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thanks to will wexler and the atlantic council's take. history is in motion and you've been at the center of it. with your work to advance the united states to secure a more prosperous global future. as you wrote recently regarding u.s. forbe policy, quote, the choices the united states makes in the second half of this decisive decade will determine whether this remains a time of renewal returns to a time aggression. one last thing before secretary blinken takes the stage. in a moving exchange between you and president biden yesterday at the state department, the president said the following about you. quote, you're not only brilliant, you have more character and integrity than almost anybody i know. it's now my privilege to welcome secretary of state blinken, a man of integrity and accomplishment in the final days of one of the world east most challenging jobs to deliver keynote remarks. after the secretary's speech i'll join him in conversation on stage. mr. secretary, the floor is yours. [applause] secretary blinken: thank you. thank y

this event is being live streamed on atlantic council tv. youtube facebook and x you can join the conversation on x by following the electric council using the hashtag #acfrontpage. this is in the context of a historic moment globally one that president biden again yesterday the speech of the state department describes as an action point. characterized by wars in europe middle east and africa rising tensions with china and accelerating competition for the commanding heights of technological change. before we go any further i want to salute you secretary blinken for your remarkable contribution through this moment of a stark challenge following your rich contributions over so many years of distinguished public service previously. returning to the middle east the region has been transformed after hamas terrorist attacks against israel and hostagetaking october 7, 2023 and everything that has followed the subsequent wars in gaza direct military exchanges between israel and iran unprecedented nature of the cease-fire in lebanon in the fall of the

conversation on x by following the atlantic council using theci # ac front page.ecretary blinken, we are honored that you comes the atlantic council to deliver what we are told will be your final speech as america's top diplomat. focusing on the middle east, a region i don't have to tell anyone in this room on the wider world in the last months. president biden again yesterday, in his speech at the state department described as an inflection point. characterized by wars in europe, the middle east and africa rising tensions with china accelerating competition for commanding heights of technologicalno change. i want to salute you secretary blinken remarkable leadership and contributions through this moment of historic challenge following your rich contributions over so many years of distinguished public service previously. returning to the middle east the regionst has been transformed after hamas terrorist attacks against israel and hostagetaking of october 72023. by everyone follow that, israelsubsequent war in gaza and lebanon direct military exchanges between isr

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thank you very much- _ let's speak to now to gina abercrombie—winstanley, a senior fellow at the atlantic councilicy council. thank you very much forjoining us today. are you as confident as everyone else that a deal will be done? i believe that there are reasons to be more hopeful. i certainly believe the list your correspondent gave is very accurate. hamas is exhausted. and the pressures have risen both domestically and particularly the thing that has changed is president—elect trump. he is very transactional in a way that president biden is not an having made very clear that he puts america first, prime minister netanyahu has reason to believe that pressure will be on him as well as on hamas. i believe there are more reasons to be hopeful. the sad part is that it has taken so long, cost so many lives and it will be difficult for either side to make it clear that the deal was worth waiting for, insofar as hamas is waiting for, insofar

host: what should viewers know in the atlantic council? guest: many things.nk what they can find in about that is they are helpful furnisheded by fern governments. when fond at the received more money from foreign governments. more than dollar 20 million and contractor funding. they get a had the of funding from the top defense contractors. sort of what we see with the they can council this huge amount of money coming in from some foreign governments and defense contractors and when try to trace it back it what the atlantic council was doing and it was mixing recommendation this is with benefit the funders. host: who are the foreign governments this give the most to american think tanks? guest: by and large it is our democratic friends, friends in nitto and united kingdom capped. you look at the top 10 it is mostly filled with democratic regimes that are allies of the u.s. but at the very top foreign govern is the united arab emirates. they guy more. they are a authoritarian regime and complicit in war chromosome. and fund the r.s.f. who were tkhreurg genocid

