the operations tried to outwit the kgb parachuting the command in east europe plotting and directing the war against communist insurgents in asia. but time and again it went awry with stupidity and ideological rigidity of the highest levels of the government and the decision to abandon american ideals. by the 1950s they had a stranglehold on europe and the u.s. had begun its intervention and the beacon of democracy overthrowing its democratically elected government and earning the hatred of much of the world. all of this culminated and would lock the cold war for decades to come. anderson brings to the telling of the story all the narratives and the international bestseller. these men began in a common purpose of defending freedom by the ravages of the cold war by two different fades with the compromise they had to make on the archetypes of the duplicitous and one would be so heartbroken he would take his own life. it's the story of these men and how the united states as a very pinnacle of its power and patrick o'keefe said in this sweeping observed book scott anderson unearthed the

something else or should something better is if we go you know we have been tight having lived in east europe communist eastern europe for many years when i was a young man ok that's certainly not an alternative but not mitt just that eric's point here i mean if he couldn't go capitalism doesn't work for you then you are going to look for something else that is that's a completely normal reaction for people young people going into the workforce to it is very much in debt and have no prospects why when they think about that go head up in last 30 seconds before we go to the break you're like absolutely i sort of agree with that what we're seeing with this pandemic like previous pandemics what they tend to do is that they tend to accelerate the sort of longer term structural trends that are already in place right and we see even now for a couple of years we seem the the median voter in the in the united states has been shifting over to the left similarly by the way we've seen sort of the median voter in europe shifting to the right but that's a different story it's sort of more of a reaction to

has worked on behalf of victims of religious freedom violations in east asia, the middle east, europe, and south asia as this -- at the state departments of religious freedom and law. emily is a member of the supreme court bar and the bar associations of california and the district of columbia. ladies and gentlemen please welcome emily. >>> thank you very much to dr. morrison for that excellent lecture. now, i would like to introduce dr. eric patterson. dr. patterson served as the president of your religious freedom institute. dr. patterson is informed by two -- and works throughout africa and central asia. he has served in the government for more than 20 years but as an officer and commander in the air national guard and a white house fellow working as director of the u.s. office of personnel management. he is the author and editor over a dozen books. he published extensively pick he received his phd in political science from the university of science and in california and a masters degree from the university of was. i am delighted to introduce dr. patterson and dr. morrison for this

europe. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ good morning from bluebirds middle east headquarters in dubai. eak europe. your top stories. china approves the first vaccine for general use as a second u.s. case of covid 19 from the u.k. variant is detected. california. boris johnson's post-brexit trade deal is approved by the u.k. parliament less than 24 hours before the nation's final split from the eu. stocks are poised to enter record highs. bitcoin goes to $29,000. gold heads for the best year in a decade. how did we get here? percent from i-66 their implosion at the height of the pandemic crisis. that was in march. globally, you're looking at records being hit across the globe. you are looking at 3000 basis points of rate cuts of aggregate around the world. you are looking at the nasdaq coming into the green. it set for the best year since 2009. looking at the best year since 2017. up 17%. my guest says the dollar is still overvalued. another 15% to trade on the downside. gold. my guest has called it got -- god's currency. that's where you want to be if you want to protect yourself from i

she has worked on behalf of victims of religious freedom violations in east asia, the middle east, europe, and south asia at the state department's office of international religious freedom and beckett law. emily is a member of the supreme court bash and the bar associations of both california and the pacific of columbia. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome emily gow. >> well, thank you very much, too, dr. morrison for that excellent lecture and now i would like to introduce dr. eric pattern son who will join us for this discussion. he serves as the executive vice president of the freedom institute and dean at the school of government and research fellow at georgetown and berkeley university. his interest in the ethics and foreign policy is informed by the u.s. department of state political and military affairs and worked throughout africa and central asia, south asia. he has served in the government for more than 20 years both as an officer and commander in the air national guard and as a white house fellow working for the director of the u.s. office of personnel management. he is the a

it doesn't matter if you look at the endoe pacific, the middle east, africa, europe, central asia, south america, indeed if you look at the northern hemisphere, south america, north america, you see patterns of chinese conduct. what are these patterns of conduct. well, you see -- first i should say they're patterns of conduct designed to achieve chinese objectives that is induce a kind of dependency on states around the world. how do the chinese proceed with this? they have perpetrated the greatest act of theft in human history. a staggering number, staggering amounts of intellectual property theft, hundreds of billions of dollars a year. >> tell us what that means. >> and intellectual property th means stealing trade secrets of high-tech companies, of the production of weapons, weapons systems, and the like. usually, or often it's done through, again, high-tech means. it's one of the reasons that the trump administration, in general, the state department under secretary pompeo, has focused so heavily on the threat we believe that is posed by national champion companies in china like hua

