much whether it is right and it forces whatever pull out that was saw as judges from the london school of economics. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world in the us x ray of stays on sunday, blinking has arrived in jordan for talks on serious future. lincoln was do some, it meets jordan's king of dhl or in the red sea result town of alca before traveling on to, to a key later on thursday, lincoln has cold on the serious new latest protect minorities and to renounce terrorism palestinian health officials say more than 2 dozen people have been killed in the laces round of his radio strikes, and garza medics say one of the buildings hit was sheltering. a launch, a number of displaced people on eunice. the funeral was held. 7 palestinians, reports of the killed world guarding a trunks. next us president j, my and he has announced that he's pardoning fussy, 9 people, and commuting the sentences of some 1500. that was, it is the largest single, the acts of clemency. in most of us, history becomes a week off. the volume is controversial decision to pod and his son hunter, desp

so as gaga says, press the middle east and politics and international relations at the london school of economics. welcome to the w. is riley troops saying they've entered this buffer zone between israel and syria because of security concerns. could you talk us through what they're worried about, what they're trying to do? uh uh, they grabbed the new tab tories outside of the golan heights. uh, or these route for your own viewers or the occupies the golan to say in golan heights, and according to the united nations and most nations, it's illegal occupation. so what israel has done in the past few days, given the vacuum and say, uh, basically it has expanded its occupation of the golan heights full really strictly just as and the by his own. and this buffer zone is protected by the united nation at troops. and according as you set, according to the united nations, according to many nations building farms and germany is a legal is valid really basically acting your laterally to grab more land point. wow. going to israel has carried out the largest ad campaign again, sir. yeah. and it's history in t

crimes against humanity and will crimes against the so young people tell us judges from the london school of economics. thank you so much for your analysis. we really appreciate it. now since the full of the side regime israel has been carrying out hundreds of strikes on targets inside syria footage, verified by the reuters news agency shows an explosion early on monday. and the coastal region of talk to is the 3rd and observe of free for human rights as these rating military attacks at defenses and missile storage sites. the, the region is also home to russia's only naval base in the mediterranean. uninstalled, the 11 on thousands of people were displaced by israel's attacks during its will with hezbollah. many have now begun returning home following the ceasefire. that was reached between israel at 11 on at the end of november. those who have returned on now confronted with massive destruction and a long reconstruction process ahead. this next report comes from all correspondence in the southern 11 east city of tire, of the this used to be not do you know, i mean the living room where she and her fa

garrick is professor of middle eastern on political and international relations at the london school of economics. we appreciate all of your insights. thank you. to a series prime minister mohammed ali has said he's ready to cooperate in a peaceful transfer of power with any new leadership chosen by the syrian people is also called for free elections. let's listen to his statement would be on the bill that you spoke to. you and you want to know that this country can be a normal one in the country to build good relations with its neighbors and with the world without entering into any regional alliances or blocks have been fighting. but we lead this matter to any new leadership that will be chosen by the syrian people, get to the yes power shop shortly. i'm are ready to cooperate with the new leadership and facilitate what they need level so that various government files can be transferred smoothly and systematically in a way the preserves the states facilities ship instead as we ship lindman energy, the maya from my office. and we can now speak to a journalist or someone mohamad who joins us from

fawaz gerges is professor of international relations at the london school of economics and politicalme syria must begin a healing process to avoid divisions. the dust has not settled on the battlefield yet. it is too early. syria will go two ways or rather, three ways. one way is for the new syria to descend into all—out social, political and ethnic divisions and our people, the nightmare scenario, another way is to begin the healing process. the healing process because syria, as you suggested, has been ruled by the assad regime since 1971, they were a repressive and brutal dynasty. forthe they were a repressive and brutal dynasty. for the past 13 years, more than 300,000 syrians have been killed, 500,000 injured, 6 million refugees, deep scars, the dynasty has left deep scars. so even though it is a moment of hope and joy for the syrians, the third scenario that i see for syria is actually a gradual process, kind of a distinctive cocktail of islamic, nationalist, kind of a conditional government, which does not approximate any kind of model in the region because the opposition, you

she is the director of syria conflict research programme at the london school of economics. r of the women's advisory board to the un special envoy to syria. thank you forjoining us. i may thank you for “oining us. i may think keeping — thank you forjoining us. i may think keeping in _ thank you forjoining us. i may think keeping in touch - thank you forjoining us. i may think keeping in touch with - think keeping in touch with family is back into rear including your sister, what are they telling you about what's happening?— they telling you about what's haueninu? j happening? while they're happy that the regime _ happening? while they're happy that the regime is _ happening? while they're happy that the regime is gone - that the regime is gone forever, we hope, a very anxious and they've just sent me pictures that has been aerial shelling but there was an aerial attack. she showed me the pictures of the smoke coming out of the sides of the bombing, there has been looting, my sister has been looted, and know for certain that european embassy has been looted as well but they d

