welcome back to worlds apart from cynical ideas director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nickell it is just before the break we touched upon the nature issue and this is a very very sensitive issue for russia i know that many officials in moscow find it very hard to distinguish between the european union which is a political and economic activity that russia is eager to develop its relationship with and nato which russia sees as occasionally aggressive military alliance do you think even makes sense for russia or for that matter for the europeans to try to distinguish between these two and it is well of course it does make sense as you just explained very brilliantly there are two very different entities. and indeed.

welcome back to worlds apart post-collegiate cynical ideas director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nickell i did just before the break we touched upon the nature issue and this is a very very sensitive issue for russia i know that many officials in moscow find it very hard to distinguish between the european union which is a political and economic activity that russia is eager to develop its relationship with and nato which russia sees as occasionally aggressive military alliance do you think even makes sense for russia or for that matter for the europeans to try to distinguish between these two entities but of course that doesn't make sense as you just explained very brilliantly there are two very different entities. and indeed when you is a peaceful entity and only a defensive entity and of course nato is also a defensive organization but when would that include other countries than the u. . but you know on the other hand i would say that since you are raising the issue of nato that. while i think that russia. has. complex relationships with nato an

about well to discuss that i'm now joined by collapse and the collide is director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nickell it is it's an honor talking to you thank you very much for your time thank you now i know that for much of your cadet make career you've been focusing on how people collectively negotiated diet difference.

welcome back to worlds apart and you collide is director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nickell i did just before the break we touched upon the nato issue and this is a very very sensitive issue for russia i know that many officials in moscow find it very hard to distinguish between the european union which is a political and economic activity that russia is eager to develop its relationship with and. nadir which russia sees as occasionally aggressive military alliance do you think even makes sense for russia or for that matter for the europeans to try to distinguish between these two entities but of course it does make sense as you just explained very brilliantly there are two very different entities. and indeed the e.u. is a peaceful entity and only a defensive. and of course nato is also a defensive organization but one would include other countries than the e.u. . but you know on the other hand i would say that since you are raising the issue of nato that. while i think that russia. has. complex relationships with nato and with the e.u. it's fair

about well to discuss that i'm now joined by collapse and he collide is director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nickell it is it's an honor talking to you thank you very much for your time thank you now i know that for much of your khadem a career you've been focusing on how people collectively negotiate differences and you see the european union pretty much within that framework not only as an experiment in governance but also an experiment in settling and negotiating differences among the peoples as we're recording this conversation john clarke ian kerridge the president of the european commission and the quintessential european bureaucrat is supposed to be meeting with donald trump in many ways a remarkable american leader how do you think the two are likely to proceed well i think we can are great that it's not going to be an easy conversation will it indeed you encourage goes to washington in the name of still twenty eight countries that u.k. still part of this story and. bringing with him on content a message of multilateralism the idea that we are still a w

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about well to discuss that i'm now joined by collapse and collide is director of the center for international studies at oxford university professor nicholas it is it's an honor talking to you thank you very much for your time thank you now i know that for much of your khadem a career you've been focusing on how people collectively negotiate dire differences and you see the european union preachment much within that framework not only as an experiment and governance but also an experiment in settling and negotiating differences among the peoples as we're recording this conversation john clarke ian carried the president of the european commission and the quintessential european bureaucrat is supposed to be meeting with donald trump in many ways a remarkable american leader how do you think they are likely to. receipt well i think we can are great that it's not going to be an easy conversation will it indeed you encourage goes to washington in the name of still twenty eight countries the u.k. still part of this story and. is bringing with him on content a message of multilateralism the idea that we are

the event was organized by center for strategic and international studies. >> rate group on a monday morning. thanks for coming. we have a great event today, i know we have a few people still trickling in. before we start them a i have a few quick comments, first welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. i'm the director of the transnational threats project and the herald round chair. available on the website. onhave recent publications everything from hezbollah activity in syria and a broader report on u.s. counterterrorism that will be published later this week. a couple of other comments as well. we do not expect any emergencies, but just in case we have one, we have exits in the back at multiple locations, we have them to the right of the stage as you are facing it. in general, the one -- the rendezvous point for emergencies is over at the national geographic museum located next door. over toave not been their current exhibits, they are fantastic as well. i am not being paid to say that. programs some great over there. i wanted to thank the folks at the transn

