crosstalk and peter lavelle remind you we're talking about pakistan's instability. but before we see how pakistan is ranked when it comes to terrorism a failed state pakistan's economic situation has deteriorated to the brink of collapse during two thousand and ten and now with this nation of someone tizzy year the political situation reaches the point of despair for the major ruling party according to the map of croft pakistan is world's second terrorism risk country while some made it at the top iraq and afghanistan poll pakistan on the terrorism risk index list thus there is an ongoing prostration that pakistani officials are not doing enough to come back terrorist groups in the country tribal areas and the bomb administration has decided to offer pakistan more military intelligence and economic support and to intensify u.s. efforts to forge a regional peace peter ok dan i'd like to go to you i mean the headline always is this is that the pakistanis aren't doing enough ok that's of the american perspective is here and of course it's dealing with the tribal areas

follow a welcome to cross talk i am peter lavelle a country in turmoil a country divided lebanon faces the prospect of a government controlled by hezbollah will lebanon's democratic choice find the country in danger but then in a pawn for others in the region. you can. discuss the political situation in lebanon i'm joined by alastair cook in beirut he's director and founder of the conflicts forum in new york we go to tony battering he is a research fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies and in london we cross to patrick seale he is a british journalist and author of the new book the struggle for arab independence all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want there are differences of opinion on this panel and i want my viewers to see it alister year in beirut just an hour or two hours ago we word came out that indeed hezbollah hezbollah sponsored by minister will has been appointed by the president of lebanon and will be confirmed in a matter of hours probably to well within twenty four hours on wednesday they're calling it the d

time now for some fiery debate in the latest edition of cross talk host peter lavelle and guests look at the implications of a hezbollah controlled government in lebanon coming your way next. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. can. welcome to cross talk i am peter lavelle a country in turmoil a country divided lebanon faces the prospect of a government controlled by hezbollah will lebanon's democratic choice find the country in danger but then at a pawn for others in the region. to discuss the political situation in lebanon i'm joined by alistair cooke in beirut he's director and founder of the conflicts forum in new york we go to tony battering he is a research fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies and in london we cross to patrick seale he is a british journalist and author of the new book the struggle for arab independence all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want there are differences of opinion on this panel and i want my viewers to see it a

follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle it is probably the greatest debate of our time energy security how we use energy in what kind will most likely determine our energy future the decisions we make now will define how we live for decades to come. to discuss the future of energy i'm joined by dan last off in washington he's director of natural resource defense council climate center also in washington we have myron ebel he is the director of energy and global warming policy at the competitive enterprise institute and in paris we go to bruno combi he is president of environmentalists for nuclear energy and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk please feel free to jump anytime you want we have three panelists and you guys have very different points of view so please feel free to jump in here myron if i can go to you first in washington in making investment decisions about energy for the future for the western world and leave us specifically in your case what is the best form of energy that we should be putting our money on ge

next peter lavelle it is across all guests discuss reconstruction efforts and eighty one year on thirty minutes of heated topical debate is on the air. and you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle one year after the catastrophic earthquake in haiti remains in ruin and prospects look bleak what has gone so wrong for this impoverished country who's to blame the west and its n.g.o.s the u.n. for the haitians themselves. can. you discuss the situation in haiti one year on i'm joined by easily done talking in new york she is the founder and president of the haitian lawyers leadership network also in new york we have nicholas at all saying he is an award winning independent filmmaker and in washington we go to stanley lucas he is the executive director for the washington democracy project and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump anytime you want to go to you first then we have a few days ago oxfam came out with a report and it painted a very bleak picture here in the me quote two sentences f

welcome back peter lavelle remind you we're talking about the u.n. today and in the future. but before let's see what russians think about this organization the u.n. was established in one thousand nine hundred forty five to replace the league of nations mission was set to facilitate cooperation promote world peace and provide a platform for dialogue however recently the relevance of the un to keep global issues has come into question critics say it is unable to handle international conflicts for example and that it fails in its primary mission the russian public opinion research center assessed attitudes of citizens told the us thirty eight percent of the respondents felt positively about their organization twenty and then percent expressed and negative attitude but despite growing criticism the un remains the world's premier supranational forum. all right gentlemen let's change the subject a little bit let's talk about presentation i mean the united nations like to calls itself a democracy or press reporting democratic ideas and i explicitly for nathan in peter in hong kon

blow me and welcome the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle in issues that simply won't go away the prospect of currency wars all across the globe countries one after another claimed foul play in how others are valuing their currency is the global recovery in danger. and you can. discuss global currency imbalances i'm joined by martin henniker in hong kong he's an associate director at the tykes group in washington we go to daniel mitchell he is a senior fellow at the cattle institute and in new york across the michael hudson he is president of the institute for the study of long term economic trends in another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen cross talk rules are a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want i'm our new but on the program before so i'm going to go to you first a right before they were right on the eve of the visit of the chinese president to the united states and tim geithner joe a few days before through the chinese a bone as it were saying you know well maybe we'll consider our ban on selling high technology. products to china as kind of