>> this was one of his last big foreign policy speeches on the middle east at the atlantic council inton today echoing what president biden had said. he said that a deal is on the brink. he said he believes it will happen. notably, he said it is not necessarily before or after the 20th of january, the inauguration of president trump. the thinking is it will come before that. another quick notable points. he went on to talk about the postwar plan. the americans, hand it over to president trump on this one big thing that does not involve the full takeover of independent control by the palestinian authority. the body created by the oslo accords, palestinian self-governance. it would be more of an internationally that issue. i think that will cause issues for some palestinian leadership. he was also pretty critical of some american allies in the region including the israelis. about then he said they had essentially gone too far. they had overreached their strategic objectives in gaza. >> tom, thank you for the update. tom bateman. more analysis. david makovsky is director of the washingto

answering the atlantic council events, perhaps one of the last times in office. now, as the heck club was removed from the holes, blinked and continued his speech only to be interrupted once again. this time by a different class. as we mentioned, the palestinian prime minister isn't also for meeting on the future of palestine. noise. foreign minister says a sci fi isn't enough to guarantee a loan. last thing piece, stephanie deca has more on that meeting for mostly the timing of this conference, but usually symbolic as the world waits for potential use of a ceasefire. and goal is a 15 a month on the message here is about the day of to $85.00 countries coming together under a doorway talking about the importance of the establishment of a palestinian state. this is what some of the leaders have to say. what we are now with very broad support for an international community presenting is the concept where security for israel security for palestine at normalization with the arab world. so that is for oil is not only in the region, but over the reason i'm embedded in t

rebuild the country. seen on how the hatch is a senior fellow for the city of project talked to atlantic council. he says, the initial stability of a serious new administration is due to multiple foxes from the civil a physical yesterday. it wears many concerns about the possibility of a ton of fighting among the seed in a position of forces. but it seemed that after 14 years and the fresh air offering fighting, especially in the 1st years of the conflict, that the groups happening the hard way and that the few freedom and the disability of the country is much more valuable. and also i think that their local constituency will so we didn't allow with them. we did the accept it. so there is much more a concern about their own future if they do engage into intern and fighting. that's for one second one. i believe that the c and people has also lost members of the families, one way or another during the conflict either and, and in jail or in fighting. so they do have a lot of those that have been data to come to assume if they want to. but we haven't seen any kind of a single act of the bench a neit

that is a long resident city, a fellow for the serial project of the atlantic council. he specializes in political avoid economies, especially within syria. and he joins us now from the syrian capital, damascus, where the internet is still a bit apache, it time said i'm good to have you with us. so what is the current state of the syrian economy right now? yeah, so this, remember, this is a country that came out from after 14 years of the war that was already raised by corruption and going through privatization is today we are speaking about nearly 90 percent of the conditions of living below the poverty line, an optimum act rates exceeding 50 percent, and private and productive sector, such as of the culture and manufacturing have shrunk by nearly 60 percent compared to pre war levels. the shields in volume or of destruction is estimated at as high as $200000000000.00. so i'm assuming is because even higher than the reconstruction of the country with cost that on at least $50000000000.00. so how much ok, sanction is crippling the economy right now your wellness actuall

secretary of state anthony blank and having a bit of a tough time with his speech there at the atlantic council being interrupted repeatedly by protesters heckled the number of ties being called the secretary of genocide and bloody blinked. and this he tried to get through that speech, saying that the plan is if that c for our agreement is implemented, that it would be a positive 6 weeks were allow, the is really forces to withdraw him. that it would be up to be as really some palestinians to decide what that relationship in terms of moving forward would look like. and he says that it would be a security arrangements that could look like an an interim relationship. made up a partner, nations and vetted palestinian personnel. he also says that the palestinian authority would invite those international partners to establish and run an interim administration with responsibilities of palestinians running p civil sectors. he goes on further though to criticize the palestinian authority, including my food, a boss for not being strong enough in the condemnation of what occurred on october 7th, specifi

so it has a has, as a non resident senior saturday for the serial project to atlantic council, he joins us now from damascus. good to speak to somebody from biotech, drastic developments over the past few months. full, but it's serious and 11 and the lease of an opportunity for a new era and relations between these 2 countries. yeah, definitely. i mean even those interest i see the interest. so align in terms of the new into additions. and they are multi faceted and on i'm not really pragmatic. i mean, it's all part of the been in front of you. and that also understands by a strongly emphasis on respecting you've been. a southerner to this aspect is critical given, but no story closer to the door so you can actually send this on an attendant dimensions back in addition, which is also a common goal in the economy provide with both countries of the protein they provide turns into 4 for each of the gulf countries and it seems that despite the war and the by no means even will not much volume, much more diet. you coming to generation and reopening federal associated with output uh, uplift e

the atlantic council told me the focus on greenland is about economic competition with china and makinge the u.s. has control of key elements to make advanced tech to counter china's rise. frank. >> pippa stevens, thank you very much for that report. for more insight into trump's motivations, let's bring in marc short. former chief of staff to mike pence. thanks for being here. >> good to see you. >> every report i read when it comes to the panama canal and greenland and canada, it is actual demands and a point to get leverage and trolling. what does that say about the president-elect's upcoming administration before he is in office, he is making demands and maybe just trolling? >> frank, he enjoying the trolling and bringing attention back to him. i don't think it is an accident that the focus on panama was the same week of the passing of jimmy carter and his state funeral because, obviously, that was a big part of the carter administration giving away the panama canal. i think there is heightened concern about china and i remember in 2019 the president sent vice president pence up to