fort kennedy and the center strategic for international studies.is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: taking a look at some live pictures out of montana now where president trump is holding a make america great again rally. as we wait for the actual imposition of $34 billion of tariffs on chinese sales of the united states, and coming through on $16 billion of tariffs, quickly he has talked about them. he's talked about supreme court justices, talking about many issues that are front and center. talking about trader china. bloomberg subscribers can continue watching at live go. you can watch diary entries coming up this week as well as some of the events you may have missed earlier. haidi: we need to watch out for what the president talks about, particularly tariffs on china which we are counting down to the rollout. speaking a little earlier. $60 billion worth of goods will have tariffs slapped on them in the next two weeks. over the last few days, we know that we have the administrative converse -- administrator of commerce briefing and we have to react. we

organized by the center for strategic and international ready. -- studies. >> great group on a monday morning. thank you for coming. we have a great event today. we have a few people still trickling in. before we start, i had a few quick comments. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is seth jones. our work is available on the website. we have had recent publications on everything from has the law -- has the law activity -- hezbollah activity that will be published later this week. we dole other comments, not expect any emergencies, but just in case we have one, we have exits in the back at multiple locations. we also have them to the right of the stage. in general, the rendezvous point for emergencies is over at the national geographic museum, located right next door. if you have not been over to their current exhibits, they are fantastic as well. i am not being paid to say that, but there are some great programs, including the titanic exhibit over there. we want to thank the people for all the work they have put into this, from max upfront to charli

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more on the election results, i spoke a brief time ago with seth jones at the center for strategic and international studies. why did the military decide to support him this time around? seth: i think he is the best of the alternativesor the least worst of the alternatives. i think what they see in imran freshs someone who is face, someone who has at least publicly argued from a natiol security standpoint that he will move closer to china. he will take a tougher line ande he relationship with the united states fairer, at least from the pakistan perspective. he has not quite said it this way, but his motto is to essentially ke pakistan great again. jane: how is he going to do that?as seth: well, heurned himself from a sex symbol and cricket star to a devout muslim and politician who is likely to become the prime minister of pakistan. he is hoping to do the same thing with economy, corruption, and a range of other issues. he has promisea lot, a very populist campaign. it will be tough to deliver on a range of those promises. jane: what do you think is his biggest challenge? seth: i think his challenge is at t

for more on the meeting, i spoke a brief time ago with heather connolly of the center for strategic and international studies. donald trump is always criticizing nato. what is different about this time? heather: i think as a candidate he questioned the alliance calling it obsolete, and he is focused like a laser beam oneu pean defense spending. that is not new.an amerresidents going back before ronald reagan have been focusing on this.s but it seems a the president is using the 2% defense spending issue as a way to undermine nato and not strengthen it. jane: isn't this just his rhetoric? how is he undermining nato? heather: you are absolutely right. if you look at the nato declaration, this is a strong alance. it is doing things, it is reinforcing. members are increasing their defense spending. they are united. that is not, in donald tru's mind, nato. it is what nato hasn't done for the united states, how allies are draining us on trade and energy issues. there is two very differentex natos, one thats and isrk g every day on afghanistan and the eastern flank, and the d one ald trump's mind that will never be

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i am now with the center for strategic international studies where i am looking at leading a project to look at all the ways and with -- in which russia is doing underlined public trust and confidence in a fundamental pillar of democracy, mainly within the justice -- the judicial justice system. we know what we see here has been going on for some time elsewhere specifically in the ukraine as it's been a proving ground for techniques against the u.s. and i'm wondering, if you saw similar measures targeting the judiciary, we have certainly seen them in hungary and poland and elsewhere.>> it's not that i could say that i have. the judicial system in ukraine has unfortunately been most affected by corruption, simply corruption and a lack of follow- through in the rule of law. i will allow the rest of us to share the blame as being part of the source of corruption in ukraine but they aren't responsible, ukraine is responsible. so the judicial system, the biggest risk has been the nondirect russian interference. >> michael martel, cyber research for the national security archive. people ha

