europe well, let's add volodymyr dubovyk to our conversation - he is the director of the center for international studiessociate professor of the department of international relations of odessa national university name of mechnikov good night mr. volodymyr good evening greetings well, this is the topic that has been declared. it is of course very interesting about their reaction among the united states to the possible catastrophic consequences in the event of the use of nuclear weapons by russia. to play these games, well, so far, well, first of all, i think that lately we have seen this a little bit, they do not return to this topic so often, and secondly, there is simply nothing left in them, what else can be done criticize and what other arguments or levers of influence are there on ukraine? because ukraine continues to advance, our armed forces are released in ukrainian territory because of this, russia cannot stop this offensive of ours and therefore threatens all the time with nuclear weapons. moreover , if the west adds more weapons to us then it will be even better for us to advance and they in r

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their attitude to the war in ukraine , contact us volodymyr dubovyk, director of the center for international studiessociate professor of the department of international relations, odesa national university mechnikov mr. dubovik good morning, what is your opinion about the war in ukraine, so that you would like to see what position ukraine takes in this communique's final statement and what we will see in in conclusion well, i think that it is necessary for this war to be heard there, for it to take place there, so that it is not just bypassed and said that the situation is difficult and that the situation is tense, that there are problems and challenges, but they did not say in their own words what is happening, what is happening, the aggression is so massive against ukraine, so it will probably be the most important thing, but we will see whether the russian delegation will agree to such a communique. i think that it is not necessary to be particularly accepting here. let's say these twenty-somethings, well, you said that the meeting with biden is probably the most important from the point of view

ukraine right now in direct communication with them volodymyr dubovyk, director of the center for international studiessa national university named after mechnikov good night, our greetings, good evening, sir volodymyr, please explain a-a what is happening in the united states now, because er-e conditionally there is a statement by a republican woman who wants an audit of those funds that the united states already allocated for the support of ukraine and the military, including a-a, after that there is a statement, a statement appears from the white house about the fact that support will be increased even more, and this is not the first such case when they respond to the statements of the republicans with similar statements about increasing support about improving support about speeding up support and so on and so forth we are now watching a battle of statements or what are we watching now well we are watching different approaches to help ukraine er there are different political forces in america, there are democrats and moderate traditional republicans who believe that in ukraine it is necessary to he

we spoke to nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies. they said locals would not accept the us driving a wedge between turkmenistan and its historic allies. the sanctions, the u. s. has being taking against russia. most of them are not actually taking good effect as they have expected. a top official, donald new from the state department who is visiting man is done specs on and context on it is natural for russia to be on the alert about what the u. s. is doing in the neighboring countries for the us. that is a country. so far away from a gun from eurasia when they want to come and expect to establish a closer relationship. let's see what we have to offer all the table. all right, if it is a for trying to sabotage the, the local government or to destroy or to home, the relationship, these countries with china and russia. and i don't think it's going to work because the people won't welcome that. and i don't think that china, russia what sit here and do nothing either. the french finance minister bruno and there has lashed out a multi $10

discuss their plans for cyber defense, risk reduction and they held this meeting at center for international studieswashington d.c. >> let me introduce our panelists and let me again thank jen and suzanne for their discussion. to my left is val cofield. val is the officer led that strategic plan which is pretty good. you should take a look at it. [laughter] >> prior to her left, grant is now senior director for cyber security and for the white house on national cyber policy director and prior to being -- it's going to be hard. yes, more coffee. >> he was the first deputy and also the dia chief information officers which is a huge job. finally to grant's left is ron green, chief security officer for master card, special agent in the secret service, former army officer and turns out he and jen were classmates at west point, which is just wild. he chairs the financial services sector coordinating council, vice chair of the cyber security and infrastructure, security agencies, cyber security advisory committee and is chair of the secret services, cyber investigation advisory board. and i'm jim lewis i w

