this has been a signature of our foreign policy research and programming for some time. with all of that having been said, i want to introduce the individual or one of the individuals, the leading individual behind today's conference. inis fittingly the professor the history department as well as being an accomplished professor here at the miller center, has been dean of the

joined by brahma chill any professor all strategic studies at the new daily based center for policy research mr chiles good to talk to you thank you for joining us all the way from new delhi. will thank you now you remarked recently that in quote today's world it seems strength respects only strength is that only in today's world hasn't that always been the case. it's always been the case but we have had the spare tense of a rules based order and what we're seeing known is that pretense is falling in place of a rules based order what you have written seeing is a based order a new g two because both china united states are pursuing aggressive you do not listen americas to find your resume mira's try and i was assertive in internationalism so both believe in flouting international rules so in this situation and rules based order looks like a mirror but i wonder if there is also a silver lining in this all open flaunting of you know international rules because china and the united states seem like it to some extent like a major made in haven't because they have a restraining influence on the ch

go live to alexander main senior associate for international policy at the center for economic policy research in washington thanks for joining us great to have you on the program what do you think the u.s. has chosen this type of restructuring this type of sanction and what's the ultimate goal here really why now. well you know you have to wonder what the ultimate goal is because you know you had an election process that actually by all accounts was free of any major irregularities that was competitive in which you had a genuine opposition leader who was participating and the choice of both the u.s. and of course some of the major opposition parties in venezuela was to call for a boycott and it does seem that that was widely followed i mean the story here is that these elections really were won by a very wide margin by mature oh but there was a very low turnout and in fact polling from just a few weeks ago indicated that had there been a high turnout that is if. the opposition parties and also the u.s. . had you know basically supported these elections and you know mobilize voters. you might

the institute for public policy research said the data should have raised the alarm a lot earlier. that stories on the trunk pages of all the newspapers further. coming up at 6:00am: breakfast will have more of the day's sports and business news. that is coming up on the activist. —— breakfast. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the company at the heart of the facebook data scandal, cambridge analytica, says it can't stay in business anymore and is to close down. america's new top diplomat is sworn in. mike pompeo pledges to change the course of history on the korean peninsula" now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the independent, which leads with reports that nearly 500,000 women in the uk missed out on nhs cancer screening because of an it error. its thought around 270 of those affected could have died prematurely as a result of the error. in the guardian, the political consultancy cambridge analytica is closing down. the company has been plagued by scandal since the personal data of about

travis parker, who is also with policy research associates. i think i'm going to just launch ahead. ron, start our conversation with you. we have a plentiful number of rons with us today. ron, we heard a little bit from rebecca and others about that all-important front door of law enforcement. and the role that police play as the first response when individuals are in crisis. justin talked about that as well. i would like you to help us think about how should law enforcement think about their role in that first critical moment of crisis and response, and how do they balance attending to the needs of the community, while not criminalizing the individual who struggles with mental illness? ron: everyone ford they this opportunity to be with you this morning. on?his one good morning. this is coming to you in stereo. [laughter] thank you, miriam, and the loss -- law school. i apologize for being a native new orleans in, which means most of you won't hear have our understand half of what i say. i was a police chief in new orleans for four years, i w

we have laverne miller, the senior project associate with policy research associates, and we have travis parker, who is also with policy veach associates. so i think i'll just launch ahead and, ron, start our conversation, with you, we have plentiful number of rones with us today. >> i noticed that. >> so, ron, we heard a little bit from rebecca and others about that all-important front door of law enforcement, and the role that police play as the first response when individuals are in crisis, justin talked about that as well. i'd like you to help us think about how should law enforcement think about their role in that first critical moment of crisis and response, and how do they balance attending to the needs over the community while not criminalizing the individual who is struggling with mental illness. >> thank you, mary. thank earning for this opportunities be with you this morning. is this one on? oh. good morning. this is coming to you in stereo. thank you and the law school and t.t.j. for being here i apologize for being a native northernans which means most of you won't understan

, who's also at policy research associates. so i think i'm going to just launch ahead enron, starter conversation, with you. we have a plentiful number of bronze with a today. so, braun, we heard a little bit from rebecca and others about the all-important front door of law enforcement and the role that police played as the first response when individuals are in crisis. justin talked about that as well. and i would like you to help us think about, how should one enforcement think about their role in that first critical moment of crisis and response? how do they balance attending to the needs of the community, while not criminalizing the individual who is struggling with mental illness. >> thank you come in miriam. thank you it's great to be with you this morning. [inaudible] is this one on? good morning. this is coming to you in stereo. [laughter] thank you mary ann and the law school for being here today. everson always apologize for being a native miller lien, which most of you won't understand what i say. we don't speak good

deaths have almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand prescriptions are dispensed daily and policy research under me thinks that overprescription is behind the epidemic. the real problem is not that you can detect oxy code in shellfish the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than help patients if other countries increase prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. the international economic forum in russia's northern capital of the petersburg wraps up today it puts together more than fifteen thousand business men i

