for not doing enough and about all that. we can now speak to caitlin 10 rosman. she's with the center for strategic and international studies or see research as the impact of technology and geo politics and society caitlin, good to see here. lots of people these days, getting their information on social media with tensions running so high. are these platforms equipped to bear the responsibility that entails? thanks nicole. first of all, no, i don't think that platforms are equipped to bear the responsibility of content moderation. and there's a reason why they, you has already reach out to ext meta and tech talked about all of this information and harmful content that slowed online over the past 2 weeks. and we're seeing that platforms don't have the resources to detach very large amounts of content, especially in non language english languages. i will say that platforms are in a very difficult position currently due to the very, very large volume of information that's flowing. but also due to the fact that platforms and making real time decisions in very short periods of time, they don't always operate with all the informa

for not doing enough and about all that. we can now speak to caitlin 10 rosman. she's with a center for strategic and international studies or see research as the impact of technology and geo politics and society caitlin, good to see here. lots of people these days, getting their information on social media with tensions running so high. are these platforms equipped to bear the responsibility that entails? thanks nicole. first of all, no, i don't think that platforms are equipped to bear the responsibility of content moderation. and there's a reason why the e u has already reach out to ext meta and tech talked about all of this information and harmful content that float on line over the past 2 weeks. and we're seeing that platforms don't have the resources to detach very large amounts of content, especially in non language english languages. i will say that platforms are in a very difficult position currently due to the very, very large volume of information that's flowing. but also due to the fact that platforms are making real time decisions in very short periods of time, they don't always operate with all the informati

for not doing enough and about all that. we can now speak to caitlin tend rosman. she's with the center for strategic and international studies or see research has the impact of technology and geo politics and society. caitlin, good to see here. lots of people these days, getting their information on social media with tensions running so high. are these platforms equipped to bear the responsibility that entails? thanks, nicole. first of all, no, i don't think that platforms are equipped to bear the responsibility of content moderation. and there's a reason why they, you has already reached out to ext meta and tech talked about all of this information and harmful content that slowed online over the past 2 weeks. and we're seeing that platforms don't have the resources to detach very large amounts of content, especially in non language english languages. i will say that platforms are in a very difficult position currently due to the very, very large volume of information that's flowing. but also due to the fact that platforms and making real time decisions in very short periods of time, they don't always operate with all the in

for not doing enough and about all that. we can now speak to caitlin 10 rosman. she's with the center for strategic and international studies or see research as the impact of technology and geo politics and society caitlin, good to see here. lots of people these days, getting their information on social media with tensions running so high. are these platforms equipped to bear the responsibility that entails? thanks nicole. first of all, no, i don't think that platforms are equipped to bear the responsibility of content moderation. and there's a reason why they, you has already reach out to ext meta and tech talked about all of this information and harmful content that slowed online over the past 2 weeks. and we're seeing that platforms don't have the resources to detach very large amounts of content, especially in non language english languages. i will say that platforms are in a very difficult position currently due to the very, very large volume of information that's flowing. but also due to the fact that platforms are making real time decisions in very short periods of time, they don't always operate with all the informa

i like to in my 6 in england and your center for strategic and international studies. with your, your finance by arms companies. it's in the interest of your institute and a ruthie both institutes. but of course got us into so many wars in libby air and iraq and afghanistan and syria lost by the united states. argued weight is in the interest to prolong the conflict and send more more weapons to be destroyed because it makes more money for those ins. for the donors who then supply your salary, or you need to look at the data that they provide the data for any other organizations that make an argument, this space. i think lucy has shown that their data is objective as has c s i s, and i would recommend that people look at that data and make their judgments about whether it's reliable, retired kind of. thank you so much. happy to join you. and that's it for the show. it will be back on monday with one of the candidates running against joe. by the next is us elections and a battalion bodies, jacob horn burger, who like all the candidates are f k, junior and cornell. west w

