countries trade relationships with the central asian countries can actually bring a lot of prosperity to pakistan and the us lending his troops right smack in the middle there has ended up hurting pakistan's economic. prospects so given their their activity in the region given their deep involvement in the region given its impact on pakistan and isn't clear to me and it's politics america saying we don't have to interfere in the park relations this is a matter they should carry it out between themselves does not in their american position to that of the pakistani position the pakistani government the pakistani people the pakistani military looks at it in a very suspicious way you know they then of course like i said before the american military conduct in the region the american drone strikes the american lack of respect for pakistan's sovereignty do you was continuous criticism of the pakistani military intelligence continuous. fissions voice about it but if you are so suspicious why do you call it at the front line stay advised you call it in an alliance against terror my skin not b

central asia. in my mind because you are not an ass or a wise director of the institute of russia essential asian and eastern europe that is so in man and their way which very much are clear about the how to say leading role of russia in central asia i mean i mean. this this kind of leading role that means. how does in the multiple the corporation. who can be more push an operation with each other for for what for multiple benefits for our states in the in a range and so what the china is doing i think that even that the energy cooperation chinese are with. the central asian states we're still helping getting lots of helpful from from your russian for example and all your the chinese are oil pipeline without a russian oil i think. that our your at the pipelines is transforming and that there are also some are from russia. own with the two big. issues were russia insuring. world news the shanghai corporation used to be the shell in fines and the other one used to be a group brit's these two organizations in your opinion are very capable of coping saw the problems of equally corporations were they coul

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along with five other central asian countries so basically it would be executive director who would people would you know because and if he i know him very well. if he votes for . mrs lagarde the instructions of the swiss government oh vaults not only will become to my favor but they will be counted for failure in the ukraine meaning georgia members of the group and belarus is a member of belgium group so a respectable serious companies voting for might can do the same we could have a situation where belgium. netherlands and switzerland old forward for the european candidates and one of overall it would. i know a little russian going to. vote for them that will be enough so that's why i definitely. needs a broad agreement between major developing countries or a candidate you know there should be at least some support from some of the developed countries do you think the emerging economy is a bric countries in particular should rally around one single candidate does it make sense. yes but not necessarily. i don't put my kind of person if there is someone again it's not beautiful and for som

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study hall he talked about ways of further ensuring security in their two countries in the entire central asian and he just talked about ways of. of combat the coming up with joint strategies to secure their borders to prevent terrorist attacks and basically focused most of their time on coming up with joint strategies for combat terrorism but of course that's not the only aspect. crucial to the relationship between russia and pakistan items such as issues such as drug trafficking also featured quite high on the agenda of course pakistan afghanistan russia all suffer from a serious opium trafficking problem russia and of get us down of course cop rating in that area and with pakistan as well there's a lot of cooperation on combat in drug trafficking most of the afghan opium of finds its way back to russia of course something that russian authorities are very concerned about and the russian president and his pakistani counterpart spent a lot of time discussing that russian president putin is made of saying that the two sides have a lot of shared interests and that evokes things pakistani preside

would have tremendous a relationship with they have clues or relationships and they keep with the central asian countries in even trying to get closer to a rat as well but to some of our look at number two what i was going to city for rather remember this week because this is going to be essential for the next weeks months and years this is a space port to go review and see it's in the guy who just stan area of pakistan which a moose brute already a put rather this in the koreans managed to port sooner or later the lease is going to expire and pakistan is what the chinese not only to manage the work but to brooke as you said a new families at the other what does that mean not only that you're going to have chinese ships you know chinese military chinese pakistani joint military base in the arabian sea but this. absolutely crucial knew why there would be a crucial move in the kite flying toward the pipeline works what i usually call pipeline because it's part of the pipeline that will come from your own compact. the pipeline they're going to build it and the chinese stepped in to say look instea

