she has written and spoken extensively on issues of south asia and terrorism. she spent some time here in congress on the senate side, as i have and one of my previous incarnations. she has also worked as an elections observer in afghan parliamentary elections in september, 2010, and in pakistan's parliamentary election in february, 2008, so i will pass it on to caroline, who will give introductions, and then we will get started. >> thanks, sandy. hi, everyone. thanks for coming today. we have a great panel, and i am going to quickly add a little more about the alliance in support of the afghan people, of which i am a member. this alliance is a completely bipartisan coalition of afghan and american individuals, and as andy said, it's organized around this idea that there has been progress made in afghanistan. maybe it's not to the extent we hope given the investment, but there is progress, and it deserves to be sustained. while the members of this coalition don't agree on every detail of policies moving forward, we do have a general sense there is a shared beli

elections and governance in south asia several former u.s. ambassadors and policy analysts discussed the recent afghan presidential elections in the parliamentary elections in the security challenges in pakistan today the brookings institution foreign-policy research to victor michael o'hanlon moderated the discussion yesterday. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm froi am from the brookings institution foreign-policy program and we are here at an event in carnegie space and we are grateful to our friends for hosting us today. to my right is another scholar who is an expert on afghanistan and is one of the countries all in difficult parts of the world and difficult challenges she spent much of her career working on including a couple of excellent books about counternarcotics into the topic of the current research project she wrote a book about afghanistan called aspiration and end of the lens and was going to be an observer in last month's first round until violence precluded that which is a natural starting point for some of the discussion i know

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sprawling labor camp known as sonapur is home to hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from south asia. in hindi, sonapur means 'city of gold' - but in reality, it's more of a shanty town. it's this pool of labor that american subcontractors dip into to find workers for us military bases in afghanistan. >> what would happen if someone tried to apply for a job directly with ecolog? >> the typical business model, i'll call it, that's used by the gulf subcontractors is they will go to india, or nepal or philippines, or kenya, and they will link up with a recruiter. they work out first the above the board terms. and then there is the below the board agreement. which is the kickback. >> we needed to speak to someone intimately familiar with the arrangements between subcontractors and their agents. in afghanistan, ravi had given us the name of the recruiter in dubai who connected him to ecolog. to get this agent to talk to us openly, my producer and i posed as employees of a subcontractor, looking to hire indian workers. we set up a meeting with the agent near his office, and filmed it using

we're courting disaster in south asia. >> let me build on that and ask about the iran talks, the iran nuclear talks going on right now. there's a great deal of optimism worldwide about this, although there have been some hitches along the way, including on friday when the u.s. refused to allow iran to -- the credentials for the visa for its u.n. ambassador. which could also be a negotiating ploy, i suppose. how optimistic are you about those talks succeeding? start with greg. >> i'm pretty opt missic. what succeeding means is not clear. we are trying to get a handle on it that is serious and long-term. the idea that they're going to get out of the enrich. business, that ain't going to happen. i we can have good inspection and enrichment only to nonweapons capable level, i think that's a success. not all of our allies might not see that as success but we have to act on our own interests, taking our allies into account, but it's our interests that we care most about and in that sense i'm relatively optimistic. >> jerry? >> i share greg's optimism. what i find rather ironic is, i think,

he's currently a senior fellow and director for south and central asia at the hudson institute, and he co-edits the journal, "current trends in islamist ideology." ambassador haqqani's also director of the center of international relations and professor of the practice of international relations at boston university. his most recent book is "magnificent delusions: pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding." ambassador husain haqqani also as a young man grew up in the, in the folds of the seminary culture, and so when he speaks, he speaks from a lot of personal experiencement we thought it important to get that knowledge before you. dr. hah ruin ullah is -- haroon ullah is a member of the planning staff at the u.s. department of state. he joined that in november 2013. he's been dealing with public diplomacy and countering violent extremism. he served earlier as director of community engagement at the u.s. embassy in islamabad, and before that at the belfor center at harvard's kennedy school of government where he's focused on democratization, counterterrorism a

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spent most of his career with the bbc in south asia and a man who could have found himself in the same position as peter. let's go to the news conference in new york city. >> right now they're taking a moment it reflect on everything that has happened. a moment of silence. we will do so as well. [ silence ] >> thanks very much. we'll hear more about them when one of our speakers talk about them. to get things going today to mark 100 days in an event we wish we didn't have to have. we're journalists. we're usually reporting the news, not making it, i would like to ask our executive producer of news gathering owen watson to say a few words about our colleagues, our friends. >> it was on december 29th that my colleagues were arrested in cairo as they simply did their job. they swine--they join another colleague who was already in prison. they have endured conditions at times including being held in cells that had no access to light, little food and water. they have slept on floors without blankets or pillows. during those 100 days their access to the outside world has been strictly contro

east asia, the south china sea as the demonic d east asia, the south china sea as the demonic defenseof postmodernism. in a sense of warships, fifth generation fighter jets, cyberwarfare, ballistic missiles. >> why am i not reassured? >> i'm going to reassure you. the south china sea as a maritime clima the south china sea as a maritime climate and were central europe was a land climate and a claustrophobic land climate where armies came into contact with to and fro with a lot of civilians killed back in forth into two world wars. the south china sea conflict will show us they were anxious, nervous, complicated world but not necessarily a military cataclysm. its air and sea with very few civilians involved. they are fighting not over densely packed territories, the geographical features in many cases. >> how did you explore these geographical features? how did she go about it? >> what i've been increasingly as they get older and travel, the first time you get very vivid impressions. the longer you are there, the more you realize you've been partially deceived. they are more long lasti

the terrorism, especially turkey, and again it means that we cannot completely turn our backs on south asia because those problems exist along the afghan -pakistani order. again, to be more pessimistic than mary, or more discordant, we have to be seriously concerned about the threat of a terrorist attack somewhere, ridiculously i would argue more likely in europe than in this entry, and involving a chemical weapon. ofre have been a spate arrests of al qaeda operatives in turkey and in iraq in particular, in israel, and elsewhere in the middle east who have been either seized with actual quantities of sarin nerve gas. that is too much of a cluster of in a specific region in a short time that one can ignore. another affiliate's goals in serious to see assad's chemical stockpiles. this has become a much more serious threat of terrorists using unconventional weapons in the future than it has been at any time in recent years. a better capability to scan the horizon of potential al qaeda expansion, we have proven inept at that. its expansion. finally, i would say, and this is one of the strengths

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korea gets all of their goods, energy, cargo from the south china agassi. is the asia persian gulf. but where it is only important for all real or energy the south china sea is important for energy transport for an oil and natural gas under the seabed and also for all the commercial cargo traffic. >> you already said a couple of provocative things you compare the central -- the china sea with the disputes over borders and in nationalism led to the tuberose catastrophic wars in the history of civilization. are you worried as nations conflict over control? >> the south china sea and the east china sea are both complex will not lead to the world war i style cataclysms. it was about tanks, trenches , the things like that and they went on for years and tell it involved 70 million soldiers and innocent civilians. south china sea is to postmodernism in the sense warships, nuclear submarines , a fifth generation fighter jets, a tribal warfare, ballistic missiles. >> host: why am i not reassured? [laughter] >> guest: the south china sea is a maritime climate where central europ

fee and that this isn't made this admission i did i went into needs to be a leadership vote in south asia as a stable and peaceful democracy that promotes the government in an european neighbourhood i just didn't need to strongly into that context it's the performance mean plenty of beds. smith of the crash site in jenny was lying in your belly i'm stunned i was going to a group led by minutes and the coffee site on monday claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than a hundred tribesmen from top left and pakistan stood out badly that i live on the outside eaton said the drivers were kidnapped on saturday for indulging in anti islamic activities though many of the captives release on sunday the second said at the sixty one still in custody. also known as the money he had run its not me at all anti freedom movement was set to have recently split from the medical industry. i'm guided by stephen tsai has also accused hamas of my antenna attacks in india's commercial capital mumbai which killed two hundred and sixty six people including six americans. these. some other developments not gonn

focus back to this effect game as the awaken a sense of the massive account countryman time for south asia news nine mulan the test of abuse of power from misguided of this maverick from a cupboard under the lid on the top of the audience's usher at the height of the event this weekend. to be human. police officers then it was his ninth beaten me up. the funny thing is that effected on box office. today the wta top of the senate divided into a disconnect the audio the dvd is an addiction was out promoting their latest on. an inspection the door said that's the basis of the comedy is headed back to new delhi they are the ones that you are using it to the topography and the activity and more big ticket had been to in a bid to defeat the extent that i'd been thinking that the new system that has been the topic in my brain so it is incredible. there's no reason for me to signal the end of the one thing is that the use of need. he was the new town. the depression ep. this does not get the ok hubby minute thing and then shot not a bad thing and got on the end of the oven and acting been in yemen

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south asia reporter tweeted two beloved veteran correspondents. one has died.ear we are all targets. both at the top of their game thoughts with friends in kabul. that the coverage of the killing of one photographer and also the shooting of an ap colleague who is in okay condition in hospital. well, the bbc's karen allen is in the north of the country where voting cards have been sent for the poll on saturday. >> this is considered one of the safer parts. it is perhaps more famous for its historic shrines and vibrant business community. nonetheless, people are still on high alert. taliban have threatened to disrupt the elections. there have been a number of high profile attacks. six polling stations will be closed for security reasons. but we're told the vast majority across afghanistan will be able to take part in this historic vote. planes like these have been used to bring materials in. they have been asked to help district 30,000 tons of elections materials to four regional hubs. >> this is where all the election materials are being kept under very, very ti

mt everest located on the border in south asia. 20,000 feet, 10 times higher than the world's tallestuilding. the mountain claimed the lives of 200 people. it's not cheap. you can expect to make 75,000. today, some climbers are packing up their bags and leaving of the the guides that take them up the mountain refuse to make the trip to the top. richelle carey is here with more on thax. >> hundreds climb everestery year, doing it with the help of sherpa, natives of nepal. the avalanche that killed 13 sherpas changed everything. there's so much anger in the community many insist on closing the mountain for the rest of the year. >> the disaster is the worst loss of life ever. the sherpas are taking their anger out on the government. >> the entire community has been hit by the death of the sherpas. the government provided little or no relief. the government makes thousands of glass. if the government gives a small percentage of that, it would many a big deal for the families. >> major expedition teams call aufr off the plans. >> the government has been slughtly unfair to etch -- sleightly

asia to find this poverty and pivot. it's credible. we have to see more delivery, we are not seeing that. >> governments in north and south-east asia want the u.s. to provide military balance to china's assertiveness. critics say the pentagon has not gone far enough and points out that the u.s. had more limited resources. washington doesn't want to antagonize china unnecessarily. economist leads the way. justifying the pivot to voters. there's not as much urgency. underlined by clinton's former assistant secretary kurt campbell writing: >> campbell set up his own advisory confirm. >> around 740 million people in asia live on less than $1.25. no mention is made of them in headlines. they are probably not going to inside president obama's visit much. the government will be watching closely. it's seen as a critical test of the u.s. strategy. >> palestine activists held a rally in gaza calling for unity between hamas and fatah. following a threat by mahmoud abbas. if peace talks with israel don't go through, the two rival political groups have been at odds for several years, and each rules a separate territory. it coincided with a west bank

with entrepreneurs from malaysia and why i'll be engaging with promising young leaders from across south asiaater this afternoon and thanks to the tremendous success of our program to bring young americans to malaysia to teach english, the prime minister and i agreed to renew that program for several more years. the time that i sent in this region as a child helped to broaden my vision and left me with a lifelong affection for the people and traditions in southeast asia. so prime minister najib, thank you for your partnership, for your vision, for what our nations can accomplish together not oath for our two peoples but for the peace and prosperity of this entire region. >> thank you, excellencies. the leaders will now take questions. we will begin with the first question from the malaysian media. i'd like to call upon malaysia's t.v. 3 to have the first question. go ahead. you have the mic. >> good afternoon. i am from tv three malaysia. i have questions on the issue of proliferation security initiative. this is something new for malaysia. where he going to be the 103 member forks psi. what

she chairs the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and south asia.o see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what do you make of these numbers? the young folks went away in 2012. is this fertile ground for the gop to go after them to come back? >> it's a great opportunity if our party strikes on this theme. we have to reach out to younger voters. and the trend has not been going our way. of course younger voters tend to vote more often in presidential elections and then there's a sharp drop-off in midterms. we're going to face one of those in november of this year. will the gop make a concerted effort to get back those younger voters? our health, our vitality and our future depends on it. not only are we missing out on young people, but women and minorities as well. we've got to grow the tent, not shrink it. >> speaking of young people, photoshopping, they know all about that. it's all over advertisements like this one for bikinis at target. the model's size, not exactly truth in advertising. you want to do something about this. tell me about the bipa

military spending now totals eighty seven point eight billion dollars military expenditure in south east asia rose five percent big spenders for the philippines and vietnam they're engaged in territory disputes with china over islands in the south china sea i eye. people in japan are lining up on either side of the political debate over key government priority prime minister she is on at once the country to be able to exercise the right to collective self defense or the ability to defend allies that come under attack nhk surveyed more than one thousand people by phone over the weekend. respondents were aged twenty and older sixty seven percent said they are interested in the debate twenty four percent said they believe in japan and they believe that japan should be able to exercise the right to collective self defense. twenty two percent said they do nots forty five percent said neither japanese leaders have traditionally maintain the country as the right to collective self defense but that the constitution doesn't allow them to exercise that right. prime minister of the ones to change that i

joined once again by the former fbi agent who is the founder and ceo south asia middle east consultants, former ntsb managing director peter goelz. let's get right to our question from a viewer. stacy asked this, it's been 50 days, surely a piece of the plane would have surfaced by now. are >> i would say their best judgme judgment, and it's got to be 90 plus% is that the plane went into the ocean and it went into the ocean off of perth. but remember that area has been hit by at least two cyclones and it didn't get there until after the first cyclone had passed through. it is absolutely challenging that they have not found a piece of wreckage. >> as far as expanding the search area for you, this could go on forever is there a for at what point they will have to pause and stop for a while? >> they may narrow down, in terms of looking there. you keep getting better, you keep seeing what is needed but at some point, you keep searching so hard i'm sure there will be less and less resources available. >> australian resources they will never give up? >> there may be a contraction of some of t

the changes are likely to see tokyo selling equipment to south-east asia and india. prime minister shinzo abba wants his country to play a bigger role in international peacekeeping and defense. afghans will vote for a new president. they choose parliament and provincial members. there's few women in politics, but jane ferguson met one of them, an mp in the conservative province. their life stories should be centuries apart. this woman and her grandmother are separated by two generations. jamilla is an mp campaigning for re-election. her grandmother was sold as a child bride to an older opium addict. decades have not eased the pain of her youth. she says her granddaughter's achievements astonish her. >> translation: i'm surprised to see my granddaughter among the men, talking to the men. it was a different time, we didn't talk to men. they covered their faces. >> it's difficult in afghanistan for women to have careers. this is a conservative city. taliban threats make it dangerous for women to campaign. she is relying on her reputation to win vote. for the past five y

asia. and followed by south korea, asia and the philippines.t joseph biden is in the middle of a second date to ukraine, he is showing a show of support and the comments he made this morning go to russia and i am quoting, it is time to start talking and start reducing the tension in ukraine and he will also provide an additional amount in aid. >>> now a possible tipping point is the decision that came yesterday during an appeal hearing, makers of 100% pomegranate juice and they say they are grossly mislead being consumers because the juice is 99.4% is actually apple and grape juice. they are not deceptive because it is a quote flavored blend of five juices. >> this product we believed intentionally was set up to mislead consumers. >> kennedy was a bit confused and they saw a seemingly lopsided lawsuit. >>> meanwhile, they have made an about face on powdered alcohol. they issued it and failed to decline any other details but they are calling it pal alcohol where there may have been a discrepancy and they plan on seeking label approval a didn't.

another example was looking at trade in south asia. the political economy and a key aspect of that analysis was to look at how trade could benefit across border regions and that was an explicit focus of the studies and i am wondering and when i tell you is the world bank changing or am i looking at it differently? >> thank you for that question. that is very good. there are efforts within them to do things to try to give poor people more right, spread democracy. there are words like empowerment and i guess this debate is happening at a larger level than that. because it is like the world bank a split approach that is strong and a somewhat unclear way in which all of these words that sound good are actually the same thing as what i am talking about which is fundamentally a political system that is democratic and which the leaders of the country are democratically accountable to the system and elect leaders that respond to them and reject leaders that don't. so the macrolevel the world bank can't talk about and then there is there smalle

he's in hawaii right now meeting with military leaders from south asia. it's a meeting that's been long planned. incidentally, meeting with malaysian minister of defense and they'll talk about the search for flight 370. that's one of the big things he'll be doing while he is in hawaii. he just expressed his condolences to the people at ft. hood going through this shooting right now, although he did say he really doesn't have many facts at this point. they are still coming in. it is still an active scene, even though we have been told that the shooter is dead. there have been multiple injuries as well. we're trying to get more details about that and will bring that to you as soon as we get those details. with me here -- okay. on the phone with me right now is congressman john carter. he represents the district where ft. hood is located. congressman carter, thank you for being with us. our condolences to you and the people in that area. >> yeah, this is a real tragedy. after the 2009 shooting, this incredible military family of ft. hood is going through ano

>> yes, we have seen from our own intelligence how groups in south asia and terrorist groups pose a threat to us have been delighted to be told by edward snowden how the cyber security services went about intercepting communications. information,at they have made those less exploitable. i think there are three elements to the disclosures. first of all, there was the extent of nsa surveillance. i think that if that was done within the law and the limitations imposed, that is a legitimate debate in a democratic society. and i think it would be hard to argue that it is stuck within those parameters, but that was not a useful public function. the second element, to go into what you just described, the means and mechanics by which the intelligence services go about their business is extraordinarily irresponsible and damaging. third, going in for the details on the actual names of agents and operatives? that is criminally irresponsible and, in my view, crime. i think it shows a total disregard for the people who were actually involved on the sharp end. the decent, patriotic people who put their

i think this country will be able to compete with our neighbors in south asia. >> brown: come in five years time? many are already coming some touring in hot-air balloons. and here in bagan, three hundred miles northwest of yangon, that raises other questions for the future. bagan is an archeological wonder, capital of a former burmese kingdom and said to contain the highest concentration of buddhist architecture of any place in the world. several thousand pagodas and temples in a variety of shapes, styles and sizes, some dating back more than a thousand years. one issue here is sheer numbers: how many tourists, and hotels and buses to accommodate them, can the site hold? of course, if you're a carriage driver, like myo han, the more tourists, the better for you and your children. his youngest is finishing high school soon, the first in the family to do so, with the hope of becoming a tour guide. myo han himself was once a farmer. >> ( translated ): a farmer's life is very hard and poor. driving a horse carriage is easier. i can make much more money. >> brown: another issue here: high

raised women's employment to the levels of men, for instance, average income would rise by 19% in south asia and 14% in latin america. just a year ago, the governors of the world bank group endorsed two new goals for our institution. the first that we will commit our energies to end extreme poverty by 2030 and the second, that we will work to boost shared prosperity. on extreme poverty, what we mean is people living on less than $1.25 a day. less than the coins that many of us empty from our pockets each night. yet, more than a billion people in the world live on less than that each day. the second goal about shared prosperity, of course, is a focus on the income growth of the bottom 40%. but we know that even if countries grow at the same rates as over the last 20 years, if the income distribution remains the same, world poverty will fall to only about 7.7% in 2010. and that's the percentage of all the people in the world, not just the developing world living in poverty. from a rate of 17.7%. again, this is the entire globe that were living in extreme poverty in 2010. in the past 20 years,

raised women's employment to the levels of men, for instance, average income would rise by 19% in south asia and 14% in latin america. just a year ago, the governors of the world bank group endorsed two new goals for our institution. the first that we will commit our energies to end extreme poverty by 2030 and the second, that we will work to boost shared prosperity. on extreme poverty, what we mean is people living on less than $1.25 a day. less than the coins that many of us empty from our pockets each night. yet, more than a billion people in the world live on less than that each day. the second goal about shared prosperity, of course, is a focus on the income growth of the bottom 40%. but we know that even if countries grow at the same rates as over the last 20 years, if the income distribution remains the same, world poverty will fall to only about 7.7% in 2010. and that's the percentage of all the people in the world, not just the developing world living in poverty. from a rate of 17.7%. again, this is the entire globe that were living in extreme poverty in 2010. in the past 20 years,

jumps from animal to human. 80% carry the parasite, they are the most common nonhuman primate in south-east asiathe parasite is more dangerous because it multiplies quicker than other malarial parasites. >> the problem is when the patients come in, the parasite count is low. they may not be diagnosed with malaria, are sent home. when they return, the parasite counts are too high. >> under the microscope it looks like another less deadly parasite. and misdiagnosis can by fatal. because of that health workers label cases as both. in rural areas, the risk of getting reinfected is high. mosquito repellant is expensive and unrealistic. >> i know that i can still get malaria because i go into the jungle from time to time and also to the farm. >> the only way to make sure the cases are not fatal is by educating the population, and early detection and prompt treatment. >>> all right, let's leave you with a story that may give you a rapidly sinking feeling. two men set a record for base jumping off the world's tallest building. they jumped head-first off a building in dubai, with their intrepid cameraman

the shire workers in vietnam has completed the longest cable stayed bridge in south east asia. the new town bridge spans the grand river in the capital knowing it to fifteen hundred meters long at the age to be part of the new route between international and go into the city center is expected to ease traffic congestion the new the bridge was built safely. using the most advanced technology. on that two japanese construction companies to foreign news to build and manage the japanese government's help finance the project. words are still need to hold the surface and install apps they help to open the page in october population has shrunk for a third straight year the numbers illustrate a shift to an aging society. oh and sixty five or over now make up a quarter of the total. officials with the internal affairs ministry released estimates as of last october the population at about one hundred and twenty seven million down more than two hundred thousand from the year to million the classified as aged fifteen to sixty four. i speak of working age the number of people in that catego

in photo ops and meetings president obama is making the rounds in south east asia. for the past two days he's been in japan. he wants to reassure the japanese the u-s is committed to to protecting their economic and national security interests.in the course of the next week he will also visit south korea, malaysia and the phillipines. and a small side bar item. it's take your kids to work day, so take them along and show 'em what you do all day when you're away from home. our trader today is phillip streible,he' s with rjo futures. let me talk commodities. that's your specialty after all. wasn't oil just $104 a barrel just a couple of days ago? >>a few days back we saw it right at that $104. remember the violence over in the ukraine and russia. it's still there but kind of taken a back burner right now. we fell back from that level from 104 down102. a lot of it was the may contract was up for expiration yet a lot of the speculators were all long because of that violence and concern. the problem is that time had run out on them so they had to exit the contract and it

to think or say things he wants to promote the use of the coins in other countries including south east asia. simple government is vital. for the choir. a light kit just like russia china with their own ways more street newly minted speeds the cranberries but the risks associated with the coins on no one to friends in asia then else when the wolves the coins are being used by top traffic us payments can be settled in the photo currency with the high level of anonymity this website first came to moses in january. it advertises the fact that he was a mom so that coins can be remiss if we don't disclosing any posts no information at soul the singapore was money to real full routines announced last month that he will stop to regulate businesses handling the coins to test the issuance of money laundering and financing of terrorism. singapore has grown into the city state that it now. it's quite pleasing as few restrictions as possible on the way people do business. it's no searching for the best way to deal with the coins. this will allow businesses to capitalize on the new photo currency. my old

improvements in security architecture across southeast asia that will help oval would miss on the standings for the future. likely in poland because as united south east asia is an engine for economic growth not just in this region. but around the world. making things cctv oh and one us president barack obama says seven point one million americans managed to enroll for new health care coverage five mumbai is a bit like dandelion. speaking at the white house was gone on to study. obama said the four year old war known as obamacare has not fix the healthcare system but it has made it a lot better. he also praised the achievements of overcoming last week staff to stop offs lineups like mafia. the total number of sign ups the houses of when told that once beaten down due to compute sfx lost for him. america's walker said he watched all his might mean general month is horrifying to back set out to warn consumers of a defect in small cars. this lead to thirteen deaths. why haven't the folky cars speed week old even though gm knew of the problem as early as two thousand was left with the question price by jen's new chief executive mary bought the formal

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. >> isn't submit we are in central asia and south asia and in the middle east now. >> rose: and you were not trained as a media entrepreneur, i mean you were a banker, you were lots of other things. >> yes. >> but when afghanistan changed, when they threw out the taliban you saw an opportunity. >> yes. >> and one little radio station became -- >> well, i mean, we were lucky. i mean i think it was by design, more of an accident business accidental business. >> we set up a business and one thing led to another and lo and behold we have about 20 countries across the region. >> rose: and partners like rupert murdoch. >> he is a minority shareholder in our company and it is good to have him. >> let's talk about the election. >> success, i think. >> rose: seven plus million people, when they were threatened, one-third of them women, and which many people didn't believe it was possible. >> yes. 60 percent participation rate, higher than yours. >> rose: yes. of course. >> yes. >> rose: we are less than 50. >> and it was a bad day. the weather was dad, it was snowing this parts of the countr

that means we can't completely turn our back on south asia. the afghan pakistan border. i think again, if anything more pessimistic, we have to be very seriously concerned about the threat of a terrorist attack somewhere, particularly i would argue the terrorist attack involving a chemical weapon. reported as widely as it might be turkey and the iraq and elsewhere in the middle east, actual sarin nerve gas. that is too much of a cluster of incidents in a specific region and a short time. and, of course, the other al qaeda affiliates, the char all aside chemical stockpile which has become much more serious threat of terrorists using some unconventional weapon in the near future than at any time in recent years. a better capability, the potential expansion. proven fairly in net debt that. the expansion and then finally, i would say, this is one of the strengths. she underscores the uncomfortable fact that the struggle against terrorism cannot be wished away despite all that and take -- temptations this is an ongoing challenge. al qaeda has strategic vision. [applause] >> t

something that might be worth talking about especially for those here were not fully with india or south asia. could you talk a little more about these 90% or the 60% self-employed, or the 90% you know, what we refer to as the masses of the people? why? by after 20 years of growth that they're working in the unorganized sector? what does that mean? did you explain that? >> well, i think when in the late '80s and the early '90s, wind, let's say when soviet communism lost the war in afghanistan and became -- india which used to be aligned with the soviet union became, begin to see itself as a natural ally of israel and the u.s. and it changed its economic policies, and one of those things involve dismantling protection to workers. you know, and on the other hand they would pass laws like loss or minimum wages but it was understood that they were never going to be implemented. and people have seen let's say i've written and follow the a lot on the issue of dan building, you know where people displaced, and there's hundreds of thousands are told that when the dam is built you all get a job. but t

south east asia as a potential gold mine for the welsh car made this and many of these fences set up shop in thailand is to benefit from rocky economic risk. japan sold to many factors are looking for ways to maintain a competitive edge in that time our kids attention to what dr has read mornings so they can design vehicles to sit in medical conditions. nhk was with paul ehrlich an adult only had small. bangkok international motor show you just outside that i can't lift my eyes to it. it's one of these cases it is on its own. no pictures from around the room to park in the event japanese carmakers. in any domain single time i didn't pull it out. these models the sign deputy local tastes the design. we will extend or branches in the markets across china. to serve more customers. ai japanese friends are focusing on compact cars. i stayed out there a moment i have been the students and young people yellows are waking up to chris freeman the acb. we call in more ties taking an interest in leisure time. lol many people i love just got the money show. it is a compact like to be a ghost tha

it's growing very strongly here in china but also across a shop and keep the south east asia and what gravity is from time to play in the end of the end of this market. but tony's didn't account for nearly thirty percent of all international students in estonia. which is a very high number of and reflects coast guard at the top in china for the opportunity to study abroad this was of course it was made in china that i've read some statistics show that the number of chinese students studying abroad to the growth rate has been scouting the things that didn't turn me into going to last too long for what he still strategy to compete with new recipes from other countries uses will just have to compete on a fold the students who do want to study abroad. increasingly we are studying chinese students studying there has to korea and china. and then going abroad to do a maths degree it's become a very common and so we are staying sharp rise in graduate programs and that's the strategy it's about speaking to the opportunity to study abroad which many chinese students to want it helps to klang wh

sculptures will appear a new exhibition called lost kingdoms ended with a school trip to the south east asia the state century. her owner that they administer for coltrane the government of myanmar consists of two of our request to bar is an enormously important all the tricks of the swim and be involved it's going to the pew with a few coltrane both central me in awe and representatives here for the first time. one for sixty pieces into the sacred in hinduism and buddhism the scope to looking at me but don't my shoulder. it is probably the oldest is fixed sculpture in the exhibition the property based around the pool sentry duty. bennett has witnessed two rounds of practice with hinduism and buddhism. one tree to the links on them beneath them. in the ancient city is facing trial. the exhibition also features the disco christian klein and sunfish the stokes is from vietnam and cambodia and malaysia is also on display the exhibition is ambitious than sixty books the new boss would charge a fortune in part direct hit from the source countries. we bought together it only excel pools of well do

that has a lot to do with your closest ally in northeast asia, south korea. the president feels very happy about the japanese reluctance to accept the issue of -- [inaudible] for women in the second world war as part of the atrocities of the japanese -- [inaudible] what do you think of the this issue as a woman and as a scholar of international studies? >> i think if you compare the recovery in europe in the aftermath of world war ii versus the recovery and lingering tensions in asia, we can see very clearly that whenever we are open and honest about what happened this history and make the apologies that need to be made to victimized parties, then both sides are -- can move forward. but when we try to hide or suppress information about what many people know to be true that happened during world war ii, those resentments just linger and fester and resurface again and again. and based on the comparison of the great strides that the european union has made versus the lingering tensions over some of these issues in asia, in my personal opinion, i think the only w

she has written and spoken extensively on issues of south asia and terrorism. she spent some time here in congress on the senate side, as i have and one of my previous incarnations. she has also worked as an elections observer in afghan parliamentary elections in september, 2010, and in pakistan's parliamentary election in february, two thousand eight, so i will pass it on to caroline, who will give introductions, and then we will get started. >> thanks, sandy. hi, everyone. thanks for coming today. we have a great panel, and i am going to quickly add a little more about the alliance in support of the afghan people, of which i am a member. a completely is bipartisan coalition of afghan , and asican individuals andy said, it's organized around this idea that there has been progress made in afghanistan. maybe it's not to the extent we hope given the investment, but there is progress, and it deserves to be sustained. while the members of this coalition don't agree on every detail of policies moving forward, we do have a general sense there is a shared belief that

on tuesday, president obama begins a trip to asia with stops in japan, south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. at the white house briefing, susan rice briefed reporters on the trip and took questions on ukraine. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon. the president's trip to asia is an important opportunity to -- presidente obama is rebalancing. nearlye next five years, half of all growth outside of the united states is expected to come from asia. a region that includes several important u.s. allies, developing democracies, and emerging powers. we increasingly see our top priorities tied to asia with access to new markets or promoting exports or protecting our security interests and our core values. the countries we are visiting -- japan, korea, malaysia, and the philippines intersects with our leading priorities. these are modernizing our alliances, promoting democratic increasing, commercial ties, investing in institutions, and deepening people to people exchanges. -- unlike many of the presidents overseas trips, there are no large summits involved. the agenda in

>> 2 billion people are already eating insects as part of their regular diet throughout asia, south americathere's a very good reason why. >> what would you say stand up the most about eating insects nutritionally? >> most have high levels of nitrogen iron phosphorous and calcium. you have a lot of other abundant elements that our bodies can use. >> the united nations released a report arguing for more insect farming and more bugs in everyone's diets. >> at the moment, a lot of entomophogists are in to what is into this new food product. >> especially crickets are actually the protein hope of the future and a sustainable one, at that. >> they are incredibly efficient as well. you can take ten pounds of grain and feed a cow. you'll get about one pound of beef back for your work. while at the sairm poundage. i get more back. >> 9 billion people by 2050, demand for meat products is expected to double. >> there is a visual and psychological aspect to it. you have to try to overcome eating a cricket. >> what do you think is going to be motivate for americans to get behind this cricket movement?