professor of international history and politics at the graduate institute of international and development studies engineer. but in israel we have john gong, he is a professor at the university of international business and economics. and here in moscow were showing by alexander lucas. he is head of the department of international relations at the higher school of economics or gentleman cross talk rules and effects. that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciated when she and jenny, but let me go to you 1st year. i've been observing for many, many years, the growing relationship closer, relationship that russia and china had. and it was, you know, a few years ago it was murmurings people mitten mentioned in western media. and now all of a sudden they're in panic mode is if this suddenly happened. well, this hasn't suddenly happened. it's been happening for a very long time. and a, the, this, russia gave the hope that the u. s. has gone through and much of the western world . they have just been oblivious to how the international stage is changing and the rapid miss of that change. and suddenly they wake up and say, oh my goodness, are you surprised by t

to speak this bring in jennifer. brick mode has actually associate professor of public and international says that university of pittsburgh, she joins us live by skype from united states. i just wanted to talk you a little bit about the, the situation in terms of the regional plan and the international people who would deal with that with the taliban. we've heard from china they, they say they are ready for quite friendly relations with the taliban. what do you think of the kind of the way it's going to play out in terms of the international kind of movement of other countries trying to get into the vacuum where the u. s. is left quite interesting because the taller bond over the past several years are in a position to have quite good relations with many of the international players like china, like russia. they have been on a diplomatic tour. so it's not like 20 years ago where the telephone was this unknown sort of elusive force. recall we didn't know who little mar was the leader of the tyler bond. or there was one photo taken of him. the others that the taliban are traveling all over the world. the talib

we are pleased to welcome margaret mcmillan professor of history at the university of toronto and emeritus professor of international history at the university of oxford doctor mcmillan previously before going on at provost at university college and saint anthony college at the university of oxford and the author that was published this past fall in including paris 1919 nixon and now. joining us as moderator this evening professor of jurisprudence at columbia law school. a leading constitutional theorist who has an extensive history of government service serving in all three branches of government joining six administrations republican and democratic including most recently the intelligence program for critical infrastructure for strategic planning at the national security council. the presentation will last for an hour and your questions could be submitted on your zoom screen. will ask as many questions as time allows. >> you say war is the most organized of human activities. as a constitutional lawyer like me it is said that governments are the most organized that relationship between more and the emergence of sta

we are pleased to welcome martha mcmillan professor of history at the university of toronto in the notice professor of internationaltory of the university of oxford. doctor previously was onct the faculty of the university before going on to trinity college at the university of toronto in saint anthony's college. at the university of oxford. she is the author of war, how conflict shaped us which is published this past fall in her previous books include 1919 nixon in now, dangerous game in joining us as moderator this evening, professor of columbia law school, he's a leading extensive history of government service, he served in all three branches of government during six ministrations both republican and democratic including most recently in the intelligence program in the infrastructure of the national security council. our next program your questions can be submitted on your resume screen and you can use a q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows. it is my great pleasure to turn our stage over to tonight speaker. >> thank you luis and welcome. >> you say war is the worst organize of human act

professor of history at the university of toronto and emeritus professor of international history at the university of oxford. doctor previously was on the faculty of the university before going on to serve as provost of trinity college at the university of toronto and saint anthony college at the university of oxford. she is the author of war how it shaped us which is published this last phone or previous books in 1919 dangerous games and women. [inaudible] joining us as moderator this evening at columbia law school. as a leading constitutional to have an extensive history of government service. he serves in all three branches of government during six administrations both republican and democratic and most recently director of intelligence program director for critical infrastructure and senior director for strategic planning at the national security council. thus an hour including 15 minutes for questions and answers. questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your screen. so please do remember to use the q and a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows. i

margaret mcmillan. professor mcmillan is a professor of history at the university of toronto in an ameritas professor of international history and a former warden of st. anthony's college of university of oxford. and oxford is where she's joining us from today. good day, professor, how are you? very well, thanks. alright, so let's start with a book. you've written a lot of books about that, the 20th century, and then you wrote this one, which is a course about the 20th century, which is nobody's great wars, but it's actually a much more broad look at history on this one topic, a war. why did, why did you write it? i'm also curious. are you surprised at all by the response to it? well, the 2nd question is easy to answer. yes i am. it's something i've been thinking about for a long time, but i thought it will come out. it's the book that a few people might like be nice if it got some nice reviews, but i am, i am surprised. it's something i've been thinking about for a long time. if you do, history, war comes in and out of history a lot that has a huge impact on history. and i suppose war was in my own background like i