while in less than a minute peter lavelle and his guests exchanged verbal blows over the u.s. role in pakistan and whether the state is just a pawn in the afghan war cross-talk is up next. it is. a low in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle plunging into the abyss increased violence and radicalism is tearing pakistan apart can a country that is so polarized remain a staunch ally in washington so-called war on terror. and. to discuss the political situation in pakistan i'm joined by dan he own in dubai he's the editor of the news service pakistan. dot com in beirut we have robert fisk he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and in washington we go to lisa curtis she is a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and another member of our cross talk team you know on the hunger crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in when you want robert i want to go to you first last week we had a popular liberal governor in pakistan assassinated his assassin is turned into a national hero for some people in pakistan and the lawyers that used to play such

hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what is it the world's most important international body or a dysfunctional global organization the united nations is often criticized for its many shortcomings with the world be a better place without it. and. we discussed the role of the united nations today i'm joined by peter to cross hall in hong kong he's an analyst and the author of custom made knowledge in new york we have stephen slesin ger he's an adjunct fellow at the century foundation and in greensboro we go to nathan tauber he is the founder and c.e.o. of the conservative voice dot com and another member of our cross talk team. all right. i'm going to tell my viewers right up front is two against one not in counting me in this program cross talk rules and in fact so stephen i'm going to go to you first. as i said in the introduction there a lot of people criticize the united nations for its shorts and shortcomings but what is its most important value in light of those shortcomings well the united nations was set up originally to control and maintain security around the gl

follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle shifting sands in the greater middle east events in tunisia have inspired similar demonstrations elsewhere in the region often at the risk of violent crackdowns is there now hope for more homegrown democracy in the arab world. can. you discuss democracy in the greater middle east i'm joined by stephen zooms in san jose he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco in london we have the below ramdani she is a journalist an academic who specializes in the middle east and north africa and in philadelphia we go to daniel pipes he is an author and director of the middle east forum and another member of our cross talk team you know in the hunger all right cross talk rules and in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want i to go to you stephen first events are still unfolding in tunisia and there is the possibility of violence is always there as they go through whatever transition they're going through right now what do you looking at these events here and demonstrations another part of count

follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle just how exceptional american exceptionalism goes to the very foundation of how most americans see their country's history and place in the world is there any truth to this worldview or is it just a myth. that if you. start. to discuss the meaning of american exceptionalism i'm joined by david merkel in copenhagen he is a former. george w. bush in oxford we go to godfrey hard thing from oxford university and author of the myth of american exceptionalism and in new york we cross to peter shocked he is a professor at yale law school and coeditor of understanding america the anatomy of an exceptional nation and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want since you wrote a book on it i'd like to go to godfrey first in oxford you are quite open out there it's a myth why is that a myth well first of all a myth does not mean that everything about it is untrue it is an idea or a story which is partially true and one of the things i say in times

below him welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle the one hundred dollar question the rising price of oil the cost of petroleum has been increasing steadily over the past few weeks and months are market forces at work and is a global recovery at risk. and you can. start. to discuss the oil question i'm joined by tyson slocum in washington he is the research director for public citizens energy program in london we have angus mccrone he is the chief editor at bloomberg new energy finance and it lead to we go to gail faerber she is the editor of the oil drum and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want as we sit down folks to do this program brant is training at ninety seven dollars thirty seven cents and well gail if i go to you first here one hundred dollars seems to be this like magic number is i mean is it good for us in the media is a good reason for me to do a program on this because one hundred dollars is the benchmark everybody talks about the one hundred psychological benchmark is it

as promised peter lavelle's cross-talk is next stay with us. you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle outside democracy promotion an oxymoron what is america's track record in the arab world and is invoking security interests over democracy the greatest haven for tyrants. to discuss democracy promotion i'm joined by teddy in paris he is a writer and filmmaker an arborist with we go to jeff purdue he is a post-doctoral fellow at aberystwyth university and author of american foreign policy and postwar reconstruction comparing japan in iraq and in durham we crossed to bruce generals and he is a professor of public policy and political science at duke university and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to take i'd like to go to you first in paris over the last two weeks. were saying events that we've never seen before in the arab world i liken it to the end of the soviet union it is a world history or sturrock moment as we're doing this

show crosstalk is coming up ahead of the chinese leaders a visit to washington this week host peter lavelle ask his guests whether there's still a risk of a global currency war between the u.s. dollar and the rest stay with us. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around. we've got the future covered. can. flow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in issues that simply won't go away the prospect of currency wars all across the globe countries one after another claimed foul play in how others are valuing their currency is the global recovery in danger. can. discuss global currency imbalances i'm joined by martin henniker in hong kong he's an associate director at the tike group in washington we go to daniel mitchell he's a senior fellow at the cattle institute and in new york across the michael hudson he is president of the institute for the study of long term economic trends and another member of our cross-talk team on the hunger are a gentleman cro