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based a report by the center for strategic and international studies, csis, afghanistan was among the 10 countries in the world with the worst food and security condition in 2020. it of those that are food insecure, as i said, we were already estimating 14 million, now we're up to 20 million with a drought, the biggest food problem in afghanistan is lack of protein, meat or dairy products do not exist sufficiently in this poor country. on the other hand, the poor afghan society cannot buy american products, but in a long-term reconstruction plan, the country can become a consumer of american agroproducts that we produce a lot more food than we can consume and so it's critical for us to find markets abroad and foreign assistance uh and the food for peace program and so many other programs like it. soy bean as a complete plan protein was investment with future insight. the us started investing it in afghanistan in 2003. soy uh is a good tool for fighting malnutrition for them. and then it also helps us in our goals to uh build the agribusiness sector and create jobs and to legitimize th

daniel byman is a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies, and has writtenle east. hejoined me earlier. daniel, very good to have you won bbc news tonight. we will get to president biden�*s trip in a moment. i first want to start with this horrific attack on the hospital, and further escalation in this conflict and get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one of the worst things you could imagine. 500 perhaps far more people, innocent people, horribly killed. as your reporting indicated, we do not know who is responsible so far. but i would say even if responsibility is determined there will be audiences that don't believe it. certainly, hamas and others will always claim israel is responsible, even if it is determined to be palestinian islamichhad or another palestinian group. this is going to harden views on israel and is already causing damage to the united states in the region where people have been very critical of the very strong biden administration support and it is the sort of terrible tragedy that has marked this conflict in the past, wher

daniel byman is a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies and has writtenly on the middle east. hejoins me now. we will get to president biden�*s trip in a moment. i first want to start with this horrific attack on the hospital, and further escalation in this conflict and get your thoughts on it. 50. escalation in this conflict and get your thoughts on it. so, as ou get your thoughts on it. so, as you said. _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said. this _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one _ get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one of - get your thoughts on it. so, as you said, this is one of the - you said, this is one of the worst things you could imagine. 500 perhaps far more people, innocent people, horribly killed. as your reporting indicated, we do not know who is responsible so far. but i would say even if responsibility is determined there will be audiences that do not believe it. certainly, hamas and others will always claim israel is responsible, evenif claim isr

and ammunition to russia for the war against ukraine. and even earlier, the analytical project of the american center for strategic and international studiesn parallel, referring to satellite images of the north korean railway, the tumangang railway station, announced the increase in rail traffic between russia and north korea after the meeting between putin and kimchen. we will talk in more detail about the political aspect of these restoration of relations later, and we will talk about putin's visit, which is planned to north korea, but now we will discuss military news. oleksiy hetman, a military expert, joined our broadcast. i congratulate you, mr. oleksiy. good morning transports were recorded earlier something along the railroad, and satellite images showed an increase in such activity. now we are talking about ships going from the dprk to russia, and you have doubts about what might be in those cars and on those bodies? well, most likely, these are still projectiles for russian artillery systems, maybe artillery systems, barrels, at least for artillery systems, because the percentage of barrels that already need to be replaced in ru

railway station, this was reported by the analytical project of the american center for strategic and international studies beyond parallel, and here are the pictures that were taken on october 5 of this year show probably 73 closed wagons on the railway, if we analyze the data for the last five years, then at most 20 such wagons were sent to this connection. given the recent talks between the leaders of both countries, analysts suggest ... that the sharp increase in rail traffic is likely to indicate north korea's supply of weapons and ammunition to russia. i will remind you that on september 13, kim jong-un visited russia, then, answering the question about whether the russian and north korean leaders will discuss the issue military-technical cooperation, putin answered, and i quote: let's talk about all issues. at the time, the new york times wrote that putin wanted to receive from kinder... artillery shells and anti-tank missiles, and from kimjen, russia would provide north korea with technology for satellites for nuclear submarines. the head of the main directorate of intelligence and the ministry of

and directed the center for u.s.-korea policy, and served as the asia foundation's rep presented in korea from 2000 to 2004. he was also a senior associate at the forum center for strategic and international studies. he has worked as an asia specialist in the research and studies program of the u.s. institute of peace, and as acting director of the asia society's contemporary affairs programs. he was a pan-tech visiting fellow at georgetown university's research center in 2005 and 2006, and received a fellowship in 1998-1999 by the social security research council. again, thank you, mr. snyder, for being here to share expertise. jenny count is a senior fellow at the stenson center and director of the 38 north program. her expertise in north korea, u.s. dprk relations, u.s. rok alliance, and the northeast asia regional security is well known and established. she was named one of the groundbreaker's of 2020, 50 women changing the world, and one of the most creative people in business in 2019 for her role in cofounding and managing the 38 north website, which provides policy and technical analysis on north korea. ms. town is also an expert reviewer for freedom house's freedom in the world index, whe