the 23rd fucking said that his head of the international relations department of conduct university. it says the taliban must meet certain conditions to get international aid. the primary target of this upgrade is the common man. and now if taliban are under pressure under nice and international assistance does not load up understand this would not only put the taliban and problem but the uncommon men and organ rekey. by the way, it was not for more and more there was that is already 50 for us and poverty that will go up already. we can 1000000 people are in dire need of your management system that would go up. you have some did back we had before on most for 100000 people and they were in a, in a situation that will go up. so i think discovering and the hardship in the country on the beyond the 38000000 people now are, will be go farther into the next page. the internet recognition will come under conditions and then one has to meet those conditions. conditions. i believe the 1st condition or international commission as we e. and as we yeah from the international community is that th

university. department of international health. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about kind of access thinking about the long-acting injectables? this is really remarkable science that's coming both on the prevention side and on the treatment side. it's just so good to see. i wonder what came out of the conference related to who's likely to benefit most. one of the things that we need to be moving toward planning for how do we get these to the communities, where it will make a big impact on it? thanks. stephen: adeeba. adeeba: so matthew, what i saw stephen: adeeba. adeeba: so matthew, what i saw mostly -- \[indiscernible] long acting as prep for key populations. i think we had the results from -- i'm blanking now. that looks at gender and transgendered in south africa -- but the -- there was nothing specific, i think, in i.a.s. 2021 looking at key populations that i can remember. superiority. it was very clear superiority. that analyses of those viruses i don't know is out yet. we haven't had a chance to look at that yet. b

on the situation in afghanistan, we're joined by stephen zunes professor of politics and international studies at the universityo professor always good to get your perspective here so despite pressure from lawmakers in this country world leaders as well president biden said today that he will not extend this august 31st deadline to withdraw u s troops from afghanistan. i'm wondering if you think this is the right call and isn't really feasible to evacuate all of the americans and the afghan allies in the next week. it's pretty it's quite feasible. i believe to get americans out in that time the question is how many afghans will be able to escape as well so far, the united states is evacuate over 72,000 people which is actually quite remarkable when you think about it many times the number we were able to evacuate from saigon back in 1975. problem is, of course, is that the taliban is now the de facto government of afghanistan and uh, you know, they got to say who whether foreign troops can control their main international airport or not and they made very clear that they don't and so the president biden is goin

aileen marty, distinguished university professor of infectious diseases from florida international university. dr. marty, thank you so much for joining us. we just heard in janai's report there, your state of florida is seeing a real surge in covid cases. 134,000 just this past week. hospitalizations are the highest in the country. we're getting reports of icus again running out of space. you treat covid patients yourself. how would you describe the situation on the ground in florida? >> it's absolutely heartbreaking, and it's particularly heartbreaking because so many of the patients are younger individuals, and in particular, it's the children that are overwhelming our children's hospitals that's particularly heartbreaking. and it's just exhausting our staff, nurses, doctors, technicians. everyone is exhausted. >> and the cases with children especially troubling as the school year is getting under way, but it's not just florida. we're seeing cases rise across the country. the delta variant has changed the course of this pandemic. you also study the covid-19 virus in the lab. what's your big

university of afghanistan. in pittsburgh, cloin clark. -- colin clark. we have the head of the internationalns apartment at a university. welcome to the program. victoria, i would like to start with you. you are there right now in afghanistan. feeling it, living it. tell us what it is like. what are people thinking? where is this heading? >> while, many are quite concerned about the security situation. a lot of my colleagues now are trying to leave the country. it did not fall to the taliban. it has given them quite some hope. all in all, -- the fears that the population of urban centers is not going to let the taliban take it so easily. >> one of those urban centers, thousands are trapped and fleeing for their lives in the province. the taliban continue their advanced bodies in the streets and it is a troubling situation, isn't it? >> indeed, it is. 2000 400 people were only displaced yesterday and there are 40 civilian deaths or more than that. casualties. this is almost the seventh day that this was going on. it is not completely under hold of the taliban. they are trying to put up a resi

a. professor of international political studies at lancaster university. joining us here live one on the international. we appreciate it. thank you for your time. thank you. la catholic priest has been murdered in western france the killers reportedly a migrant who's under judicial supervision on suspicion of setting fire to non cathedral a year ago. a paula clear fathers report from france. the 16 year old catholic creek was murdered in waste and france in the region of the body of the man has found we understand that he was killed in his room. now, according to the interior minister, the suspect can solve handed himself over almost immediately off to the murder. he confessed to the murder, and he is waiting and to provision for having been involved in a fire that got a large part of the cathedral in man. last year, we understand that the suspect is a 40 year old one, the asylum pico, who has been living in france or waiting for several years. he was known to his victim. he was being welcomed into the catholic community and was serving as a volunteer at the church. now, according to

