welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing saudi arabia and the region. can you explain what we all know that the crown prince and it's assuming that he will become king very soon can you explain his reforms i mean mohamed interim talked about this i guess a better word is this really a shaking down of members of the royal family that may or may not have committed massive acts of corruption ok fine but is that the way to move forward i mean because if you want to have the rule. so you break the law to have the rule of law you east a key take assets from people illegally but believing foreigners will we attempted to legally enter your in the saudi market i mean can't you see all the contradictory. to this with he is doing that are you seeing is the wrong way i've been very much supportive of reform in saudi arabia i called exactly for many of the things well how much money is doing it often used to have it even asli in saudi arabia yes it unfair really need to beat him don't need to be districted. to be a load but it. from the state

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle doublecross you would think so if you're a kurd also just how many u.s. troops are in syria and why and the living hell this is the i'm. talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victor although bitch is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and of course we have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international rangel and crosstalk rules in effect as usual i want to there's so much to talk today but we can't overlook thomas friedman's article in the new york times so to rebias arab spring at last it's nice gentleman this article is breathtaking for so many reasons. your immediate take away after reading this is somebody who give for chance. before the second iraq war this is somebody who told the american public about the chemical biological and nuclear weapons programs the. progress with. unbeatable speed in iraq. what's the result of that hundreds of thousands of peopl

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle according to the department of justice the channel you're watching now is an agent of before even hostile power all the while to deal with she refuses to explain why this is the case or even cite what laws we may have broken but something else is in play critics warn r.t. is a test case for a wider campaign of media suppression. cross talking foreign agents i'm joined by my guess we straight ahead in washington he's an investigative journalist and co-host of faultlines on radio sputnik in salt lake city we have rocky anderson he is a civil rights lawyer former mayor of salt lake city and the two thousand and twelve nominee of the justice party for president and in london we crossed him marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics first magazine all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want they always appreciate i always go to the person they got up early for this program that means it's you rocky in salt lake city you know it's a long way away from moscow you know

oh and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle in terms of foreign policy donald trump has already earned himself the title the low expectations president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia if the u.s. a status quo power in the asia pacific region or merely a foil challenging china. cross talking trumps a visit to asia i'm joined by my guest michael maloof in washington he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense in lake jackson we have daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity and in brussels we have our o. he is the european coordinator of the american committee for east west accord all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it daniel let me go let me go to you as president trump was going to asia with his national security advisor. h.r. mcmaster said that there is the objective is to rally our ice to achieve quote complete verifiable and permanent meaning of th

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle one hundred years ago russia was consumed by revolution and unprecedented violence it is not an understatement to say the russian revolution or bolster big coup d'etat was the defining moment of the twentieth century how did it change russia and the world. crosstalk in the russian revolution i'm joined by my guest here in moscow geoffrey robertson is a professor of history at university college cork and a member of the royal irish academy we also have mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and of course we have that she's a political analyst with sputnik international all right gentlemen as always crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it. geoffrey robertson we go to you first here one hundred years on i will ask the most obvious question was it worth it was it worth it yes i think it will. because what the revolution showed was that it was possible to. get nine hundred seventy eight was that the people in to be in history fundamentally t

alone and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered peter lavelle recent events coming out of saudi arabia are truly stunning crown prince mohammed bin solomon is said to be a reformer and on an anti-corruption drive others say differently saudi arabia is experiencing a life threatening crisis that could ignite a region wide complex and trumping ministration appears to be on board. talking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest martin j. in beirut he is a freelance broadcast journalist also in beirut we have. he is a political analyst and in washington we have joe he is a policy analyst at the arab center washington d.c. all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate martin let me go to you first in beirut there are so many elements of. what's going on with this story domestically in saudi arabia and of course across the region particularly in lebanon which of course always includes iran. if you could for our audience because it's not getting a lot of air time because of domestic politics in the u.s. and the u.k. h

