country's agricultural complexes, kathleen welsh, a food security expert at the center for strategic and international studies, told us more that the immediate goals of russian attacks are the destruction of agricultural productivity, the removal of fields and destruction of livestock to shelling of warehouses where grain and silos are stored and railways that deliver grain from farms to markets there is none of an agricultural object that would not be affected by russian aggression. russia is deliberately persecuting the ukrainian agricultural sector. of course, it denies it, but this is exactly what russia is doing. were taking products for export, we witnessed the complete destruction of entire sections of this warehouse, there are houses around it that remained practically intact, which indicates that russia directly aims at these places and does everything possible to destroy the agricultural sector of ukraine from ten dairy shops, some of them were fired upon, some were completely destroyed and others had minor damage that reduced the production volume at this enterprise, another example that we saw. th

earlier i spoke to cynthia cook from the center for strategic and international studies. think tank about the reconstruction options that are on the table for ukraine. it is not too early to start talking about rebuilding. and as the discussion just covered, this is going to take an enormous amount of money. and the search for funds has already begun. presidents zaleski has started talking about recovery in terms of funding at the davis economic for him. for example, he raised the idea of patronage, whereby funders could select specific funding projects. he sites half a trillion dollars and losses and tens of thousands of facilities destroyed requiring the building of whole cities and industries. the challenge is deciding what to rebuild. first. it right now, it looks like russian efforts are confined to the east in the south. so damage repair can start outside of the battle zone at some safe distance. and of course it has already started as people are working to rebuild their homes and, and schools in places of business. and so in your view, that is generally what should

come from the people of ukraine itself and its leaders, cynthia cook from the center for strategic and international studies in washington, dc. i want to thank you again so much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you. and let's get a quick round up of some other developments in this war. the un that says the conflict could put up to 15000000 people at risk of hunger. this year, russia and ukraine account for more than a 3rd of global serial exports. it's estimated that the war means ukraine's grain production could fall by more than 50 percent this season. the russian defense ministry meanwhile, has said a cargo vessels with grain will be allowed to leave ukraine's ports via humanitarian corridors. it added that it's ready to guarantee their safety. keith had accused russia of blocking its ports in the black sea, hampering the deliveries of grain to africa and the middle east. and of a lot in years, lensky says 200000 children are among the ukrainians forcibly taken to russia with ukrainian president said children had been abducted from orphanages or taken with their parents, but did not provide ev

. >> we can now bring in senior fellow of the americas program at the center for strategic and international studiesthank you for joining us on france 24. mexico's president, among others, have threatened to boycott the summit of the americas if the leaders of the three countries were not invited. why did the biden administration continue to keep them off e guest list? >> thanks for having me. e biden administration is right. they took a principled stance against inviting dictators, repressive dictators to a summit that is about celebrating democracy and talking about how we can consolidate democracy in a region, how do we fortify? moving forward after a terrible cobit experience in the region. this was less a u.s. decision than a u.s. decision to uphold what had been a consensus of opinion throughout the region. at the 2001 summit of the americas in quÉbec city, all countries in the region signed a resolution that said a rupture in the democratic order of any one of them would be an impediment to future participation in a summit of the americas. really, this is upholding what that than regional con

retired major general of the australian army and an employee of the washington center for strategic and international studiesinterview, and the russians and ukrainians are reaching a point where their the forces are sufficiently exhausted because both sides have been fighting in the north , northeast, south and east for more than four months on an individual and not strategic level, both sides are getting tired of donbass to the russians concentrated most of their combat power from about the 50th or 55th day of this war right here the sources of the russians for the first time managed to create a significant advantage in artillery fire and air power while the ukrainians were unable to interrupt the enemy's supply lines to the same extent as they could have done it earlier during the war so we are now at the stage when the russians have improved ukrainians are getting a little tired and cautious they don't want to be drawn into a war of attrition because they cannot win a war attrition against russians russians like to fight like this it is their favorite way of war and i think ukrainians are smart enough not

member states would only have enough ammunition for 2 weeks. meanwhile, washington center for strategic and international studies asked in april whether america supply of jollin missiles for ukraine would run out before rush around the tanks. according to the white house factsheet, the united states has provided 2000 stingers to the ukrainians. the united states has sent about a quarter of its inventory to ukraine. the bottom line is that the russians are not going to run out of armored vehicles anytime soon. forest is also pointed out, you cranes demand for american stinger angela. this is outstripping their production. you know, might think it has a great strategy for direct confrontation with russia. but poor logistics can ruin everything. production of weapons can take years to ramp up. western experts say, and weapons stockpiles are just sitting around, waiting for a full year war to break out. they also point out that security rushes, air defense systems, the major threat to native pilots in the head matcher. meanwhile, member countries can't even agree on economy road map for ukraine, france and germany s

and we need to sustain that support. we need to be prepared for the long haul. paul: let's bring in seth jones senior vice president the center for strategic and international studiesdangerous men russia, china, iran and the rise of irregular warfare. seth, nice to see you again. so, the russian president did not succeed in deposing zelenskyy and taking kyiv it. who has the advantage now? >> for the moment russian forces have a bit of an advantage in the western parts which is aware they're focused most of their battlefield there they battalion tactical groups against and are raising the cities around there. what they do have, which they didn't have in kyiv as they have better logistics. they have built rail heads there able to push in ammunition. there able to push an additional fuel and other resources they have needed to fight. they're still losing a lot of soldiers on the ground. i will still be a difficult call for the russians to hold the territory. they have lost territory in kharkiv for the do have an advantage right now in increasing their control. paul: this has, and the east at leith become somewhat of an artillery battle. russians, i am told by people i

