following welcome across talk were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we live in surreal times a short time ago even imagining a negotiated end to the tensions on the korean peninsula was a flight into fancy but here we are is this becoming a foreign policy victory for. cross talking trumps foreign policy i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have exactly he is the founder of the center for political strategic analysis. and we have dimitri he is a political analyst with the international right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate exhibit let me go to you first we're going to devote a good part of this program to what's going on in the korean peninsula however the president of the country that you come from france was visiting the united states how would you sum up my crohn's visit because if you want my two cents it was quite humiliating for the french president quite a bit it's exactly the word to use and in my opinion again sure that. is a meeting with a

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle war in remembrance sunday marks the seventy third anniversary of victory in europe over fascism this is one of the most important dates on the russian calendar that can't be said of the europeans and americans to discuss how that conflict continues to impact russia's view of the world to this day. crosstalk in the great patriotic war i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have he is a founder of. the center of political strategic analysis strap poll and we have peter cousin and he is a professor of history at american university as well as co author with oliver stone the untold history of the united states or a german cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in in any time you want i always appreciated let's talk about what the russians call the great patriotic war or as the rest of the western world calls it the second world war now peter you've been visiting in moscow. you've probably seen a lot of evidence celebrating the victory day o

flow and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump says he wants american troops to leave syria the foreign policy blob surrounding him says differently so what are exactly washington's goals in syria a partition war for war sake or a means to sticking it to iran and russia all or poorly thought out. across talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the around nucular scare in london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle is the middle east stumbling towards a region wide war it sure looks like it trumps decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and set into play a cascade of events difficult to manage and control does anyone gain from this impending cataclysm. crosstalk in the middle east i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come about what worries you the most in the wake of. deci

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle donald trump claims he's the master of the deal but when it comes to iran it is the art of no deal the reasons the american president withdrew from the nuclear deal range from allies and distant from ation to outright political propaganda trump claims he has made america safer a dubious claim closer to the truth this probably attempt to force regime change in iran. cross talking the iran deal i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi and taran he's an associate professor at the university of tehran in london we have adel darwish he's a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war and in pittsburgh we have. the he is a partner red global growth advisors international strategic consultancy group based in new york or a gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mohamed let me go to you to rand since you know donald trump's obsession with your country i watched live the live stream on r t his. reasons if they can be called reasons for w

hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle have you ever known a hero well here you'll meet one also what is the future of the transatlantic alliance in the era of trump and the prehistory of the next war in the middle east . across talking resistance i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst we spoke nick international origin across the girls in effect i mean if you can jump in anytime you want gentlemen we have a special guest on the program today and i want to talk about the level of dissent in the united states in the west in general and freedom of speech and theory is we're joined by ray mcgovern in washington he's a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity ray thank you for joining us here i think most of the viewers of this program know that what has happened to you when you were at the congressional hearings to get through donald trump's nominee for the head of the cia. can you follow up on what's ha

well and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle summit are no summit that's the question north korea's threat of a no show in singapore on june twelfth is a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands or should i say john bolton's demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience to the americans of the north koreans have enough of either.

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle have you ever known a hero well here you'll meet one also what is the future of the transatlantic alliance in the era of trump and the prehistory of the next war in the middle east . across talking resistance i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst we spoke nick international origin across in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want gentlemen we have a special guest on the program today and i want to talk about the level of dissent in the united states and the west in general and freedom of speech and harry is we're joined by ray mcgovern in washington he's a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity ray thank you for joining us here i think most of the viewers of this program know that what has happened to you when you were at the congressional hearings to get through donald trump's nominee part of the head of the cia. can you follow up on what's happened. w

peter lavelle summit or no summit that's the question north korea's threat of a no show in singapore on june twelfth is a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands or should i say john bolton's demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience to the americans and the north koreans have enough of either. crosstalk in the upcoming summit i'm joined by my guest kevin martin in washington he's president of peace action and peace action education fund as well as coordinator of the korea peace network also in washington we have jenny town she is managing editor of thirty eight north and in boston we cross to. he is an assistant professor at baruch college city university of new york and a specialist on korea and asian affairs all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate jamie lynn and jenny let me go to you first here do you think there's still going to be in summit or are we just get in the preamble process of you know everybody's kind of feeling everyone out

and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we've all gotten used to it the media hate trump and the president returns the favoring kind how is this mutually charged hate fest changed media and journalism of corporate liberal media report the news anymore and is journalism today a fake profession in the service of partisanship. talking media wars i'm joined by my guest the new york he is a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post also in new york we have lionel he is a legal analyst and news decoder at lionel media dot com and in los angeles very early in the morning we have ron paul cohn he is a comedian a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron i love how that rhymes are a general across the groups and if they can jump in anytime you want to i always appreciate it let me go to you first in new york just very broadly speaking how is the media changed in the age of trump because in the age of trump trump doesn't change it seems go ahead lionel