closer relationships are working with the central asian countries in even trying to get closer to we read as well but to some of our look at number two apart i was going to say the first rather remember this week because this is going to be essential for the next weeks months in use this is a spur to go where you can see it's a good guy who just there area of pakistan dick cheney who's brut already approached you know either missing or koreans managed a port so no mater the lease is going to expire and pakistan is what the chinese not only can manage to work but as you say. the other what does that mean not only that you're going to happen cheney's ships you know the chinese military chinese pakistani joint military mission the arabian sea but this is absolutely crucial knew why there would be a crucial derby in the kikes like a water pipeline works what i usually start because it's part of the guideline that will come from europe to pakistan to the pipeline they're going to build it and a chinese step then to say look instead of going oh do we need to wind it will ruin it. so then w

what are the prospects for development of central asian reserves? and who are the competitors for same? >> in the last chapter, why we hate the oil companies, i lay out a 50-year plan for the nation to reinvent the energy system in the 21st century. it calls for the use of all forms of energy as part of that recreation. it calls for cleaning up hydrocarbons in ways that waste management technology can take care of. it calls for continued expansion of nuclear with new technology, not the 50, 60-year-old technology we see in today's nuclear plants, including aging nuclear construction in those plants. and it is time for a new generation of nuclear technology. but in addition, massive research and development of natural sources of energy wins solar and tides. i was once asked on a talk show, will we ever have free energy? i thought it was a brilliant question. when we are surrounded by sunlight all day long, wind most nights, and tidal movement that never stops because of the draw of the moon, that all creates a form of passive energy. why don't we tur

asia, the caspian base, and undermining russia's monopoly over the export routes of energy from central asian states, it turns out that the chinese have built an oil and gas pipeline at the caspian region across central asia into china, effectively ending the russian monopoly of export routes. if you look at the way the chinese deal with the russians commercially, it's clear they don't cut them any slack. the oil deal that was signed between china a few years ago. i think an effective price per barrel about 21, $22. that was at the time when the global price was somewhere over 100, 120. so the chinese certainly are not making an effort to build up a russia as a major power, don't see any reason, as i said, to make concessions to their russian allies. rather, they have pushed very hard their commercial and geopolitical advantage. and this i think has finally led many in russia to begin to reconsider the role that china is going to play, and what the russian relationship with china should be. now, at the senior levels, clearly understand the need to have good relations with china, an important

what are the prospects for development of central asian reserves, and who are the competitors for same? and will shale gas be able to replace nuclear and inefficient old coal-generated power, and if so, how? >> in the last chapter of "why we hate the oil companies, i lay out a plan for the 21st century. it calls for use of all forms of energy as part of that recreation. it calls for cleaning up hydrocarbons in ways that waste management can take care of. it calls for new expansion of nuclear with new nuclear technology, not the 50 or 60- year old technology we see in today's plants, including aging construction in those plants. and it is time for a new generation of nuclear technology. but in addition, massive research and development of natural sources of energy, wind, solar and tides. i was once asked on a talk show will we have have free energy? i thought it was a brilliant question. when we are surrounded by sunlight all day long, wind most nights,, and tidal movement that never stops because of the draw of the moon, that all creates a form of passive energy. why don't we turn it a

you have russia, central asian republic, saudi arabia, india with varied degrees of and to -- antipathy in this seems to me that we could work more of a rel effort to try to deal with some of that reality than we have. a number of people have suggested there may be options with the stands and russia and other parties, including, i might add, iran that we have not adequately explored or put on the table. iran does not like the taliban. iran also does not like drug-trafficking. it seems to me there are legitimate interests here that ought to be explored in other ways as we go forward. so the pakistan piece of this is obviously critical. there are a lot of questions about that phrase in the wake of the events of the last hours, but i do think that we are going to have a hearing on that. i'd just summarize by saying that i think we really have to do more work. that is the purpose of these hearings, to hone in on what the realities are that we are dealing with and what the possibilities are. we could spend a lot of money for a long time, and i tend to agree. i don't see a lot of indicators t

