over more on this growing volatility i'm joined now by becca waters an analyst at the rand corporation specializing in u.s. policy in the middle east she joins us tonight from washington ms wasser it's good to have you on the show i want to pick up on that story we just saw there in iraq for having me it's good to have you here iraq is getting more attention since last weekend's attacks in saudi arabia because of the strong influence of iran in the country are we looking at a future with iraq torn in 2 between tehran and washington. well there are some of these tensions that preexists and have existed for some time there has been longstanding iranian influence in iraq at the same time that there's been strong u.s. influence based on you know the 1st gulf war as well as continue to us force presence in iraq compounding that there's also influenced by other actors such as russia and china both of which are noted as strategic competitors for the united states so there are all of these different actors that are existing in the iraqi political and diplomatic space and you know the jockeying

all right so the 2nd one here with rand corporation ms was we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight thank you. thank you. relations between britain and russia have been frosty since the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter last year in england the script all caves led london to accuse moscow of exporting state sponsored terrorism on to british soil but some say the kremlin's criminal reach does not stop in the u.k. the recent fatal shooting here in berlin of a former chechen military leader of legibly by a russian citizen has thrown up new questions was he murdered in germany on orders from the russian state. why was that in 103 limited it's a question his ex-wife monitor tivo can stop thinking about she says and the shooter sought asylum in germany in 2016 because she was being pursued by the russian secret service. who is my grandmother from a bookkeeper brittany's we were warned that something could happen at some point but i never thought such a brutal attack could take place so easily here in germany where the security services the police a

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derek grossman is a senior defence analyst at the rand corporation.y unlikely that president trump himself is going to call for us action, whatever that action may be, in hong kong. he's trying to get a trade deal done with china. he has consistently referred to xijinping, the president of china, as a friend of his that he can call upon, who he can rely upon. i don't see a whole lot moving on that front. however, the us congress has introduced — both sides of the us congress, the house and senate — has introduced draft legislation which is called the human rights and democracy act. this is to hold the administration or any future administration accountable for the human rights situation and democracy situation in hong kong. there is a one country, two systems model in place in which china and hong kong are part of one china but china has pledged in the past to maintain the separate distinct political and economic systems in hong kong so that is something we should be watching for. of course, the official withdrawal of the controversial extradition bil

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now william cohen is with us and i junked senior fellow at the nonprofit think tank rand corporation but also previously senior director of united states national security council stuff for russia ukraine and eurasia with us on skype from huntington west virginia we thank you very much for your time sir. whose decision to. step down is that just one of those situations where you would say his position has become untenable given the circumstances i would say untenable but given the fact that he's likely to have to testify before congress about a deposition move next week he probably wanted to avoid creating a situation in which this activity would be a distraction from important u.s. efforts to try to bring about peace and eastern ukraine where russia is prosecuting a war of aggression but he's well he was right in the middle of it wasn't he i know he was doing this technically on a volunteer basis but he was in. the middle of all of this country of this conflict of the things which the 2 leaders were discussing. with regard to trying to find a solution to the word use a new grand you

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corporation a nonprofit corporation based in california that operates a federal hi funded research and development center for the space enterprise, she served on the board of rand. one of the most influential think tanks for military studies. when asked to serve on the defense board, barbara tackled the tough task of improving business practices as a whole. this macro level analysis experience will enable her to ensure air force can meet and defeat any threat any where any time. ambassador barrett has been involved in many institutions focused on advocacy and education for air and space. serving on the boards of the national air and space museum, sally ride science and the space foundation. nearest and dearest to my heart is ambassador barrett played a role in one of the biggest paradigm shifts the military experiences in the last three decades, expanding air combat rolls for women. as the only female pilot serving on the defense advisory committee on women in services, she was instrumental in eck mending that women be allowed to compete for and fly in combat. in fact, the leadership of this very committee opposed the recommendations at the time. don't worry, t