relationship with have i call a she directs the europe russia and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies and joins us from washington welcome to day to you i guess joe biden summed up a lot of what we're about to talk about the new u.s. attitude to the world in his opening remarks to the munich security conference so let's hear from them about himself america is back the transatlantic alliance is back and we are not looking backward we are looking forward together it comes down to this transonic alliance is a strong foundation the strong foundation i want our collective security and our shared prosperity are built the partnership between europe and united states in my view is and must remain the cornerstone of all that we hope to accomplish in the 21st century. so i had to write calmly that the last guy did a lot of damage to this relationship how does the new guy reestablish the u.s. as a reliable partner. well you're absolutely right in thinking that president joe biden is one of the great transatlantic sis in the united states he said the very seeing 8 when he was vice president the m

caitlin johnson she's deputy director fellow of the aerospace security project a center for strategic and international studies in washington d.c. welcome to the w. is there more to these national missions than just science. for the mars program science is definitely the priority and luckily in the international community. science missions are extremely collaborative and so i think we're all hoping to see a lot of data sharing and information gathering from the mars missions which you know could enable future you know crude mission sending humans to mars right now china is due to land on last soon as well what sets best space program apart from site nasa is. obviously nasa has a long history of landing rovers on mars this is the fit as well as several other martian experiments in the spacecraft that have been sent this is china's 1st they are having covered 2 part mission the 1st is to monitor the atmosphere very similar to the u.e.s. hope mission but the 2nd and more technically complicated is the landing. system on mars which will happen this summer and then sending the 1st data back to china from a chinese

al-jazeera stumble let's now bring in bill and he is a senior associate at the center for strategic and international studies and he joins us now from washington d.c. mr early reason i see that the u.s. has now said it does hold the p.k. responsible for these deaths but this incident is really emblematic of a much deeper shift it seems that we're seeing in relations between the 2 countries former president trump was perceived as being quite accommodating towards president out a while how are things changed now between washington and and struck by the mccain president. well yes for you you know situation of the good case by the u.s. that's actually nothing new the u.s. there was taking the position that the peak if there is a terrorist organization and given the fact that the military engagements. that resulted in the killing of the of the turkish hostages was between a p.j. and certainly this is not unusual the problem as you are or to say it is with the syrian white t.j. which the u.s. government backs as for the broader relationship between present and and present data on that remains to be seen. again as

relationship with have a call a she directs the europe russia and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies and joins us from washington welcome to day w. i guess joe biden summed up a lot of what we're about to talk about the new u.s. attitude to the world in his opening remarks to the munich security conference so let's hear from the about himself america is back the transatlantic alliance is back and we are not looking backward we are looking forward together comes down to this transatlantic alliance is a strong foundation the strong foundation i want our collective security and our shared prosperity are built the partnership between europe and united states in my view is and must remain the cornerstone of all that we hope to accomplish in the 21st century. so i had to write conley that the last guy did a lot of damage to this relationship how does the new guy reestablish the u.s. as a reliable partner. well you're absolutely right in thinking that president joe biden is one of the great transatlantic service in the united states he said the very seeing him when he was vice president of

swing and that could be the case something for the lawyers to figure out all right good talking to thank you so much for joining us i kaylin johnson of the center for strategic and international studies thank you for having me. to tear this 100 now we are soccer is through to the final of the australian open after ending serena williams hopes of a record equalling 24th grand slam title a sock up powered past williams in straight sets and a repeat of the 2018 year i saw the final which asako also won the japanese player will face another american jennifer brady in the final she'll be going for her 4th grand slam title meanwhile defending men's champion novak djokovic has reached the men's final he overcame a spirited performance from russian qualified. to win in straight sets. a spectators got to watch the action of the australian open for the 1st time in 5 days a 7 and a half 1000 fans were allowed back into melbourne park after coronavirus restrictions were lifted that were imposed after an outbreak of the infectious a huge fan of the tournament has been severely disrupted is the 1st grand slam to welcome last numbers of fans since the pandemic began. this is data coming up in news

relationship with have a call a she directs the europe russia and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies and joins us from washington welcome to day w. i guess joe biden summed up a lot of what we're about to talk about the new u.s. a team to the world in his opening remarks to the munich security conference so let's hear from the about himself america is back the transatlantic alliance is back and we are not looking backward we are looking forward together comes down to this transatlantic alliance is a strong foundation the strong foundation i want our collective security and our shared prosperity are built the partnership between europe and united states in my view is and must remain the cornerstone of all that we hope to accomplish in the 21st century. so i had to write conley that the last guy did a lot of damage to this relationship how does the new guy reestablish the u.s. as a reliable partner. well you're absolutely right in thinking that president joe biden is one of the great transatlantic sis in the united states he said the very seeing him when he was vice president the munic

spoke to murray hiebert, senior associate of the southeast asia programme at the center for strategic and international studies myanmar are taking a turn for the worst. there is a lot of concern with the extra armored personnel carriers, tanks on the streets with more soldiers, with the cutting of the internet, with introducing a whole slug of new very draconian laws that were on the books or had been on the books before when the military was in charge. i think we can expect, i think most analysts expect that there will be some kind of crackdown sometime soon. nobody thinks that they are going to want to put up with daily protests, with basically a government shutdown with civil disobedience, a lot of government ministries and hospitals, schools. i can't imagine the military is going to be patient for very much longer. we have been here before, haven't we? 1988, the civil uprising was crushed. and in 2007 again, the saffron revolution, as they called it, led by monks, yes, both times, they were crushed rather brutally with forces coming in and firing guns and killing. we still don't know how many people, some