apart with a brown like lenny professor on strategic studies at the new daily basis center for policy research mr chill any you wrote once actually more than once that india is a critical swing state perhaps the most critical swing state in the world when it comes to global trade at this point of time do you see its interests aligned more with china regardless of how ten years that relationship is or a bit the trumpet ministration neither do we frank with you because when china india has a very lopsided trade relationship the chinese trade surplus with india has doubled in the last three and a half years to sixty billion dollars which means that every month china's enjoying a five billion trade surplus with india and more importantly this is the content of the trade relationship the chinese are dumping manufactured goods of the united and buying essentially a drama truths from the american. so that tribulation ship makes china anything but the partner of india as far as the united states is concerned because of american pressure on india on the information technology industry to give you one e

deaths have almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opioid prescriptions are dispensed daily policy researcherandrew clagny thinks that overprescription is behind the epidemic. the real problem is not that you can detect oxy code and shellfish the the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life they're good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than help patients if other countries increase prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. claims that u.s. military personnel interrogated detainees who had been tortured in a secret prisons in yemen has seen congress vote to demand the

quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opioid prescriptions quite a number are dispensed daily there policy researcher. thinks that overprescription is behind the epidemic. the real problem is not that you can detect oxy code and shellfish the the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than how patients if other countries increased prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. there is a grim new assessment of progress for the united states in its strong mission in afghanistan government auditors say efforts have stalled our best

that i'm now joined by brahma to lenny professor off to teach at the new daily based center for policy research mr chiles good to talk to you thank you for joining us all the way from new delhi. will thank you now you remarked recently died in quote today's world it seems strength respects only strength is that only in today's world hasn't that always been the case it's always been the case but we have had the spare tense of a rules based order and what we're seeing is that pretense is falling in place of a rules based order what you have written is seeing is a based order. because both china and i states are doing aggressive you do not follow some america's defined. mira's trying i was assertive you know a lot from some so both believe in flouting international rules so in this situation in a rules based order looks like a mirror but i wonder if there is also a silver lining in this open flaunting of you know international rules because china and the united states seem like to some extent like a major made in haven't because they have a restraining influence on the child there to the degree th

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deaths have almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opioid prescriptions are dispensed daily policy research andrew coloccini thinks that overprescription is behind the epidemic the real problem is not that you can detect oxy caught on in shellfish the the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than help patients if other countries increased prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. the international economic forum in russia is northern capital of some petersburg wraps up today airport together. than fifteen thousand

deaths have almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opioid prescription drug dispensed daily policy research and anything else that overprescription is behind the epidemic. the real problem is not that you can detect oxy code down and shellfish the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than how patients if other countries increase prescribing the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. the international economic climate forum in russia's northern capital have some petersburg wraps up today it puts together more than fifteen thousa

deaths have almost quadrupled six hundred fifty thousand opioid prescriptions are dispensed daily policy research under coloccini thinks that over prescription is behind the epidemic. the real problem is not that you can detect oxy code and shellfish the real problem is that over exposing the united states to this highly addictive drug has led to an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths in the united states doctors are prescribing opioids for very common problems where opioids should not be prescribed these are good medicines for treating pain at the end of life there are good medicines when used for a couple of days after major surgery but the bulk of the prescribing the bulk of the consumption in the united states is for long term common problems where opioids are much more likely to harm patients than help patients if other countries increased prescribe in the way we did in the united states i'm afraid that they will follow in our footsteps. the international economic forum in russia's northern capital have sent petersburg wraps up today they put together more than fifteen thousand

is john barclay jones a professor of european policy studies and the director of the european policy research center at the university of strathclyde john good to have you with us one of the key takeaways for me is the linking of funding to the rule of law how much of a problem is that going to cause the visit grad countries that's going to be a big problem. one polish diplomat has called the proposal toxic. clearly it is aimed very much that countries like poland and hungary possibly others also. this is been a big issue for germany in particular but also some other richer countries that would like to see more conditions being attached to the e.u. funding that is transferred to poor countries poor countries. how the linkage between budget transfers and conditions like the rule of law how they will be organized is still unclear potentially according to the european commission it could be determined by the commission itself although i think member states will probably be loath to see that see that happen they want to see greater oversight but that's one more issue creates a problem because pot

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john glaser is with the director of foreign policy studies at the cato institute. his research interests include grand strategy, facing posture you and foreign policy in the middle east, the rise of china and the role of status motivation international politics. john has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and is written for the "new york times", the "washington post", "l.a. times", foreign affairs and the national interest among others. john earned a ba in political science from the university of massachusetts amherst, and an inmate international security from the charter school public policy and government at george mason university. we will begin with the remarks. there will be plenty of time for questions at the end so please hold those until after the discussion has concluded. and with that will turn things over to gene. >> thanks, jeff. thank you to all of you for being here. as jeff know we're in the middle of a renewed debate here on the hill about what role, if any, that congress should play in the choice between war and peace. that's the most fundamenta