welcome back to crossfire by peter lavelle remind you we're talking about austerity in troubled times. and you can. dmitri in new york and i to go to you i'd like to read a quote from angela merkel she said in this crisis we have reached a whole new level of cooperation we have arrived at a sort of european home affairs europe is domestic policy that's a remarkable statement because that's that that's a very incredible political statement because we're talking about fiscal and political union to the max now because greece has lost its sovereignty at law it's lost its economic decision making ability and if trends continue others call the small countries within the euro zone will also follow suit. this may be a remarkable political statement but not an inspiring state. i think that with no one talks about it fiscal union or. one has to be able to understand what this means the united states of europe need to be thought as the united states of america you know just as america has a center of fiscal fiscal agent that's called the united states treasury that does not exist in europe what

below in a welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle facebook's initial public offering is being called a very big deal and many hope the i.p.o. will lift the entire tech sector but is the i.p.o. a good one will public ownership of facebook negatively impact the company's success and is it a profitable investment. to. start . to cross-talk facebook's i.p.o. i'm joined by jay ritter in gainesville he's a professor of finance at the university of florida and in toronto we cross to peter leeds he's a financial analyst and publisher of the peter leeds newsletter or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really very much encourage it if i could go to peter leeds in toronto on the face of it is this going to be a good party good i.p.o. will be successful and is it a good long term investment. this for me on the show peter i think first the price is going to go up i think to be successful i.p.o. on first glance but then you're going to have to look at the valuation ratios you know it's going to one hundred times earnings twenty five times reven

to the top stories now peter lavelle in his cross to guest discuss syria and what might lie in store arches debate is next. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle sciri on the brink as violence escalates in this one battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity what is at stake the protection of innocence or regime change that transforms geopolitics of the region. to cross talk of ends unfolding in syria we have marwa dowdy and princeton she is a departmental lecturer in politics and international ations of the middle east at the university of oxford in washington we have david pollock he is a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy and in montreal we cross the maximillian forte he's a professor of anthropology at concordia university in montreal all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but ok first i'm going to go to david david the the white house says that it is inevitable that assad will fall so by saying it does that make it inevita

coming up artie's debate show cross talk this time peter lavelle and guest discuss the strained relations between our tina and britain over the falkland islands stay with us. here. and you can. still. below in welcome to crossfire time people about take your pick the falkland islands or the melvina britain and argentina are again sparring over the legal status and future of these islands is this dispute about self-determination and sovereignty or one of the last vestiges of british imperialism. to cross not the endless dispute over these islands i'm joined by my guest in washington larry burns he is the director of the council on hemispheric affairs alex gibson he's a fulbright scholar specializing in contemporary argentinian politics and a research associate at the council on hemispheric affairs and luke coffey he's a fellow in the margaret thatcher center for freedom at heritage or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want larry i want to go to you first here over the last few weeks and months we've seen a ratcheting up of tensions between britain a

coming up peter lavelle and guest discuss what the future holds for yemen cross-talk next. you. know when welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle meet the new boss same as the old boss this could very well describe what has happened in yemen after an uncontested presidential election what does the future hold for the people of this very poor and divided country and will the u.s. continue with so-called war on care within yemen that only appears to strengthen al qaeda. to cross-talk the presidential election in yemen i'm joined by steven soonest in san francisco he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco and in nairobi we have sudarsan raghavan he is the washington post african bureau chief for a gentleman cross talk rose in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want stephen you got up early as for this program so i'm going to go to you first are you impressed with the election result the u.s. state department seems to be very happy saudi arabia seems to be very happy western media seems to say this is a good election even thou

welcome back to crossfire i'm peter lavelle remind you we're talking about what the british called the fall when i. said that we were talking about the issue of self-determination and and researching this program here i'm going to i'm not an international lawyer but you know it's seems like the they are sometimes have a pretty strong case for the sovereignty over the falkland islands i mean in many many ways i mean it was that they were themselves a colony of the spanish so i mean you know it is this this is not helping either side because either side is very rigid on that but they do have still a very strong case. yes i believe they do and i want to make it clear i'm not a nut rallying for the falkland cause either i like to look at this of the perspective of a journalist but i'd be very happy to outline the arguments in argentina's favor and i think the biggest one just to respond to what luke was saying a moment ago the three thousand islanders that want to become british we should certainly respect that we should hear them and respect their their desires but also recognise the basi

