politics to pakastani politics and husain haqqani. >> but i think that during the visit with president obama,

politics to pakastani politics and husain haqqani. >> but i think that during the visit with president obama, mr. sharif attempted to try to create a sort of a new basis for partnership, and the americans obliged, approved $1.3 billion, et cetera, but is the old pattern and in that old pattern things will not move smoothly, the americans think that just by giving aid they will get pakistan to change. that won't happen. and the pakastanis think they can continue to tap the american treasury without changing, and i don't see that happening either. so what we will see is fits and starts on certain things pakastani leaders will be cooperative and others they won't. >> rose: we conclude this evening with pavel khodorkovsky, the son of the former russian billionaire now in prison. >> my father sees himself as a person who went back to russia out of principle. he knew perfectly well that he would be arrested. he sees himself as a person who went to jail because of his convictions. whether in the long-term it is going to be perceived as one of the dissident, dissident stories is going to be up

husain haqqani to talk about his book that was just released, speak evil of magnificent illusions. delighted to be here with you today. you served as the ambassador from

husain haqqani and his latest book "magnificent delusions" pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding. and it's the boston university professor shares his insight of the relationship between the two allies who says viewing each other with mutual distrust and incomprehension. this program lasts about an hour. >> host: delighted to be here with mr. husain haqqani to talk about his book that was just released, "magnificent delusions" pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding. just delighted to be here with you today. >> guest: delighted to be with you. >> host: you serve as ambassador to the u.s., pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. from 2008 to 2011. you advised the late benazir bhutto and you are now professor at austin university and the director of the south and central asia hudson institute. you write extensively for "the new york times," "the wall street journal" and the national tribune to name a few of the publication so you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is strong of u.s. policy toward

pakistan, thunited states and an epic history of misunderstanding, husain haqqani, thank you. >> please being here, charlie. >> rose: back in a moment, stay with us. >> you -- >> ten years have passed since mikhail khodorkovsky the head of the defungts energy a giant was imprisoned for fraud andax evasion he was convicted for the second time in 2010 on new charges of embezzlement and money laundering, there is concern his arrestnd prosecution were politically motivated, "the new york times" recently called him the leading symbol of putin's callous indifference to the rule of law. joining me now is his son at that pa he emerged as his father's spokesperson and funded nonprofit called institute of modern russia which seeks to promote civil society in the country. i am pleased to have him here at this table. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: so manypeople who don't understand this case, and let's tell it as succinctly as possible, your father was famous as a leading businessman in russia, had billions of dollars, a huge company, had been one of the most successful old --s, whil

. >> rose: husain haqqani is here, the former pakastani ambassador to the united states, tensions are high today between pakistan and urban, is after a drone attack killed a taliban leader, the strike came on the eve of peace talks between the pakastani government and the pakastani taliban, pakistan's interior my minister says the attack murdered the hope and progress for peace in the region. on monday, a ruling pakastani party voted to block nato supply lines november 20th if u.s. drones persist, pakistan prime minister sharif met with president obama in washington last month to talk about operation between the two an advisor to sharif and with a new book, "magnificent delusions", i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> pleasure being here, charlie. >> rose: there is so much to talk about. let's begin by talking about this drone attack in yemen. how significant was this killing? >> well, massoud was the leader of the pakastani taliban, his group was put on america's high value target list at pakistan's explicit request. >> rose: right. >> he was responsible for killi

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> host: delighted to be here with husain haqqani read his book just released "magnificent delusions" pakistan, the united states, and an epic history of misunderstanding". delighted to be here with you today. use served as the ambassador as the embassador to pakistan 2008 through 2011 you advised benazir bhutto dow professor at boston university of the director and thuds tin is to he writes extensively for the "wall street journal" and "the new york times" today matthew. you obviously have a very in side few of this relationship and i think just the title is a strong indictment of u.s. policy. and is in your words you save u.s. pakistan relationship the tale of the exaggerated expectations with disastrous this understanding. i want to delve into what you mean later in the interview but first a simple question, what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: it has been in my mind many years i was the college students during the fall of pakistan but when his love of god burned down the u.s. embassy in and people wanted to burn down the u.s. consu