wallets quicker first but it's becoming counterproductive says jeff ruthy of the center for strategic and international studies germans don't want to be seen as compliant with trump he explains and americans may be turning against germany. certainly americans see the united states engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president making accusations in particular toward germany that it's not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but this keep the trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity. you know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. how does that everyone can just in the back and tears and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold bear the brunt of trump on her own. well i'm joined tonight by douglas lute he serves u.s. ambassador to nato from two thousand and thirteen until last year he is also a

wallets quicker first but it's becoming counterproductive says jeff ruthy of the center for strategic and international studies germans don't want to be seen as compliant with trump he explains and americans may be turning against germany. certainly americans see the united states engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president making accusations in particular toward germany that it's not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but this keep the trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity but i think in america you know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. doesn't mean that everyone can just be back in their chairs and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold bear the brunt of trump on her own. that we now drawing a deep breath as a whole flock who is at the nato headquarters welcome x. not ahead o

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its 60th anniversary this weekend ahead of the occasion is jim who spoke at the center for strategic and international studiesshington but afterward sat down for discussion with two former nasa administrators. this runs about one hour 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> that afternoon everyone. i'm kathleen hicks. i direct international study program here at csi s and i want to welcome you to our celebration of nasa's 60th anniversary. we have a hat trick of nasa administrators here and we are very grateful to our sponsor at boeing for putting together and helping us put together to today's event. our keynote address will be delivered by the administrator of nasa and he was elected to represent oklahoma in 2012 in the first congressional district in the u.s. house of representatives and he has just returned back from oklahoma this morning. we are grateful he came back for this event today. his federal service started in the u.s. navy and he also has a degree. [inaudible] following his keynote address it will lead a moderated discussion with former administrator charlie and the sis senior advisor sean o'k

. >>> the center for strategic and international studies hosted a conference on u.s. efforts to eradicate polio around the world. this includes keynote remarks from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who talked about being treated for polio when he was two years old and the importance of continued funding for the disease. the panel of the global health experts from the u.s. agency for international development, and the centers for disease control and prevention talk about the excesses does make the successes and challenges of eradicating polio. this is 3 hours and 15 minutes.

john hamre, president and ceo for the center for strategy and international studies. dr. stephen morrison, my friend, director of the global health policies center, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. first of all, i would like to thank you for inviting me to speak today, and i'm really sorry i can't be with you in person. as you know, we stand on the threshold of a historic achievement. in the next few years, we will eradicate a disease that has afflicted humans for millennia. we have come so far, but we know that the last mile is the most difficult. some countries have gaps in service delivery and virus surveillance. insecurity and instability make a hard task even harder. the process of eradicating polio has taught us many, many lessons. these include how to find, vaccinate, and protect the most vulnerable communities and how to prevent the spread of diseases within countries and across borders. we now commonly give polio vaccinations at bus stations and in moving trains to make sure people on the move are protected. camps for internally displaced persons routin

on small farms in ohio and i went to washington after college and work at the center for strategic and international studies which was georgetown university's think tank that was a full-time mother for ten years incidentally was the best possible experience and after that friend of mine said when she is looking for social secretary you should talk with her and that is how it all happen and then i found myself going from the carpool line to learning how to use the white house e-mail system to get people in war with the secret service that was a big learning curve but then i was pushed back into the workplace. >> i had just started to work for the u.s. ambassador and i got a text or e-mail would you be willing? i was like yeah right. so i went to washington d.c. and had beading with chief of staff and then going over to the east wing to meet obama i thought things are going really well but what did i get myself into so after mrs. obama came in and we talked a little bit i said i'm not good at arranging flowers and i don't know china patterns i am not sure of the right guy for this job. she said don't worry ab

first, welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is steph jones, director of the transnational project, it's cis and harold brown chair. our work is available on the website. we've had publications on anything from hezbollah activity in syria too, we will have a broader report on us counterterrorismthat will be published later this week . a couple other comments as well. we don't expect any emergencies but just in case we have one we've got exits in the back at multiple locations. we also have been to the right of the stage when you are facing it. in general the rendezvous point for emergencies at cis is that the national geographic which is located right next door and if you haven't been over to their current exhibits, they are fantastic as well so i'm not being paid to say that but they are a great program for the britannica exhibit over there . i also wanted to thank the folks at the transnational project . from mass markets in front to charlie valley to nick and clayton who are helping as well. the way we're going to do