below in welcome to crosstalk i'm peter lavelle the trials and tribulations of the middle class long considered the pillar of the west political and economic border it is now the victim of a long term downward mobility why is this the case our government policy is to blame or is this due to what is called the politics of dependency. and if you. could cross talk to decline of the middle class i'm joined by louis shoval in new york he is a sociologist professor at and invited professor at columbia university in chicago we have david psychotic he is a professor of philosophy at loyola university chicago and in los angeles we go to tony katz he's a tea party organizer and a radio talk show host all right gentlemen cross talk rose and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it tony in los angeles you got up early as for this program so i'm going to go to you first why why has the middle class been suffering so much over the decades is it government policies that have done this to the middle class or is the middle class itself it's changed its values its struct

cross-talk coming up next peter lavelle and experts discuss the ever rising price of oil and the factors behind it stay with us. if you. want. a low end welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the price of crude remains stubbornly high and consumers feel the pinch but why are energy prices so high because of the lack of supply and security jitters surrounding the growing tensions over iran or is it due to greedy speculators and the way for oil is traded. and. crossed out the reasons that make oil prices escalate i'm joined by ferdinand banks in stockholm he is a professor of economics at newcastle university in east lansing across to kurt cobain he is a writer and author of preclude a peak oil novel and in paris we have sobered carbo's he is director of hydrocarbons at the mediterranean observatory for energy all right gentlemen crosstalk rose and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want fred if i can go to you to stockholm why are oil prices so stubbornly high because it seems to me and i'm not an expert on oil but supply and demand the market seems to be out of whack because there is

below me in welcoming crosstalk i'm peter lavelle in search of national determination and sovereignty this is what many scots say they want how realistic is an independent scotland would it be a viable state or is this all a ploy with the scots looking for a better deal within the you. can. move. to crosstalk scotland's potential sovereignty i'm joined by david kopel in denver he's an adjunct professor of advance constitutional law at denver university in edinburgh we have kenneth gibson he's a scottish national party politician and member of the scottish parliament and in london we crossed to william bayne he is labor m.p. for glasgow north east and shadow minister for scotland tory gentlemen crossed the girls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first i'd like to go to david in denver as a constitutionally legally david what kind of case does scotland have to become a sovereign state to have to express its national determination. well they have the same right that people everywhere in the world do which is the the right to rule themselves so if the people of sco

lead to the lead below and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in these hard times there is no shortage of austerity can the slashing of budgets and the shrinking of the welfare state generate jobs and return us to prosperity and is the pursuit of austerity inherently anti-democratic. and again.

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coming up later in the program here on our team peter lavelle and his guest from cross-talk debate the hurdles in the way of breaking the deadlock of this year you crisis. offered to host negotiations between all of the different parties and as we know the syrian national council you know one of the main opposition blocs has essentially rejected that offer possibly with some foreign encouragement behind them because one of the stipulations that they made one of the preconditions for the talks was that. should resign so they wanted an old come the day goes the outcome of a process as a preliminary condition and so the possibility of negotiations is very unlikely and from my point of view it's starting to resemble a bit what was happening in libya where the opposition consistently refused to engage in any sort of peaceful negotiation and. i think you share your thoughts on the situation in syria so log on to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest poll so far this hour forty six percent say what and whether you russia china veto over a third think you want to simply be used by the west t

peter lavelle asks his guests about the stock market flotation of the world's biggest social media site facebook can it maintain its idealism despite public ownership and how many millionaires will be created overnight find out next on cross talk. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future.

on cross-talk artie's peter lavelle debate the problems britain may face over the issue. independent. well look at the figures and i'm sure i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from themselves they're publicly available but let's let's look at this issue the last four years because when it leaks of course the u.k. only once in the last five years in economic. groups noticed a lot to be lower in scotland than the u.k. average those those figures are going to be a little supplement ok gentlemen i'm going to jump in one of the reasons why gentlemen let me jump in here david i guess is the interlopers here ok this is look like these two people should be together look at all of the different that. when you're brussels here next with the latest business they were. booking to the business program here on russia's gazprom has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced gas supplies to european customers at the end of last week the company said it was forced to cut deliveries due to unusually high the mystic demand for more details on your books on the boy probably

is also marked by preparations for a referendum on scotland's independence and the next hour peter lavelle and guess today what happens if the people say yes to separation is coming away and cross talk. well look at the figures and i'm sure you i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from themselves they're publicly available but let's let's look at this issue the last five years it does mean that anyone makes up plus the u.k. only once in the last five years of an economic. growth you know there's been a lot of want to be lower in scotland than the u.k. average those figures are going to be meant ok gentlemen i'm going to be one of the reasons why so many gentlemen let me jump in here david i guess is the interlopers here ok this would look like these two people should be together in all of the different the. filing in this news block russians make up nearly thirty percent of latvia's population and a referendum is being held with fishley recognise their native language in the baltic state latvia's laws prevent the official use of any language other than a lot of policy has