what are the prospects for development of central asian reserves and who are the competitors for same? will shale gas be able to replace nuclear and inefficient old coal generated power and if so, how? >> in the last chapter of why we hate the oil companies, i lay out a 50-year plan for the nation to reinvent the energy system in the 21st century. and it calls for the use of all forms of energy as part of that recreation. it calls for cleaning up hydrocarbons in ways that waste management technology can take care of. it calls for continued expansion of nuclear with new nuclear technology, not the 50, 60-year-old technology we see in today's nuclear plants, including aging nuclear construction of -- in those plants. and it's time for a new generation of nuclear technology. but in addition, massive research and development of natural sources of energy win solar and tides. i was once asked on a talk show will we ever have free energy? i thought it was a brilliant question. when we're surrounded by sunlight all day long, wind most nights and tidal movement that never stops because of the

you have russia, central asian republic, saudi arabia, india with varied degrees of and to -- antipathy in this seems to me that we could work more of a rel effort to try to deal with some of that reality than we have. a number of people have suggested there may be options with the stands and russia and other parties, including, i might add, iran that we have not adequately explored or put on the table. iran does not like the taliban. iran also does not like drug-trafficking. it seems to me there are legitimate interests here that ought to be explored in other ways as we go forward. so the pakistan piece of this is obviously critical. there are a lot of questions about that phrase in the wake of the events of the last hours, but i do think that we are going to have a hearing on that. i'd just summarize by saying that i think we really have to do more work. that is the purpose of these hearings, to hone in on what the realities are that we are dealing with and what the possibilities are. we could spend a lot of money for a long time, and i tend to agree. i don't see a lot of indicators t

asian, but is it specific groups that are growing faster than others? >> within the latino category, the vast -- not majority, but the biggest group are mexicans. a lot of folks coming from centralmerica as well. among asians, it's chinese and taiwanese are the biggest segment, and then i think filipino also. asian-pacific islander. there are also implications in politics, too, because if you look at who these younger people are, 50% -- i think more than 50% of people 18 and younger are latino in california. those are future voters. you know, that, of course, has implications in california for the republican party in particular, which, you know, is at this point at least not really appealing to that segment of the population, so there's down the road that it kind of highlights i think the problems that they face politically in california. >> where do they live? >> they live everywhere. you know, interestingly, the largest -- the most growth among latinos was not in the coastal counties, but it was more in the inland counties, riverside, san bernardino, sacramento, salino. it's true across the country. you're seeing more asians and latinos in places like mcincome and, you know, s

you have russia, central asian republic, saudi arabia, india with varied degrees of and to -- antipathy in this seems to me that we could work more of a rel effort to try to deal with some of that reality than we have. a number of people have suggested there may be options with the stands and russia and other parties, including, i might add, iran that we have not adequately explored or put on the table. iran does not like the taliban. iran also does not like drug-trafficking. it seems to me there are legitimate interests here that ought to be explored in other ways as we go forward. so the pakistan piece of this is obviously critical. there are a lot of questions about that phrase in the wake of the events of the last hours, but i do think that we are going to have a hearing on that. i'd just summarize by saying that i think we really have to do more work. that is the purpose of these hearings, to hone in on what the realities are that we are dealing with and what the possibilities are. we could spend a lot of money for a long time, and i tend to agree. i don't see a lot of indicators t

robert is our, currently our assistant secretary for south and central asian affairs in the department of state. he has been an ambassador to sri lanka and to the maldives and as well as deputy chief of mission in new delhi. he is a graduate of harvard college and mi degree from the same school that i have an ma degree from, johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. robert and then our authors and coought thundershowers and -- coauthors, dan markey. dan is with the counsel on foreign relations here in washington and is engaged in many aspects of u.s. policy and analysis in south asia. without further adieu, ambassador blake. >> thank you very much, dr. lau. i now realize why i was chosen for this. it was the scythe connection. it is really a pleasure for me toe be here today to chair today's panel on domestic foreign policy debates here in india. i want to commend dr. lau and deepa for organizing this. this is great opportunity to have a really important discussion. always a treat for me to get out of the bureaucratic trenches of the state department and come and listen t