importance of the talks, we can speak to james carouso, senior advisor, at the center for strategic and international studieswhat do you make between this meeting between president biden and president xi? , , , president biden and president xi? , ,, ., xi? despite the most important thin , xi? despite the most important thing. certainly _ xi? despite the most important thing, certainly from _ xi? despite the most important thing, certainly from president | thing, certainly from president biden was my point of view, the goal is to set guide rails around the relationship even the recent tension around taiwan. it was important that we understand what each other�*s redlines are and we establish communications again. there has been a real— communications again. there has been a real push _ communications again. there has been a real push by _ communications again. there has been a real push by the _ communications again. there has been a real push by the us - communications again. there has been a real push by the us to - been a real push by the us to improve relations with china and no doubt this meeting will go

scott kennedy of the center for strategic and international studies.buquerque, new mexico. good morning. caller: i may have missed the earliest part of the discussion, but what i have not heard is the calculus in connection with all of these relationships about climate change. host: let's pick it up. guest: sure. the u.s. and china are the world's largest carbon emitters. the u.s. has done a pretty good job in the last decade bending the curve and reducing carbon emissions overall and per capita. the chinese have not. they have used the space to commit that by 2030 there will start sending that curve down. they are still increasing their carbon emissions. at the same time they have also started to develop green tech, renewable energy, electric vehicles come everyone is probably familiar with that. the results of the tensions over taiwan, how speaker pelosi said the chinese canceled or suspended the dialogue ever climate that john kerry had been leading for the u.s.. it is not precisely clear with they said on this exact issue, but president biden did s

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a survey conducted by center for 30 take and international study, so that most high one is 1st doing business in mainland china has moved open to move some manufacturing or sourcing elsewhere. the survey also reflect submit to return flag was the leading concert even before china launch. drill o g g to china's president sheet him, he has secure a historical 3rd turn as communist party leader to lead deputy c o at john ha. institution for economic research believes is a wake up call for businesses to hold on. puzzled hunting banjo businesses in mainland china. we form a focal china. pio on strategy was a one chair at all. in other words, i will, they will maintain a certain amount of production capacity char, either so and look for another location to set up a new book. actually, i will find the g with low labor costs and trade great months with many countries, se asia has become a popular location for international firms in recent years or whatever. like, i don't want to walk away. and i've told monica here ever been kind of, i and i, you know, you little bit that am bullet alberto j

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doing ourselves a favor preventing these kinds of conflicts in williams with the center for strategic and international studiesnts out the war in ukraine has hurt americans financially and conflict on the korean peninsula could do we would see this very similar kinds of global economic shocks. you know, south korea is very important and auto manufacturing electronics, manufacturing and he north korean aggression would have devastating humanitarian consequences. we're seeing authoritarian governments. >> feeling very emboldened right now. and it's important that we take a stand and we pushed back. secretary austin promises the u.s. will continue to keep a close eye on the threat. >> and warns north korea against taking things any further in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> wnba star brittney griner met with u.s. embassy officials in moscow today. but a week ago, you might remember russian court rejected her appeal of her 9 year sentence for drug possession. american representatives who are there. they told reporters they saw her tenacity, her perseverance firsthand despite her circumstances, the biden administ

director of the center for research on public society problems, and andriy karakuts - head of the ngo center for translated studies and non-governmental organization, the center for internationality and candidate of historical sciences. welcome, gentlemen, to espresso . have a good day. well, first of all, you know what i wanted to ask ? at the final press conference with the teleposts, he was praised by everyone from everywhere in russia and asked all kinds of such beautiful questions, but this year something says that the press conference will definitely not take place. and besides, he did not go to the g20 what is he afraid of what questions actually the question is not that he is afraid because he will offer light beforehand when he is preparing to participate in the miracle eh kremlin believed that he and putin wanted to show the world a certain geopolitical reality from which the world has agree otherwise 20 he had to show the bible of the front territory, the stability of the country of the front and demand from the world the recognition of this reality in one way or another, that is, the recognition of the annexation as a matter of fact or even given in fact this time

earlier i spoke to james carouso, senior advisor, at the center for strategic and international studies the fact of the meetings probably the most important thing. certainly from president biden�*s point of view, the goal is to set the floor and guard rails around the relationship given the recent tension around taiwan. it was important that we understand what each other�*s absolute red lines are and we establish communications again. there's been a real push by the us to improve relations with china. this meeting will no doubt go some way towards that. how well is that project going? i think president xi got what he wanted in terms of an unequivocal statement that the united states continues to recognise the one china policy. for president biden it was the meeting and agreement to start talks again on climate change, pandemic health and energy, with china, so both sides got a little bit of what they wanted. most interesting, the trade issues were not apparently discussed or if they were discussed we're hearing about it. you mentioned the one china policy but the us stance towards taiwa

