but first, could you talk about the hudson institute? guest: it is one of several independent research organizations located primarily in washington focusing on international policy questions and how to include the u.s. response. it was set up after world war ii and the initial question of interest was we have now seen use of nuclear weapons for the first time, will they be used again? what does that mean for international politics. what questions do we need to address? it is evolved over time with different focuses. sometimes domestic politics, sometimes foreign policy. we have been focused a lot on china. hudson is divided into several centers. my center focuses a lot on the great power relations, i've a book coming out on the russia /china relations. the iran negotiations, korean nuclear weapons. other centers focus on different areas of policy. host: hudson.org. and a recent piece on the one-year anniversary of the taliban taking control of afghanistan you describe that country as a country adrift. what you mean by that? guest: i mea

but first, could you talk about the hudson institute? guest: it is one of several independent research organizations located primarily in washington focusing on international policy questions and how to include the u.s. response. it was set up after world war ii and the initial question of interest was we have now seen use of nuclear weapons for the first time, will they be used again? what does that mean for international politics. what questions do we need to address? it is evolved over time with different focuses. sometimes domestic politics, sometimes foreign policy. we have been focused a lot on china. hudson is divided into several centers. my center focuses a lot on the great power relations, i've a book coming out on the russia /china relations. the iran negotiations, korean nuclear weapons. other centers focus on different areas of policy. host: hudson.org. and a recent piece on the one-year anniversary of the taliban taking control of afghanistan you describe that country as a country adrift. what you mean by that? guest: i mea

but first, could you talk about the hudson institute? guest: it is one of several

for peace and security of the hudson institute, and this morning, we are having a conversation with princeton professor bernard hagel and hudson's own mohammed the iranians, productively, responded to the take it or leave it offer, and the united states responded that it won't accept any changes to the text, but it will accept changes to the form of the text, which is how the united states and renegotiate the take it or leave it off there, without admitting that is what it is doing. without any further editorializing, let me get our guest. professor, perhaps you can start us out. just give us a scene setter. we have got chinese leader xi jinping coming to riyadh this week, do we not? >> it is not clear if it will be this week, but he will certainly be visiting the kingdom before the end of the year, and saudi-chinese relations are very good, in fact, excellent, and there are all kinds of agreements on oil and energy and mining, and even missile development that have been made. and the chinese are opportunistic, and they see an opportunity, where the u.s. is sending signals to saudi

host: richard weitz of the hudson institute.you want to join the line and call in, like mary did in san francisco, independent. caller: yes, i have a question for your guest. i get so frustrated with the first c-span, because a couple of colors ago, indicated, which what prompted my call, people are so -- as trump said himself -- poorly educated and ill-informed. can you please talk about the history of afghanistan and how westernized it was prior to the mujahedin taking over? women were allowed to wear miniskirts in those days. what happened was a reaction from the fundamentalist religious nuts, and is happening in this country, to westernization. the same thing happened in iran. iran was westernized. but when people say on the afghanistan topic how that country has been in turmoil or the middle east has been in turmoil for thousands and thousands -- they are so ill-informed. not even three, 4, 5 decades ago, they were as western as california. thank you. host: richard weitz on the history of afghanistan? guest: afghanistan has

then richard white, director of the center of the hudson institute will discuss the first anniversary of the taliban takeover of afghanistan. today's republican primary between liz cheney. watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern or our free mobile video app, during the discussion with your phone calls, text messages and tweets. next, formal alaska governor, sarah palin. she will look to fill alaska's vacant congressional seat to a special election tonight. congressional seat which will be filled by a special election tomorrow. >> requires a process to take place, and that process requires mistakes are made, that process requires effort is put forth. there could be many mistakes on this campus, but it came together to be a masterpiece, and that is our life. >> ladies and gentlemen, she is back. this is an interview with the former governor of alaska, sarah palin, and cpac vice chairman shirley jarreau. >> she is back. >> ladies and gentlemen, as the vice chairman of cpac i am well aware of my role and i know today by role is to provide arm candy for sarah palin. i know all of

