan rouahni. he actually lost to him with 60 million votes. and then, from then on, we really saw his ascent in the iranian government. he was made iran's judiciary chief. and what we are really seeing is is this protÉgÉ of the supreme leader is being groomed possibly as a supreme leader in waiting, once the supreme leader passes. so this is part of khameni's legacy. and with raisi, at 60 years old, he sort of fits that area when you look at the lineup of clerics in the government. so by having raisi as president, he is one of the branches of government that will, all, be hardline led. >> and then, with that i

the future. re casberg as an institute director at georgetown law and a senior fellow at the atlantic council. she joins me for more, not from that screen. however, let's see if she can actually hear me up. there she is. i see it right here. marie, i can see you, you're not appearing on the wall here. don't worry about it. 100 days is not a long time in a big organization like the w t. o. but what if anything can we say about and goes these? i'm sorry, a condra wayllace 1st 100 days. thanks so much for having me and you're right a 100 days. i'm not really enough to to deal with murray. i challenges that the w t o process right now for a doctor and goes the and also the that the global economy and the global health crisis are posing for her. but even though they're not concrete results yet in the 1st 100 days, what the personal days have been important for is to kind of get a sense offer parties and her like what teeth as you will to build back better and greener and blue or has been her motto, overall, and that goes very much in line with the global priorities and she before it is, well the o

the list includes the atlantic council, brookings institution, carnegie endowment for international peacenter for new american security, center for strategic and international studies, hudson institute, and the international institute of strategic studies. can you talk more about the role of think tanks and these nuclear corporations? >> absolutely. this is really new, shocking research in that it shows that upwards of 10 -- in just one year, the companies that produced and work on nuclear weapons spent upwards of $10 million funding really almost all major think tanks that are writing and researching about nuclear weapons. it is not always possible to know exactly the extent of the influence of this fundi, but what is really concerning is i think the -- how widespread it is. it is not one thing 10, it is most of the think tanks that e doing substantial work on nuclear weapons. a systemic problem in the field that the tanks should be asking themselves, how can we shall he come together and address perhaps undue influence of nuclear weapons producing companies in this field and this sector

by the former spokesperson to the mission of united nations and she is also a fellow with the atlantic councilprevious years, but they are covering a lot of stuff, covid and china. what do you make of the discussions that have taken place and the circumstance around them. >> i am excited to be here in person. as you know, we are all foreign policy geeks, but the last g7 have been boring and they have tried to stray away from any communique -- >> the one in canada they didn't have a communique. >> because they didn't want to weaken language as far as climate change because they didn't want to confront former president trump. they didn't want to agree on language that would come off on less than what they would like. why have a g7 meeting if you are not going to come out with a set of deliverables and agreements on issues to tackle. usually the deliverables are planned in advance. >> there is an understanding we are going to try to arrive at this. >> not only am i relieved to see there is this person. the agenda, the main message i took was it is focused on tackling these major crises before the

nick: we get two differing views on this moment from the atlantic council and the foundation for defensemocracies. this still has to be ratified. is this a done deal? guest: it ain't over until it is over when it comes to bibi netanyahu. i would wait and hold excitement until next week when the new government will be sworn in. it is always possible members will defect so much so that the coalition could fall apart. however, i and so many others who are watching this and in israel and in the united states are very optimistic that given the breadth of the coalition have brought in, including arab parties into the government, that this will hold. but it ain't over until it is over. nick: jonathan, the breadth of it includes two leaders at the top who differ dramatically when it comes to the palestinians. but this coalition says they will focus on domestic issues. will i work? jonathan: it remains to be seen. let's just set -- don't think any of the leading members of this coalition are going to hold back when they differ from one another. if they want this to last they are going to have to

the future. re casberg as an institute director at georgetown law and a senior fellow at the atlantic council. she joins me for more. 100 days is not a long time in a big organization like the w t. o. but what if anything can we say about and goes he's, i'm sorry, a condra whalers 1st 100 days. thanks so much for having me and you're right a 100 days. i'm not merely enough to to deal with. maria. challenges that the w t o process. right. now for a doctor and go the and also the, the global economy and the global health prices are posing for her. but even though they're not concrete results yet in the 1st 100 days, what the personal days have been important for is to kind of get a sense, offer priorities and for like what teeth as you will to build back better and greener and bluer has been her motto overall, and that goes very much in line with the global priorities and she before it is well ocean day to day. so she has a huge focus on finishing an agreement on fishery subsidies by the end of this year . but also really focusing on the response to cobit 19 and achieving some sort of vaccine e

joining us now to discuss all of this is carmiel arbit, she's a nonresident programs at the atlantic councilchanzer, senior the foundation for defense of democracies. welcome both to the "newshour". carmiel arbit, let me start with you. this still has to be ratified by the parliament, by the knesset. is this a done deal? >> it ain't over till it's over when it comes to bibi netanyahu. i would wait and sort of hold excitement untile next week when the new government will be sworn in. it's always possible that members will defect so much so that the coalition could fall apart. however, i and so many others who are watching this and in israel and in the united states are really very optimistic that, given the breadth to have the coalition that they have -- breadth of of the coalition they have brought in including arab parties into the government, that this will in fact hold. but it ain't over until it was over. >> reporter: jonathan schanzer, the breadth includes two leaders that differ dramatically when it comes to the palestinians, but the coalition says it will focus on domestic issues. wil

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so the questions next steps are ones that have to be dealt with by the north atlantic council. there are questions that have to be dealt with by 30 allies together. and i believe that they will give a thorough review to the question of the status of our partnership with belarus -- nato's partnership with belarus. >> all right. finally, i understand that the belarusan government has not provided you with a visa, effectively blocking you from traveling to minsk and presenting your credentials. is it your intention to take up residency in lithuania or are you going to continue to operate as you are operating. i want to get a sense of how we best use your good experience to the best use. >> uh-huh. i appreciate that senator menendez. the question of how i can be most effective, where i can be most effective is one that i have been working very closely with the state department's leadership on. our goal remains -- i want to be clear, our goal remains that i will undertake my duties in minsk. in the absence of a visa, of course i will work to be effective in advancing our policies an

the question of the next apps are ones that have to be dealt with by the atlantic council and their questionshat have to be dealt with by the allies together. i believe they will give a thorough review to the question of the status of our partnership with larusso. -- with belarus. >> i understand the belarusian government has not supplied you with a visa. is it your intention to move to let the whinny and take up residence there so you can engage with the democratic opposition on a full-time basis or will you continue to operate as you are? i'm trying to get a sense of how we best use your good experience . >>. i appreciate that. the question of how i can be most effective and where i can be most effective is one that i have been working closely with the state department's leadership on. our goal remains that i will undertake my duties in minsk. in the absence of a visa, i will work to be effective in advancing our policies and goals. i will work in any location where i can be effective. at this point, i think you understand that i regularly am in the region. the question of being there on a