dean president of the middle east research institute live there from erbil thank you for your time let's turn now to other world news and japan says it's rescued dozens of north korean fishermen after a collision at sea a japanese patrol vessel collided with a north korean boat in the waters off the sea of japan it was in an area looking for ships illegally fishing in its waters japan's coast guard says it pushed more than 300 north korean boats back from the same waters in june and the tie in coast guard says a migrant boat has capsized killing at least 9 people it overturned near the island of lampedusa as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those onboard the coast guard says 22 people were saved it's believed up to 50 people could have been on the vessel and as such operation is now under way. to iraq now where the government is denying accusations its security forces have shot protesters during 6 days old violence demonstrations at least $104.00 people have been killed since the protests began there which is news agencies reporting 15 people were killed overnight will go to mankind in

joining us from the northern iraqi city of erbil is deloitte i'll dean president of the middle east research institute in london we have a man saw director of the iraq initiative at chatham house and joining us here in doha is a doing. middle east analyst and a contributor at open democracy welcome to you all. in erbil who can stop the violence in iraq. well the the violence will eventually have to stop but may not be immediately people are waiting for the government to really deliver on certain things and there are different political parties and forces that have got there are involved in entangled in this and they would wait to see what happens next this violence was not a product of. one day spontaneous spark that may cascade this has been happening growing because of the weakness in the government institutions because of the political dynamics and secure dynamics that have been changing inside the house of shia in the south as well as in baghdad itself there's a power rivalry in baghdad there are regional powers that are involved so basically this as it's getting worse and getting more complicated

joining us from the northern iraqi city of erbil is deloitte isle dean president of the middle east research institute in london we have a man saw director of the iraq initiative at chatham house and joining us here in doha is a dune konami middle east analyst and a contributor at open democracy welcome to you all. in erbil who can stop the violence in iraq. well the the violence will eventually have to stop but may not be immediately people are waiting for the government to really deliver on certain things and there are different political parties and forces that have got there are involved in entangled in this and they would wait to see what happens next this violence was not a product of. one day spontaneous spark that may cascade this has been happening growing because of the weakness in the government institutions because of the political dynamics and secure dynamics that have been changing inside the house of shia in the south as well as in baghdad itself there's a power rivalry in baghdad there are regional powers that are involved so basically this as it's getting worse and getting more compli

joining us from the northern iraqi city of erbil is the lawyer al dean president of the middle east research institute in london we have a man saw director of the iraq initiative at chatham house and joining us here in doha is a dune konami middle east analyst and a contributor at open democracy welcome to you all. in erbil who can stop the violence in iraq. well the the violence will eventually have to stop but may not be immediately people are waiting for the government to really deliver on certain things and there are different political parties and forces that have got there are involved in entangled in this and they would wait to see what happens next this violence was not a product of. one day spontaneous spark that may cascade this has been happening growing because of the weakness in the government institutions because of the political dynamics and secure dynamics that have been changing inside the house of shia in the south as well as in baghdad itself there's a power rivalry in baghdad there are regional powers that are involved so basically this as it's getting worse and getting more compli

yerevan saeed is a kurdish affairs analyst at the middle east research institute.what president trump was just saying? the kurdish people are very disappointed in this statement. this happened while turkey invaded the kurdish held territory in syria and displaced 400,000 people, killed and wounded hundreds of people, and there are reports of war crimes committed by turkish forces, and these come from just yesterday by these come from just yesterday by the us special envoy to syria. so it's really quite disappointing to hear this from president trump. what do you make of russia's presents? it looks fairly permanent now in the region. what does that say? they we re region. what does that say? they were able obviously to drive out the us forces from syria, even though president trump said they are going to keep a number of us forces to secure and protect, but that held that russia won the war in syria, it became some real factor on the ground. in the meantime, russians just entered into the kurdish towns, especially kobane, and russian forces will be protecting the bo

dean who is in erbil in northern iraq president of the middle east research institute pleasure to have you with us we're hearing that the speaker in the iraqi parliament is saying he's giving the government 10 days to come up with some sort of reforms i mean from everything we're learning in what enron was just saying this is not something that will get fixed that quickly is it. quite right everybody every politician now will follow a trend by distancing itself from the government close and deciding to at least. going to the side of the demonstrators basically this government is one of the good ones who had all the best one we've had for some time in terms of the team being a good team. collaborating together with the presidential the 3 presidents have been teaming up nicely they have been getting on with strategies visions and things to do to deliver on services and meet the expectations of the people but the iraqi system of governance is dysfunctional rule of law is poor the institutions are not solid and it's been this problem these chronic problems have been accumulating for a numb