alone welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle one hundred years ago russia was consumed by revolution and unprecedented violence it is not an understatement to say the russian revolution or bolster big coup d'etat was the defining moment of the twentieth century how did it change russia and the world. crosstalk in the russian revolution i'm joined by my guest here in moscow geoffrey robertson is a professor of history at university college cork and a member of the royal irish academy well.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle candidate trump was criticized for not having a coherent understanding of global affairs indeed he largely dismissed the foreign policy elites a year after his election in since his inauguration is there such a thing as a trumpy in view of the international system. across talking the world according to trump i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the book bombs for peace in miami we have tied barry he is the washington d.c. coordinator for the woman led peace in social justice movement code pink and in berkeley we have john walsh he is a scientist peace activist and author of numerous anti-war publications are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate john let me go to you first because you got up early as for this program i much appreciate it. if we're if we look at cam the campaign trail we look at candidate trump and we look at his foreign policy e

welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing syria. ok dan let me go back to you in damascus ok we've already talked about the russian raney and turkish initiative here but let's turn it upside down the other side as it were here. are they going to go along with this is israel going to go along with this don't think so these are the other obstacles here go ahead danny i completely agree i mean i mean we can we have to separate the israeli interest from the saudi arabian interests but saudi arabia will continue to have an intransigent style stance towards the crisis in syria as it has done throughout because syria for saudi arabia it's an issue of national security and the huge faces in saudi arabia from policy in syria have actually reflected so negatively on the state that it's now beginning to lash out regionally it's being to lash out in the media even. the complete you know the arab spring peter if you look at it it was stopped in syria if if they are bring managed to get rid of the syrian government this would have continued on u

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the political crisisinflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receded at least for now is this a sign of things to come as the saudi royal family changes so to saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up and brace for impact. across talking saudi arabia and the region i'm joined by my guest. and washington he's a saudi commentator in beirut we have charmaine now one the she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst and in toronto we cross the mohammad marandi he is an associate professor at the university of toronto are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate jamal let me go to you first in washington as we saw this situation play out in lebanon and i don't think it's done yet we'll see what the next move is here but looking at what's going on in saudi arabia critics can make the claim that the the lebanon episode was to deflect from what was going on in saudi arabia and vice versa i mean how are they connect

crosstalk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle in terms of foreign policy donald trump has already idle is now being put to the test during the status quo power in the asia pacific balancing china. visit to asia i'm joined by my guest michael maloof in washington he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense in lake jackson we have daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity and in brussels.

alone in a welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receded at least for now is this a sign of things to come as the saudi royal family changes so does saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up and brace for impact. across talking saudi arabia and the region i'm joined by my guest. and washington he's a saudi commentator in beirut we have charmaine now one the she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst and into round we cross the mohammad marandi he is an associate professor at the university of toronto are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate jamal let me go to you first in washington as we saw this situation play out in lebanon and i don't think it's done yet we'll see what the next move is here but looking at what's going on in saudi arabia critics can make the claim that the the lebanon episode was to deflect from what was going on in saudi arabia and vice. verse i mean how are they connected or

welcome back across the uk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing some real news. ok david over the last few days we had movement on the anti russian front in europe taken away well there was this so-called eastern partnership all of the e.u. states and there by john i mean yeah moldova belarus georgia you know the former soviet republics which border one of the european union and the u. is almost opened it trying to make enemies of russia out of them i mean officially at this summit they said that this is not directed against russia but i think there is a me that. prime minister very strong food no to this you know here's what she said we must be open to the actions of hostile states like russia which threaten these european potential and attempt to tear apart our collective strengths you know what i just really really remarkable about that is that the forces within the e.u. itself are tearing itself apart no one no one has to push it along all you need to do is watch go ahead and go you know. somebody will travel to go home and there she needs. to

a low in welcome across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle double cross you would think so if you. can by my guest mark sloboda he's an international in the new york times. at last somebody who give for us. before the second iraq war this is somebody who told the american public about the chemical biological and nuclear weapons program sir.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle according to the department of justice the channel you're watching now is an agent of a foreign even hostile power all the while to deal she refuses to explain why this is the case or even cite what laws we may have broken but something else is in play critics warn r.t. is a test case for a wider campaign of media suppression. cross talking foreign agents i'm joined by my guess we straight ahead in washington he's an investigative journalist and co-host of faultlines on radio sputnik in salt lake city we have rocky anderson he is a civil rights lawyer former mayor of salt lake city and the two thousand and twelve nominee of the justice party for president and in london we crossed him marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics first magazine all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want they always appreciate i always go to the person that got up early is for this program that means it's you rocky in salt lake city you know it's a long way away from moscow you know