let's speak to dr rim turkmani — director of syria conflict research programme at the london school of economicsor syria. what is your feeling in terms of where this is going, whether it is going to be a peaceful transition of orderly power, or whether syria will descend into a libya—style situation with with a civil war going on for years? i with a civil war going on for ears? ~ years? i think while we celebrate _ years? i think while we celebrate to _ years? i think while we celebrate to see - years? i think while we celebrate to see the i years? i think while we l celebrate to see the back years? i think while we - celebrate to see the back of assad with not much bloodshed, we have reasons to be concerned. there is a possibility of bloodshed that doesn't seem very likely. this is notjust credit to the armed groups, but the civil society and those people who stepped in, forming civic peace initiative, there was a good spirit and no one wants to fight any more. this is one reason why the regime collapsed so quickly. nobody wanted to fight on its behalf. but we have to worry about what type of g

fawaz gerges is professor of international relations at london school of economics and has been monitoring or the opposition, are trying to lay siege to damascus. they're coming from multiple angles, from the golan heights, from central syria. there are reports that the rebels, or the opposition, are fighting fierce battles in homs. syria seems to be descending into chaos and violence. many communities — religious and ethnic communities — are taking arms into their own hands. many syrian army units are folding. we have very credible reports that 2000 syrian army units basically have crossed into iraq and asked for asylum or protection. the reality is, i mean, most of our news is coming from the opposition. the question for me is really, where is assad? missing in action? where is the leadership? you hardly hear anything from the top leadership of syria. i speak to many syrians and they are basically lost. they say, look, we don't know what's happening. they're terrified. they're anxious. the reality is, on the opposition side, you have abu mohammad al—julani. he's the chief of the hayat ta

shape i've been speaking with the director of the syria conflict research programme at the london school of economic bbc news. before we delve deeper into that question of the transition into that question of the transition in syria. i like to begin by talking about how people in the country are currently faring. can you give us an idea when it comes to the humanitarian needs, infrastructure and so on? how are people doing? i think the daily lives of ordinary syrians are very significantly depending on the region. in many of the areas that were previously under regime control there is a sense of relief that the syrian regime is gone. howeverthe relief that the syrian regime is gone. however the coastal areas and part of the countryside, few process about what the future might hold and retribution for that in the northeast, which is tension, fears about potential clashes with turkey backed forces. despite the regional differences the one common thread that unites most syrians is really the daily struggle to survive. if you lookjust before the fall of the assad regime already we had about 70 million p

she is a syria research director at the london school of economics. d regime and gave me her thoughts on the unfolding situation. because of your position, you have not been able to return to syria. were we to see the assad regime fall, would you then be able to return? do you have hope of that now, watching what we are seeing unfolding? absolutely, for the first time, i hope i will be able to make it back to my country after ten years — no, 1a years. last time i was in syria was in 2010, shortly after the uprising started. snd i openly declared my opposition on the side of the syrian people, and since then i was not allowed in the country. i was put on one of those lists of people who are wanted for arrest. and now i feel like, yes, i can actually go back. i can take my kids back and show them their country. they grew up out of syria. i have talked to them about it but they don't know it. and i'm just still in disbelief that this is happening, and they're going to know what syria is and they're going to relate to it. and i'm going to go and visit my m

let's speak to fawaz gerges, international relations professor at the london school of economics... eaction to what is happening in syria in particular the end the assad family rule of more than 50 years. it family rule of more than 50 ears. , . ., ., ~ family rule of more than 50 ears. , . . ., ~ ., years. it is an earthquake, a historical— years. it is an earthquake, a historical milestone - years. it is an earthquake, a historical milestone for - years. it is an earthquake, a historical milestone for the l historical milestone for the syrian people and particular. remains me of the iranian revolution in 1979, the end of one of the most brutal regimes in the middle east. the assad family has been ruling syria since 1971 and the former president has been in power from 2000 so that the other two as syrians are rejoicing and looking forward to the future. one scene for me captures the 0ne scene for me captures the essence of syria today, when the rebels on the opposition free the prisoners from the most brutal presence in syria, a particular woman prisoners who outshot and distraught

let's speak to fawaz gerges, professor of international relations at london school of economics.hearing that the rebel forces are getting closer to homs. how significant is this? it is very significant. that is the unthinkable a year ago could happen. if the rebels take homs, damascus, the capital would be an easier target because it seems to me that not only the rebels or the opposition are making stunning gains and advances in less than two weeks. they say an army has fallen. that the state capacity has been degraded. the writing on the wall, if the assad forces do not rebel the opposition from taking over homs, i think we could see the end of the assad regime in the next few weeks or the next few months. of course, we will have to wait and see what will happen in the homs because homs is the nerve centre of the assad government because really, homs leads to everyone. to damascus, literally everyone but the reality is that it seems to me that the opposition really has momentum, they have willpower and they are quite well—equipped. they have leadership, they are well said. while

surgeries, he's a professor of middle eastern politics and international relations at the london school of economics. so i was, it's so good to have you with us. i want to start by asking you the same question i asked our panel here in berlin. how were the rebels able to pull off such a speedy offensive uh, we had known on the side regime was very venerable. that the said bridging was the shadow of it's for myself. what we did not really realize is that this phase capacity has been degraded considerably in the past 3 years. uh, there is no state capacity a point. wow. and i can sanctions have really exacted a heavy toll on the state. it has popularized most syrians, including the followers that support. as i said, uh for your own viewers, the united nation estimate that 80 percent of the city and people require humidity and a. so really the state does not have capacity point. one point to that israel has been really hammering israel, non stop in the past for years. and in the particular in the past year, it has destroyed units at the wrong in assets. weapons. that's oh, it's has really undermine and

let's speak to fawaz a gerges, professor of international relations at london school of economics.joining us here on bbc news. what are you able to determine about how far rebels have actually advanced inside syria? well, it is really very — advanced inside syria? well, it is really very alarming - advanced inside syria? well, it is really very alarming what. advanced inside syria? well, it is really very alarming what is | is really very alarming what is happening. just to give your viewers a glimpse of what is happening on the ground, the rebels position are trying to lay siege to damascus. they're coming from multiple angles from the golan heights, from central syria. there are reports that the rebels already in position are fighting fierce battles in harms. syria seems to be descending into chaos —— fierce battles in harms back. we have very credible reports that 2000 syrian army units basically have crossed into iraq and asked for asylum or protection. the reality is most of our news is coming from the opposition. the question for me is where is assad? missing in action. where

with me is dr rim turkmani, a syrian academic at the london school of economics. us. talk us through what is going on in syria right now. we have this offensive, so who are the rebels?— offensive, so who are the rebels? . ~ ., rebels? going back to the re ort, rebels? going back to the report. you _ rebels? going back to the report, you described - rebels? going back to the i report, you described them rebels? going back to the - report, you described them as islamist groups, but these rebels are a coalition led by an islamist group but the bulk of it is actually ordinary syrian people, people who have come out of their cities and towns, and i have seen their brothers and sisters killed throughout i2 brothers and sisters killed throughout 12 years —— and they have seen. they were preparing for the cessation of hostilities and they have been preparing for the moment and the moment came with the weakening of iran, russia partly withdrawing from syria and they saw the opportunity to grab some of the cities, hoping to force assad to come to a serious settlement.- to f

of a prosperous american. mr. ferry holds economics degrees from harvard in the london school of economics. a former technology executive in the private sector, his work now focuses on the economics of trade, globalization, and tariffs. thank you for joining us today and i yield back. >> mrs. york, the floor is yours for the next 5 minutes. >> representative beyer and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to join you today. i want to begin by saying the goals of boosting u.s. competitiveness, increasing manufacturing productivity, and growing opportunities for american workers are worthy. in my area of expertise, tax policy, these goals are best achieved by reforms that enhance the simplicity and neutrality of the tax system, not by policy changes that introduce new distortions, no matter how well -intentioned. for our conversation, i want to focus on the u.s.'s recent attempt to use tariffs to achieve these goals, why they fell flat, and how better tax policy, particularly moving to a consumption tax base away from an income tax base, can foster greater investment, product

steven casey is professor of international history at london school of economics and political science. he's a professor of foreign policy and the author of several, including selling the korean war and when soldiers fall how americans have divided combat casualties world war one to the war on terror. marielle dusek is the asa griggs candler of law at emory university, a leading scholar of legal history in the united states in the world is the author of wartime an idea its history and its consequences and her next going to war an american history is under contract with oxford university and is very eagerly anticipated by some of us in this room. so as a saw, as a historian, i'll for myself as a historian, i like to start at beginning. and if we start at the beginning, maybe we could talk and today with a little bit of discussion, the beginning of the korean war, it's partly, i think for many americans, it's an episode of the cold war. but it's also war of decolonization. it's a war of nationalism. it is a war with so many individual threads, each of which become magnified and intensifi