then richard weiss, director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute talks about the first anniversary of the taliban's takeover of afghanistan. and mike on tuesdays republican primary between representative liz cheney and trump backed challenger harriet hagman. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. quick c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment, that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications support c-span is a public service. along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> j.d. vance is a republican candidate for u.s. senate from ohio and he talks about education in the economy during cpac. friends, i

for peace and security of the hudson institute, and this morning, we are having a conversation with princeton professor bernard hagel and hudson's own mohammed

for peace and security of the hudson institute, and this morning, we are having a conversation with

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for more on this, we are joined now by richard weitz, who is a senior fellow at the hudson institute.f the russia— china relationship in light of the ukraine war? 50 light of the ukraine war? so we've light of the ukraine war? sr we've seen the relationship become much stronger than many people thought possible at the end of the cold war. so in the past 30 years, we've seen their leaderships grow particularly close under president putin and president xijinping. we've seen the development and the growth of the energy tried to make a trade and some other economic ties. and most importantly, we've seen strength and military ties, represented by these exercises that used to occur every year sort now, now there are several of them each year, some air, some navel, primarily on the ground. we've also seen many russian arms sales to china, sometimes amounting to several billion dollars a year, and we see them act in concert such as the united nations, or in the case of ukraine with china refusing to take any steps to impede the russian invasion of ukraine. �* , , ., ukraine. it's interesting

pakistan ambassador to the us, who now serves as a director for south and central asia at the hudson instituteounts for the severity of these floods. it is partly because of the rains. when you have eight times the rain that is the normal rainfall and then you would obviously have flooding, the government and the people who are both unprepared. as you know, for the past several weeks, pakistan has been totally obsessed with mr imran khan, the former prime minister and his shenanigans and demand for new elections, and nobody was paying attention. the media were hardly covering the floods when they started and a lot of people were taken by surprise so we had the rivers rising and the monsoon rains where the rainfall has been eight times. there are long—term and short—term implications. the long—term, of course, relates to climate change which has been totally ignored and insufficiently attended to in pakistan and the short—term, providing relief to almost 35 million people who have been affected by these floods. you mentioned the arrest and bail of imran khan. you think that media storm and all

seen the in the united states. recently we had mike from delivering an important address of the hudson institute, which is as belligerent, if not more belligerent than the biden administration. if in fact is in visiting with russia and china at the same time. and so, and one bell is at the very least a candidate to be vice president. do you know whoever is the republican nominee? so we don't have a system in which some the new leader going to merge the say we're going completely wrong. i mean, look at germany and i all actual social democrats. are there any dismal? ok, but the people who is number one, number 2 christian democrats in the greece, them all religion shots it's, i mean then bad beef with shoals is that he's not doing enough for ukraine. and again, we have the case of the united states. it's quite possible that donald trump will return to power in 2025, but trump will be in the same position as he was in 2017. i mean, if you really tries to affect some major change in u. s. foreign policy that, you know, the deep state or whatever you call it is going to come off. i mean, you know, t

seen the in the united states recently, we had mike from delivering an important address of the hudson institute, which is as belligerent, if not more belligerent than the bite on administration. if, in fact, is in visiting war with russia and china at the same time. and so, and one is at the very least, a candidate to be vice president. do you know whoever is the republican nominee? so we don't have a system in which some the new leader could emerge to say, we're going completely wrong. i mean, look at germany and i all actual social democrats. are there any this move on? but the people whose number one number 2 christian democrats in the greece, they're more belligerent and shorts is, i mean, then they'd be with shoals is that he's not doing enough for ukraine. and again, we have the case of the united states. it's quite possible that donald trump will return to power in 2025, but truck will be in the same position as he was in 2017. i mean, if you really tries to affect some major change in u. s. foreign policy. that you know, the deep state or whatever you call it is going to come off. i mea