programs, we are welcoming margaret macmillan professor of history at the university of toronto and narrative professor ofve international history at the university of oxford. doctor margaret macmillan previously at the university before going on to serve at trinity college at the university of toronto and at saint anthony's college. at the university of oxford. she is the author of "war" and how it's conflict shaped us which is published this past fall in previous books include 1919, the war that ended peace, and out dangerous games. and turning up this moderating, professor at columbia law school. professor is a leading constitutional purist who has an extensive history of government service pretty serves in all three branches ofho government during six administrations. both republican and democratic including most s recently, the intelligence programs and critical infrastructure and senior director for strategic planning at the national security council. and this will last an hour and 15 minutes in the questions and answers and the questions can be submitted on your zoom screen and the q&a function. and also in the ch

joining me now is brad blitz, a professor of international politics and policy at university college eam of 350 uk—funded researchers are stranded in afghanistan, despite being eligible for an arap visa. although they are eligible for any of to come out and come to britain. what is their current situation? these are 350 people, including families. these are researchers, activists, artists, film—makers, who has been working to advance the british government's agenda on women, peace and security. this is a global agenda, a un agenda, a plank of british foreign policy, and they have been working with a number of british universities, including ucl, and they were conducting surveys for me as recently as six weeks ago. now they are terrified, they are trapped in afghanistan and they are trapped because the foreign office didn't issue them with visas. it did not respond to requests, they are eligible, and they simply were not given permission to proceed to the airport and board planes. so given permission to proceed to the airport and board planes.— airport and board planes. so you think th

what has she really associate professor of public and international says that university of pittsburgh, she joins us live via skype. thanks for being with us. i want to do. it was quite a strong defense of his policy when he said he stood squarely behind his decision and he hadn't, didn't want to continue. what he said was an endless was putting us troops at risk for a fight that he said that african leaders and, and african ministry had refused to fight. what did you make of the, the tone of this and, and how would it go down with people? i was shocked at the speech. i agree with his policy is actually i agree with the desire to withdraw from afghanistan. i agree with his assessment that his government is to blame for many of these problems. but there was a refusal here to acknowledge the scope of the military and crisis of taking shape and cobble right now and throughout the country. he says the buck stops with him, but blamed every one else to it can be true that other people deserve desert blame here, but so does the united states. and i just thought the speech was quite into main

set up the head of international relations with the department of cod. on the university he joins us from cobble for he. welcome back to the news out. why has everyone involved in what's going on there? apart from the taliban, he had been caught off guard not to do with what the taliban are trying to achieve and achieving. but the speed with which they are doing it, it seems that the government could not make it out of the shock of the withdrawal. and the security plan announcement is back knobs. defeated in picturing the taliban. and the time the band are still having this, the momentum and capturing 16 preventatives out of 34 provinces. they have strike a balance in symbolic balance in terms of 3 being controlled in nevada. and now it's almost $5050.00 annual strategic momentum. militarily, we bond, they have room to have an upper hand. now in any affairs related to the politics also there is an incorrect preconceived idea, i guess outside the immediate region that says the taliban is and always has been a homogenous organisation. it's never actually been that has it. i

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well, let's go live now to pull robinson, professor at the graduate school of public and international affairs at the university of a tower. so thanks for joining us. so much good saudi on the program today. it wasn't so long ago, joe biden said the taliban wasn't even close to 19 seventies north vietnam in terms of capability and military power in the country. they now control most of the country and couple according to some estimates is on the verge, are falling. do you think this was a big, big underestimation by the us ministration of the power of the the moth group? well i think this committee being a big surprise in terms of the speed of a ton of grants, i don't think anyone expected them to move forward quite so rapidly into sees major cities kandahar with with such fees. but i think that has got less to do with the a miss some of the georgia that of miss under estimation of the taliban. shang, as it is to do with underestimation of the will to fight from the government forces . i mean, simply put, for government forces collapse, very little will to, to, to fight. and so it's really a moral problem when