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scott kennedy of the center for strategic and international studies. marianne is in albuquerque, new mexico. good morning. caller: i may have missed the earliest part of the discussion, but what i have not heard is the calculus in connection with all of these relationships about climate change. host: let's pick it up. guest: sure. the u.s. and china are the world's largest carbon emitters. the u.s. has done a pretty good job in the last decade bending the curve and reducing carbon emissions overall and per capita. the chinese have not. they have used the space to commit that by 2030 there will start sending that curve down. they are still increasing their carbon emissions. at the same time they have also started to develop green tech, renewable energy, electric vehicles come everyone is probably familiar with that. the results of the tensions over taiwan, how speaker pelosi said the chinese canceled or suspended the dialogue ever climate that john kerry had been leading for the u.s.. it is not precisely clear with they said on this exact issue, but pre

of years inside china as well as matthew goodman senior vp for economics at the centers for strategic international studies. i do want to begin with you, if i can, david, given the length of time you spent in that country there, you can speak to the jengenuine tensions that xi jinping is facing at home but also how news worth for the u.s. president to meet with the chinese president following no international travel or meetings for the chinese president for some time. >> jim, i look at what xi jinping is facing back home and it's a mess quite frankly. i left in may amidst what was a difficult shanghai lockdown. these lockdowns are continuing, covid and zero covid policy is still very much in place there and you see heavy restrictions on the people of china and a continued grip over them with the control of their movements all in the name of national health security and really ultimately national security. and that's been the big shift that we've seen out of president xi jinping. we just saw that a few weeks ago at the party congress when he was essentially cano niezed into this third term allowing him to c

how the agency is working a poster election security at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. , and director jen easterly. i'm not going to introduce because if you don't know her by now, what are you doing in the room? we will follow that with a panel with some very prominent experts. i'm happy to do it, which i will moderate. but with that, i think the rules are, you guys talk, and after a while we throw you off stage. >> we got a lot to talk about. so great to have you here. thank you for coming. you've got an awful lot on your plate, and we want to do a bit of a deep dive in some of your issues and we will pull back and provide some of the strategic context for that. but between elections that are going on right now, election day next tuesday, and we still have obviously a conflict raising -- raging in ukraine with the risk of that expanding. lots going on. so let's go ahead and get started. let's start with that most urgent concern, which is around our election. cisa has the function that our elections are meant to serve. so not just the cybersecurity of the i.t. infrast

the director of the project on chinese business and political economy at the center for strategic and international studieshe joins me now from falls church, virginia. thank you so much for being with us. >> happy to be with you. >> in just a few hours from now, president biden sits down for his first face-to-face meeting with president xi since taking office. and while expectations are pretty low, how critical is this particular meeting at the g20 summit in bali to both the region and the united states? >> it's certainly an important meeting because they've not met since president biden was elected. because of the pandemic. they've talked by phone, video conference. this will be the first face-to-face meeting in a very long time. and the slate of issues that the u.s. and china have before them on economics and security, on climate, are broad and large. and the relationship has been declining. and that's trying to find a floor for the relationship is important to both countries as well as the region and the rest of the world. >> let's talk about that. because of course, it will be a high-stakes meeting tha