of assad's regime could spark a conflict involving regional countries and turkey that will be beyond american control well, joining us now live from london is fawaz gerges, a professor at the london school of economics and the author of what really went wrong. the west and the failure of democracy in the middle east thank you so much for talking with us so what concerns or hopes do you have about syria's future now that bashar al-assad's regime has fallen and the rebel forces are in control? and what needs to happen next i mean this is a moment of hope for the syrian people. >> syrians are rejoicing in their new freedom after five decades of a brutality and dictatorship by the assad family. so i, i think we should really appreciate the depth of the syrian people joy and the sense of finally, they can breathe. uh syria, i think, could go two ways. uh sadly and tragically. and i hope i am wrong. it could really descend into all out social political and ethnic conflict. uh, similar to what happened in yemen after the arab spring uprisings and similar to what happened in libya and other places. the other way. and i hope that syria will travel this way is to begin the process of healing to establish an i

well, joining us now live from london is fawaz farez is a professor at the london school of economics. a regular guest on this show, the author of what really went wrong the west and the failure of democracy in the middle east and just to caveat what we were about to talk about here. i mean, if anybody thinks that we are going to move from democracy, from dictatorship to democracy overnight in syria, well, they are sorely mistaken. but we should talk about what syria will look like going forward. firstly, the your assessment of what we are witnessing on the ground in syria today, far, was becky i think if i say a historical milestone does not really capture the significance of this particular moment, this particular moment reminds me of the iranian revolution in 1979. >> um assad was really as brutal as the shah of iran, who ruled iran between 1953 and 1979. the assad family has been in power from 1971 up to 2024. >> syria could go both two ways, becky. and you know syria very well. one way syria could go basically descends into all out social, political, tribal and religious upheaval

. >> so also with us economist at the london school of economics daniel chandler, he is the author of the book "free and equally: a manifesto for a just society." he wrote a new piece for "the new york times" entitled "the democrats are in trouble, this man can save them." so tell us about who can save the dems. th>> "the new york times" peopl do a good head line. the person who i believe can save the e democrats is a philosopher water than a politician. the person my article is inspired by is john rowles. not a household name but he completely revolutionized liberal thinking. my interest in rowles, this is not historical or intellectual hiit's political. i think what you get from rowles is k a hopeful and constructive vision of what -- you know, a more fair and just society would look like. you know, picking up on the conversation so far, i really agree with most of the -- you m know, all of the discussion so far, but, you know, most of it is -- the discussion is mostly diagnostic, there is a kind of analysis of how and why the democrats have ended up in the situation where they are,

rim turkmani, syria research director at the conflict and civicness research group at the london school of economicsfor being with us at this late hour. us officials have been briefing that semesters could fall. they have been saying that syria could be approaching the end of the assad dynasty. what do you make of what we're seeing? i5 make of what we're seeing? i3 falling as we are speaking. by the time you finished the report that you just played, things have changed on the ground already. the rebel forces have ta ken ground already. the rebel forces have taken the city of homs, a strategic location, and they are advancing within damascus. the presidential guards right now, as we are speaking, have been evacuated from around the presidential palace. there are tanks now going around the square which is a very strategic square in damascus leading to the presidential palace. it's happening right now. there is no more room for negotiation, sadly, because negotiations would have prevented potential casualties that may arise. the assad regime lost every opportunity, so even the comments of the special e

i have been speaking to a doctor at the london school of economics with a family in aleppo at the momentent. two days auo, aleppo at the moment. two days aao, the aleppo at the moment. two days ago. they were — aleppo at the moment. two days ago, they were worried _ aleppo at the moment. two days ago, they were worried about - ago, they were worried about what is going to happen, the ambiguity, the sudden change, how the regime let them down, and today they are worried about the bombardment because of fear. ~ ., ., , about the bombardment because offear. ~ ., ., , ., of fear. what do they and others. — of fear. what do they and others. if _ of fear. what do they and others, if you _ of fear. what do they and others, if you don't - of fear. what do they and others, if you don't mind | others, if you don't mind commenting, in general, think about this rebel group, the hds that has taken over aleppo and is moving south?— is moving south? third group that went _ is moving south? third group that went into _ is moving south? third group that went into aleppo - is moving south? third group tha