lenient c for corporate bosses and say from robert kelly, associate professor of international relations at present national universities that leads release is really part of a wider approach to white collar crime. in south korea, the korean government has a habit of releasing corporate bosses who have been convicted of various crimes. some of that was actually being sort of like physical salt. and some of the, some of this isn't just white color crime like, like, conviction but actual assault. and there's been a fair amount of criticism of that. and this is sort of a part of a large debate about sort of whether not create very largest corporation or mega corporations that dominate the economy. do they have too much influence on, on politics? my own sense, we haven't been too much from the, from the current government. right. i mean, the president current president got in because the president of course is impeached right. and leave with great big ghana. i think the current president moon has been content to sort of allow that digital process to play out. right. he got what he wanted, if you will, politically, from this

della bye, he a is electra in tradition transitional justice, at the american university of afghanistan. it says the international community must engage with the taliban. you have to set up an understanding. the major feeling here with regard to negotiations is the communication of expectations. so oftentimes, 2 opposing parties don't know what the other and expects of them so that rationality is very limited from time to time. so it's very important to engage with taliban and to communicate with them as to what are the expectation, what is the recognition or the condition on for them to understand exactly what the red lines are. and again, this is an opportunity for the taliban with regards to conflict transformation. once you enter a post conflict society, you have the opportunity to rebuild to recreate a society, 3 of the flaws that existed before. and one of the major gaps here is the gap of trust. again, the pallet bond cannot hold people hostage if they want their skills. they need to establish a government soon because they need to give people a counterfactual. you know, people are trying to go abroad, but

he's also a professor at university of san francisco's international and multicultural education department dr paypal appreciate your time today i understand that earlier today you met with community leaders, lawmakers in the east bay. are you getting a better sense of just how many afghan refugees are likely to be coming here to the bay area and what is your plan to help them settle in? well, first of all, i would like to thank you for giving me this privilege in chance an opportunity to talk about the people of afghanistan and thank you for concern for the people and their welfare once they come over here of course, i'd like to also say that my heart breaks to see that this young men and women who went to afghanistan to help. afghans to help them get out. they lost their life. they're really i'm really terribly sorry for that. yes, i didn't meet with the, uh congressman from contra costa county uh and also with the vice mayor of the city of concord yesterday and the new islamic and cultural community center is preparing to welcome these african refugees and to provide care packages for ot

now then, we are very pleased indeed to welcome martha mcmillian, a professor of international history at the university of oxford. doctor mcmillian prettily was on the faculty before going on to serve as provost at trinity college at the university of toronto. she's the author of "war: how conflict shaped us" which was published this past fall and her previous books include paris 1919, nixon and mao, and women. joining us this moderator the cd is philip bobbitt, professor at columbia law school. professor bobbitt is a leading constitutional theorist who has an extensive history of government service. he served in all three brancheso of government during six administrations both republican and democratic, including most recently as a director of the intelligence program, senior director for critical infrastructure, and senior director for strategic planning at the national security council. to knights presentation last an hour and including 15 minutes for questions and answers. your questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest of simplicity we have disabled the ch

of diplomatic and military history and university? >> i am concerned. i don't quite know why it has happened also in my own country of canada. there is a sling away from teaching internationalations the single most at the university of toronto is the strategy and statecraft it is oversubscribed but the department is leery of it because they are not quite sure. they are concerned and history is moving as it should in the direction to take a new subjects looking at histories of groups who are not writing into history. but because international relations and more could have such profound effect on the lives of people. we need to be aware of it. the study of four has come to be seen people talking about tanks and regimens that's not what war is about. but then to study war and society and not military history. it does concern me. because those in the next generation need to know something about war or international relations because and not have to deal with issues involving those. >> returning to the theme of the mutually affected relationship between moore and state that history had ended the dialectic that produced history had ceased with the triumph of the nationalistic imp

when i joined adults are as fundy of mere an affiliate of the sense of international security and cooperation of stanford university joins us via skype, from redwood city, california, sorry, very warm. welcome to the program. just as some up for me at your feelings as you're watching things progress this evening. this is a historic moment, a seminal moment of the post 911. and my reaction really ways, but who we are talking about here. you know, i started with the guns 1st and foremost, this is the end of yet another. still getting jack in the cover history and not the power has left the country. and yet conflict has not ended. lot of gone. who would feed in the united states to turn the corner. they are deeply disappointed and for many women, especially those who gained over the last 2 decades. this is dark, yet another difficult to be. i'd say from us perspective, it is one of the lowest points, the u. s. foreign policy, national security in recent memory. i believe since $911.00, the slip collapse of the have gone republic. the fact that the military didn't put a book fight in the, in the military and the key ar