she head worked on behalf of victims of religious freedom violations in east asia, the middle east, europe, and south asia at the state department's office of international religious freedom and beckett law. emily is a member of the supreme court bar and the bar associations of both california and the district of columbia. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome emily gall. >> well, thank you very much to dr. morrison for that excellent lecture. and now i'd like to introduce dr. eric patterson who will join us for this discussion. dr. patterson serves as the executive vice president of the religious freedom institute. he is a scholar at large and past dean of the robertson school of government at regent university and a research fellow at georgetown university's berkeley center for religion, peace, and world affairs. dr. patterson's interests in the intersection of religion, ethics, and foreign policy is informed by two stints at the u.s. department of state's bureau of military affairs and work throughout africa and central asia. in south asia. he has served in the government for more than 2

virus began spreading from china in the spring reports have mounted of racism towards members of europe's east asian communities here in germany people of asian appearance say they've been targets of xenophobia incidents one victim of such discrimination here in berlin set out to find others who shared her experience and offer support. he started in early march victoria noticed something had shifted when she rode public transportation skeptical glances from passengers of those who would move to different parts of the train. so the 1st i thought i was imagining. people would look at my face and then sit somewhere else i followed 3 of them just to make sure they didn't simply get off the train they went to other compartment or sat in the bicycle section. victoria kudo who is german her parents moved here long before she was born she's used to experiencing discrimination for being part of a visible minority but once the 1st cases of coronavirus appeared here such incidents became more frequent although berlin is widely seen as a tolerant and diverse city there's an undercurrent of hatred one man

full speed again pushing maritime shipping to the limit the price of a container from the far east to europe has almost tripled in recent months up announcer for shipping companies but german transport company lloyd has come under fire for the high prices. today it is very clear that there is more demand than there is supply and it of course results in higher prices at the moment but we should not forget that shipping has been making losses for a very long time and we have harbored lot for example will probably our cost of capital for the 1st time in 10 years. high demand in the u.s. makes problems worse for european importers routes between asia and the west coast of the us a more lucrative for shipping companies so more ships are sent on those trips german companies could lose out in the global competition for scarce freight capacity. here criticizing the fact that what happens here is upsetting entire supply chains in europe current supply chains can't even meet the current demand and we're running the risk that the economy is recovering after the pandemic is an extreme danger will chuffe

the east of europe thanks for your time this are. from germany's the left party a very happy christmas to you as well merry christmas to you as well. moving on to another story we're closely following today argentina officially registered russia's sputniks say it has been approved for emergency use by the country's regulator based on results of clinical trials in russian plane carrying argentina's 1st but has arrived in buenos ariz under the supply agreement moscow will provide enough doses for up to $10000000.00 people earlier this month the argentine president expressed confidence in the russian vaccine saying he'll be the 1st the to. and one of the who are in argentina some raise doubts about the quality of russian saya. it's to everyone's downswings vs here in argentina i would be the 1st one to take that vaccine because i have no doubt about the quality of the vaccine. as well as sputnik v argentina has up for a vaccine supplies from astra zeneca in the united nations kovacs program the country's regulator has approved the use o

swathe of territory from china, the far east, through the central asian nations to the middle east and europey that we in europe have understood far too little of it and shown far too little of it and shown far too little interest in it, but ways that's that so problematic?” don't think it is a contention, i think it's a fact. most people in the uk, if you ask them to name a chinese emperor oi’ them to name a chinese emperor oran arab them to name a chinese emperor or an arab poet or writer or a persian historian, or a south asia musician, film star, they can't. and although we keep hearing about how globalised we are, in practice what that has meant is that countries which are growing, and they have responded well to globalisation by trying to understand other people, but richer countries have tended to switch off in terms of the global exposure. for example today in the uk there are less than 1000 stu d e nts there are less than 1000 students at university studying chinese, japanese, thai, turkish, arabic, persian, afg ha n turkish, arabic, persian, afghan languages, hindi, combined. less t