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is the former general counsel of the national security agency and now a senior adviser for the center for strategic and international studies, andrea, for having me on. >> good to have you. talking about twitter and facebook, they're banning vaccine misinformation and moving more aggressively to ban advocates of political violence. are those steps in the right direction? >> those certainly are steps in the right direction. they're a little overdue for many, many years anti-vaccination websites have had a field day on facebook for quite some time, fueling their falsehoods about the efficacy of vaccines. so it's a belated step but a really important one. technology can do something to stop the spread of online disinformation, but there are multiple causes for it. >> and senator romney has just released a statement, referring to the impeachment trial. and he's writing in part "there is one untruth that divides the nation today like none other, that the election was stolen, a massive conspiracy more secret and widespread than any in history and no evidence can be found of it." how much are foreign actors playing a role in sprea

this is by the center for strategic and international studies it is about an hour. spectra still got a lot of contributing to do were going tory use the word retirement and a very loose sense. thank you. the last thing i want to say is i want to congratulate you early on, you have the birth of your second grandchild this week. so want to offer on behalf of all the sif the warmest congratulations to you and your family on this wonderful life moment. direct yes thank you very much. i mean i am approaching these quote unquote retirement, with an attitude that it is just cothe next stage in which i could continue to contribute to mexico, to the relationship from others. and i also take the opportunity to give more time to my family. being a grandmother is great. it is always been great for everyone. but i think the pandemic is also made us.what is really important in life and how we should prioritize. certain moments in your life. now i think it's time to spend -- it's time to spend more time with my family. so i am happy with this. but i am sure that we will keep in tou

for some time now. jeremy and i can serve as examples of that. i grew up on a small farm in ohio. i went to washington after college and i worked at the center for strategic and international studies, which was georgetown university's think tank and went to graduate school and then i was a full-time mother for ten years, which was the best possible experience to be a social secretary. and after that, a friend of mine said, you know, mrs. cheney is looking for a social secretary. you should talk with her. and that's kind of how it all happened after that. and i found myself going from the carpool line one day to learning how to use the white house email system and learning how to clear people into the vice president's home working with the secretary service. so it was a big learning curve, but also i felt very fortunate that i got pushed back into the workforce that way. >> jeremy? >> i had just moved to paris to start working for the u.s. ambassador and i got a text or an email that said would you be willing to throw your hat into the ring for this job. i was like, yeah, right, not in a million years. but i thought, sure. and i went to washington, d.c. and had meetings with all th

this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it is about an hour. quick some going to use the term retirement in a very loose sense. >> i want to congratulate you early, had the birth of your second grandchild this week so i want to offer our warmest congratulations to you and your family on this wonderful moment. >> thank you very much. i am approaching this retirement with an attitude that it's just the next stage in which i could continue to contribute to mexico's, to the bilateral relationship from other fora. and i also take the opportunity to give more time to my family, being a grandmother is great and it is always been great for everyone. but i think the pandemic has also made us think what is really important in life and how we should prioritize certain moments in your life. and there's now i think it's time to spend, to spend, it's time to spend more time with my family. so i'm happy with this but i'm sure that we will keep in touch, and not only with you, my dear friend, but with all the friends of mexico. >> let's start, ambassador, you

this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. live coverage here on c-span2. >> -- in which i could continue to contribute to mexico's, to the bilateral relationship from other fora. and i also take opportunity to give more time to my family, the grandmother is great and it is always been great for everyone. but i think the pandemic has also made us that what is really important in life and how we should prioritize certain moments in your life. and there's now i think it's time to spend, to spend, it's time to spend more time with my family. i'm happy with this but i'm sure that we will keep in touch, and not only with you, my dear friend, but with all the friends of mexico. >> let's start, ambassador, you joint the foreign service in 1979. he must've been ten years old when you started. >> twenty-one. >> but yet censored in various capacities, several ambassadorships. did you tell us a little bit about what prompted you to join the foreign service? whether a lot of women in the mexican foreign service in 1979? >> in my generation

