hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the trial of mohamed morsi what is this trial all about constitutional legitimacy or political retribution can morsi get a fair trial for the military backed government the trial is key to showing its plan for transition towards democracy how sound of a plan is this and what message does this trial send to the muslim world. to cross not the situation in egypt i'm joined by shadi ta in washington he's an egyptian political activists and in pittsburgh we cross to greg roman he's a former israeli official in the ministry of defense and ministry of foreign affairs right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage him to go to washington first should be in washington the trial has been adjourned it started it's already been adjourned has been described by morsy supporters as illegal unfair unjust and unconstitutional how do you react to that well first thanks for having me on your show. we can't judge this called unfair when it hasn't started yet yesterday w

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle shifting sands and alliances advances and reversals outside military intervention and stalemate these are among some of the descriptions that apply to the middle east since the start of the arab spring what are we experiencing in this turbulent region the end of the colonial order that we drawing of the map or merely instability and violence with no end in sight. to cross talk the developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed his aida leave he is a political analyst and writer i'm gentlemen cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's been a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started by calling it the arab awakening. do you like terms like that anymore does it does it have it does it resonate with you considering what's happened in so many different countries in this very volatil

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine a country divided its government's decision not to pursue integration with the european union and opt for russia instead as western politicians and media in an uproar brussels feel snubbed while moscow has a wait and see approach as ukrainian politics is anything but stable the so-called struggle for ukraine is far from over. to cross-talk ukraine i'm joined by my guest live would give or give in london she is a senior economist at i.h.s. global insight in paris we have john laughlin he is the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in moscow we cross to mark sloboda he is a senior lecturer and researcher at moscow state university all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i can go to you first all of this media coverage of this for the past week it's the tussle between the european union and russia for control of ukraine it's put very much in cold war terms here but very few people want to focus on the real deep deep troubl

following welcome across all things are considered on peter lavelle tongue tied in stumbling this is one description of american foreign policy. the middle east today secure country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even around and each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled pack is the u.s. simply out of touch or is history in the region nearly going on. cross-talk washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson juror in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at washington's and its western allies but its approach to the to what some people would call the greater middle east which of course includes around i

and in cross talk later this hour peter lavelle and his guest debate whether the whole of line stance of western powers against iran's nuclear program is justified. priscilla he is in in for the in south after her on was not iran was not transparent according to the nonprofessional if you have you can pursue but you have to be transparent and. when you establish your you for you you you put you build a place in order to enrich uranium so you know it's this i think kind of command information but again i don't want to go into detail into the know but i do agree with what i what i was saying is that if you look at how countries view the western assault on iran for the last few decades most countries in the world disagree with it very strong majority against it it is the perception is is that they again the americans and it's a close allies hijack what do we mean by the international community and you know what they could even be bombed to hell in the name of the international community which would be an absolute fraud george go ahead. yes exactly. in the case of iran the i.a.e.a. has ne

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle negotiations continue but that has not stopped the blame game from raging we are told around in the western powers were on the verge of leaving agreement regarding to iran's nuclear program then the talks stalled into the familiar stalemate the enemies of diplomacy appear to have the upper hand is war the only option left. to cross off the ground i'm joined by my guest michael c. hudson in washington he is the director of the middle east institute at the national university of singapore and he's a professor emeritus at georgetown university also in washington we have gareth porter he's an investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book manufactured crisis and in paris we cross to emanuel to he is the president of the institute for perspective and security in europe originally cross in fact i mean you can jump in anytime you want to go to you first weigh in on the blame game who is at fault here because we were told right at the weekend there's going to be an agreement and then i'll go to emanuel and t

hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine a country divided it's government's decision not to pursue integration with the european union and opt for russia instead because western politicians and media in an uproar brussels feel snubbed while moscow has a wait and see approach as ukrainian politics is anything but stable the so-called struggle for ukraine is far from over. to cross-talk ukraine i'm joined by my guest live would give again in london she is a senior economist at i.h.s. global insight into. yes we have john laughlin he is the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in moscow we cross to mark the boulder he is a senior lecturer and researcher at moscow state university orange folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first all this media coverage of this for the past week it's the tussle between the european union and russia for control of ukraine it's put very much in cold war terms here but very few people want to focus on the real deep deep tro

