attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late he's part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests as the people of egypt have shown such courage in the face of such u.s. backed terror that has occurred in egypt for the past thirty years to the people of egypt want mohamed el baradei i think that's doubtful a best this is a storm very much of the americans own making and i think the people will remember that the bullets fired at them were made in the united states that president obama has close ties with all these companies raytheon boeing these are the companies that have the ear of president obama and those jets flying over cairo alexandria su is in other cities there are american so if this is a sudden switch by the americans to suddenly think well maybe we can put more of their baradei in i think it may be too late. of the movies that i thought now to. henry a mad cow want this uprising have too many comparison thousand with so-called color revolutions that we saw in post soviet states do you think that there is a foreign

attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late is part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests i think of the leader board two different lines of the people of egypt which are of such courage with face of such us backed terror that is occurred in egypt for the first thirty years i'm not sure i really stands much of a chance senior analysts to say but what you say that the former u.n. nuclear watchdog with something of an ideal candidate is seen by the u.s. for example he's tough on iran and he took a hard line with george w. bush she that makes him a very attractive prospect for the current u.s. administration. very much so i don't know who the obama administration is trying to kid they supported mubarak in the first days after the wiki leaks jasmine revolution and the self-immolation of course and the obama administration closely allied with mubarak through the pedestrian brothers closely allied with the democratic party and now the american slowly turning to someone else so they think that they can presumably buy off i'

attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late he is part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests as the people of egypt are shown such courage in the face of such u.s. backed terror that is occurred in egypt for the past thirty years to the people of egypt one. i think that doubtful at best this is a storm very much of the americans own making and i think the people will remember that the bullets fired at them are made in the united states and those jets flying over cairo alexandria so is another cities there are american so if this is a sudden switch by the americans to suddenly think well maybe we can baradei and i think it may be too late. aside from the interest of alpha here squarely on sunday and monday night the streets remain quiet there are still neighborhood watch the keeping gone of a couple jeans and a hose and there's still reports coming through of armed vigilante groups so the enormousness the chaos the uncertainty remains here on the streets of cairo three million frustrated ukrainians living in the capital

self-righteous and arrogant as being put forward as some kind of leader he is a member of the international crisis group since george soros and george soros is known for pretty well the instigating or the color revolution and no question my mind that this is another color revolution and that the people of egypt while their grievances are justified their grievances are being exploited in order for the global is to ratchet up their control of the job the curfew went into effect but like we saw yesterday and in previous days the something does not make any difference to protesters out on the streets and they've been arriving by the thousands to hear the square in downtown cairo now they are calling for a general strike they're also calling for a million man march to begin tomorrow tuesday and if they get the figures that they're anticipating they will get the numbers that will turn up will be more than what we saw last friday on the streets of cairo during that day of rage now some analysts fear that this could lead to violence and that the protests could escalate from tomorrow having said that though the

so i resigned and was lucky enough to years later i joined the international crisis group, a conflict resolution in gl, and i've been a lot more happy in my work now. >> hugh pope is the author of "dining with al-qaeda." thank you, sir.

just briefly, as richard was saying, i would start off by just introducing the international crisis groupo all of you for some of you who don't know it. we are generally recognized as an independent, nonpartisan organization that services or provides analysis to governments and international governmental bodies like the united nations, the european union and the world bank, and we work quite closely with a number of organizations like the cics here in washington. and we're founded about 15 years ago this 1995 -- in 1995 as an independent, nongovernmental organization on an initiative by a number of transatlantic figures who despaired over the inteational community's failure backn th 1990s on tragedies such as somalia, an and bosnia and even at that time sudan as well. and we are quite well known for the reports that we publish. it wavers between 80 and 90 reports that we do, and i even in the sudan program, the sudan team if they were given a lot of leeway, they could write 80 reports in the space of three months in sudan because of the nature of the situation there. we also produce what

luckily enough two years later i joined the international crisis group. i am feeling much more happy with my work now. >> hugh pope is the author of "dining with al-qaeda: three decades exploring the many worlds of the middle east." take you, sir. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. here is our prime time lineup. alan taylor with a history of the war of 1812 and his book.

just briefly, as richard was saying, i would start off by just introducing the international crisis group to all of you for some of you who don't know it. we are generally recognized as an independent, nonpartisan organization that services or provides analysis to governments and international governmental bodies like the united nations, the european union and the world bank, and we work quite closely with a number of organizations like the cics here in washington. and we're founded about 15 years ago this 1995 -- in 1995 as an independent, nongovernmental organization on an initiative by a number of transatlantic figures who despaired over the international community's failure back in the 1990s on tragies such as somalia, rwanda and bosnia and even at that time sudan as well. and we are quite well known for the reports that we publish. it wavers between 80 and 90 reports that we do, and i even in the sudan program, the sudan team if they we given a lot of leeway, they could write 80 reports in the space of three months in sudan because of the nature of the situation there. we also produc