head of nato's director of nuclear policy, speaking at the center for strategic and international studiesis too early to invite the country to the defense bloc, she did not specify exactly how long, according to in her opinion, the transition period will continue. in the krasnoliman direction of the special operation, a group of russian troops center repelled 4

alliance, said jessica cox, head of nato's nuclear policy director, speaking at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, she emphasized that although allies and are in favor of rapprochement with kiev, it is too early to invite the country into the defense bloc, she did not specify exactly how long, in her opinion , the transition period will last in the krasnoliman direction... special operations, a group of russian troops in the center repelled four attacks during counter battery fight, two armored vehicles, a self-propelled gun and more than a dozen field artillery crews were destroyed, the west group of troops, in the kupinsky direction, penetrated the ukrainian drone control point, the east group was hit the enemy, including in the area of ​​ugledar and urozhainy. the situation in the middle east is heating up, while even the un is unable to influence the situation, the united states is putting together a coalition around israel, a new division according to old principles, about this and more, see in the international, in the international review immediately after a short advertiseme

he was also a senior associate at thehe pacific foreign center for strategic and international studies. he has worked as an asia specialist in the research and studies program at the u.s. institute of peace and is acting director of the asia society's contemporary affairs program. he was a pan- tech visiting stanford university's asia pacific research center from 2005-2006 and received an eight fellowship in 1998 through 1999 by the social security's research council. again, thank you, mr. snyder, for being here to share your expertise. jenny town is a senior fellow at the stetson center and the ctdirector of stenson's 38 north program. her expertise in north korea, u.s. dpr k locations in the northeast regional security is well known and established. she was named one of magazines ground breakers 2020. fifty women changing the world. one of fastcompany's most creative people in business in 2019 for her role in cofounding and managing the 38 north website which provides policy and a technical analysis on norh korea. this town is also an expert renew or for freedom house freedom in the

for not doing enough and about all that. we can now speak to caitlin tend rosman. she's with the center for strategic and international studies or see research as the impact of technology and geo politics and society caitlin, good to see here. lots of people these days, getting their information on social media with tensions running so high. are these platforms equipped to bear the responsibility that entails? thanks nicole. first of all, no, i don't think that platforms are equipped to bear the responsibility of content moderation. and there's a reason why they, you has already reached out to ext meta and tech talked about all of this information and harmful content that.

strategic and international studies after this break the the welcome back to going underground. i'm still here. i was retired colonel mckenzie and senior advisor. vince national security program at the center for strategic and international studies kinda we were just talking about actually north, north korea. you know, there's a lot of control as the over those, the defense systems that you have in the united states. they're infamous the secrets. and by and they can only shoot down at most 3. isn't it? 3 words in the north koreans can shoot for, i don't know. why is it though that uh the united states is holding a imagine c drill. that's a nuclear drill. this week just now is off to russia, held the nationwide drill. that means in your country, every phone, every television set, every radio image feel um, uh uh, in this case uh that its a rehearsal as well. this sort of thing is not uncommon in the united states, they test the nuclear broadcast system. they have done that radically over many, many years. it sounds like the 1950s. okay. and i'll show you when's the last time for sure the, the broadcast system and i think they tested every year. it's tested, you know, quite frequently the united