. >> reporter: chop tye is the director of research at the washington institute for middle east policybase that endorsed him and in some ways trump wants to copy that model in u.s. politics but they are both strong men and want to make their nations strong. >> reporter: it is a relationship that dates back to at least 2012 when then prime minister erdogan attended the launch of trump towers istanbul and ivanka trump made sure to publicly thank him. since taking office, trump has hosted erdogan and met him in japan and they share son-in-laws who participate in governing decisions. in february trump sent his son-in-law jared kushner to turkey to discuss middle east strategy. in march erdogan admitted my son-in-law has a working bridge to kushner and dussed how his son-in-law and kushner text each other. last week the white house announced erdogan will visit the white house again next month. that was before the current backlash over trump's decision to pull troops out of syria. before trump imposed sanctions, and before turkey's assault on kurdish forces. now the strategy and mutual admir

institute as well. his research program focuses on the middle east, europe and trategic commission. and blaze was in a congressionally mandated project for u.s. institute of peace. how this is going to work, we are going to be having a conversation for the bulk of this session and then we are going to open it up to a q & a. so, please start thinking of your questions now. i know that on the program you all received there was presented very much a binary choice between people on this panel who are here to argue in favor of the policies that the united states is implementing on the syrian-turkish border and against. in the brief moments we have before the panel began, i think it's fair to say that nobody size this as a binary choice between either being in favor or eing against so we're going to get into a little of the gray area here today as well as talk about what the recommendations of these esteemed panelists believe going forward. so if i could just maybe go down the line and start with just getting your general thoughts about what you think of the u.s. withdrawal from northeaste

glaser, director of foreign policy studies at the cato institute, his research include grand strategy, u.s. foreign u.s. foreign policy in the middle eastrise of china and the role of status and prestige motivation and international politics but he is been a guest on the variety of television radio programs and is the co-author with [inaudible] of fuel to the fire how trump made america's broken foreign policy even worse and how we can recover. mr. glaser, thank you for being here today. we we look forward to learning from your policy. i now like to ask the witnesses to please rise to be sworn in and include the interpreter. raise your right hand. do you swear and affirm that has money to about to get is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you got? let the record - thank you. let the record reflect that the witnesses have all answered in the affirmative. microphones are sensitive so make sure he please pull them up so you can be heard. without objection your written statement will be made part of the record and with that you are now organized for your oral presentation of your testimony. [speaking in foreign la

research lab, very interesting project that looks at the digital dimensions of international relations. and many immediate right is a party director of the middle east program at the turkish program at the middle east institute and adjunct professor at gw. so we just decided to start with all three of our speakers giving their topline analysis of whether u.s. turkish relations, what is the current state of play, is a different than the past and where do they see it heading. they will each speak for two to three minutes on the broad opening question and i think will start. >> thank you all. thank you again for having me. i know what is probably on everyone's mind is a current crisis and how our own government is going to do with this one i can't say i'm coming from the legislative branch and for many years the legislative branch has been pushing for some creative thinking, new thinking on u.s. turkey relations. obviously there is a number of different perspectives in congress both in the house and on the senate but a lot of what you are seeing is driven by a sense of frustration among senators and congressmen who feel for many years we have been turning a blind eye to what they refer to as turkish bad behavio

research fellow at the washington institute and cordaerer of he internationally funded usaid projects in egypt and jordan. michael harvey was i want appointed assistant administrator of the middle east bureau in january of 2019. he comes to the position after serving more than 30 years as a foreign service officer for u.s. aid with muchlt over seas mission direct in nigeria. west bank and gaza. deputy mission direct in iraq and jordan. he most recently served as a faculty member of the national war college in washington, d.c. and chaired usaid task force to tleemt defeat the islamic sfat in erie. administrator harvey has received numerous awards for exceptional service. thank you both for being here today. let me remind the witnesses to please limit testimony to five minutes and without objection, your prepared written statements in entirety will be made part of the hearing record. again thank you so much for being here today. assistant secretary schenker. you are recognized. >> chairman deutch. ranking member wilson thank you for of the inning us here today. >> would you pull the microphone closer. >> yeah. is that better? >> yes. >> okay. thank you for inviting us here to discuss