center the author of a planter's republic the search for economic independence and revolutionary, virginia. he's been a fellow at the washington library mount vernon and the international center for jefferson studies. now that's here from bruce ragsdale. thank you for joining us today. thank you. i'm delighted to have this opportunity to speak to audience the archives and as the archivist said i relied so heavily on founders online the wonderful resource that has all the published correspondence in washington and other founders that made it so accessible to do this research. um, the book is an attempt to write a full history of washington's life as a farmer of farming biography as it were and is his life as a farmer really still stands as the most important untold story about the most familiar of the founders and i started this project with a conviction that no one can fully understand washington without having some sense of why he preferred his life as a farmer so much and also what i hope to achieve for the new nation as a farmer in the way, he saw it. is it an additional kind of leadership in establishing the united states a british visitor to mount vernon 1785 reported that estrogen's greatest

center. the author of a planters republic with urge for independents in revolutionary virginia, he has been a fellow at the washington library, mount vernon, and the international center for jefferson studies. now let's hear from bruce ragsdale, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you, i am delighted to have this opportunity to speak to the audience at the national archives. i rely so heavily on founders online, it is a wonderful resource that has all of the published correspondence of washington and other founders. making it so accessible to make this research. the book is an attempt to write a full history of washington's life as a farmer. a farming biography as it were. his life as a former really still stands as the most important untold story about the most familiar of the founders. i started this project with a conviction that no one can fully understand washington without some sense of why he preferred his life as a farmer so much. also what he had hoped to achieve for the new nation as a farmer. the way he saw as an additional kind of leadership, in establishing the new united states. a british visitor to mount vernon in 1785 reported that washington's greatest ambition follow

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he talked about security elements in the strategy during a conversation at the center for strategic and international studies. >> good morning, afternoon, evening. the senior vice president here at the international study. i direct our global health policy center. we are honored to host dr. raj panjabi. special assistant to the president and senior director of global health security and bio defense at the white house national security council. welcome. you are a physician professor, social entrepreneur at a public servant. you previously served under this administration. the malaria initiative, which he led. in 2007, he founded last mile health, which remains one of the most innovative, nongovernmental enterprises in providing community-based health services across africa. raj came to everyone's attention in a gray surge during ebola in west africa, where it distinguished itself in many settings. he was born and raised in monrovia, liberia after civil war broke out in the 80's. he and his family migrated to north carolina. we were talking earlier, this is a pattern that parallels the star new york times repo

marc stewart and skod kennedy, chair of chinese business and economics at the centers for strategic and international studies. mark, let me start with you, and how the markets are responding to these protests. we haven't seen something like this in years. >> markets and traders are making note of that. the dow has been down more than 400 points today. that's very significant. nasdaq has been down more than 100 points as well. the markets are having a rough day. the one thing that traders want is stability and certainty, and right now in china, that's just not the case. that's not the message being exuded. traders are having to reconcile two thoughts here. on one hand there are indications that china was going to perhaps loosen some of these restrictions. now it looks like the zero covid policies are here to stay. there's no clear roadmap for the future. that's why the markets are having such a tough time with this. >> scott, we understand you just spent two months in china. what did you see there? what was the mood like in terms of these covid restrictions? >> i spent seven weeks in beijing and shanghai. i c

my colleague meredith broadband is a senior advisor of the center for strategic andnd international studies, csis and also former chair of the u.s. itc that has a jurisdiction over so it's great to get her insights on how that might work. a former u.s. trade representative for industry market accessnd to telecom and drafted major portions of the trade and development act in 2000 and 2002, so a long career in international trade policy. finally, gil kaplan my colleague is a senior fellow at the manufacturingni policy initiatie and a former undersecretary of commerce for international trade in the u.s. department of commerce during the trump administration. a former partner at spalding which was a part of the international trade practice group that worked on the 337 cases and he filed and prosecuted the first successful anti-subsidy case against china in 2007. okay so i think it is pretty clear there's a growing consensus in washington after many years of seeing it otherwise that china's economic technology trade practices are unfair and pose a significant threat to u.s. economic and social s