just briefly, as richard was saying, i would start off by just introducing the international crisis group to all of you for some of you who don't know it. we are generally recognized as an independent, nonpartisan organization that services or provides analysis to governments and international governmental bodies like the united nations, the european union and the world bank, and we work quite closely with a number of organizations like the cics here in washington. and we're founded about 15 years ago this 1995 -- in 1995 as an independent, nongovernmental organization on an initiative by a number of transatlantic figures who despaired over the international community's failure back in the 1990s on tragedies such as somalia, rwanda and bosnia and even at that time sudan as well. and we are quite well known for the reports that we publish. it wavers between 80 and 90 reports that we do, and i even in the sudan program, the sudan team if they were given a lot of leeway, they could write 80 reports in the space of three months in sudan because of the nature of the situation there. we also pr

just briefly, as richard was saying, i would start off by just introducing the international crisis group to all of you for some of you who don't know it. we are generally recognized as an independent, nonpartisan organization that services or provides analysis to governments and international governmental bodies like the united nations, the european union and the world bank, and we work quite closely with a number of organizations like the cics here in washington. and we're founded about 15 years ago this 1995 -- in 1995 as an independent, nongovernmental organization on an initiative by a number of transatlantic figures who despaired over the international community's failure back in the 1990s on tragedies such as somalia, rwanda and bosnia and even at that time sudan as well. and we are quite well known for the reports that we publish. it wavers between 80 and 90 reports that we do, and i even in the sudan program, the sudan team if they were given a lot of leeway, they could write 80 reports in the space of three months in sudan because of the nature of the situation there. we also pr

i resigned and were lucky enough to years later i joined international crisis group, conflict resolutionngo. and i'm feeling a lot more happy with my work now. >> hugh pope is the author of "dining with al-qaeda: three decades exploring the many worlds of the middle east." on twitter.ir. follow us for a regular update on a programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> next train to recounts the life of homer lea, an american geopolitics, who traveled to china to participate in the boxer rebellion and became an adviser to sun yat-sen during the 19apn discusses his book as part of the annual association of the u.s. army meeting at the washington conventi >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for being here. i would like to my book you angela a lot more about do right now if you don't know about them already if you enjoy reading biographies, a people who helped shape world events, i guarantee you'll enjoy reading about the exploits of homer lea and american soldier of fortune. he earned an international reputation as a man of ministry. is a sol

we're joined by two experienced analysts from the international crisis group. the organization has thoughtful analysis and well-researched reports that we find useful here on the africa program. on my left, we have the new africa program director. she oversees four different projects in africa covering central, southern, west, and the horn of africa. there 20 countries in all within these regions. she was previously director of the south africa office and deputy director of the africa program of the international center for transitional government -- transitional just this transitional justice. we also have a special adviser who also takes part in the management of the working relations sudan for sudan a and the a.u. he is literally -- has literally just touched down from sudan this morning. he can give us the up to the minute perspective on what is going on now. no pressure there. i am going to hand it over to comfort the will give us an overview of the situation. for passing and over. we will then have plenty of time for questions and comments from all of you

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groups following last month's presidential elections. 600 people were jailed in december. opposition parties and international observers say that it was great. finance ministers is what i am trying to say. >> the european debt crisis continues to drag on. we will be talking about this for a while. seriously, the euro zone finance ministers are starting to move towards some sort of agreement or compromise on the rescue fund. they want to be well prepared if the crisis weidman's. they are prepared to restore market confidence. what the juggling act considering the views of the nations involved. member states have agreed on introducing stricter rules for lenders. >> banks will have to face tougher stress tests while underlying capital and liquidity after two large irish banks suffered a liquidity crunch and facilitated the irish bailout. >> we must learn our lesson for the next set of stress tests. >> euro zone finance ministers must have been relieved to have something to talk about other than the financial rescue fund. they are looking to move away from purely reactive responses to a proactive strategy for more stability, a lower budget deficits, and better coordination of economic policy. >> i hope that the curren

groups following last month's presidential elections. 600 people were jailed in december. opposition parties and international observers say that it was great. finance ministers is what i am trying to say. >> the european debt crisis continues to drag on. we will be talking about this for a while. seriously, the euro zone finance ministers are starting to move towards some sort of agreement or compromise on the rescue fund. they want to be well prepared if the crisis weidman's. they are prepared to restore market confidence. what the juggling act considering the views of the nations involved. member states have agreed on introducing stricter rules for lenders. >> banks will have to face tougher stress tests while underlying capital and liquidity after two large irish banks suffered a liquidity crunch and facilitated the irish bailout. >> we must learn our lesson for the next set of stress tests. >> euro zone finance ministers must have been relieved to have something to talk about other than the financial rescue fund. they are looking to move away from purely reactive responses to a proactive strategy for more stability, a lower budget deficits, and better coordination of economic policy. >> i hope that the curren