main lesson to them for the future can contrast well no it had been you hear from the institute for security studies based in tunis thank you very much for your time. now to the central african republic last month the nation's government signed a new peace deal with rebel groups that agreement was hailed as the media step towards ending the conflict that has been raging in the country since two thousand and thirteen the conflict mainly muslim rebels against christian currently the government's control is limited to areas around the capital bangui while the number of different rebel groups in the north off the country this eight peace agreements that the government and various groups are signed says the violence erupted and now is just one quote on a rival to. the of hunan symbolized a renewed hope for peace in central african republic but february's deal is now in jeopardy five of the fourteen rebel groups who signed it are contesting the makeup of the new government they say they've not been properly represented the relentless cycle of violence began in twenty thirteen when mainly muslim rebels sei

joining me now is the how not then you hear from institute for security studies baze enchanters. people are continuing to protest now against a prosperous there's an election being postponed how likely is it that they will be successful with this one. well i think i'm reaching totally honest i think the chance to present projects to get you folks are very high ideas and the first project i mean the first claim was. was against the system and now the ok then of course it's an extension of the point john but not for any good because not running for the office i think the chances are very high and to be truly honest i think there. are enough for you to have. had no time then probably. the chance to the criticism. now talking about protest protest movements imagine all across africa what kind of a j s situation teach of african countries that you get change in governments to protest. of course. it's own specific piece recently to take you through the recent history of the seven words you know. it's not for example you can teach relation etc of course with the securities and even what

the ruling elites the thoughts not sure who is the founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies is a specialist on algerian told us the president is supported by three main figures with the fleet has been in the same condition since april twenty third seen since the first stroke so after april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics while he was having the stroke you had the head of the intelligence head of the general mohammad million who basically ruled over the u.s. for twenty five years or through six presidents and twelve prime ministers he was sacked you know during with a flicker stroke and then many of his generals were also removed from their positions so there was an undermining of the structuring of the security services to a certain degree now the with a flicker and in his you know weakest weakest states.

corruption among the ruling elite well omar sure is the founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies he says there's no clear strategy to fill a potential power vacuum in algeria this is really the key issue here who is going to capitalize on this with the fleet has been in the same condition since april twenty third seen since the first stroke so off that april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics so far the democratic opposition in the lot i don't see a strategy for them there's no centralization there's no clear leadership all what they're doing is me more or less demanding demanding the army to stand by them demanding the head of the army to to stand by the but no clear strategy on how to capitalize on this and here is what is the main weakness of this of this movement of the movement. you have al jazeera live from london war still ahead as french air live as protests continue for a sixteenth weekend prisoners in france are also aiming to get their voices heard. a hard slog look at why it's taking so long to clean up one of the world's mos

corruption among the ruling elite on our shores the founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies and a specialist on algeria he told us the president is supported by three main figures . with a has been in the same condition since april twenty third since the first stroke so and after april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics while he was having the stroke you had the head of the intelligence head of the d.r.s. general mohammad midian who basically ruled over the past for twenty five years or through six presidents and twelve prime ministers he was sacked during beautifully kustok and then many of his generals were also removed from their positions so there was an undermining at the structuring of the security services to a certain degree now the beautifully and in his you know weakest weakest stages supported by many three figures the chief of the chief of staff meeting to the head of the army deputy defense minister head of the intelligence which he appointed over three intelligence agencies and the and his brother basically was the bus

of more in the set speech omar sure founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies he joins us live from doha thanks for speaking to us protests in algeria are not new but how unprecedented is it to see a mobilization on this scale it's unprecedented since probably the late eighty's since october one nine hundred eighty eight which was started the transition between eighty eight and ninety two and the collapse afterwards after the coup of general one thousand nine hundred two so it is very very surprising the remember on the fourth. twenty fourteen there were tens to hundreds of protesters so we're not seeing now hundreds of thousands of protesters and the concentration was just in old years and maybe one or two towns but that was it saw in terms of intensity scale geographical location. numbers we're talking about a very very different level and it's very surprising the judea has been through a lot throughout the ninety's the civil war period started with the civil resistance campaign and therefore many remember these times in the want to repeated