here in moscow we have maxine scott, he's the director of the center for advanced american studies and moscow state institute of international relations. for a gentleman cross that rules and effect, that means you can jump any time you want, and i would appreciate it for. let's start with georgia in budapest and georgia in the last few days. we've had this real flurry of, you know, is a negotiation is going to break out, you know, we had sold in care of and then we have general lee. they joined cheaper staff saying this is a good point. and before the winter sets in for negotiations, i think he said, any time there's an opportunity, you should seize it. ok, i mean, are they talking among themselves? are they making overtures? how do you read this? when it is very difficult to discern what any of this about, it's hard to see how at this stage, any serious negotiations are possible. ah, and because of what, what is there to negotiate about having said, it's also hard to figure out exactly what is going on without question. the russian with role from city is politically a problem for russia. because now, if one thinks of russia

he is the director of the center for advanced american studies and moscow state institute of international relations. for a gentleman cross stack rules and effect, that means you can jump anytime you want. and i would appreciate it for. let's start with georgia in budapest and george over the last few days we've had this real flurry of, you know, is a negotiations going to break out. you know, we had sold in, in our kia and then we have general mill lane. they joined, cheapest staff are saying this is a good point and before the winter sets in for negotiations, i think he said, and he hm, there's an opportunity you should seize it. ok. i mean, are they talking among themselves? are they making overtures? how do you read this? well, it is very difficult to discern what any of this about it caught to see how at this stage, any serious negotiations are possible. because what is there to negotiate about having said that, it's also hard to figure out exactly what is going on without question. the russian with roll from harrison city is politically a problem for russia. because now you can think

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jones is a senior vice president at the center for strategic international studies. he leads a bipartisan team of over 15 resident staff and a network of nonresident affiliates dedicated to providing independent strategic insight and policy solutions that shape national security. he also teaches at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies in the center for homeland defense and security at the u.s. naval postgraduate school. he also served as a representative for the commander u.s. special operation command and the assistant secretary of defense of special operations. dr. wilson, the 10 president at morgan state university has more than 30 years of experience in higher education. dr. wilson has academic to read, a bachelor in science and political science and a master in science and education from tuskegee university. a master in educational planning and administration from harvard university, and a doctorate of education and administration, planning and social policy also from harvard. he came to market state where he served as the chancellor

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our next guests yaroslav bozhko, head of the center for political studies, doctrine, political analyst and consultant as well as bohdan ferenc , internationalolitical sciences, we welcome you gentlemen to our airwaves on sunday, and for sure what is today's news and about her mask, the first news today is that president biden turned 80 years old, we already congratulated him today in the morning, let's congratulate you once again, mr. president of the united states, we congratulate you on your birthday, happiness, health, uh, for bread, yes, actually, uh, well, panova, in fact, today also made a gift for biden on his birthday, and uh, mask, we now know our reflected 40 or so billions, it turns out, all this was to unblock trump's account before he was nominated again for the presidency of the united states, this is pure conspiracy theory, moreover, it's a joke just in case, i'll say it, but nevertheless, seriously, how serious are trump's chances, how seriously we need to consider the possibility of his return. let's try to discuss it . yaroslav, let's start with you. the nomination, not the nomination of trump, of course, we became the ter

kantsian, a former marine weapons strategist in the white house who now works at the center for strategic and international studiese a delay for a mock attack. nato said that we would consider it absurd, but they see it as a real possibility. interesting right now news chain first zelensky once again stated that he demanded that ukraine be taken to nato in nato remained silent after 15 minutes macron, said that he had just further held further direct quotation also urgent telephone conversations with the ukrainian president of the ecumenical. well, we are waiting for news, interesting. can't get through already, which week in a row i got wet. well trace to note that how would the situation plays defense the next 3-4 weeks. accordingly, this type of provocation will, of course, intensify. we must understand, and we also understand that, as it were, these are the consequences of what happened this summer. that's how, therefore, we must also understand, as it were, that, the longer such uncertainty persists, as already vangovalos. for some reason no one is listening. this will continue for a long time. more than a we