below and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine a country divided it's government's decision not to pursue integration with the european union and opt for russia instead as western politicians and media in an uproar brussels feel snubbed while moscow has a wait and see approach as ukrainian politics is anything but stable the so-called struggle for ukraine is far from over. if you cross talk ukraine i'm joined by my guest live would give again in london she is a senior economist at i.h.s. global insight in paris we have john lauchlan he is to director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in moscow we cross to mark sloboda he's a senior lecturer and researcher at moscow state university all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to join if i go to you first all this media coverage of this for the past week it's the tussle between the european union and russia. for control of ukraine it's put very much in cold war terms here but very few people want to focus on the real deep deep troubles

alone welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle tongue tied in stumbling this is one description of american foreign policy in the middle east today take your country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even iran and each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled pack is the us simply out of touch or it's history in the region merely being on. the cross not washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson during new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in it anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at it washington's and its western allies but in. approach to the what some people would call the greater middle east which of course includes aroun

following welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the trial of mohamed morsi what is this trial all about constitutional legitimacy or political retribution morsi get a fair trial for the military backed government the trial is key to showing its plan for transition towards democracy and have a plan is this and what message does this trial send to the muslim world. to cross out the situation in egypt i'm joined by shadi ta in washington he's an egyptian political activist and in pittsburgh we cross a great roman he's a former israeli official in the ministry of defense and ministry of foreign affairs right gentlemen cross-talk roles in effect that means you can jump in. anytime you want i very much encourage and go to washington first should be in washington the trial has been adjourned it started it's already been adjourned it's been described by morsy supporters as illegal unfair unjust and unconstitutional how do you react to that well first thanks for having me on your show. we can't judge. and call it unfair when it hasn't started yet yesterday we had the

hello and welcome to crossfire we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle in witching negotiations only a week ago the prospect of a deal with around was tantalizingly close then the french played the role of spoiler to the great delight of israel nonetheless negotiations continue much is made of the technical side of the talks in fact this is a sideshow with these negotiations are really about is the issue of trust. to cross talk around i'm joined by my guest flynt leverett in washington he is a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to turn around also in washington we have new year he is a turkey in middle east analysts as well as a journalist and in paris we crossed to valerie lynn see she's the executive director of the wisconsin project on nuclear arms control all right folks. i mean she can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage in flint if i go to you first in washington we almost had a deal over a week ago and what are the prospects of a deal right now and what are the prospects of. the radicals on both sides of the t

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle tongue tied in stumbling this is one description of american foreign policy in the middle east today take your country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even around and each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled path is the us simply out of touch or is history in the region merely going on. cross talk washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slice and you're in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at it washington's and its western allies but its approach to the to what some people would call the greater middle east which of co

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle shifting sands in alliances advances and reversals outside military interventions in stalemate these are among some of the descriptions that apply to the middle east since the start of the arab spring what are we experiencing in this turbulent region the end of the west from your colonial order that we drawing of the map or merely instability and violence with no end in sight. to cross talk to developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed his aida leave he is a political analyst and writer i'm jumping cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's been a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started by calling it the arab awakening. do you like terms like that anymore does it does it have it does that resonate with you considering what's happened in so many different countries in thi

hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle the phrase international community is often bandied about in western media as if its meaning was clearly understood by all in fact when western politicians and media invoke the phrase international community it almost always reflects the thinking and agenda of washington and its closest allies around the world used in this matter the international community is in fact a very small minority. to crosstalk to term international community i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in tampa we cross to roughly the day he is a political scientist and president of the international american council right gentlemen cross-talk roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it if i go to you in tampa when you hear the term the international community when politicians and evoke invoke it when western media says the international community says this or represents what it was that mean to you that's

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle negotiations continue but that has not stopped the blame game from raging we were told around in the western powers were on the verge of leaving agreement regarding to iran's nuclear program then the talks stalled into the familiar stalemate the enemies of diplomacy appear to have the only option left. to cross off the land i'm joined by my guest michael c. hudson in washington he is the director of the middle east institute at the national university of singapore and he's a professor emeritus at georgetown university also in washington we have gareth porter he's an investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book manufactured crisis and in paris we cross to emanuel to he is the president of the institute for perspective and security in europe originally in fact i mean you can jump in anytime you want to go to you first weigh in on the blame game who is at fault here because we were told right at the weekend there's going to be an agreement and then i'll go to emanuel and then we all who are told the f

so with the war on terror rumbling on today peter lavelle and his guests discuss america's use of drones to fight militants in pakistan and the consequences for the people of the country crosstalk is coming up later this hour. the tone issue is something that we can talk about and we should talk about it we should change it really has to be from the american people who are starting to get educated about this issue and starting to organize and protest you know we demand others live up to a standard of accountability that we don't hold up to ourselves. countering terrorism is still the main argument american politicians used to justify spying programs but some u.s. authorities are more or less admitting it's gone too far at least according to the latest comments made by american secretary of state john kerry said that these activities were taking place without his or the president's knowledge happening on automatic pilot because the technology and the ability are there but the n.s.a. chief. diplomats attempts to plead ignorance following comments from a former us ambassador that surveillan