let's bring in him sad that he's had of international relations at the department of cotton university. he joined us on skype from cobble for him, sat up welcome to the news on. why was the afghan military not ready for the taliban to do what is done and done, arguably very successfully. i think we've got a frozen line that to cobble may be a little bit of movement for him. can you hear me? it's peter toby here in the studio window. huh. yes, i can hear you. okay. we had a freeze on the line there will keep going as long as the line lasts, live television, these things happen. why is the taliban doing a better job of what it wants to do compared to the afghan military? well, i think of this is largely because of the security vacuum that has been reviewed by debt. and there was all a lot of work on our capitalizing on the government, consolidating, and it comes to the dating. but i think the government, they're not using it for force i know for what reasons and largely the defendants on air flight. but. 2 we see the ground for having less resistance and the regular army is more about ra

university of afghanistan in pittsburgh. we have calling clark, director of policy and research, the super and group also from couple in afghanistan for him, said to his head of the international relations department at kardon university. welcome all to the program at victoria. i'd like to talk the 1st few there right now in afghanistan, feeling a living it tell us what it's like, what's the atmosphere like? what are people thinking? whereas is heading when many quite concerned about the security situation of my colleagues now are trying to confirm that the same time, the fact that sound okay, did not fall into the hands of the that's why it says the night condition. and then even been quite some holes so only nor mitigate the fear that the population of reverend centers need nothing to let the taliban take speaking. so one of those urban centers, of course is laska and for him said to thousands, a trap to afflict their lives. in the last guard held them province as a taliban, you know, continue their advances bodies on the streets. and overall, it is a very troubling situation, isn't it? indeed it is. according to the report, 2400 people are only just yesterday. and there for

university of kansas city followed by an m.a. and ph.d. in government from georgetown university. before becoming a professor and was life in the news media and elections before u.s. and international audiences. a prolific scholar has written seven books including president of communications, nightly news night man. or in chief and his most recent recent -- he's also the author of crawford of dozens of articles in the presidency the mask media u.s. public opinion in virginia politics. his political commentaries appeared in a wide range of media including their times the "washington post" cbs news hour "politico" c-span and cbc world. he is currently professor of political science and international affairs and director of the center for leadership and the media studies at the university of washington. he is also took courses in political science journalism at georgetown university yale university and george mason university. top their friends worth has an excellence in teaching being the 2017 recipient and the virginia outstanding faculty award from the cal state higher education in virginia. before previous presentations of presidents harry truman and lyndon johnson richard nixon a

well, it's in now from vibe, said his head of the international relations department at card on university. and he thinks to taliban will have to meet certain conditions to get international aid . the primary target of this upgrade is the common man. and now if started on or under pressure on there you go. nice and international assistance does not load up one is done. this would not only put the taliban and problem, but the uncommon men and organ rekey. by the way, it was for more and more there was that is already for us and pub with the that will go up really. you can 1000000 people are in dire need of assistance. you manage are in the system that would go up. you have some did back we had before on most for 100000 people and they were in a situation that will go up. so i think they're offering the hardship in the country on the be on the 38000000 people are well, it will be go part of the into the next stage. the international recognition will come under conditions and then on has to meet those conditions conditions. i believe the 1st condition for international rico mission as we e. a

said that he's up, let's go unsecured, the analysts ahead of international relations at card university and joins is my scar from couple guys have with us on the news. our list focusing on these political talks that the taliban are having with former leaders of african governments past i'm from where you're sitting and from what you're hearing, what kind of governing solution do you imagine will emerge over the next week or so . well i, i think donna bon, are in consultations with people who are in couple with all the politicians and government officials who are, are really incapable. and the same time with those figures who are not in control and are outside the domain of the domain, which is also a son of a commander, his son who is talking of a resistance. so they found a bon are though not rushing to announce the government, which is a positive thing. why i'm seeing this because this means it's not by no duration. and as well as the in port in abroad, based on the government that we're not today legitimate insight. but we're also largely mission outside well by the challenge remains

one this we can speak to for him, set up at the department of international relations that count on university joins us live from combo. thanks very much for being with us. i wonder what sort of military equipment the taliban has mainly and where does it come from? the moment taliban are having largely small, like flashing kaufman most does and find like today. probably one. it calls that have you within the reset those pan has been observed. which seems apparently that it is matched from the government somewhere. the rest they found about are actually using small i listed before such as 47 and rocket a times, motors to and in terms of numbers of people fighting the taliban. and how do they compare with, with the economic and what your supreme notice as to whether they can hold on to the areas they've taken over? well, apparently the army is well equipped. they have the support and leverage which is required for them. but there seems to be issues of the decision making back in which is also given which is highly by and in terms of funded by the moment there they are fighting with, with that hi