. >> host: i am delighted to be with husain haqqani today. his book is "magnificent delusions: pakistan, the united states, and an epic history of misunderstanding." he served as ambassador to pakistan from 2000 wait until 2011. we advise the late prime minister at boston university and you write extensively for "the new york times" and wall street journal just to name a few. and you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is a strong indictment towards the u.s. and pakistan. you say that the relationship, entail of exaggerated expectations and broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings, i would like to delve into what you mean by that little later in the interview. at first i'm asking you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: this book has been on my mind for so many years. i was a college student in 1979. several of my colleagues, as in students, burned it down the u.s. embassy and people also wanted to go down to the u.s. consulate in berlin that done as well. al

husain haqqani to talk about his book that was just released, speak evil of magnificent illusions. delighted to be here with you today. you served as the ambassador from 20,822,011. you advised of the late prime minister benazir bhutto. you're now professor at boston university and the director of the south and central asia institute. you write ostensibly for "the new york times," "the wall street journal," the international tribune to name a few of the publications. so you obviously have an inside view of this relationship. and i think just the title is a strong indictment of u.s. policy towards pakistan. and in your words if i may quote, you said the u.s. pakistan relationship, a tale of exaggerated expectation, broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings. i want to delve into what you mean by that a little later in the interview but first i want to ask you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> as this book has been on my mind for many years i went to college in 1979 when several of my colleagues -- i was in karachi in the south of pakistan but my coll

eastern, "after words" with husain haqqani, author of "pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding." visit booktv.org for this weekend's television schedule. >> you're watching booktv. next, david kilcullen argues that wars over the next decades will largely be fought in underdeveloped areas of the middle east, africa, latin america and asia. this is about an hour. of. [applause] >> so it's wonderful to be back. and, you know, i wrote this book, right? so i thought i would give you a little bit of some of the major ideas that are in the book until, essentially, i get tired of talking about it and i see your eyes starting to glaze over, and then we might go to q&a. i'm in the fifth week of going around giving, basically, the same talk about the book. so i'm pretty tired of it. [laughter] what i thought i'd do is just kind of move past that and try to have a bit more of a conversation. i think this is a very engaged group, and previously when i've spoken at the marines memorial club, we've talked about the bigger geopolitical and sort of picture. so, to me, that's

, but while we have had high-profile failures, it is a small part of the overall loan e u.s., husain haqqani, on pakistani-u.s. relations. >> "washington journal" continues. host: michael brune of the sierra club joins us. that began with the obama administration's record so far. how would you grade it? guest: pretty good, but incomplete. certainly, what the administration has done on health standards has been important in performing the -- improving the informants of our utilities and protecting our air improving the of our utilities and protecting our air and water. we also have to recognize the president's leadership in supporting efficiency standards for automobiles that will simultaneously save significant amounts of oil over the next couple of decades, and also reduce renounce gash -- gas emissions. the standards will raise fuel economy to 55.4 miles per gallon. by itself, that will cut greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. by 10%. those are things we are excited about. is piece that is undecided whether or not the administration will adopt a supply-side strategy to their climate land.

ambassador to -- pakistani ambassador to the u.s., husain haqqani, on pakistani-u.s.ations. >> "washington journal" continues. host: michael brune of the sierra club joins us. that began with the obama administration's record so far. how would you grade it? guest: pretty good, but incomplete. certainly, what the administration has done on health standards has been important in performing the -- improving the informants of our utilities and protecting our air improving the of our utilities and protecting our air and water. we also have to recognize the president's leadership in supporting efficiency standards for automobiles that will simultaneously save significant amounts of oil over the next couple of decades, and also reduce renounce gash -- gas emissions. the standards will raise fuel economy to 55.4 miles per gallon. by itself, that will cut greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. by 10%. those are things we are excited about. is piece that is undecided whether or not the administration will adopt a supply-side strategy to their climate land. -- plan. right now you

at 10, husain haqqani joins booktv on "after words." he's interviewed by lisa curtis. he talks about his book, "mag think sent delusions: pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding." and we wrap up tonight's prime time programming at 11 p.m. eastern with malcolm gladwell. he talk abouts his book, "david and goliath." visit booktv.org for more of this weekend's television schedule. >> next on booktv, encourse book notes -- encore book notes. informant is the account of the justice department and fbi's collaboration with a high-level informant. archer daniels midland was accused of stealing money from its customers. in this interview from 2000, author kurt eichenwald reveals how this scandal was complicated when the government learned its source was involved in his own illegal activity. this is the second part in a two-part series. you can watch the first part online at booktv.org. ..