blowing welcome to crossfire i'm peter lavelle paradoxes contradictions and the iran is the drumbeat towards war now inevitable as the chattering classes discuss the possible date of an israeli attack on the round the us military and intelligence community says iran is not developing nuclear weapons and has not demonstrated any intention to do so is this rapidly turning into another done more of choice. and. crosstalk the complex situation surrounding around i'm joined by patrick clawson in montreal he is the director for research at the washington institute for near east policy and senior editor of middle east quarterly and in washington we have got out by god he is a professor of political science at the national defense university and in brussels we crossed to gilbert doctorow he's an independent scholar and author of great post cold war american thinkers on international relations all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want gilbert if i go to you first in brussels can you explain something to me the american military establishment and intelli

follow it welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle at least hard times there's no shortage of austerity can the slashing of budgets and the shrinking of the welfare state generate jobs and returns to process.

they have up next peter lavelle asks his guest why the arab league seems so concerned about the protests in syria and whether there is any way to stop while and without turning it into a new libya or iraq is next. and. below in welcoming. the fate of in the battle for syria the international community is as divided as the syrians themselves when it comes to resolving a situation.

on cross talk our teams peter lavelle debate the problems great may face over the issue of goddess independence. well look at the figures and i'm sure you i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from themselves are publicly available but let's let's look at this issue the last four years ago it was when it was weeks of course the u.k. only once in the last five years been an economic. growth you know there's been a lot of us as well scores will be lower in scotland than the u.k. average but those those figures are going to be a little so vermont ok gentlemen i'm going to jump in whatever reasons why so many gentlemen let me jump in here david i guess is what is the interest here ok this is look like these two people should be together look at all of the different the. annual bushels here next with the latest business they with our city. welcome to the business program here on all to russia's goes from has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced just supplies to european customers at the end of last week the company said it was forced to cut deliveries due to unusually high the m

my colleague bill daughters here in half an hour's time but for now peter lavelle and his guests discuss the internet sensation of the world's biggest social networking site facebook and its stock market flotation cross-talk is now. wealthy british science.

are not the same country with stark contrasts even in neighboring regions while next cross-talk peter lavelle and his gas discuss the crisis currently gripping syria. well her science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. and if you. want to. know him well come across talk i'm futile about the right to protect or the right to penetrate as syria continues down the path of destruction and civil war there are loud voices on the international stage demanding some form of outside intervention to end the violence and death is international law moving from sovereignty is right to sovereignty as responsibility. and. crosstalk to possible intervention into syria i'm joined by philip kahn lived in london he is a lecturer in international conflict at the university of kent a member of the international studies association and the british international studies association also in london we have eight in hair he is director of the security and international relations program at the university of westminster and in geneva we cross the steven heine's

welcome back to crossfire peter lavelle we're talking about the prospects of the middle class. ok david i want to go to you in chicago i mean we mentioned before we went to the break when he didn't say it exactly but he was talking about what people say the politics of dependency and how the state has made the middle class dependent and because of the the rise and maybe we were seeing the fall of the welfare state do you think that's a mitigating factor in the fate of the middle class because no no i mean i think they had to go ahead and think so go ahead that that makes that make it makes no sense in the i don't see how anyone can blame the fact that there's people on welfare that's not what is responsible for the fact that we're the jobs are the number of jobs are less and less available more and more people are losing their jobs it has nothing to do with the cultural defense dependency it has everything to do with the fact that the invisible hand of the market given a free rein will not create enough jobs in a very curious way marx is coming back marx remember predicted that

as for the top stories here in our team next peter lavelle and he's crossed our guest discuss whether the global financial crisis is slowly swallowing up the middle class. well the earth science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got this huge you're covered. and you can. blow in welcome across town people of all the trials and tribulations of the middle class long considered the pillar of the west political and economic border it is now the victim of a long term downward mobility why is this the case our government policy is to blame or is this due to what is called the politics of dependency. and if you. could cross talk to decline of the middle class i'm joined by louis shoval in new york he is a sociologist professor at and invited professor at columbia university in chicago we have david psychotic he is a professor of philosophy at loyola university chicago and in los angeles we go to tony katz he's a tea party organizer and a radio talk show host all right gentlemen cross talk rules and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very mu