air force colonel, the director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studiesyou are out with a new report with images and satellite imagery you are seeing now on the latest situation on the ground in ukraine. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we are seeing a couple of things, one is that we are seeing doug in russian forces with made battle tanks, toad artillery, multiple rocket systems, and the issue here is this is going to be really tough over the long run for the ukrainians to take back territory against russian forces. this is why the discussions about apparently the u.s. is now going to allow mq1c's, these are longer-range drones to go to ukraine as well, these are going to be really important for offensive operations to help the ukrainians take back this territory because the russians are advancing as we just heard. >> they are advancing in a brutal and anachronistic manner but nonetheless advancing. colonel, i was taking talking with a ukrainian folder today, they are going back to the front lines. incredibly eager as his entire group was to go back in

a recent center for strategic and international studies, c.s.i.s. study of i.d. decisionmakers across eight countries found 82% of employers report a shortage of cybersecurity skills and 71% believe this talent gap causes direct and measurable damage to their organization. federal agencies have been working to bridge the gap in skills required to prepare a future cyber work force. cisa is collaborating closely with organizations like the national institutes of standard and technology, nist, to identify cyber knowledge deficits on a sector by sector basis. one example is is the national framework which serbs as a useful framework for directing resources into education courses. this would direct cisa provide resources into those fluent in multiple segments of the cyber domain, not only -- also technology like industrial control system which are common place and are increasingly exposed to cyber risk. we must continue to do all we can to improve our nation's cyber posture and focus on policy to help make our government and private sector critical infrastructure opera

center for strategic studies and analysis in brussels. there is avalon is director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies and in hong kong. and along is china. as analysts and chairman of under long international consultants, welcome to the program. vladimir, the new strategic concept embraced by nature that it reinforced the sentiment among the russians. that nato remains an existential threat for their country. yes, by all means actually, and that was not in the moscow choice because nato actually is not like it was in 2010 when there was a summit of nathan countries. and then at that time, russia was named as a partner. so of that, the, the, the, a present a summit that my breed to somehow could be called historic. because from my mind, this is an evident turn to the new cold war. and in these cold war, actually, the west and the nato countries are the direct and the imminent threat to russia. security, theresa, you get a sense in the new blueprint that the nato, that nato is pretty much concerned. not only about russia, but also about the potential of a chinese military corporation with russia in the near future. and this explains why they are adding china as a security challenge for the a

oil production increase in august, we discussed what that means for energy and security for the centers for international strategic studies. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i think it is a very healthy exercise to assess while you are off the mark, if all you actually do the same exercise you will realize most of you energy was vastly underestimated and that bottlenecks were also expected to clear much faster than people expected. i do not think the ecb is alone in that camp. >> let's take a look at what is going on with energy prices here. crude, wti up a fraction. we can have oil heading towards its but -- first monthly client since november, they're discussing what they will do about supplies. wti still reflected 110 bucks. >> you have those inventory numbers that fell, the data talking about gas demand basically this time around is a start to see demand destruction markets head lower on the back of that print. let's talk about opec-plus, like energy security joining us is ben, the fellow for center for strategic international studies, always great to talk to you, as we count out to opec-plus, capacity certainly is an issue. w

for anyone who thinks violence and from political left ended in 2020, it did not. in may of 2022 a report by the center of strategic and international studies found that 40% of all domestic terrorist attacks in 2021 were from the left. for anyone that thinks that the violence from the far left ended in 2020, or began, in 2016 to black racists killed eight police officers in dallas in baton rouge in 11 days. according to a may 2021 report from the fbi,. ,. in 2018 and 2019 that was white, racially motivated and a violent extremism. in 2020 anti government extremism was the most lethal ideology. one concern of domestic terrorism is that the threat is always shifting, and violence comes from all sides of the political spectrum. an asian man drove a car into a peaceful protest in favor of fair treatment of african americans. the waukesha parade murderer in the new york subway shooter had delivered long, racist tirade against white americans before their crimes. i have said it before and so i say it again, we all have to contend all political violence. we have the time and resources to combat violence committed under the banner of every deadly i

for anyone who thinks the violence from the political left ended in 2020, it didn't. in may of 2022, the report by the center of strategic and international studies found that 40% of all domestic terrorist attacks in 2021 were from the left. anyone who thinks that the violence from the far left didn't begin in 2020, it didn't. in 2016, two black racists killed eight police officers in dallas and baton rouge in the 11 days according to the may 2021 report from the fbi. the black racially motivated violent extremism was the deadliest ideology in 2017. even though many in the press only focus on the far right attacks, the most deadly ideologies often changes year to year. so in 2018 and in 2019, that was white racially motivated violent extremism. but in 2020, antigovernment extremism was the most lethal ideology. 1 constant of domestic terrorism iss that the threat is always shifting and violence comes from all sides of the political spectrum. an asian man drove a car into a peaceful protest in favor of the fair treatment of african-americans. the new york subway shooter delivered tirades against white americans before these crimes. i've said it be

discussion on the role lgbtq rights play in foreign policy decisions from the center for strategic and international studies. you can watch that live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-spannow or online at c-span.org. announcer: this week, we are showing all of the january 6 committee hearings in primetime. tonight, the fourth hearing when officials from georgia and arizona describe the pressure they felt from former president trump to decertify the election. watch tonight at 8:00 on c-span. you can also watch on c-span now, our free video app, or online at c-span.org. dalibor rohac our guest -- host: our guest is dalibor rohac , here to talk about events overseas. how would you describe the native -- the state of nato these days? guest: the russian invasion of ukraine provided a sense of reinvigoration and a renewed sense of purpose for the alliance, which had been drifting over the past decade with questions of the u.s. commitment to be alliance.