for cnn.com that peace is possible and can be achieved following a roadmap following peace talks that ended the war in bosnia in the 1990s. she is a non-resident senior advisor at the center for strategic and international studies and a former state department negotiator for the bosnia peace accords. pleasure to have you on this morning. you say there is a tell you plate to find a lasting solution to this war right now and you point to the bosnia peace acards. you were a part of those talks. tell me more. >> first of all, good to be with you, amara. this is a horrific situation on the ground right now for both the palestinians and israelis. both victims of hamas. israelis are reeling from the worst attack it's ever experienced, just to put the number in perspective, 1,400 israelis would be as if bin laden managed to kill 40,000 americans on 9/11. and for the palestinians, they are powerless against hamas which controls every aspect of life in gaza and which hides its military assets, whether it's entrances to tunnels or command centers or munitions factories, rocket launchers amid schools, mosques, hospitals. so this is a very grim situation, and it's a tragic con squeps, as you suggest, of the inability over t

we have victor the senior vice president for asia and korea at the center for strategic and international studies and also the distinguished professor of government at georgetown university. he was simply the biden administration to serve on the defense policy boardpo in an advisory role to the circuitry defense from 2,004 to 2,007 he served on the national security council and was responsible for omjapan, korea, australia, new zealand and the pacific island nations in earlier he was the 4-head of delegation at the six party talks and received accommodations during his tenure at the nsc. there are ten editorial boards of academic journals among many other accomplishments and expertise. thank you for being here. scott snyder is a director of the program u.s. korea policy at the council on foreign relations. the senior associate in the international relations program of the asia foundation and served from 2000 to 2004. he was also a senior associate at the pacific forum center for strategic and international fostudies. he's worked as an initial specialist in the research and studies program over th

and it has not led to security for israel. it has not led to peace. emily harding, deputy director and senior fellow of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studiestment?— reasons for leaving the state deartment? ., ., ., ., department? he had to do what he thought _ department? he had to do what he thought was _ department? he had to do what he thought was best, _ department? he had to do what he thought was best, but - department? he had to do what he thought was best, but i - department? he had to do what he thought was best, but i do i he thought was best, but i do not agree with many of his comments. i am not agree with many of his comments. iam not not agree with many of his comments. i am not sure that intellectual bankruptcy is the way to look at this. what hamas did was a heinous terrorist attack and the united states has always been a staunch opponent of terrorism in all its forms. the gut reaction to support the israelis in what they feel they need to do to protect the people was the right reaction. now, in any democracy, it is very healthy to have a debate about what the right course of action is, and kudos to him for speaking up for

military is now a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies, and hannah storm, founder and director of headlines network who promoted a conversation about mental health and moral injury for journalists. we are particularly delighted for those who can join us in person. we have eric phillips, program manager of the office of language programs for the voice of america. he is responsible for journalists safety and is a primary liaison with the united states agency for global media. and all matters related to safety and security, welcome. we also are delighted to welcome jason right who came down from the new york times. he is the vice president of corporate security. it's been a lot of years as their global security director and as a founding board member from the culture of safety alliance for freelancers throughout the world. tomgherkin is our education director from marquette university and talon shearer our board chair who is jim's professor years ago and continues his legacy today we are so grateful for all of these experts and their willingness to send generously sha

for israel. it has not led to peace. to talk more about the biden administration's policies, i spoke to emily harding, deputy director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studiesnd his reason for leaving the state department. i think he had to do what he thought was best but i would disagree with a lot of his comments. i don't think intellectual bankruptcy is the way to look at this. hamas�* attack was heinous. the us has always been a staunch supporter of israel and against terrorism in all its forms. supporting israeli to do what they felt they needed to do is important. it is important to have a debate of what the right course of action is. kudos to him for study of what he believes in, but i disagree with his opinion. but i disagree with his opinion-— but i disagree with his oinion. ., ., ~ but i disagree with his oinion. ., ., y., 4' , opinion. how do you think this is -la ed opinion. how do you think this is played out _ opinion. how do you think this is played out for _ opinion. how do you think this is played out for the _ opinion. how do you think this is played out for the bidon - is played out for the bidon administration, because that very balance

it is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to today's launch event for the international energy outlook. i'm the director of the energy program, joseph majkut. i can't tell you how excited i am. on a biannual basis, this is a benchmark, not just the united states and the world considering plans for our energy future. colleagues -- it is getting harder every year when you think about that, the challenges of feeding our energy needs. providing insight. in particular, one of the things we will here today, they are not meant to be forecast, scenarios that help us understand how they come about. i'm looking forward to our discussion. before we get into a formal program for those of you in the room, there's an emergence, an alarm goes off, please call the instruction to the staff member, rallying points in that direction in the front. so thank you for joining us. if you are watching live there should be questions on the event page, later in the program. we are going to s