liberated institute, and in accordance with which, there are members of the security council and there are some other non-prominent members of security council. -- fromer, for my life my institute i studywhere the core of power lies is legal norms of international community. it was important for everybody to abide with the provisions of all international, legal abiding conventions. agreed, it is conspiracy between him and me. i won't blame anybody, i just that, today, say we see many leaders of the world ,ried to use not legal system not international recognized so-calleds, but borders based on rules. what does it mean? i don't understand what does it mean and i see some attempts to undercut the system created after the second world war. i would like to say that we are ready to discuss changes -- all challenges to our security, challenges to our international system in which we are leading, but it does not mean somebody has the right to undercut legal binding convention that we have created together. that's very important. ambassador, weu, have had a long, complicated, and twisted history to bring us to where we are in syria and afghanistan. in keeping with our conspiracy, rather than

this developing story we're joined by omar to shore found and director of the security studies program at the institute for graduate studies always good to have you with us on al-jazeera the biggest protests that as you were saying earlier we have seen in decades in algeria how much do you think that the powers that be that have both a fluke and power that decided that he should run for a fifth term miscalculated the step i think there was a major miscalculation nobody expected this neither the experts nor the parents of the politicians in algeria or the audience to go why didn't they expect this and why did they think that the people would settle for not just an eighty two year old being an eighty two year old and such ill health that he hasn't been seen. since april twenty fifth exactly why don't they thank the people for this because twentieth for two reasons one twenty fourteen when he had his fourth term mobilization there was lots of calls for mobilization and you end up with somewhere between tens and hundreds of there was not enough mobilization and they were easy the. marginalized because of the n

the ruling elites the thoughts not sure who is the founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies is a specialist on the jury and told us the president is supported by three main figures with the fleet has been in the same condition since april twenty third since the first stroke so and after april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics while he was having the stroke you had the head of the intelligence head of the general mohammad midian who basically ruled over the last four twenty five years or through six presidents and twelve prime ministers he was sacked during beautifully kustok and then many of his generals were also removed from their positions so there was an undermining at the structuring of the security services to a certain degree now the and in his you know weakest weakest stages supported by mainly three figures the chief of the chief of staff meeting to the head of the army deputy defense minister head of the intelligence which he appointed over three intelligence agencies and the and his brother basically was the businessman

who is now a visiting scholar at the institute for korean studies at george washington university also in washington we have michael maloof he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of secretary of defense and in new york we crossed and lee she is the author of several books including the award winning book what the u.s. can learn from china and will china's economy collapse all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to michael maloof first in washington the future dean of trump's studies at some prestige this university and the future here michael i don't think any of us are really surprised that it ended up in failure and one of the things the optics of it all and listening to the president president trump during this trip he really kind of pushed you know prosperity a future of. north korea integrated being rich and reaching the living standards of its southern neighbor or even vietnam that was touted but the north koreans more than anything else want security and that was one of the huge disconnects watching this failed summit go ahead michael. yeah i think t

who is now a visiting scholar at the institute for korean studies at george washington university also in washington we have michael maloof he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of secretary of defense and in new york recrossed and lee she is the author of several books including the award winning book what the u.s. can learn from china and will china's economy collapse all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to michael maloof first in washington the future dean of trump's studies at some prestige this university and the future here michael i don't think any of us are really surprised that it ended up in failure and one of the things the optics of it all and listening to the president president trump during this trip he really kind of pushed you know prosperity a future of. north korea integrated being rich in and reaching the living standards of its southern neighbor or even vietnam that was touted but the north koreans more than anything else want security and that was one of the huge disconnects watching this failed summit go ahead michael. yeah i think

punched sidorov is a director of the institute of security and international studies at chulalongkorn university and he joins says from bangkok. thank you very much for coming on the program good to have you here now for our viewers if you wanted to break this down and very simplistic terms could be describe these elections as those supporting the military and perhaps those against the military governments and supporting texan's parties. yes it could be interpreted. on those terms is a referendum on military government over the last five years but also a vote on the talks in saga over the last fifteen years at the same time you have to realize that this is a step along the way it's not a return to democracy as such it's a democratic exercise in order to regain a democratic path there's a long road ahead so we have to be mindful and sober about what's to come is not a genuine democracy is a democracy democratic transition and military custody thirteen so there are a lot of younger people now entering the fray people who probably weren't able to vote before in the previous elections many years ago does that change the whole nature of these elections an

for a same chiangmai t.t. . director of the institute our security and international studies that tonight on corn university he says there's a non road ahead until true democracy is returned to thailand. we have to realize that this is a step along the way it's not a return to democracy as such it's a democratic exercise in order to regain a democratic path there's a long road ahead so we have to be mindful and sober about what's to come is not a genuine democracy isn't democracy democratic transition and military custody i mean this election you know we see a lot of all faces veteran m.p.'s the constitution is stacked in favor of the military parties the military government and it looks like we're headed for a longer term military supervision of thai politics but at the same time we're also seeing a younger generation entering the fray this is we haven't had election no election for almost eight years now i think there are a lot of younger people who are under thirty nine under twenty five they have grown up over the last fifteen years seeing their country being polarized. you know with two military coups judicial

