during the 199 's, armenia and azerbaijan fought a bloody war. hillary clinton begins a tour of the caucuses, their cease-fire is increasingly fragile. we're in neighboring georgia. he told us about the purpose of mrs. clinton's visit. >> one of the main problems facing armenia is this conflict with azerbaijan, which, as you mentioned, comes from the war, and that war killed 30,000 people and left a million displaced. so there are real hopes that hillary clinton will talk to the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan and try to get them back to the negotiating table, because peace talks have failed. there are constant cease-fire violations between the two countries, and there are real worries that if fighting breaks out, it could be worse than ever, because there's a very expensive arms process going on between the two. so far, neither side has been willing to compromise, so there's hope that if hillary clinton can get them both to talk about peace talks, or, very very least, tone down the rhetoric, which is really making the situation even worse. >>

. >> one of the main problems facing armenia is the conflict with azerbaijan, which comes from the war in the early 1990's that killed 30,000 people and left 1 million displaced. there are real hopes that hillary clinton will talk the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan on wednesday and get them back to the negotiating table. peace talks have failed. there are constant cease-fire violations along the border between the two countries. there are real worries that if fighting breaks out, it could be worse than ever because of of this parishes. neither side has been willing to compromise so far. it is hoped that if hillary clinton can get them to talk about peace or at least to tone down the rhetoric, which is making things worse. what's vietnam has agreed to open three new sites to american teams searching for the remains of servicemen missing since the vietnam war. the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta said the two countries have taken important steps to improve their relationship during talks in hanoi. he became the first senior officials from the u.s. on sunday to visit the former u.s.

around the world eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes on the air many and azerbaijan border in the last two days both sides accuse each other of border violations and in one thousand nine hundred ceasefire agreement u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who's visiting the area denounced the incidents calling for calm to prevent a broader regional conflict for over twenty years the two countries have disputed the territory of now go to me about thirty thousand died in the conflict before the ceasefire since then they have been sporadic clashes are around the border. al qaeda is number two militant leader has been killed in a drone strike in pakistan's northwest and tribal region this is according to american officials a million dollars bounty was placed on. a high profile al qaeda terrorist who once escaped from a top security u.s. military prison pakistan earlier condemned u.s. drone and tags and declaring them against international law and the country's sovereignty. nine palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces in ramallah marking the fortieth

foreign service including six years as american ambassador to turkey and azerbaijan. in washington, ambassador wilson served in various posts including the chief of staff for deputy secretary of state robert zoellick and deputy secretary to the ambassador at large and special adviser to the secretary of state for the new independent states and deputy executive secretary of the state department and he also serves on the board of governors for the institute of turkish studies. ambassador wilson? >> good morning to all of you and welcome to the important discussion of turket and region around it and how turkey relates today to the middle east, what are some of the issues that americans should be thinking about and american policymakers should be thinking about as we develop our own policies in response to rapidly changing events and dynamics in that region. on behalf of the institute of turkish studies i would like to welcome you to the itf, which is proud to co-host with ambassador chamberlain dr. tol. its has carried out and funded a variety of initiatives to promote t

. -- azerbaijan. >> in terms of the administration looking serious, the president delivered a very moving holocaust speech in which she said, "preventing mass genocide is a core national security interest to go -- interest." the massacre in houda, does that issue a priority? >> i want to make a comment on iran. the sanctions achievements, wreaking havoc on the iranian economy and pushing them to the negotiating table is an absolutely critical set of steps and i do not hear him disagreeing with that. it is a remarkable achievement and it runs counter to the romney instincts of the world revealing enemies. how russia as our number one geopolitical enemy? as colin powell said, "think a minute before you say these types of things because this is a revealing view of the black- and-white world be used to have. with respect to syria, to move forward, you have to achieve a measure of the international coalition. i think the administration is wise to recognize that. yet to be sure you are effective before resorting to something like this. if the effect is to pump up arms and create a world in whic

what had been set if armenia and azerbaijan goes to war? which could have been.i wouldn't exclude it. would have been somewhat less diary if russia invades georgia? 2008, its half-year in u.s. turkish relations. turkey all of a sudden looking like it was on the front lines are reemerging or redeveloping cold war and not very comfortable with that. several scenarios you can imagine that are difficult or complicated. what happens if israel or israel in the united states with the united states alone striker ran? bid problem. a conference a year from now or hereafter that takes that takes place talking about u.s. turkish relations will have a whole different i would submit. differences may well emerge a very syria. differences may well marriage with israel. a whole series of things that can go really very, very wrong. the e.u. peace may come back together and that may change at some point calculations of turkish leaders about where they need to make investments. we all work 24 hours a day, but there's only 24. if you spend more time with the e.u., by definition no sp

what happens in armenia and azerbaijan go to war? that could happen. i would not exclude it. what happens if russia invaded georgia again? 2008 was a tough year in u.s.- turkey relations, with turkey looking like it was on the front lines of a reemerging cold war. several scenarios you can imagine. what happens if israel, or israel and the united states, or the united states alone strikes iran? big problem. a conference one year from now could have a different tenor, i would submit. differences may emerge over syria, or worse, turkey's relationship with israel. a series of things could go very wrong. the eu part might come back together, and that could change the calculations of turkish leaders about where they need to make investments of time. we work on 24 hours a day, but there are only 24, so if you spend more time on the e you you will be spending time on -- less time on other matters. that could be a factor, and that is what ambassador pearson referred to, the problem of expectations. there is an expectation that relations continue to be great, they will go on, and they

and then also the obama administration had a leak to the media that israel was going to use the azerbaijan out iran's nuclear program. well, if that's the kind of thing you do for friends, america's not going to have a lot of friends for very long because our friends will know, wow, israel is said to be one of america's closest allies, and yet they are leaking information about private deals that their so-called allies make to try to defend themselves, that surely would fall into the category of love israel not. and then also you have the immense pressure that was place bide this administration on israel not to defend itself without the united states' permission. does a friend really do that? i thought we believed in the sovereignty of our friends, our nation friends, so they could make their own decisions about self-defense. i thought that's the case. and yet we keep hearing reports, reading reports about pressure by this administration on israel not to take action to defend itself. so that's really in that category as well, loves israel, not. and also the obama administration has never r

according to the public prints, a iranian attempt to assassinate eminent american ambassador, in azerbaijananian would make me worried. >> in terms of the administration trying to -- changing to syria a little bit. the president delivered a very moving holocaust speech in which he said quote preventing mass atrocity is a core interest. hula and the murder of women and children in 100 people there, what is the problem and does that represent a national security failure to set this as a priority not do anything about a? >> let me speak to that. i just want to make one comment on iran. the sanctions, four rounds of sanctions, wreaking havoc on the iranian economy, clearly pushing the iranians to the negotiating table is an absolutely critical set of steps and i don't hear eliot disagreeing with it. it's an remarkable achievement and runs counter to the romney instinct about the world consisting of enemies. talk about revealing moments, how about russia is our number-one geopolitical enemy. as colin powell, think a minute mitt before you say these kinds of things. this is a revealing indication