earlier on the programme we spoke to richard weitz from the hudson institute.ship between the two eastern powers. we have seen the relationship become much stronger than many people thought possible at the end of the cold war so in the past 30 years, we've seen their leaderships grow particularly close under presidents putin and >>. ——xi. we seen the growth of the energy trade and other economic ties most importantly we've seen strengthen military ties which are represented these exercises that used to occur every year or so, that used to occur every year orso, now that used to occur every year or so, now there are several of them each year, some naval, and in this case primarily ground. we've also seen many russian arms sales to china, sometimes amounting to several billion dollars a year and we've seen them act in concert on important fora such as united nations or in the case of ukraine, china refusing to take any steps to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. it’s invasion of ukraine. it's interesting _ invasion of ukraine. it's interesting india - invasion

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let us bring in senior fellow at hudson institute. rebecca, a lot has transpired, your reaction to all of it. >> i think this is great for speaker pelosi, defied president biden and xi jinping who did not want to see the speaker of the house go to taiwan. it is nancy pelosi here maintaining the status qu, there is continuity here and precedent here. china is moving the goal post and saying, you can't come here, she can and china does is not dictate the travel plans for the speaker of the house. the biden administration could take her moxie and courage here. >> carley: newt gingrich went 25 years ago, why the severe reaction from china this time? >> well, china was really mad when speaker gingrich did this in the '70s and the ccp have been working hard to push the united states out of the region. china wants to dictate economic terms in the region and replace the u.s. in banking and trade. they have been working on the military to say, i will threaten you and you are going to listen to me and stay out and here we are and pelosi is sayi

joining me now, former secretary of state mike pompeo at the hudson institute, mr. secretary, great to see you and i want to jump right in. democrats are so worried are they not about protecting democracy around the world and we all are, but when it comes to what is happening here in the united states, apparently the government will just use every bit of power at its disposal to target one man who is a likely 2024 presidential candidates, what are your thoughts on what you are hearing tonight? >> laura, you have it exactly right, there are no rules. it's just about power. and they have to give the benefit of the doubt talking about democracy and equal justice under the law, but we have seen it. we have seen my predecessor at the cia politicize and weaponize the cia, we saw jim comey who was a counterpart fbi without the cia director give away the funds and take notes and leak them to the press. we have watched the justice department under merrick garland go after her parents terrorists who are trying to make sure that their kids get to school, no reason to give them

michael pillsbury is from the hudson institute and in charge of chinese strategy.ant moment for these two countries to see how china will respond if she does touchdown in taiwan. allocations that she will. we're about to turn for our viewers there. new images of the tallest building in taiwan flashing speaker pelosi, welcome to tw. do the benefits of her visit outweigh the risks knowing china has been warning the united states not to have her visit there? >> yes, the benefits are definitely that she makes the trip. she needs to update her own knowledge of taiwan from her last visit many years ago. i think she will come away understanding the military balance shifted against taiwan. we need to do a great deal more to help taiwan improve its self-defense and get a feel for the new female president of taiwan who has been in office five years now. she is a lawyer and she is very concerned that china -- she is the president of taiwan i'm talking about. she is quite concerned legally that china is asserting that it owns taiwan. therefore, they can ban speaker of the hous

. >> are complete recent virtual net hudson institute senior fellow arthur herman discussed have thetory there's a portion of the conversation. >> the end -- after the vikings in the history of scandinavia it's the women who become the most charismatic, most of effective rulers all through the history of scandinavia. it is something extraordinary to see. and what is amazing to, as although the viking age reducing great rulers, the vikings become the ruling class of europe. the conqueror descended from norway. the great king of denmark and others. no one ever manages to unite all of scandinavia except the one this is her effigy and her tomb. who, for a brief period of time through sheer force of will unite the kingdoms of denmark, sweden and others. only a woman would consist of and would pursue it only a woman like margaret would be able to achieve. >> web services program visible booktv.org is the search box to the top of the page should look for arthur herein for the title of his book viking heart. everybody. welcome i am vice president for international studies at the cato institu