hello and welcome across the world all things are considered on peter lavelle back in the day barack obama was elected because he was deemed to be the very end of george w. bush now instead of seeing differences between the two presidents we were reminded about what both have in common particularly lagging poll numbers for us on this program we ask is obama serving bush's fourth term. to cross off the presidencies of george w. bush and barack obama i'm joined by my guest austin peterson in washington he's the c.e.o. of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic dot com also in washington we have daniel for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in phoenix we cross to kimberly i'm a dale she is the president of world money watch and author of beyond the great recession aren't cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want kimberly you got up early as for this program and i'd like to go to the person i got up earlier so kimberly simple question is obama serving george bush's fourth term. not in any way shape or form. the most impor

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle shifting sands and alliances advances and reversals outside military interventions and stalemate these are among some of the descriptions that apply to the middle east since the start of the arab spring what are we experiencing in this turbulent region the end of the west neocolonial order to be drawing of the map or merely instability and violence with no end in sight. to cross talk the developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed he is a political analyst and writer i'd tell me cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's. a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started out by saying by calling it the arab awakening. do you like terms like that anymore does it does it have it does that resonate with you considering what's happened in so many different countries in this very volatile

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle shifting sands and alliances advances and reversals outside military interventions and stalemate these are among some of the descriptions that apply to the middle east since the start of the arab spring what are we experiencing in this region the end of the west neocolonial order to be drawing of the map or merely instability and violence with no end in sight. to cross talk to developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed his aida least he is a political analyst and writer i'm jamming cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in any to. anyone and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's been a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started out by saying by calling it the arab awakening. do you like terms like that anymore does it does it have it does that resonate with you considering what's happened in so many different countries in this very

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle since the start of the arab spring there have been hopes of change and the creation of a better future so i believe this is not been the case would be a bomb to democracy by nato is breaking up and on the verge of a civil war in syria the civil war has ground down into a stalemate partition is the likely outcome it would appear the only winners are the forces backing instability. to cross-talk the evolving middle east i'm joined by my guess people come ready in london he is a writer and a journalist in new york we have michael kelly he is a defense reporter for the business insider and in colombia we cross to joseph he is a middle east expert currently at the university of south carolina or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time one can people find go to you first in london it's not getting a lot of media coverage and in the west but it looks like libya is is falling into another war a civil war this time on top of that we're told the pentagon wants to train about eight thousand

following welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle deal has been struck well at least some kind of deal there can be no doubt this first step agreement between iran and the great powers is of historic significance it could become the foundation for far reaching geopolitical ships in the region but have no illusions the naysayers are intent on scuttling the deal and the use of force we're told remains on the table. to cross talk the un nucular you i'm joined by my guest richard white's in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i can go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is it a historic deal and will go anywhere of course it's historic i'm sure all reviewers remember

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle ninety five years ago this week the first world war in europe came to an end the continent exhausted itself millions dead economies broken and empires destroyed but before this horrific conflict was over western powers had already decided the fate of arab lands still under autumn in control a new colonial project was started and we live with this all present history to this day. to cross-talk legacies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest joshua landis and norman he is the director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma in new york we have andy martin he's an independent foreign policy and intelligence analyst and in london we cross to charlie wolf he is a writer broadcaster and political commentator a gentleman cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage joshua and i go to you first in norman oklahoma it was ninety five years ago the maps were drawn what's the legacy of the most important legacy in your mind ninety five years

lowing welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle q us president elected to a second term in office leave the white house successful or even popular for uk obama is a case in point his poll numbers are low his legislative agenda is in deep trouble and washington's friends and foes around the world do not take him seriously is obama already. a lame duck president. to cross not whether obama is a lame duck i'm joined by my guests in new york chet why he's a democratic political strategist and we also have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program right gentlemen cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it chet if i go to you first in new york congratulations on your victory. race in new york a breath of fresh air a lot of people say but let's go to president obama he's got very low numbers in the polls right now about forty six that's the lowest during his time in office and a lot of people are saying at home and abroad this guy just doesn't cut the mustard he doesn't have the t

below and welcome the cross-talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle q us presidents elected to a second term in office leave the white house successful or even popular for uk obama is a case in point is. poll numbers are low his legislative agenda is in deep trouble and washington's friends and foes around the world do not take him seriously is obama already a lame duck president. cross not whether obama is a lame duck i'm joined by my guests in new york why he's a democratic political strategist and we also have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program right gentlemen cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it chad if i go to you first in new york congratulations on your victory. race in new york a breath of fresh air a lot of people say but let's go to president obama he's got very low numbers in the polls right now about forty six that's the lowest during his time in office and a lot of people are saying at home and abroad this guy just doesn't cut the mustard he doesn't have the to get