about challenges in the indo-pacific region during a conversation hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. gen. brown: good mornin, everybody. we are really glad you were here. for those of us joining online and certainly in person, welcome to the second installment of the strategic landpower dialogue. on general bob brown -- i am general bob brown. we cannot do it without the support of general dynamics make in this series happen. thank you for the great support to make this possible. he opened up the first strategic landpower dialogue a few weeks ago, pointing out the long-overdue need to have a forum like this to discuss strategic landpower. we could not have picked a better kickoff event than having secretary wormuth and now confirmed chief of staff randy george. they did a great first job on the dialogue. but there is no better way to follow up than getting general charlie flynn, commanding general big u.s. army pacific, an incredible war fighter and pacific expert, here to discuss the role of land power. i saw when i was u.s. army pacific comman

that's something that the director ofup and center for strategic and international studies in washington says leaves ukraine in dangerous limbo. quote f if the u.s. congress does not pass the funding bill, ukraine will be in deep trouble. a lot of ukrainians will die and their ability to fight on will be severely compromised. we know the biden administration has asked for $24 billion in a supplemental request for ukraine but that is, obviously, now on hold because the house cannot pass anything without a speaker. >> and to complicate things further, several possible candidates for the next speaker of the house skeptical about continuing support for ukraine at the current levels. the day before he was removed, mccarthy warned about this. >> especially on the accountability provision of we want to see with the money that -- >> worth noting the shift isn't just on capitol hill. isn't among house republican. a cnn poll released in august suggested public support for additional aid has started to shift. 55% of americans say congress should not authorize additional funding to support ukraine v

for the university of texas in austin. nathan puffer, senior vice president of risk and resilience at dow jones. he was a veteran of the u.s. military and is now a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. and also hannah storm, founder and director of headlines network, who has been promoting a conversation about mental health and moral injury for journalists. and we are particularly delighted for those who can join us in person. we have eric phillips, program manager of the office of language programming for the voice of america. he is responsible for journalist safety and is a primary liaison within the united states agency global media, and all matters related to safety and security. welcome, eric. we also are so delighted to welcome jason reich came down from " the new york times" and he is the vice president of corporate security. he spent years at buzzfeed as their global security director and is a founding board member from the culture of safety alliance for freelancers throughout the world. and tom durkin is here, our education director from marquette university and ellen shearer, our board chair who was jim's professor years ago and continues his legacy through our work today

for u.s. boots on the ground in israel. "outfront" now, our analyst and our guest seth jones is joining us. he is the director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. and just returned from a trip to israel where he met with senior idf officials. also with us, the former u.s. deputy assistant defense secretary and executive director now of the mccain institute. and retired lieutenant general ben hodges, former commanding general of the army in europe, which worked very closely with the israeli army when it was part of the european command. seth, let me start with you. prime minister netanyahu says israel will go on offense against hamas like never before, his words. you talked to idf officials during your recent trip there about how they would respond to an attack by hamas. so what should the world expect now to see in the immediate days ahead? >> well, wolf, i think what i would expect to see and what some idf officials said to me was something along these lines but i don't think they expected anything quite like this, is a ground invasion of gaza. and that will include dismounted infantry. we've already seen the tanks being moved close to gaza.

senior vice president, director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. thanks for coming. what do you make of the release of two american hostages. what do you think hamas did that? >> reporter: hamas said it released these hostages for humanitarian reasons but this is the same group that just killed a group of 1400 israelis and kept 200 hostages. that is hard to stomach. qatar has been deeply involved in negotiations as has the us, so that was probably a qatari determination and finally i think hamas is trying to influence public opinion including in the us. i don't think it will work but that's one of the reasons those hostages. susan: has ground operation preparations go on do you have any doubt that israel will go into the ground and does it have any other choice? >> reporter: i don't think it has any other choice but to put some boots on the ground. the objective the israelis announced is to destroy hamas in gaza. i don't think that's achievable but a significant degrade, they can to do that from the air. you need infantry on the ground especially