but you can explain it like this is the war here is culture the north east coast south the mountains are well the picture of europe the real seasonal cold air is pushed along way east where temperatures are really quite low so you'll find the temperatures rise in this is here with the cloud the wind and the rain the rain significant or it's way through france and germany now on the forward edge where. maybe freezing rain but certainly some snow through poland valorous and down towards radio and pretty obviously on the higher ground of scandinavia by the time we get to wednesday that warmth has really reached a long way east look at these temperatures in the middle here the still rainfall in this bit of a storm system developing of the northwest a front southwest of the u.k. now vienna represents maybe one of the warmest places we martie to see a record i don't think so but look compare with the averages for staffers were 60 we don't get back down to the average till friday similar story is told in london fairly miles to friday then down to a frosty start and a cold day and here it is coming in on thursday. the lat

east. daybreak europe and that market open is next with anna and m att. ♪ anna: good morning and welcome torkets: european open." i'm anna edwards alongside matt miller. matt: good morning, the markets say no time for complacency. 10 days until christmas, and risk sentiments hours. european futures are lower, the cash trade is an hour away. these are your top headlines.

the skies a sunny in argentina again but the on shore breeze particularly in europe go on the south east of brazil suggests more thunderstorms are likely one of the days of the $21.00 but by here black is up to 31 which is where the real world says so southeastern brazil stays fairly wet for the next day or so the increase in the number showers developing in central brazil further north as well and across into peru was a particular hotspot just in the western side of colombia again but it looks like panama or costa rica are free of significant showers as an obvious frontal system running dancer here is most active in the west that planted those sort of the big showers in cuba and then the yucatan that will go down through billy's in honduras during tuesday the showers these that sheer and further between particularly in the windward islands so obviously it's a cold front they are coming down is cooler tampa's temperature was on the low side for everybody is going to be on the low side that's off the rain has gone through the southeast and stays because the cold blast gave something of a

friends with the united states but unfortunately in this part of the world in the middle east in eastern europe in the balkans things are black and white. that is america have a point that there's a possibility of equipment that the russian kit is incompatible with the nato kit how much of a problem is that really what i think we need to ask the 6 or 7 nato countries that already possess 300 if they're compatible or incompatible now we have to realize that turkey signed yet 400 deal before taps was brought into legislation i think this is very very important that the americans chose to retroactively use caps to punish turkey well if that's the case what about the other nato countries that have 300 why is this not a big issue for them why is turkey being singled out. now the question is so the noose affair and political analyst thanks for your input today big old story kicking off again soon again thank you it's 16 post may day moscow time thank you for your time as well because stick around after the break as mainstream outlets publish a fresh outlandish scheme of russian plotting against the o

believing in vast conspiracy theories to move governments like chess pieces around the middle east and eastern europe all this without necessarily even lifting a finger the russian president is likely happy and right so far on reputation alone because when it comes to actually doing things well lately he doesn't seem to be able to make much of an impact at least not in europe poisoning the opposition leader alexina valmy neither killed in valmy nor the controversial nordstrom to pipeline wage of course makes no sense again if putin isn't actually disrupting it in and they say themselves he hasn't made much of an impact lately perhaps he's busy being a dream up but the odd series is obvious in any other category putin wouldn't have an evil red background around him and you can't have the least of influential people without a bad putin in it turkish president there do on you might be interested to learn also made the list is a do a bad get this year for example he reportedly sent thousands of syrian mercenaries and terrorists to fight against armenians on the side of us at about john for money that app

vice president pence is scheduled to depart for a three-country international tour of the middle east and europeed to go to israel, bahrain and poland, and what it likely to be his last international trip serving as vice president. the vice president of course has not been on an overseas trip since before the covid-19 pandemic began. as you point out, this is really interesting timing, because if he does leave as scheduled on january 6th, that would mean leaving within just hours of that joint session of congress, where the lawmakers are going to take those sealed envelopes from each of the states that cast their electoral votes, tally them up and the vice president in his role as president of the senate will be responsible for presiding over the tallying and affirming of the electoral college vote for president-elect joe biden, something that vice president mike pence' boss, president trump, is obviously not too eager to see. an administration official tells myself and monica alba that the plans could still change. all of this is open to being rejiggered as they get closer to that date. it look

but it's hard to put the map together to so many different elements it's south asia it's east africa it's europe and i have an exchange in the book in which president panama says to the president check part of belton wrote to and present china she present she said sure this is about connectivity so it is about economics it but it's also inevitably about up about political influence and let me and if i can add one other thing about that very interesting whether i'm in asia you know women could travel or talking to people like over zoom when i was in asia. in the middle east in latin america you hear the same thing now. don't make us choose we don't have to choose between the u.s. with whom we have a strategic relationship and an economic relationship and china which is the most important market for our goods and that's you know that's a another aspect of this a people haven't looked at much but really struck me as i was finishing the book the number of voices you hear saying that other countries who are worried about the standoff between the united states and china i remember when rock obama came