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discussion with sent on how to how he's a non resident senior fellow full, the serial projected the atlantic council. he joins us from stumble. very good to have you back with us. so we got the story and delegations, and castle now in the new a youngest way. that way to jordan, that just being in saudi, as james was saying, one of the key things at the moment they need, they want is money. what's the regional countries had? want in return? hello. and thank you for having me. so they want stability more of a most important key. the reason has been, who has been a little under a lot of pressure sensor and help the southern and they have been who is ideally a condition in georgia. and i saw the in syria as well as in the southern new bundle. and there is a need to re establish or different regional ne not, and syria is key to return to assist and then the policy. uh so i think this is where they're looking at, how can i set a b s tubal ligation? active impact at little see area and be an active that joins everyone's efforts to start the licensed agent. again, how might these regional countries be jo, k

as soon as a top is a non resident fellow for the city a project, the atlantic council joins us now live from damascus. good to have you with us. so we are expecting this national conference. do think 2025 is gonna, is looking like it will offer the writing greetings for this attempt to put together a representative system in syria of the thank you. first of all. so having me and i see you all that item is, are there, there is a clear willingness from decision people as well the, the facts or thought of these. and in addition, also traditional actors, there is a lot of emphasis on bringing back stability to syria. and this comes through political dialogue and also a clear transition towards a democratic go in system. and we suspect that the conference will call a phone, defining the main timeline or main timeframe for this transition. how would they would involve in the situation of the army as well as security, but also looking at to be leading of the country doing this transition period. and there will be also talks out on their own off has offered bass party and previous actors within

time and all the prep that went into the session today and thanks to our partners at the atlantic council for joining us and thanks to all of you for joining us here in person and on line. have a great dane we will see you next time. thank you. [applause]ore two senate subcommittees is 90 minutes. [gavel smash] good afternoon. welcome, everyone. this joint hearing of the environment and public works subcommittees on chemical safety, waste management, environmental justice and regulatory oversight and fisheries, water and wildlife. on understanding the presence of microplastics in water will come to order. as one of our witnesses today, dr. sherri mason said normal humans looking at a sample of water. if there's visible plastic in it, they'll be turned off, but they don't realize it's actually the invisible plastics present that are the biggest concern. thank you for sharing that line and allowing me to steal it from you. those invisible plastics are why we're here today. like people shed skin cells, plastics shed particles of plastics. these can be big microplastics which range from half

but rachel rizzo from the atlantic council told me that overall trump's focus on greenland is about economice u.s. has control of key elements to make advanced tech to counter china's rise. >> pippa, i think the big question is, what do you think the actual cost of this thing is? what's the valuation? >> no one has really put a firm figure on it, and of course, both greenland and denmark have reiterated multiple times that the island is not for sale, but they do have vast mineral resources, but the question is, can you actually access them? of course, right now, more than 80% of the island is covered by ice, and so getting down there, they also don't have a robust labor force and also no greenland-based company has the resources and know-how. >> but do we know -- if the comp is going to be -- you could take the comp being alaska at $200 million back in the day. you could do -- the louisiana purchase doesn't really work anymore. >> manhattan. >> how would you -- how would you even do the math? is anybody doing the math on this? >> not that i have seen so far. i think you would be in the trill

minnesota lab rough says that in this situation around the un security council is another example of the failure of the euro atlantic security architecture, which moscow and his allies are also calling for. they need to be improved, rebuilt, and be based on your age and security. the ego are just a few days away now from donald trump taking the office again in the us and roll on pins and needles here over um he plans to do about the conflict, a new crane. what a lot of them have to say about that, or you know, frankly by what i've heard here, it doesn't mean we've seen that. so the lab roughly is quite optimistic about the whole situation with donald trump coming back and especially about what he's been saying about ukraine, but elaborate says that it is definitely a positive signal that both trump and many members of his team have been claiming that they really want to see the conflict and in the near future. uh, he says also that it seems that the understands the uh, the reasons behind the, the special meals for the operation, which is also a positive sign. but leverage says that the most important thing now is to