hello and welcome to all things considered i'm peter lavelle the transatlantic alliance system has weathered a number of storms during its seventy year history we are told this is because of sustained american leadership in the same alliances survive the storm named. crosstalk in the transatlantic alliance system i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dmitri he's a political analyst with international and we have christopher he is the director and writer for the duran. dot com originally crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate marc let me go to you first here. i'm the oldest on the program right here and i have a good memory of the transatlantic alliance system that had its ups and downs but this is turning into a sustained one we're looking at security we're looking at international agreements or rand comes into play we're looking at energy and we're looking at indian and we'll talk about italy a little bit later in the program there is a swell grassroots well of populism probl

welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the korean peninsula in the possibility of peace. ok let's go back to daniel in new york you were taking us down history lane you were you were just talking about the axis of eagle pick up from there go ahead daniel yeah so in two thousand and two with this axis of evil speech george w. bush essentially declared war on north korea and that that speech has never been rescinded anyway this one nope no apology issued no you know no taking back etc so so so kim jong un figured quite logically that it's only protection lay and having a nuclear weapon capable of striking the united states mainland which he apparently has achieved. that is his that is his is great you know is great chess pieces ace in the hole and i don't think i want to live here but i really doubt that he will agree to for denuclearization unless the us needs is willing to engage equally and equally grand gesture which trump might be willing to do but i can guarantee the rest of the foreign policy establishment or blog as you

following a welcome the crosstalk are all things are considered i'm peter lavelle warren remembrance sunday marks the seventy third anniversary of victory in europe over fascism this is one of the most important dates on the russian calendar that can't be said of the europeans and americans to discuss how that conflict continues to impact russia's view of the world to this day.

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump says he wants american troops to leave syria the foreign policy blob surrounding him says differently so what are exactly washington's goals in syria a partition war for war sake or a means to sticking it to iran and russia all or poorly thought out. cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nucular scare in london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my all. appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the

oh and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the american political soap opera widely known as russia gate appears to have no wind well no evidence has been revealed to trump campaign colluded with russia there is mounting evidence the intelligence community or should i say the deep state monitored or even spied on trump world should there be a special investigation into the misdeeds of the apartment of justice the f.b.i. and the cia. ross talking spygate i'm joined by my guest christopher nee wyman watching he's a republican strategist in new york we have charles or tell he is a private investor in writer as well as host podcast show sunday which arles and in los angeles we crossed to ha goodman he is a columnist journalist published in the huffington post salon the hill and other publications right gentlemen crossed the girls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gentlemen we're calling this program spygate and i have it in quotes ok because i'm quoting the president of the united states and that's what i want

welcome back across like we're all things are considered on peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing some real news. ok marc i want to go back to a story that is unfinished and i don't know if we'll ever be finished this cripples in the u.k. yeah exactly cause it's dropped our ages here i mean this is a story that will never end do you think we'll ever hear from the two principals again i don't know and one of the reasons is that according to members of prominent members of the british press they have been issued orders from the government not to report on certain details of the scribbles affair what exactly those details are where those details might lead to do with the british government their default position would be it is to defend. security interests is that a is that a viable. defense well i mean to appears to be that they're using it. the argument that british national security is threatened if british media questions the british government's own narrative about what happened then looks into details of this case does seem a little farfetched to me it seems peculiar to me as w

welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing trumps foreign policy. let me go back to georgia new york in interesting thing where the mccrone visit and when we and have to resume her. domestic crisis is that home we i'm thinking of the salisbury alleged chemical weapons attack then we had the attack on syria and it really into is interesting to me how they talk about syria now we had mccrone he said france and the u. u.s. and allies to quote build syria of tomorrow oh by the way the united states is making it illegal for other companies countries and companies to actually help syria rebuild it can't be in the part of syria where they do mass to government house control so george it's about exactly one hundred years ago we had sykes pekoe it rejoined the middle east it seems like imperial habits die really hard and on top of that don't you think france the united states and its allies. help the syrian people a no go ahead george. yeah there that's exactly right it was hilarious listening to macro on discussing syria and this role

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle at the moment it is anyone's guess where the korean negotiations stand again donald trump is the wildcard also is the u.s. isolating itself on the world stage. cross talking the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst we spoke nick international and we cross to alex christian forum is the director and writer for the duran dot com hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump into any time you want i always appreciate alex let me go to you first then cyprus here i sent out to all you guys an article written by ray mcgovern. regarding what's going on with the on and off again negotiations about this upcoming summit in singapore. what's really happening here because it looks like it's we really have a love fest i don't think that's an exaggeration with the koreans right now we had a second summit secretly. coming together then released to the press goes out there now he says maybe he's b

little unwelcome across the uk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle summit or no summit that's the question north korea's threat of a no show in singapore on june twelfth is a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands or should i say john bolton's demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience to the americans and the north koreans have enough of either. cross talking in the upcoming summit i'm joined by my guest kevin martin in washington he is president of peace action and peace action education fund as well as coordinator of the korea peace network also in washington we have jenny town she is managing editor of thirty eight north and in boston we cross to. he is an assistant professor at baruch college city university of new york and a specialist on korea and asian affairs all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it jamie lynn and jenny let me go to you first here do you think there's still going to be an summit or are we just get in

welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the korean peninsula and the possibility of peace. ok let's go back to daniel in new york you were taking us down history lane you were you were just talking about the axis of evil to pick up from there go ahead daniel yeah so in two thousand and two with this axis of evil speech george w. bush essentially declared war on north korea and that's that speech has never been rescinded anyway this one nope no apology issued no you know no taking back etc so so so kim jong un figured quite logically that it's only protection lay and having a nuclear weapon capable of striking the united states mainland which he apparently has achieved so that is his that is his is great you know is great chess pieces ace in the hole and i don't think i want to live here but i really doubt that he will agree to for denuclearization unless the u.s. needs. it will engage equally and equally grand gesture which trump might be willing to do but i can guarantee the rest of the foreign policy establishment or blog as

welcome back across like we're all things are considered on peter lavelle toronto discussing some real news. ok mark i want to go back to a story that is unfinished and i don't know if we'll ever be finished this cripples in the u.k. yeah exactly consider dropped off i have a page is here i mean this is a story that will never end do you think we'll ever hear from the two principals again i don't know and one of the reasons is that according to members of prominent members of the british press they have been issued orders from the government not to report on certain details of the scribbles affair or what exactly the. details are where those details might lead and we do with the british government their default position would be it is to defend. security interests is that a is that a viable defense well i mean to appears to be that they're using it. the argument that british national security is threatened if british media questions the british government's own narrative about what happened then looks into details of this case does seem a little farfetched to me it seems peculiar to me

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle is the middle east stumbling towards a region wide war it sure looks like it trumps decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal setting to play a cascade of events difficult to manage and control doesn't anyone gain from this impending cataclysm. crosstalk in the middle east i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator sorry gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come about what worries you the most in the wake of decision

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle from foreign policy could be. described as doublespeak the president doesn't have a defined policy approach even goals are difficult to discern is this what the art of the deal means is trumps foreign policy making america great again and the world safer. cross talking terms foreign policy i'm joined by my guest michael block who is in washington he's a professor of strategy at the johns hopkins university also in washington we have and then you for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we've seen of this administration well so they'd say does this president have foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. strategy can be the thing itself or it

hello and welcome to all things considered i'm peter lavelle the transatlantic alliance system has weathered a number of storms during its seventy year history we are told this is because of sustained american leadership but can the same alliance system survive the storm named trump. crossed. talking the transatlantic alliance system i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bob he's a political analyst with international and we have alex christopher or he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you first here. i'm the oldest on the program right here and i have a good memory of the transatlantic alliance system that had its ups and downs but this is turning into a sustained one we're looking at security we're looking at international agreements or rand comes into play we're looking at energy and we're looking at india minimal talk about italy a little bit later in the program there is a

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle chromes foreign policy could be described as double speak the president doesn't have a defined policy approach even goals are difficult to discern is this what the art of the deal means is trumps foreign policy making america great again and the world safer. talking to us foreign policy i'm joined by my guest michael in washington he is a professor of strategy at the johns hopkins university also in washington we have then you for achi he is the director of grassroots political consulting and in new york we cross to george there muley he's a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we have seen of this administration well so they'd say there is this president to have a foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. a strategy can be the thing itself o

oh and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle summit or no summit that's the question i want to korea's threat of a no show in singapore on june twelfth is a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands or should i say john bolton's demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience to the americans and the north koreans have enough of either. cross talking in the upcoming summit i'm joined by my guest kevin martin in washington he's president of peace action and peace action education fund as well as coordinator of the korea peace network also in washington we have jenny town she is the managing editor of thirty eight north and in boston we cross who. he is an assistant professor at baruch college city university of new york and a specialist on korea and asian affairs all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate jamie lynn and jenny let me go to you first here do you think there's still going to be a summit or are we just get in the en

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we've all gotten used to it the media hate trump and the president returns the favor in kind how is this mutually charged hate fest changed media and journalism does the corporate liberal media report the news anymore and is journalism today a fake profession in the service of partisanship. cross talking media wars i'm joined by my guest robert how the new york he is a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post also in new york we have lionel he is a legal analyst and news decoder at lionel media dot com and in los angeles very early in the morning we have ron paul cohn he is a comedian a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron i love how that rhymes are a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect and i'm thinking jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to you first in new york just very broadly speaking how is the media changed in the age of trump because in the age of trump trump doesn

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle after sixty eight years the two koreas are on the verge of signing a peace treaty a donald trump summit is in the works is peace coming to the korean peninsula well it's possible the foreign policy blog and the corporate its media are less enthusiastic after all conflict is their business model. crosstalk in the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest. washing he is a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have john merrow he is former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war and in new york we cross to daniel lo's our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always a pretty. so let me go to you first in washington if you look at the mainstream media and particularly the c