durand, i am senior fellow and the director of the peace and security in the middle east at the hudson institute. we are having an event on the state of play between the united states one month after a visit. >> is possible that we could be waking up tomorrow morning to a news that the world powers at iran are returning to a nuclear agreement. whether that happens or whether it does not happen, we have a good idea of what the agreement and what it is going to be. i wonder if you can give me a sense on what you are looking at appeared sure -- at. sure. we appreciate all of the great work you all do. >> i am staying off-camera. i just had a i procedure. with that, iran's nuclear program is advancing quite rapidly under president biden's watch. i believe buying time to make the additional nuclear advances. it is just waiting for extreme concessions. since biden has been in office they have been registering 60%, at the highest security they have ever achieved. they have enough administrating overall to make more to fight nuclear weapons. they have -- had plans to install 1500 of their faster -- high

the hudson institute senior fell lee that we talked to there, it's not the biden administration solely responsible for the rise in gal and oil prices but it's frustrating when they don't take responsibility for any of it. >> the russian war on ukraine is a contributing factor. the biden administration never wants to admit that squeezing production in the united states is a major factor for the high prices we have. >> charles, the high prices remain high although not as high as they were. 4.16 for an average gallon of gas in the u.s. up 14 cents in the last week. i should say down 65 cents in the last month. i leave you with one final piece of positive news. the oil price and gasoline forecast in the next week, we're going down to $4.09 and under $4 by labor day. of course, that's a long way from what it was last year and where it goes from here, nobody knows. charles? >> charles: jeff, i want to add a second topic for you and ask you. did the iea put out a report on supply chains? if you look at this closely, we're handing china an amazing gift. this push is not about climate, nor is i

let's bring in michael pillsbury, senior fellow at hudson institute and author of book "the 100-yearir mono. -- marathon." michael, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. >> thanks. gerry: a lot of sound and tour -- fury around speaker pelosi's itinerary. did this visit achieve anything? >> well, it achieved a lot, but a lot depends on what nancy pelosi does when she gets home to washington. she refused to join a series of republican initiatives including a task force to deal with china. she's kind of cold shoulderedded any cooperation across a broad range of issues. so if she changes that approach when she gets back, then trip will have had a huge impact probably on her. as you know, she was quite the china hawk back in the '90s, demonstrating in beijing on behalf of tiananmen students who were killed, doing a whole series of things to hurt china badly. she then shifted over to a more moderate view, and if she shifts back now to how she was in the 1990s, that will be just a tectonic plate shifting because of the power of the speaker of the house to, essentially, control all the d

durand, i am senior fellow and the director of the peace and security in the middle east at the hudson institute. we are having an event on the state of play between the united states one month after a visit.

he is michael pillsbury, director of the chinese strategy at the hudson institute. michael , how do we get here? well, the chinese are suspicious of us , brian ,na and they think that the oneco china policy is going toof be modified to get a number of reasons for that. the one china policy was supposed to sort of prevent any u.s. defense of taiwan. we couldn't store ammunition there. we couldn't have any armed forces of cn't o our own there. wela couldn't do war planning.we they couldn't do joint military exercises. as part of the one china d policy, we shut downow our defense command on taiwan. all this is 40, 50 years ago. it's starting to shift now. the congressss is very angry tht taiwan is kind of a sitting duck. there's no real d deterrence power and so basic military common sense tells a lot of people in congress we can't have this one china policy be so inflexible. we've got to mount a defense ofi taiwan because of china'sve threats over the last two or three years. that's the crux of the matter.la nancy pelosi has not declared herself on . if she goes and t

then richard white, director of the center of the hudson institute will discuss the first anniversary of the taliban takeover of afghanistan. today's republican primary between liz cheney. watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern or our free mobile video app, during the discussion with your phone calls, text messages and tweets. next, formal alaska governor, sarah palin. she will look to fill alaska's vacant congressional seat to a special election tonight.