live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. the spin whereto

grew up in a small farm in ohio, went to washington after college, worked at the center for strategic and international studies, and why was a full-time mother for ten years, the best possible experience to be in a social secretary. and mrs. cheney is looking for a secretary, and that is how it happened, going from the carpool line, and clear people in to the vice president's home, it was a big learning curve. >> i just worked for the us ambassador and got a text or email that said i you willing to throw your hat in the ring for this job? right. i thought sure. i went to washington dc and had meetings with all the senior staff in the west wing and on the east wing to meet mrs. obama, things are going really well. if this is to happen, and i got to be honest with you. i am not sure i'm the right man for this job, don't worry about it, you will have people helping with that. how do we get more people who have never been here into the white house. when i got it, this is the real. i loved it and it was very exciting. >> i'm interested. most white house staffers don't interview with abbas. they interview underneath

the hoover institution's senior fellow and a senior fellow at the institute for international studies. she codirects the center for international security and cooperation and she is a professor of political science. before coming to stanford she was a professor of public policy and she served on president clinton's national security council. today's discussion will be in moderated by andrea mitchell. she is nbc news chief foreign correspondent and she host andrea mitchell reports each day on msnbc. she has covered seven presidential administrations, capitol hill, state department, the intelligence services in every presidential campaign since 1980. her achievements in journalism are genuinely innumerable which is why she received the 2017 courage in journalism lifetime achievement award from the international women's media foundation. >> thank you so much. it's a great privilege for me too be here with two scholars, leaders, public policy experts who i admire so greatly. congratulations on the book. we want talk about the book political risk and then some questions about news of the day and then questions from

. >>> the center for strategic and international studies hosted a conference on u.s. fforts to eradicate polio around the world. this includes keynote remarks from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who talked about being treated for polio when he was two years old and the importance of continued funding for the disease. the panel of the global health experts from the u.s. agency for international development, and the centers for disease control and prevention talk

. >> the center for strategic and international studies recently held a forum on u.s. efforts to eradicate polio. speakers included senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who was treated for the disease as a young child. you can see his remarks and the entire event tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "lectures in history," university of connecticut professor sinha on the reconstruction era after the civil war. and at 10:00 on "reel america," the 1918 silent french film le fa american. sunday at

. >> with us tonight, victor cha, korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies andnational security council director for asian affairs. he's the authorize of "the impossible state: north korea past and future." and jack jacobs, an msnbc military analyst. victor, pompeo wants an accounting of the nuclear arsenal, a plan to dismantle it, and procedures to verify it. is he going to get that? >> no, he's not going to go to the that. it would be nice if he could get all those things. but it's highly unlikely that the north koreans will be willing to do any of those things on this trip. i think it's more likely that he will be able to bring back a commitment by the north to return the 200 p.o.w./mia remains and maybe a decommissioning of a missile engine test site. the problem is these were things that president trump said were already done when he came back from singapore. so they won't look like very big deliverables when he comes out of pyongyang. >> and colonel, we have this report that north korea has continued its nuclear activity, maybe even stepped it up. on the f

no matter, james lewis with the center for strategic and international studies says russian intelligencewould be very interested.james lewis: "big data is the secret today to intelligence and if the russians who are very good at this have access to a pot of big data i would not be surprised if they used it." mail-dot-ru had access to american users' personal information at a time when russia was launching its disinformation campaign through facebook and other social media,and began to meddle in the 2016 u-s election. (ken) in a statement to cnn, mail-dot-ru is claiming user data was neither shared with or made accessible to any russian government agency. and the company also claims to have never harvested friends of users data. the company says it is now cooperating with facebook on the internal investigation. (ken) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: we have seen a variety of clouds around the bay area today. there has been patchy fo

jill doherty, also heather connolly, the director of the europe program for the center for strategic and international studies. jill, as someone who has met with putin multiple times, knows the mind of the man, the strategy that he uses, was this as the home paper there in helsinki put it this morning, trump zero, putin one? >> i would have to agree. president putin went to helsinki knowing what he wanted to do. i think he figured out his approach to trump. and i think he comes away with, number one, just standing there on that stage, flags behind them, the big formal situation, i think symbolically, it put russia back on the map as a leader. this is all in quotes, of course, leader of the country that can solve problems with the united states all across the globe. it's really notable -- there's a certain triumphalism on the russian feeling that the united states/obama tried to keep us down, imposed sanctions. it didn't work. putin led us through that and look he is on the stage with trump. they agree on things. >> it seems, heather, this morning as though the president is trying to make the case that despite