from ukraine and while the festive season draws to a close and life settles into the new year peter lavelle's crosstown gets a look at a guess rather a look at how twenty eleven will shape up. what can we expect in this new year what does your crystal ball tell you do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than the past year. and you. want to. look at some other stories from around the world and the militaries drafted in get aid to the stricken area of eastern australia that's submerged by massive floods police say the disaster has claimed ten lives so far in what's being described as a biblical flood that around two hundred thousand people have been evacuated to safety towns and cities continue to be the luge by rising waters in an area of queensland that's larger than france and germany combined. a strong earthquake measuring seven point on the richter scale has rocked chile as coastal areas forcing thousands to flee amid fears of a possible tsunami but no alert has been issued and there are no reports of any deaths or damage locals are still deeply anxious

follow crosstalk i'm peter lavelle the uses and misuses of religion islam schooled on the misunderstood is the code on any more violence than the holy books of christians and jews and what can muslims do to influence global public opinion about their religion. and. to discuss the quote on i'm joined by wafa sultan in los angeles she's an author of the book a god who hates the courageous woman who inflame the muslim world speaks out against the evils of islam and in washington we go to it but i am ramey he is the director of the civil and human rights division of the muslim american society freedom and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules and in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i'd like to start with a very short disclaimer here we're talking about a very sensitive topic here and in no way shape or form does this program or i believe its panelist want to inflame any passions this is a very dispassionate discussion about important issues that is being talked about today so to start off the program i'll be a little pr

has led on works to restore order peter lavelle and his guests on cross talk discuss just what a hezbollah ruled government might mean for both the fragmented country and for the fractured region is a brief glimpse of what's ahead in just a few hours. this government is much more representative than its predecessor it is an alliance of half the christian community with hezbollah which represents forty percent of lebanon's population as. look there hasn't been a census since nine hundred thirty two but most people would say the figure is close to forty percent so with half the christians with other druze the way over the fifty five percent well you say not true not true what you'll see again is total nonsense and you know it's like. you're saying there's the fact i think the numbers there are all the numbers that does affect the. fact twenty nine percent and if anything the sunnis have a miniscule edge over them and you know this patrick you know it's really the demographic that is. the fact is tony you don't want to accept. crosspost coming your way in just a few hours but for the meantime

watch crosstalk here on our team with peter lavelle layer. and more international story now the military's been drafted in to get aid to the stricken area of these from this trail yet submerged by massive floods ten people have died so far what's being described as a biblical flood that's forest of around two hundred thousand people to flee to safety there are also fears that deadly snakes and reptiles could be brought out by the water the delusion queensland covers an area larger than france and germany combined. and the new york times says bank of america has launched a broad offensive review fearing that it could be the next week and next target a team of around twenty executives are looking for a loop holes through which potentially damaging confidential data might have been slipped out julian a sound check has the whistle blowing web site earlier said he could take. and a major u.s. bank by revealing on ethical practices. pakistan's second largest political party says it's quitting the ruling coalition because the government's failed to

and it's the prospect of currency wars of which is the subject of today's cross stock peter lavelle looks at whether it's an issue that could sing the global financial recovery watch the program later today but first here's a quick preview. if you want to see where the u.s. is going look at the model it's taking in that europe is taking latvia and iceland the problem with the mortgage market and america versus china is here it wasn't fannie mae that did it it was the massive fraud by commercial banks shame on them. on the banking system it was fraud that brought it down and nobody has been sent to jail at all in fact of the fraudsters have been rewarded in china the banks are state banks and others are you are there is are you actually saying. you were actually saying that are you actually saying that the united states over the last ten years has been moving in the direction of free markets we've had the most incredible explosion of government spending government intervention bell outs handouts subsidies i mean this isn't neo liberalism in the classical liberal sounds this is video shows

hundred thirty injured and thirty five killed while already we've talking a little earlier to peter lavelle and reporting to you that president medvedev has reacted immediately to this crisis russian president ordered extra security to put in place to be put in place in all of moscow's airports and railway stations and here's what he had to say in response to the attack. he says. the explosion in domodedovo took people's lives are spoken for the health minister and the emergencies minister those injured in the explosion will receive all necessary aid i express my condolences to the families of those killed extra security will be put in place in all airports roee stations and transport hubs a special investigation group will be set up to look into the incident we need to look at what's happened in the immediate aftermath as for security on transport we've recently approved a number of laws on that we need to check that those laws are working because what happened shows not all of those rulings are being properly applied we have to look into that the most important thing at the moment is to s

carrie johnson will be in in about thirty minutes with a full look at your news but first up next peter lavelle and his guests on cross talk debate whether islam is a religion or it's becoming more of an ideology. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. bringing you the latest in science and technology from. the future of coverage. q. hello and welcome crosstalk i'm teetotal about the uses and misuses of religion islam schooled on the misunderstood is the code on any more violence than the holy books of christians and jews and what can muslims do to influence global public opinion about their religion. and. to discuss to quote on i'm joined by wafa sultan in los angeles she's an author of the book a god who hates the courageous woman who inflamed the muslim world speaks out against the evils of islam and in washington we go to it but i am ramey he is the director of the civil and human rights division of the muslim american society freedom and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules a