the role that turkey might play in the arab world following the revolutionary wave that swept the region crosstalk is right now and thank you for watching. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle turkey and the evolving geopolitical order in the middle east and arab world is ankara making a bid to play the role of the regional hegemon on the back of the arab spring and at the expense of western powers or is it merely following a foreign policy based on national interests. to cross talk turkey external ambitions i'm joined by john feffer in washington he is co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies also in washington we have joseph he is an adjunct professor at the american university school of international service and in london we cross to rachel xabi she is a journalist and author of not the enemy israel's jews from arab lands all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first i guess it's an understatement saying turkey is a country on the move and didn't hear turkey has squand

the real political order in the middle east and it is a cruel making to be to play the role of the regional picture mine on the back of. a book about you without your life or must go on to share the headlines now the palestinians are taking to the streets from across the west bank to show support for their leaders big so when you. left us russia tries to help the plan through despite opposition from the u.s. and. the united states is accused of being encouraging the arab spring to achieve its own interests even though it sacrificed the position of its closest ally a lot of israel leaving it in a state of isolation. greece makes some good progress in talks with. the south and hopes to get another aid package to stave off default but the i.m.f. warns the global economy is in a perilous state the u.s. and eat you close to falling back into recession. right as the headlines here and see do stay with us they were next piddle of elena's cross talk guests explore the role that turkey may play in the arab world following the revolutionary way that swept across the region but cross talk is now. they

intervene turkey has in mind the role of an important regional power and with the recent upheaval in the arab world that sense of mission has become aggrandized and arguably more aggressive on the same visit to tripoli or to one vehemently condemned government's crackdown on dissent in syria up until recently turkey's ally and earlier in cairo he called to uphold the palestinian bid for statehood rallying for the palestinians cause has in fact become one of the pillars of burdwan soft power strategies much to the detriment of ankara's relations with televisa throwing the ball in israel's court once said some countries in the region cannot read the changes that are happening on top of which israel experts say that turkey is a player to reckon with if that's the case how enduring is that we will it's employed in the emerging regional or prove well of give its competitors a run for their money or overplay of hand a big spends of its western partnerships back to you thank you very much ok rachel i know you first in london are we seeing a new paradigm we see the washington riyadh tel aviv

the making to be complete the role of the regional hegemon on the path of. welcome back you're watching r t and here's a look at the top stories russia urges the palestinian bid for statehood to be given for a time of the un that's as washington threatens to use its veto power against a unilateral move just a year after president obama promised palestinians a seat of the soundly. the u.s. is accused of encouraging the arab spring to achieve its own interest even though it sacrificed the position of its closest ally israel leaving it isolated. greece makes good progress and talks with dead inspectors as athens hopes to get another aid package to stave off the fall but the i.m.f. warrants a global economy is in a perilous state with the u.s. and e.u. close to falling back into recession. up next people of l. and he's crossed our gas to explore the role turkey may play in the arab world following the revolutionary wave that swept the region is coming your way. can. start. to. blow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle turkey and the evolving geopolitical o

let me start with the first first, why regional cooperation and wide region.first of all, we know, we heard because we know it thought why with a few exceptions then we have to convert than loughner's into family nurse. why is this important? because it is in between large commercial centers, not supermarkets, but clients in the east and west and of course in the south. and unless we develop a comic judy to make things have been, there is no way that this region without the benefit, but there is no way this region will get out of poverty, which is something we need because it's in everybody's interest. the nearest port, a lot of countries in a region is about 2000 kilometers away. how can he compete if you have anything to sell unless he has access to the places in between. an important one is getting on the way to develop at 8%, 9% growth over the past two years needs access. unless we have that access, investment, competitiveness, productivity ain't going to be there. those are some of the reasons why this makes sense. what other things make sense? the logis

regional efforts to bolster the region while promoting trade efficiency. efficiency. the apec secretariat looks

it deals with the regional inner operability. and it is called the bay web, bay area wireless enhanced broadband. it will be a network data, broadband network, exclusively for public safety and first responders. hopefully i can work the technology here. bay web is a public/private partnership. it is a partnership of the bay area public safety agencies, ten county bay area region. we're working with representatives from all of these counties to develop this partnership. another partner shmotorola and i will talk a little bit about motorola in a few minutes. they received an grant to build this network. finally we have bay area regional inner operability communications system, j.p.a., which is recently stood up joints power authority to oversee and govern the bay web project and anne kronenberg and chief sir are both members of the j.t.a. so we have great representation from san francisco. just a quick couple minutes on our current status. on communications and inner operable communications. we have our voice communications, land m

approaches to the region.the region that we call post-soviet eurasia, the 13 former members that are not 'em i. or nato -- e.u. or nato. and we start by russian policies in the region both in u.s. and in russia, namely that many kinds of behaviors that is many in the u.s. find objectionable are rooted in unalterable historical drivers. so the argument goes, russia meddles because of security and economic imperatives mimicking the similar behavior of the russian empire and the soviet union before it. um, and i think we, we argue that this core assumption about the causes of russian conduct in the region is flawed both because it rests on a historical deterministic logic, it is this way now because it was that way before, and more importantly because of the questionable linkage between the russian federation and the two previous states with similar geographic cores. [inaudible] for their neighbors by nature. after all, one was called the russian empire, and the other was founded on an ideology that envisioned it

in the region, we should continue to strengthen regional efforts to bolster the region while promoting trade efficiency. the apec secretariat looks forward to a successful apec transportation meeting and to the directions on the agenda that are set. thank you. [applause] >> me remind everyone, we have a very full schedule today. [inaudible] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor campos: good morning, everyone. welcome to the transportation authority plans and programs session meeting. clerk of the committee is erica cheng. madam clerk, can you please call item no. 2? >> review of minutes of the july 12 meeting. >> colleagues, you have the minutes before you. before we act on it, with any member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing no one, public comment disclosed. taken without objection. madam clerk, please call item no. 3. >> item #3, citizens of advisory committee report. an information item. supervisor campos: mr. davis, good morning. >> good morning, commissioners. our meeting took place last week and i it -- as a result there were

as cross live now to jerusalem to talk to dr nimrod goren the founder of the israelis to regional foreign policies for more on this and many has being with us here dr coren so how bad in your opinion is this downgrade in diplomatic relations and military cooperation for turkey israel relations. relation has and paul is in use in peals but this whole relationship to a totally different and an already level diplomatic relations will be and can always be have been in the last twenty or more years among the community relations be shoved down the matter of fact. and basically all cooperation with our for so deal of the exactly the situation could the on going negotiations of the past month between these are intricately with a really good review. to avoid and unfortunately it's a very bad news for israel turkish relations there but widening the sell what does it mean for the region's politics considering that the major arab states are already weakened by the wave of uprisings. basically the idea presented an opportunity for israel to mend its relations with turkey turkey moving from its allianc

let me start with the first first, why regional cooperation and wide region. first of all, we know, we heard because we know it thought why with a few exceptions then we have to convert than loughner's into family nurse. why is this important? because it is in between large commercial centers, not supermarkets, but clients in the east and west and of course in the south. and unless we develop a comic judy to make things have been, there is no way that this region without the benefit, but there is no way this region will get out of poverty, which is something we need because it's in everybody's interest. the nearest port, a lot of countries in a region is about 2000 kilometers away. how can he compete if you have anything to sell unless he has access to the places in between. an important one is getting on the way to develop at 8%, 9% growth over the past two years needs access. unless we have that access, investment, competitiveness, productivity ain't going to be there. those are some of the reasons why this makes sense. what other things make sense? the logi

is this going to be a regional authority? to go forward with this project, we would need to have either a memorandum of understanding with the agencies, or a contract, or a jpa would be a possibility. >> a joint powers agreement, but none of those exist yet. >> correct. >> once you determine the responsibilities of the agency, will they be coordinated to reflect proportional representation, or will it be equal representation from all agencies? >> participating in the study is right now -- my expectation personally has been at the end there will be less than five. there may be two or three. there may be only one. >> those are three agencies. they can override san francisco concerns? >> we have not explored how that might work out. we could set it up where there has to be unanimous agreement. >> sort of like the budget committee in congress now, which will never receive agreement. >> that is right. >> that is my concern when we start to establish regional agencies that combine the political interests of four distinct areas, or

these barriers are certainly not unique to this region. variations of them can be found everywhere in the world. but because this is the most dynamic economic region in the world, what we do will have an impact on everywhere else. some barriers are left over from a different time and haven't changed to reflect new economic realities or concepts of justice. some seek to preserve an economic order that ensures that men have the higher paying jobs to support their families. and some reflect lingering cultural norms, the belief that women need to be protected are from work that is thought to be dangerous or unhealthy for them. in truth, what is dangerous is denying ourselves the level of economic growth we need to build stronger societies. and what is unhealthy is for women to be denied the chance to contribute fully to that growth. that denies everyone, first and foremost, their games, a chance at greater prosperity. economic orders do not perpetuate themselves. they are made and remade through countless decisions, small and large, by economi

what are the issues that the city or regional level? our best role is to articulate them and figure out the best options. we have to figure out individualized solutions and help make this work. president olague: if you could come more often, we could have this conversation more and really integrate the work better. victoria has been working with you so that is great. commissioner moore, we will have him on that side presenting to us on some of the worst issues. >> i would be helpful. president olague: thank you again. there's a lot to think about. last thing is the bicycles. you go to other countries, portland has this setup, you can rent a bike. is there anything in place here? >> we have the bike rentals at the waterfront. that is at the hyatt and bike and roll. bike sharing, we are working on a regional program to be launched next year which will be initially pilot of 500 bicycles in san franciween city hall, anh of market-waterfront area. there are also other luxury pods. one set -- that pilot is successful we will seek more funds a

let me start with the first first, why regional cooperation and wide region.irst of all, we know, we heard because we know it thought why with a few exceptions then we have to convert than loughner's into family nurse. why is this important? because it is in between large commercial centers, not supermarkets, but clients in the east and west and of course in the south. and unless we develop a comic judy to make things have been, there is no way that this region without the benefit, but there is no way this region will get out of poverty, which is something we need because it's in everybody's interest. the nearest port, a lot of countries in a region is about 2000 kilometers away. how can he compete if you have anything to sell unless he has access to the places in between. an important one is getting on the way to develop at 8%, 9% growth over the past two years needs access. unless we have that access, investment, competitiveness, productivity ain't going to be there. those are some of the reasons why this makes sense. what other things make sense? the logist

four hundred people working in a mosque or in we have affiliates in different regions of russia and. when i heard about the a dear of a mr putin of creating the edge and see it was. for me a. very interesting because it was what i really did for thirteen years. you qualified for the job because how do you go out and you just send an email or one doesn't do e-mail see his mail. it's sort of. contest throughout the world was a tender it was a tender. send by email. via. the they're all ours see the edge and see and etc and then on the twenty seventh of july. putting invited us and told the results tell me tell me what did you write to the prime minister how how did you impress him how you going to improve the investment climate in russia because i have been asking this question here in this studio for more than a year now but in very improving the investment climate what nots need in your approach there deal of agency and the met new managers from managers who would work in the agency they should be businessmen who will really created their own business because for businessmen to under

this has been a truly regional cooperation, a cooperative effort. our vision for the project is to lower environmental effects and project costs by implementing two ideas. first, we want a centralized facility, instead of each agency doing their own desalination at their own facility. we would like one central facility that serves all five, or several agencies. that reduces the footprint. second, our agencies have assets that exist. some are fully utilized. others are not. we would like to maximize utilization to see if we can help neighboring agencies implement this project. this project has been recognized by the state and federal government. we have received $1.20 million through the state through crop 50 funds. in the last two phases we did, feasibility and pilot test, the state-funded 50% of the work. the rest was shared by the four agencies. what this shows is that for each agency, just by contributing 12.5% of the total project cost, are at the table for studying desalination. this cooperative project allows us to leverage our dollars. we are

regional biking service points serve two aims. one is of course, the people who want to bike, to rent their bike, to have it repaired. on the other hand, it's part of a social economic project, so, therefore, it's also an initiative that i find personally very important. these are people who are unemployed but get into a working program in the bicycle

that is possible on the regional trains.

is a very diverse region. i think we have a golden opportunity. president obama cantu par wanting to change the relationship between the united states and the became to power wanting to change the relationship between the united states and the muslim world. but now he has been given a gift on a silver platter. these young people want a different relationship with the united states. this is not an anti-american revolution. this is a pro-democracy, a pro- dignity, a human-rights revolution. it is important for the administration to be out in front, not just with words, but also with money. we give the egyptian military $2 billion a year to buy weapons and tear gas and tanks, etc., not to save themselves from an outside force, but to save themselves from internal disruption. how about half of that money goes to building schools, building civilian infrastructure, building the democratic infrastructure necessary to create a peaceful transition? tavis: is that not nation- building? >> it is, but nation building on t

shortly after taking off a region killing forty three people on board. and moscow is to set a fact finding mission to syria to get first hand information about the crisis there this as russia's president medvedev refuses to take sides in the conflict saying that talks are the only way to peace. well coming up next it's our special report about the deadly legacy of war and how it could come back to haunt military .

us in this region on the other hand they do not wish to be seen publicly to be cooperating with israel to be that it was sympathetic to israel because they also wish to be responding to that very anti israeli public opinion which they're required to deal with remembering the government leaders heading towards elections in november and therefore in order to win the election to come out well they want to continue to have a general atmosphere of known simply from israel and western and so israeli rhetoric same time in reality they are dependent on american support they're going to continue to be ok let's talk about israel's relationship with the region the countries around it i mean there has been a lot of falling out first and turkey now with cairo and they're barely clinging on to that. what consequences are the consequences for losing its allies in the region essentially it's being even more isolated. that's absolutely correct it's important to remember that there are there approaches underway in the region right now which are in no way which israel can in no way really exert any influ

, was a strongly agricultural region. at the beginning of the 1950s, more than half of the work force was still employed in agriculture. from this starting point, we have arrived at the situation today in which, as in all other parts in italy, the service industry now prevails. as well as services to business, emilia-romagna provides some of the best social and health services in italy. statistics show the highest percentage of working women in italy, though they've not yet reached the same levels as in northern europe. but, as in the rest of italy, child benefit payments are low, and this presents parents with difficult choices. antonia patuelli works in the quality control department of a fruit drinks company and lives with her husband giorgio in bologna. [speaking italian] [translator] i need to work. otherwise, i would not be able to support myself, but even if i was in a position to support myself in some other way, i would still work-- fewer hours, maybe, but i would definitely like to carry on the same work. i can'

regional efforts to bolster the region while promoting trade efficiency. the apec secretariat looks forward to a successful apec transportation meeting and to the directions on the agenda that are set. thank you. [applause] >> me remind everyone, we have a very full schedule today. [inaudible]

storage area for radioactive waste according to the live figaro newspaper the facility is in the garden region it's a major site involved with decommissioning nuclear facilities and operates a pressurized water reactor we'll bring you more on this breaking news story shortly unsolved issues in russia u.k. relations should not stand in the way of healthy and profitable cooperation that's what the leaders of the two states concluded that their meeting at the kremlin artie's a nice and now a has more on the outcome of the first official visit by a british prime minister to russia for six years. president made of called the talks direct and constructive david cameron called them excellent the two leaders have pretty much agreed to disagree on their sticking points and saying that they have to be able to move forward in other spheres especially business a lot of talk at least in the new summer as a lot of questions about the lives of engage location how that will if it will really continue to in fact ties in just to remind you alexander litvinenko was a former russian security officer who was poiso

we've been supporting a lot of the autocrats in the region. in order to win the war on terrorism, it's important we get muslim people behind us, muslim people on the streets taking initiative. >> stephen: but we already did that by invading iraq and getting rid of saddam hussein. >> and that went so well. >> stephen: well, we won. we won there. we went in there. we got rid of the bad guy, unless you'd like saddam back. just go ahead and say it. you want saddam back. >> new york but... >> stephen: okay. good. then they should be thanking us. didn't we send a message to the arab world that this is how you change things, and they went, jesus, we could do that ourselves, except minus the jesus part. >> they actually did. >> stephen: did they really? >> no. in fact, they were rejecting the model we established in both iraq and afghanistan. it didn't workment ten years later we're still in both countries. ten years later there are more suicide bombers in iraq than we have ever suffered from. greater deaths in afghanistan last month than at any time

so it is a danger it's a real danger what nato is doing its ships off the region its control of the air and having a military base it's finding a home for africa which is the u.s. nato command and control for all of africa. so this is really an opening war into the region and the idea that it has any humanitarian concerns that has never been on nato's agenda we can see it in any of the past wars nato has been involved in and we don't see it and really to this day none of that is happening supplies are coming in to any of the cities that nato has bombed and destroyed instead small rebel bands come in totally incapable of supplying any of the civilian needs right sara flounders from the antiwar group the international action center thank you very much for talking to us this hour. and other news kosovo remains on a knife that's after nato reinforced its presence at the northern border with serbia anger boiled over on tuesday at the trouble checkpoints when a dozen people were hurt in classes as nato trying to dismantle the barricades are to select three or sets isn't belcredi. now this

dissenting go ahead i do i think i've yeah he gives no credit to the people of the region it's as if they're pawns in some imperialist game look the people of libya like the people of syria like the people of iran like the people of tunisia like the people of egypt like the people of yemen in bahrain all of them want freedom all of them one avoids all the of tired of corrupt dictatorships who massacre their own people in the case of gadhafi he says there's no evidence he massacred his own people listen to the words of khadafi himself when he said we will find you in your closets we will show no mercy this is a man who was threatening to massacre virtually everyone in benghazi and beyond he says it's all about a new imperial design look whatever games the western powers or russia are playing we i'm happy to discuss with you but no one should doubt this is an indigenous movement of people who are seeking their own freedom this pilot makes a very different from the war in iraq which i was very much opposed to the united states impose its will on the ground these are people who are askin

it's really have been struggling to bring stability to that region with people that by violence many many years linked to islamic insurgency for now all the major fighting in that region has to some extent being controlled she said they felt that if he's very much studying supporting stability to that region attacks on police and the government continue throughout that region that's the especially if it's that we see the number of people that have today if you see that again last night. all right sara thanks very much indeed for bringing us more on this server reporting here. it wasn't all that long ago the al-jazeera news network was considered quote evil by washington but the white house has certainly changed its tune recently praising its groundbreaking coverage that's a little surprising critics after we can lease revelations exposed the director general of the qatar based network of having links to the cia and promoting him to herd we quit our cities now it takes up the story. right now al jazeera english is seen in million american households al-jazeera or the island is not in

it introduces regional traffic into the area. while these infrastructure projects have improved convenient access in the neighborhood, they've also had side effects. the plan is really looking at ways to compensate for some of the transportation planning that has happened in the last 60 years. then, the final issue that is of concern are the development concerns. glen park is a pretty built out neighborhood and there are a lot -- there are not a lot of opportunities for growth. there is a lot of concern about some of the few sites in the neighborhood and what will happen to them in terms of scale and compatibility and contributing to the village character that is so loved in that area. one of the big concerns is the bart parking lot and what is going to happen there. bart has a 54 space parking lot across from the bart station on boss worth street. this is their only san francisco parking lot. there are more trend -- they are more in the suburban locations. it cannot be used for anything else. bart has expressed interest in devel