asians are the day the book. in the czech republic is available in some gallery hotel and science central hotel premier of the nice and most revolting full stop by you to which i am a taste in bosnia and herzegovina available in the hotel business and the children of each hotel cubic feet a hotel put you know hotel period to match hotels you have enough gold there are a pretty close now and you like tons. in serbia cultures available in most club and hyatt regency. russia says the unity of palestinian factions play a key role in shaping a future palestinian state the statement came after the russian foreign ministers meeting with abbas and fatah in. the opposition in georgia threatens to overthrow president saakashvili within days because he's being blocked by violent protests with demonstrators pledging not to give up their fight against what a job a criminal regime. had with greece's debt spiraling out of control the very real e.u. lenders see past the rising tension between the two is causing the fault lines which some say now threatens the entire unity of the european union. and now it's time for sports with v

asian and chinese community and the western addition as the second neighborhood l reach newspaper. in addition to the bidders to bid last year, we did it additional outreach to neighborhood newspapers, the central city extra -- the "west side observer" andy -- and of the "single side light." we received one new bid in day hispanic community -- they did not bid last year but have been in prior years. we did receive for new bids for a neighborhood outreach -- we did receive four new bids for neighborhood outreach. we are pleased to recommend the response of bidders this year and the new responsive better was in the neighborhood area, "marina *." and the company that bid for them and the "no. * san francisco." there is no change in the reasons and the other communities were unresponsive. for all of the non-responsive bidders last year, the board chose to add them to the resolution as well. supervisor campos: colleagues, any questions? supervisor farrell: in order to add "marina times" have

including lloyds banking group an associate asian iraq shares of both companies were down eight or four percent respectively the euro fell sharply after the european central bank declined to indicate that interest rate hike next month was likely and bank of england keeps straight steady a record low of half percent. here in russia markets close in the read the article has dropped to its lowest level in five months as well felt stocks weighed by commodities investors are concerned that the tightening economic policy will slow economic growth here is what was otherwise x. all majors once again came under pressure as falling prices way of the sector a similar story with precious metals where part is called for shopping and it's also it was a bad day for a construction group pic which reported losses in the region of one hundred ten million dollars for the last year. we saw that over the course of the year that russia has been increasing inflows even when some other emerging markets were in fact losing billions of dollars a week and in terms of in the extra money flow and has finally turned around we see some investors particular from scandinavia start to see

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and the asean regional forum that asean is the central component and that the institutions are built around asean. that does not mean that northeast asian the pacific or affecting australia. new zealand, shuzz not -- should not get important attention. in fact, one with of the things that we think is most important is if you look over the course of the last several years, we think that the way that northeast asian issues have been addressed at asean regional forum and other institutions like the eeas, has left countries want withing a different approach. and i think we want to work with southeast asia on that process as we go forward. on specific countries, i think i will go through these quickly but i think you all understand some of the things that we're trying to work on and i'll just go through that quickly and some of the things that you expect that we'll be wanting to work on over the course of the next couple of years. obviously given president obama's unique experience in indonesia, it has give be us -- given us an enormous opportunity through the comprehensive partnership to take this bilateral relationship to the next level. i

and the asian society helped us with one of the first courses we did in the new academy with some expertise on china. another very important part of the world. no country in asia is more central to questions of peace and conflict then pakistan. we are pleased to offer this then you in washington for the asia society to launch its report on pakistan 2020 -- "pakistan 2020: a vision for building a better future". usip's adviser who will be part of the study group that put this together, we think it is a good report that will be an interesting battle and we look forward to your active participation under the ground rules that we set forward. i would like to turn this over to my colleague and counterpart from the asia society who will give you the second welcome for the day and we will get to the panel. suzanne dimaggio of the asian society. >> thank you and good morning. and thank you for that introduction. let me begin by saying how thrilled we are, me and my colleagues, to be part of one of the inaugural events at this fabulous new building. we hold our partnership with usip and we look forward to continuing our work together. let me begin by thanking members of the study grou