matthew chance and sarah cider are with me in tel aviv and the director of international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. i want to ask you in a moment about katie's reporting and about what the former chair of the house said egypt had given israel a specific warning three days ahead about that. but, first, where with your tonight. talk about the 24 hours that the u.n. said they were given to get people out and now, israel not being clear on what 24 hours actually means. it this imminent? is this happening? when? >> i tried to speak to the sources i have inside the israeli government. they're saying they're determined to end hamas' military organization t. they're talking about a fact that there is going to be a land. we have seen that with hundreds of thousands of soldiers deployed on the border of gaza to go in. but, the timing is not clear. i think they're giving time for a few things to happen, first of all, the hostage negotiations, you've seen the secretary of state move around the region looking for ways to get some of those 100 to 150 israeli citizens free. that's something they really want. unt

he is the senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies. so, seth, i appreciate your time. based on what you see right now and the fears of getting rid of anybody but essential personnel in embassies. look, after what happened in places like libya, the precaution is always an important thing. but we've seen 80,000 people demonstrating in front of a consulate in turkey a few days ago. how serious is the risk right now? >> i do think it's serious. we've seen actions, concrete actions taken by militant groups, all of them linked to the islamic revolutionary guard's major paramilitary organization. those are the attacks against the u.s. in the concooil fields in syria. the two bases in iraq that have been targeted. the land attack cruise missiles coming from yemen. so those are actions taken. second, the u.s. intelligence has stated publicly that today that it has intelligence of iraqi groups and other iran link groups prepared to strike targets. that's future intelligence about intentions of iranian -- and finally, we do have the embassies incl

senior research fellow at the -- center, and norman rule, a nonresident senior adviser with the transnational project at the center for strategic and international studiesntlemen, could have both of you. with us. let me start, if i can, with you, colin. and the element of surprise here. israel's deterrence has always been surprised with the element of initiative. in conflicts that it has. what happened today, something very different. the initiative being seized by hamas militants in exposing something that we perhaps did not know that is roosevelt able to. this kind of multi but multipronged attack with land air and sea components. what do you make of how significant of a failure this, is both on a security level, but also psychologically to israel. >> thanks for having. me i think it's a massive intelligence failure. it's gonna have political reverberations. it's going to have domestic reverberations. within israel. it's just astonishing, but i'm still struggling to wrap my head around, not only was hamas able to have fairly sublime operational security, or opsec, and the fact that we look how sophisticated and complex this attack was, something that

battles in ukraine, with us... now on skype nelson long, president of the shanghai center for strategic and international studies and china, but for the whole world, so thank you for inviting me on the program, with pleasure, last week... the chinese foreign minister, mr. wani was in washington, where he had a meeting with president biden, meeting with advisor on national security, jake solivan and lengthy, hours-long negotiations with us secretary of state antony blinken. how would you characterize the results of the negotiations of mr. ivaniy washington? i would probably say this, so far we have not heard detailed reports of what was discussed during minister wani's visit and his meetings with colleagues in washington, including president biden, but i think it can be said that us-china relations are now at their lowest point in many years decades. and mr.'s visit to washington took place against the backdrop of multiple visits by high-ranking american officials to beijing, this has been happening for several months now, so what mr. wang wanted to emphasize, at least as far as we know from press reports, and by

senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies which is at the forefront of the international conflicts and this one, this war zone. u.s. government relying heavily onset on seth's work and the work of his colleagues in the war. sometimes i know when you're not here, it's because you're in those meetings. tonight, we have a chance to ask you what you know. you just heard the idf spokesperson talking. the pentagon confirming that u.s. warship near yemen shot down three missiles. launched by iran-backed houthi forces. that's what the u.s. is saying. i know you had a chance to speak to u.s. officials about this today. you're in the loop on what they know. so what is this and is this coordinated at all with what we're seeing from hamas? >> thanks. these are great questions. i think the concern as we take a look at the region right now is that there is escalation right now. the houthis who shot the land attack cruise missile and the drones are funded, aided and their weapons are provided by the iranian. but we've also, oren indicated some of this. we've also se