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle ninety five years ago this week the first world war in europe came to an end the continent exhausted itself millions dead economies broken and empires destroyed but before this horrific conflict was over western powers had already decided the fate of arab lands still under autumn in control a new colonial project was started and we live with this all present history to this day. to cross-talk legacies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest joshua landis and norman he is the director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma in new york we have andy martin he's an independent foreign policy and intelligence analyst and in london we cross to charlie wolf he is a writer broadcaster and political commentator right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage joshua and i go to you first in norman oklahoma it was ninety five years ago the maps were drawn what's the legacy of the most important legacy in your mind ninety five ye

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle since the start of the arab spring there have been hopes of change and the creation of a better future so i believe this is not been the case would be a bomb to democracy by nato is breaking up and on the verge of a civil war in syria the civil war has ground down into a stalemate partition is the likely outcome it would appear the only winners are the forces backing instability. to cross-talk the evolving middle east i'm joined by my guess people come ready in london he is a writer and a journalist in new york we have michael kelly he is a defense reporter for the business insider and in colombia we cross to joseph he is a middle east expert currently at the university of south carolina or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time one cup if i go to you first in london it's not getting a lot of media coverage in in the west but it looks like libby is falling into another war a civil war this time on top of that we're told the pentagon wants to train about eight thousand libyans in

following welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle a deal has been struck well at least some kind of deal there can be no doubt this first step agreement between the. and the great powers is of historic significance it could become the foundation for far reaching geopolitical shifts in the region but have no illusions the naysayers are intent on scuttling the deal and the use of force we're told remains on the table. to cross talk the un nucular you i'm joined by my guest richard white's in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author i generally crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is it historic deal and will go anywhere of course it's historic i'm sure our viewers remember real man t

hello and welcome across for all things considered i'm peter lavelle negotiations continue but that has not stopped. the blame game from raging we were told iran in the western powers were on the verge of leaving agreement regarding to iran's nuclear program then the talks stalled into the familiar stalemate the enemies of diplomacy appear to have the upper hand is war the only option left. to cross off the land i'm joined by my guest michael c. hudson in washington he is the director of the middle east institute at the national university of singapore and he's a professor emeritus at georgetown university also in washington we have gareth porter he's an investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book manufactured crisis and in paris we cross to emanuel to he is the president of the institute for perspective and security in europe originally cross-talk rose in fact i mean you can jump in anytime you want to go to you first weigh in on the blame game who's at fault here because we were told right at the weekend there's going to be an agreement and then i'll go to emmanuel and th

some are saying america's closest allies in the region are to blame that is being discussed by peter lavelle and his guests in cross talk which will be showing throughout the day here on r.t. . if the u.s. is trying to start talks with the iranian government and yet it's getting quadrate in the middle east by the saudis who don't want to do it by the israelis or don't want to do a very good good friends nobody can. refute. a car itself that doesn't want to do it here he's trying to do a good thing for the world for bring peace of media nature to the middle east and he's getting do you know killed from all sides i mean you can't win in these situations but you've got to believe in what you want to do when you want to bring some sort of settlement he might believe that negotiations are the most important thing as opposed to saying actions but he's letting all these competing voices drown out his his mission. the renegade cryptocurrency that's used to avoid the watchful eye of financial authorities has made history yet again because values surged past five hundred dollars this weekend after mon

the diplomatic wrangling around iran's nuclear program is debated in today's crosstalk peter lavelle asks his guests just tell serious the west was about finding agreement. i wonder in the times of a jerusalem spoke directly saying that binyamin netanyahu one directly off abuse that if the deal was a bad deal then there would be immediate we tell you action by israel on a certain number of. nuclear plants ok michael it sounds like there was that's extortion right there ok there is heavy pressure not just from the israelis but also from the saudis and other gulf countries warning the americans not to go too far the question for iran then arises is the united states really committed to the kind of end game that was understood when they began this round of talks and i think that iran may in fact be wondering now whether that is the case i think that's the real danger of the. cross talk throughout the day here on the u.k. home office is being heavily criticized for a campaign aimed at forcing illegal immigrants out of the country thousands of text messages were sent to the mobile phones

