p. j. crowley is a former u. s. assistant secretary of state and he joins us live from alexandria, virginia via skype. thanks very much for being with us. so let me ask you, 1st of all about i did this group radio in uganda and their connections to the, the local i. so group there where, where did the interests of atl and i so converge here? well, i think the, the current state of the extremist movement is that you, rather than having a central caliphate which has been defeated in iraq and syria. you now have an as lama state brand that is acquired by local groups, so that you know, is it adf, visit islamic state? actually it can be both them and this, and since you have a local group with a grievance towards uganda that is willing to fly the, the islamic state flag. so i think we have to look at the islamic state as much as a brand, as a movement and in your analysis, what is fueling their recruitment there? while the, the regarding government must 70 government has been around for a long time. it has a great de

p. j crowley is formerly a u. s. assistant secretary of state. he thinks the group police are blaming for the attacks. the adf is using the eye so brand to pursue its own local interest. i think the, that the current state of the extremist movement is that you rather than having a central caliphate which has been defeated in iraq and syria, you now have as lama, state brand, that is acquired by local groups, so that, you know, is it adf, is it islamic state, actually it can be both, and in this instance you have a local group with a grievance towards uganda that is willing to fly the, the atlantic state flag or so i think we have to look at the islamic state as much as a brand as a movement, i think this is a perfect example of extremist groups looking for the path of least resistance. and wherever they are perhaps is, are gaps in effective governments. they're able to insinuate themselves into, into these local or regional conflicts. so you, you have a country like uganda, which is fairly effectively govern. but then you have next door, a countr

p. j. crowley. he's a former us assistant secretary of state, and he also worked with the nate, her secretary general during the 1999 course of crisis. he joins us now from virginia. mr. currently, in your reading, we've obviously had a lot of speculation. want all persons intentions here. while putin's intentions is to make sure that any developments along his periphery are, are resolved or unresolved, you know, with his input. mean, if we step back for a 2nd, we have seen this churn in ukraine now for 10 years and put in just wants to be sure whether we're talking about ukraine, talking about development in europe. you know that, that russia, its interests will be protected. and, and put in it, moscow will, will be a destination for those who want to discuss global affairs with us. so with nato, i'm curious, what do you think nato's options are at this point? we're obviously seeing a build up of troops. is there a scenario where western powers get backed into a corner and then forced to take some

p. j . crowley. thanks very much for your perspective. always the pleasure of the united nation special envoy for libya has quit just weeks before those elections. young cuba had been in the row for less than a year. diplomatic. it's james bay's reports from un headquarters in new york. veteran un official young cubic has headed the u. n's peace efforts in libya since january this year. but the timing of his resignation, one month before the country's elections caused considerable surprise to diplomats we're not sure about the timing. we're getting these very sensitive because her, the, the, the, the electoral processes are a few weeks for away from now. we think it is very important that is replacement and will be come into place as as soon as possible, at least so that there will be no vacuum speaking to the security council by video link from tripoli, mr. cubic explained. he didn't want to be based full time in the libyan capital, but felt that's what the job now needed. but he made it clear he didn't want to desert his post. on the 17