christians and of the good people of this earth is amazing but when you look from the middle east to europe thinking of america as a bad place to be a muslim it's like living in the belly of the beast now heard that how would you say that life is like for people well we know things that happened to make america peer ugly in the eyes of citizens of this country and that is a world that if we can see america the beautiful there has advanced that against america the ugly successfully. then i'm sure that we would recognize that america is the most fertile soil we have for x. davening our religion and our future for our children grandchildren and children to come and then my journey across america if i want to find america the beautiful. where will i find that certain kind of things should i look for the concept of citizenry. citizenry established. in the constitution the united states based upon the equality of man and i feel very strongly that the founding fathers envisioned. a world that would welcome muslims and others from across the water is not the only christian this. seems to be an incr

they saw me traditions especially in europe and the east. i told you i was italian. we have the tradition of the good which you on january the sixth leads hopefully candy in your shoes. so kind of like stockings for the little bit of overlap with santa claus. but, this is also like i said, in the east many people get gifts. but, you have a 12 day party because this is the end of the rivals of the christmas season. >> and we have about a minute left. but like you to sum up what you would like people to take away about christmas from this discussion. >> enjoying december 25th and if you want to sing happy birthday that's fine. it is a nativity but first of all the season goes for a lot longer because it's so important. but, the most important thing is that as the scriptures say, god so loved the world that he sent his only son. he celebrate the nativity. but we celebrate the incarnation of christ. it's a celebration we have for several days. we have through his family, his mother, these innocent people. i say say merry christmas every day even if you want to keep going

europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another pressure as well for example you go to our province you find in the place cotton very popular tourist resort is saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of hospitals are full of the hotels are closed commuter jana's the mayor the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in a festive mood many people come to there for tourism and now this saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. top health officials in the u.s. of rolled up their sleeves to receive a coronavirus vaccine in an effort to inspire public confidence top infectious disease expert dr anthony found she received the job he was joined by the health secretary and the head of the national institutes of health they were given a madonna vaccine which only received emergency approval from regulators last week she

europe, not middle east. it comes as the u.s.aps some pretty strong headlines to deal with as they are waking up. the deadliest day ever in covid. this is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: 6:55 in the city of london. this is "daybreak europe." i am annmarie hordern with manus cranny in dubai. for me, this morning is waking up to seeing the u.s. having it deadliest day of covid. at the same time, the s&p 500 hitting yet again another all-time high. divergence. -- locking down are yet again. sometimes it feels like we are taking two steps forward -- i thought that yesterday with the united kingdom getting a vaccine -- and then you take a step back and face the reality. manus: and the reality of it is that stimulus, pelosi stepping back for the first time publicly from the $2.4 trillion jumping off point she has and now coalescing with chuck schumer around $900 billion. how is this being repriced in markets? my favorite quote of the day we have been -- we have been interviewing alberto. he talked about the old bond vigilantes. therein lies the

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europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another question as well for example you go to our province you find in the place very popular tourist resort is saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of hospitals are full of the hotels are closed commuter janice the mayor the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in the face of mood many people come to there for tourism and now they're saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. research innovation and sequencing platform explains how scientists are monitoring different mutations of the virus. the 1st thing to make clear is that salt africa and u.k. has truth differently in it just yet both is spreading very fast with. few similarities between then why not today and it is there one of the many mutations that to make that. white protein interact with the human cell rec

europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another pressure as well for example you go to province you find in a place called st lucia a very popular tourist resort is saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of hospitals all of the hotels are closed. near the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in the face of mood many people come to south africa for tourism and now they're saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. still ahead here on al-jazeera thailand is to be en mass testing after its largest single outbreak yet was. last year. and as latin america prepares for its vaccination program there are concerns over logistics behind delivering it. hello every few days there we've had this tropical depression it's been no more than that wandering around the south china sea heading west was towards the end nam it's

europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another pressure as well for example you go to a province you find in the place very popular tourist resort is saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of hospitals all of the hotels are closed. the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in the face of mood many people come to south africa for tourism and now they're saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. well as i mentioned earlier to the u.s. congress has voted to pass a massive spending bill that involves nearly a trillion dollars in credit $1000.00 economic stimulus and money as well to keep the federal government running through september president trump is expected to sign this into a law for millions of americans of the help cannot come soon enough how does your cast or it has this report from washington d.c. .