security council. i remember from my life in institute where i studied, where the core of power lies is legal norms of international community. >> it was important for everybody to abide with the provisions of all international abiding conventions. now,hat has happened again, as we agreed is there is and me.racy between him [laughter] >> i will not blame anybody. fewst would like to say a that, that today we see many leaders in the world try to the legal system, not internationally recognized conventions but so-called order based on rules. frankly, i don't understand, mean?oes it i don't understand, what does it mean? and what i see, i see some to undercut a system that was created after the second world war. i would like to say that we are discuss all challenges to our security, all challenges the international system in which we are living. but it does not mean that right tohas the norms,t legal binding conventions that we have created together. it's very important. >> so can i ask you, ambassador, complicatedlong, and twisted history to bring us are in syria and in afghanistan. ourn keeping with conspiracy, rather than looking therelooking forwar

security council. and i remember from my life in institute where i study, that the core of our life is legal norms of international community. it was important for everybody to abide with the provisions of all international legal abiding conventions. what has happened now. again, as we agreed, there is a conspiracy between him and me. i will not blame anybody i just would like to say a few words that today we see many leaders in the world tried to use not legal system, not international recognized conventions, but so-called order based on rules. frankly, i don't understand what does it mean. i don't understand what does it mean. and what i see, i see some attempts to undercut a system that was created after the second world war. i would like to say that we are ready to discuss all challenges to our security, all challenges to international system in which we are living, but it does not mean that somebody has a right to undercut a legal-binding norms and convention that we have created together. it's very important. >> can i ask you, ambassador, we've had a long, complicated and twisted history to bring us to where we are in syria and afghanistan

ambassador to russia, now the director of the institute for international studies at stanford, michael mcfaul. and the former chief securitythe washington post" saying it's time to secure the 2020 election. they put forth five actions necessary in order to protect the vote of the american people ahead of the next election. >> so, ambassador mcfaul, i take it that you agree with the director of national intelligence that the lights are in fact blinking red? >> they are. they have for a long time. we were attacked in 2016. we now know that and we should thank robert mueller and his team, by the way, for helping us to know more about that. the two indictments that he did provided an extreme amount of information. but unlike september 11th, we didn't have a bipartisan commission that looked into what happened and recommended what we should do in the future. i think that was a huge missed opportunity. so my colleagues and i are trying to fill in the gap as we move forward. what can we do prescriptively to make sure this doesn't happen again in 2020. >> congressman, can't republicans and democrats get together after they hear do

security importance to the state of israel and regional stability. let's talk about it with general jack keane, a retired u.s. army four star general chairman of the institute for the studytegic analyst. this declaration by the president, general keane, your reaction to it. >> it reflects the contours of change that have taken place in the middle east. clearly the status quo since 1967 of israel occupying that and not recognizing it as having sovereignty over it has been the status we've been in. so what has been the change? one word, iran. iran has taken control of central and western syria and for the last three years has been encroaching on the security of the israelis. so much so that they've conducted over 100 air strikes, jon, into central and western syria to push back on the iranian proxies, hezbollah. what are they trying to do? they're trying to establish missile bases in syria so they can fire them at jerusalem and tel aviv. so that is what is happening. the arabs, jon, will protest this to a certain degree like they did the change in the embassy to jerusalem. but they will not be a serious protest. it will go quiet. why? the arabs are working with the israeli

security council and there are some others. and i are remember from my life in institute where i studied that the core of our life is legal norms of international community. it was important for everybody to abide with the provisions of all international legal abiding conventions. but what has happened now? again, as we agreed, there is a conspiracy between him and me, i will not blame anybody. i would just like to say, if you would, that today, we see that many leaders in the world tried to use not legal system not international recognized conventions. but so-called offered based on rule -- order based on rules. i don't understand what does it mean we would like to discuss all challenges to the international system in which we're living. but it does not mean someone can under cut norms and can he thinks that we have created together, it's very important. >> we've had a lodge complicated and twisted history to bring us to where we are in syria. our chief of staff of armed forces of the russian federation. they met. they discussed an issue of syria. and it's very important. when i worked in min sister of defense. to conclude a special arrangement or agreement regarding our tra