hello and welcome across stop where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle serious years long his task if he is coming to a close foreign backing of opposition and terrorist forces are in retreat in face eradication but the struggle just far from over the war is essentially won the winning a lasting peace will be no easy task. cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest adel darwish in london he is a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war in beirut we have come a was a he is a political analyst and founder of the center of american troops dietrich studies in beirut and in damascus we have any makea here is the syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate adel let me go to you the best dressed man in television love the bow tie of course adel you know we over the last few days we've seen a. whole series of diplomatic activity trying to bring some kind of closure to this very long and bloody and destructive conflict in syria it's b

welcome across like we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing foreign agents. ok gentlemen the department of justice has been given each us a vacation for its actions and forcing our t. to sign on as a foreign agent but i will read something here real quick here from the director of national intelligence that report came out in january sixth ok assessing russian activities and intentions in recent us elections this is what i had to say about r t r t r t s reports often characterize the us as a surveillance state and allege widespread infringement of civil liberties police brutality and drone use i guess check check check all or two ok continuing here r t also focuses on criticism of the us economic system u.s. currency policy alleged alleged they even used the word alleged wall street greed and the u.s. national that and some of our team have compared the u.s. to imperial rome i guess that's me and have predicted that government corruption in corporate greed will lead the u.s. to financial collapse. what do you disagree with that because i think it's pr

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears.

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receded at least for now is this a sign of things to come as a saudi royal family changes so to saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up and brace for impact. across talking saudi arabia and the region i'm joined by my guest. and washington he's a saudi commentator in beirut we have charmaine now on the she is a journalist as well.

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle one hundred years ago russia was consumed by revolution and unprecedented violence it is not an understatement to say the russian revolution or bolster big coup d'etat was the defining moment of the twentieth century how did it change russia and the world. cross talking the russian revolution i'm joined by my guest here in moscow geoffrey robertson is a professor of history at university college cork and a member of the royal irish academy we also have marc sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and of course we have bob and she's a political analyst with sputnik international all right gentlemen as always crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it. geoffrey robertson we go to you first here one hundred years on i will the most obvious question was it worth it was it worth it yes i think it will . because what the revolution showed was that it was possible to. get nine hundred seventy eight was that the people in to bathe in history fundamental

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle serious years long catastrophe is coming to a close foreign backing of opposition and terrorist forces are in retreat in face eradication but the struggle just far from over the war is essentially won the winning a lasting peace will be no easy task. cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest adel darwish in london he is a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war in beirut we have come a was a he is a political analyst and founder of the center of american troops dietrich studies in beirut and in damascus we have jamie mackie he is the syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate adele let me go to you the best dressed man in television love the bow tie of course adele you know we over the last few days we've seen a. whole series of diplomatic activity trying to bring some kind of closure to this very long and bloody and destructive conflict in syria it's. being spe

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle candidate trump was criticised for not having a coherent understanding of global affairs indeed he largely dismissed the foreign policy elites a year after his election in since his inauguration is there such a thing as a trump d. in view of the international system.

welcome at the cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing saudi arabia and the region. can you explain what we all know that the crown prince and it's assuming that he will become king very soon can you explain his reforms i mean mohamed interim talked about this i guess a better word is this really a shaking down of members of the royal family that may or may not have committed massive acts of corruption ok fine but is that the way to move forward i mean because if you want to have the rule of law so you break the law to have the rule of law you you state you take assets from people you legally but believing foreigners will we attempted to legally enter your saudi market i mean can't you see all the contradictions of what this quote unquote reform is all about because it looks like a power grab not in the name of a family but in the name of one man. go ahead jamal. very much could really. put it this way he is doing that are you seeing is the wrong way i've been very much supportive of reform in saudi arabia i called exactly for many of the thing

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle serious years long catastrophe is coming to a close foreign backing of opposition and terrorist forces are in retreat in face eradication but the struggle just far from over the war is essential.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle candidate trump was criticized for not having a coherent understanding of global affairs indeed he largely dismissed the foreign policy elites a year after his election in since his inauguration is there such a thing as a trump d. in view of the international system. across talking the world according to trump i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the book bombs for peace in miami we have tied barry he is the washington d.c. coordinator for the woman led peace in social justice movement code pink and in berkeley we have.