of this whole phrase already mykhailo gonchar, expert on international energy and security relations, president of the center for global studiesis a pity that i did not see you. greetings, mykhailo , good evening at least now the question so, as far as we can judge, let's start with european affairs that the hopes of the russians to freeze europe are in vain, as far as we can talk about the fact that behind the excitement and europe will experience a winter that may not be ideal, but such a one within the limits, well satisfaction, you know, once upon a time in the soviet winter , the five-point system was satisfactory, it was three out of three with a plus. europe will survive this winter, it looks like that, well, at least those panicky army publications that were in the european press a couple of months ago, and even a month ago, now there are no more, i.e. numbers and europeans are used to believing in numbers , well, they say that this one will pass, but in addition, the warm weather contributes to this, of course, no one knows what the weather will be like next, what temperature extremes will be there, so to speak, but h

government most recently the codirectorl the center for international security and cooperation the inaugural senior fellow at the institute for international studies and professor at political science at stanford. he previously served as national security advisor to vice president 2014 through 2017 advising president obama and then vice president biden to form policy and national security. has a get underg day a final reminder we're on the record and streaming live. please send your questions to us through e-mail or on twitter #national defense strategy. we will reserve the last few moments for q&a staff will come around with microphones. >> thank you everybody for being here it is a pleasure i just want to put in a word of personal gratitude andll admiration for you been doing for the country and all i have learned and the opportunity to collaborate and with the national defense strategy. i would begin with a broad question for those who have not yet read it or those who have and want to know what is the most important, what are the most important findings or arguments or themes of this review that came out last month? >> thank you for the introd

former marine weapons strategist in the white house who now works at the center for strategic and international washington studiesy for a mock attack nato said , which we would consider absurd, but they see it as a real possibility. lukashenka said that ukraine and poland want to provoke moscow and minsk needs an escalation lukashenka believes that the rocket that fell in poland was ukrainian in such accidents it does not look like an agreement, an agreement, meaning between warsaw and the official kiwi. in general, to be honest, a lot, well, in any case, the trajectory of the flight of this rocket indicates that it flew in this direction, although it was supposed to fly in a completely different direction, it’s not by chance that this statement will appear lukashenka will immediately ask the question of why it didn’t fly to the east, not towards the rocket that supposedly should intercept, namely, specifically on polish territory. it is quite possible that this is indeed a deliberate provocation in order to make this conflict international, and precisely, therefore, in fact, somehow they are in no hurry, the wes

for independence. movements on the island in the south china sea, which bathing considered it sovereign territory. we heard from nelson, long vice chairman of the shanghai center of international studies who insist that china is not the one story of tensions in the region. china has its own agenda for china, has never been, you know, have any history of colonizing other countries or certainly other countries. everything that china has developed the terms of nuclear weapons. it's awful. national defense. the patients in the asia pacific region has been curated, not by china. and i think the rest of the world is quite clear who is doing that. it's not china, whatever they do, it is nothing surprising to the rest of the world. but i think what is important for us to see is that to recognize that the world is changing, and the you only cola wode, where the u. s. is the dominating that head monday. the heading mall is no longer the reality. so we are dealing with new reality, all countries are supposed to know to abide to lease the un charter and the international. so where does this a rule space to older come from? people are actually talking quite frankly, that the united states cannot j

for independence. movement of the island in the south china sea, which being considered it sovereign territory. we heard from nelson, long vice chairman of the shanghai center of international studies who insist that china is not the one story of tensions in the region. china has its own agenda for china, has never been, you know, have any history of colonizing other countries or certainly other countries. everything that china has develop the terms of nuclear weapons. it's all national defense. patients in the asia pacific region has been corrected not by china and i.

he is currently professor of political science and international affairs and director of the center for leadership and the media studies at the university of washington. he is also took courses in political science journalism at georgetown university yale university and george mason university. top their friends worth has an excellence in teaching being the 2017 recipient and the virginia outstanding faculty award from the cal state higher education in virginia. before previous presentations of presidents harry truman and lyndon johnson richard nixon and ronald reagan. he's truly a pleasure to introduce one of washington's most distinguished professors. they are stephen fransworth. >> they are has been anyone like johnny carson and there never will be. from 1962 to 1992 more than 5000 episodes over 30 years johnny carson led politics and culture and has curated list are almost dies interesting. offered a nonstop parade of the key personalities of the 60s in and the 70s and 80s and the 90s. they were the leading likes of film television music books and politics and more than a few amazing animals and their trainers intr