researcher organizations including a recent tenure as a senior advisor at the center for strategic and international studies. this committee has also relied on the expertise to shape the defense policy and conduct oversight. the testimonyny before the committee helped in the reform that included in the 2017 2017national defense act. she's also testified on military relations. most recently, doctor hicks served as a member of the national defense strategy commission which provided valuable analysis for the committee's consideration as we conducted oversight on the nbs implementation. if confirmed, doctor hicks would be the first woman confirmed by the senate to serve as the deputy secretary defense. she's exceptionally qualified for this position. and her background, expertise should serve her well. the deputy secretary defense position is complementary to the secretary defense and equally critical. the deputy is focused on the internal management of the department and it takes considerable skills to administer a large and diverse bureaucracy like the department of defense. if done effectively it could enabl

this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it is about an hour. quick some going to use the term retirement in a very loose sense. >> i want to congratulate you early, had the birth of your second grandchild this week so i want to offer our warmest congratulations to you and your family on this wonderful moment. >> thank you very much. i am approaching this

nationals and policy experts talk about the new covid-19 variant conversation at the center for strategic and international study at 2 pm eastern on c-span2. >> this week the senate continues work on president biden's cabinet nominations. the confirmation vote for alejandro mayorkas was moved due to winter storm conservation expected later in the week. in the house for both of the week are expected tuesday. budget resolution could set the stage for passage of a new route covid relief. possible under rules changed to have members comply with new screening measures and to explore . what house live on c-span 10 incentives will be meeting with president biden at 5 pm eastern to talk about the next covid-19 relief package. republicans releasing details of their release proposal include increasing funding for the production distribution the covid-19 vaccine and providing assistance toamericans . in march congress approved five bipartisan covid-19 bills provided more than $4 trillion in aid to address the pandemic . conversation now with former congress tom graves and brian baird on ways to modernize congress. this is

in sethjones —— he's the director of the transnational threats project at the center for strategic and international studiesearings, it seemed there were two major issues, one was intelligence before the attack but weather was taken seriously enough. and then on the day, the inability to get troops there of one form or another, national guard or other, quickly reinforce the deteriorating situation in the ground. is that what you heard?— situation in the ground. is that what you heard? situation in the ground. is that what ou heard? , . , ., what you heard? yes. that is what i heard. i what you heard? yes. that is what i heard- i still— what you heard? yes. that is what i heard. i still think, _ what you heard? yes. that is what i heard. i still think, these _ what you heard? yes. that is what i heard. i still think, these are - heard. i still think, these are government officials that are playing hot potato right now and do not want to accept blame for mistakes in many cases that they made. at the end of the day, in my community, the evidence is overwhelming that this was not an intelligence failure despite

and the private sector. she has served in senior level positions as well as public policy research organizations including her recent tenure as a senior adviser for a center of strategic and international studies. this committee relied on dr. hicks to conduct oversight. her testimony before the committee helped inform the reforms included in the fy 2017 national defense act and also testified on civil military. dr. hicks serves as a member of the national defense which provided valuable analysis as we conducted oversight on nds implementation. if confirmed, dr. hicks would be the first woman confirmed by the senate to serve as the deputy secretary of defense. she is exceptionally qualified for this position and her background on expertise should serve her well. the deputy secretary of defense position is complementary to the secretary of defense and equally critical. the deputy is focused on the internal management of the department and takes considerably skill to administer a large and diverse bureaucracy like the department of defense. if done effectively, allow the secretary to focus primarily on establishing defense policy and maintaining alliances and partnerships while developing strateg

professionals talking about the new covid-19 variant in a conversation at the center for strategic and international studiesrage of that will begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two, on c-span.org, and you can listen to it on the free mobile app. it may be interesting to listen to today in light of the fact that travelers on airplanes and public transportation will be required to wear masks starting this week to curb the spread of covid-19. usa today story notice that the cdc issued mask wearing rules late at the end of last week, building on the executive order announced january 21 by president joe biden. it will "protect americans and ensure that we can travel safely." back to your phone calls. just about five minutes or so left in the program. keith out of new jersey, what do you think about $15 an hour for the federal minimum wage? caller: i support it, and i particularly want to comment about the people who say intrinsically raising the minimum wage will inevitably beat the markets. there is lots of evidence to show that is not true. conversely, when they often say reducing business costs will increas

and the importance of our international scientific collaborative relationship and thanks to you and for the center for strategic studies today and this important dialogue. the emergence of variance is of course concerning and underscores essential need for real-time surveillance and increased vigilance and implementation of public health mitigation measures. today's meeting focus is timely and critical. we know that viruses mutate and variance of a larger dominance often do so with advantage to the virus itself. the higher amounts of viruses the more there is for viral replication and for variance to develop. in the united states 457 cases of the variant that originated in the uk and has been confirmed and 32 states as of yesterday. in addition one case of the variant originally detected in brazil has been identified in the united states and minnesota and three cases of the b135 variant detected in south africa has been confirmed in the united states, two in separate cities in south carolina in one case in maryland that was reported this weekend. the available data on these variance is just that they are more transmiss