and america's use of drones is being discussed later this hour by peter lavelle and his guests on artie's crosstalk and here's a brief preview for you. the job issue is something that we can talk about and we should talk about and we should change it really has to be from the american people who are starting to get educated about this issue and starting to organize and protest you know we demand others to live up to a standard of accountability that we don't hold up to. countering terrorism is still the main argument american politicians used to justify spying programs but some u.s. authorities are more or less admitting it's gone too far at least according to the latest comments made by america's secretary of state john kerry said neither he nor the president knew everything that was happening because the system ran on automatic pilot simply because the technology and the ability are there but n.s.a. chief keith alexander question attempts to plead ignorance after a former u.s. ambassador said spying on foreign leaders did little to protect national security and examine insisted it actua

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing negotiations with iran. ok when i go back to you in washington you know i know the technical issues are very important the i.a.e.a. has looked at this iran's nuclear program more than any other program in the history of this kind of technology and but still they'll never be able to iranians will never be able to say enough to satisfy some people but it's kind of change gears here a little bit it seems to me if there was a reproach moment between washington and tehran it would be a wonderful geo political breakthrough for the united states in a region that has so stumbled through over the last decade or so i mean let's look at afghanistan let's look at iraq let's look at syria look at the drugs trade i mean this is a real gambit if you can get around this issue of trust are i do agree to this is definitely one of the. crucial times for for the middle east and for the for the u.s. . this is what the u.s. has been trying to do and i mean let's let's look at that iran has all the raid the

welcome back to on the money where the business of russia is business on peter lavelle reminder we're talking about russia's economy but before that let's have a look at the following report. russia's growth prediction for a twenty thirteen is coming in lower than expected according to the russian ministry of the konami developments the forecasted real g.d.p. growth for twenty thirteen is down to one point eight percent. as for the upcoming year official growth predictions are that the economy will expand to range from two point eight to three point two percent next year's budget deficit will amount to zero point five percent of g.d.p. based on the oil price assumption and budget spending plans the official prediction is that at an average of ninety three dollars per barrel the budget will run a deficit of three hundred and ninety billion rubles the revised forecast has lower expectations also in government and foreign investments and it predicts lower retail trade growth lower growth in real incomes and slower industrial production. as for long term investments low inflation will pla

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle the phrase international community is often bandied about in western media as if its meaning was clearly understood by all in fact when western politicians and media invoke the phrase international community it almost always reflects the thinking and agenda of washington and its closest allies around the world used in this manner the international community is in fact a very small minority. to crosstalk to term international community i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in tampa we cross to ruff is a day he is a political scientist and president of the international american council right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it if i go to you in tampa when you hear the term the international community when politicians and evoke invoke it when western media says the international community says this or represents what it was that mean to you.

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle deal has been struck well at least some kind of deal there can be no doubt this first step agreement between iran and the great powers is of historic significance it could become the foundation for far reaching geopolitical ships in the region but have no illusions the naysayers are intent on scuttling the deal and the use of force we're told remains on the tape.

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle two minute we're discussing negotiations with iran on its nuclear program. it may well go back to you in paris so it's i to ask you a question all three of you a question israel doesn't want to. taunt a detente between washington and around because that will include agreement among other members of the u.n. security council that makes the likelihood of an israeli attack on iran much less and this is what the israelis are afraid of they want to keep force on the table give them a lot more wiggle room any kind of agreement with the internet the real international community and people that make the decisions makes war a tougher option for the israelis do you agree or disagree with me. yes i was saying that i was agreeing on what you've just said and also what your colleague said you have to have in mind that minister front of iran is at least was in paris last week and everything was made so it was a low profile visit which was a shame because it was a news story corps visit but that's that's one issue the second i

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle true mind you we're discussing washington's foreign policy in the middle east. ok i'd like to go to steven in new york steven in the first part of the program we were talking about the lack of a narrative coming out of washington when it comes to the middle east what narrative should it be to be effective because it seems very ineffective at this point. well you know he gave a speech in egypt in three or four years first year of his term in which he talked about the need for democracy in the middle east and that was his narrative and it's a narrative which is traditional to american presidents goes back to the founding of our country so i don't i don't i think the vision is there i think the question is the tactics how to how do you promote democracy in a in a trouble the area in an area which is going through turbulent transitions it's a very difficult conundrum and i don't think that any american president has any weapons that it's his his or her disposable that will magically make everything better the fact is t