from the center for strategic and international studies, live at 1:00 p.m. eastern, c-span.org and the c-span radio app. >>> tonight on the communicators, tina pidgeon talks about how the company makes broadband possible for small villages, across tundras, glaciers and mountains. then incoming president for telemedicine and telehealth, chris dietrich on providing service for health centers. >>> now democratic agenda strategies for the 2018 elections. this is hosted by the group called new democracy. this is 45 minutes. >>> we're just waiting on one more. i wanted to say thank you, everyone. i know it's like 3:00 p.m. on the day. it's a long day and everyone is tired. i was going to do breathing and yoga exercises to raise the energy, but i thought that might not be very good for our perceptionist coastal elitists, so i decided not to. but if anyone's smartwatch is telling them to take a breath or walk around the room, there is no judgment coming from the health care panel. anyway, we appreciate everyone staying until the end of the day to discuss an importan

no matter the number, james lewis with the center for strategic and international studies says russian>> big data is the secret today to intelligence and if the russians who are very good at this have access to a pot of big data i wouldn't be surprised if they used it. >> reporter: mail.ru with access to american users' personal information when russia launching its disinformation campaign through facebook and other social media. and began to meddle in the 2016 u.s. election. jake, mail.ru claiming tens of thousands of users in the u.s. and not millions and data user was not shared with or made access to a government agency and told us despite the willingness to cooperate with facebook on an investigation, facebook has yet to reach out to mail.ru. jake? >> drew, thank you so much. >>> now the national lead, thousands of kids have not yet been reunited with their mothers and fathers, crisis created by the trump government and appears they're taking their time to fix it. cnn's ed lavandera picks up the story from the u.s./mexico border. >> reporter: two fathers, one from guatemala. the o

bringing in the former korea analyst for the cia now with the center for strategic and international studies. also here retired general wesley clark, command aer and senior fellow. general clark, let me start with you. surprised, unsurprised to learn that nbc news first to report that north korea is building out some of these enriched uranium facilities? >> no, not surprised. it's a twofold opportunity for north korea. first of all, they're going to get away with what they can get away with. secondly, they're able to check and the chinese and russians are able to check out effectively the united states intelligence agencies can monitor their programs. so, they may have some of these efforts, that they will sacrifice, as they move forward. but they'll always want to keep a couple of cards face down on the table. that's north korea. >> so what should the u.s. response be, general, and what will the u.s. response be, if you think you can predict? >> well, we're at a disadvantage, because of the handshake and the smiles at the summit. >> yeah. >> but what should have happened was a step-by-step

first is welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. jones, i'm the director of the transnational theats project at csis and harold brown chair. is available on the website. we've had recent publications on everything from hezbollah in syria to -- we'll u.s.a broader report on counterterrorism that will be published later this week. other comments, as well. we don't expect any emergencies, one,ust in case we have we've got exits in the back at multiple locations. them to the right of the stage as you're facing it. in general, the rendezvous point for emergencies at csis is over the national geographic museum, which is located right haven'tr and if you been over to their current exhibits, they are fantastic as so i'm not being paid to say that, but they're -- they're including programs, the titanic exhibit over there. also, wanted to thank the folks the transnational threats project for all the work they've from maxthis, marcusson up front to charlie clayton whock and are helping, as well. we're going to do the q&a is you will notice the

first, welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is seth jones, director of the transnational threats project and the harold brown chair. our work is available on website and we've had recent publications on everything from hezbollah activity in syria and a broad report on us counterterrorism that will be published later this week. couple of other comments, as well. we don't expect any emergencies but just in case we have one we've got exits in the back and multiple locations and we have them to the right of the state as you face it. in general, the rendezvous point for emergencies at csrs is that the nearest untrained national geographic medium located next door. if you've not been over there current exhibits they are fantastic, as well. i'm not being paid to say that but there are great programs including the titanic exhibit over there. we want to thank the folks at the transnational threats project for all the work they put into this from matt mark upfront cap next and clayton who are helping, as well. the way we will do

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