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when earlier the head of a vienna based geo political thing time told us the very existence of to resolutions demonstrate starting the current discord between the united states. i'm the european union and it's growing. first and foremost, it suggests that the west, that's the united steel political block is no longer existed. and that we have small, basically a confrontation between yes, the most european use states on the one that i'm still not that states um on the other hand, month and its uh, actually very, um, strange if you think about it, certain smaller united states. uh, which basically 6 started, the conflict for ukraine are in favor of peace. and the states of the european union are mostly on the side off on those who wants to prolong this war. i think so . i think this will not be the last for uh, the last resolution um, which has, which russo um, to sense between united states and to europe. he's now while a lot of mirrors, lensky, hold on to power despite his term leading ukraine. housing expired last year. the nation's parliament has dismissed the resolution name that continuing his reign in office. and european officials were there in key up

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commissioners to paris and london and vienna and spain, and say, this is a war, just that we -- this isn't a war, just that we are having a domestic argument over whether the united stateshould be one country, or as we southerners believe, we should be an independent state, but quite happy to be neighbors of this reduced united states. and so, from davis's point of view, this is perfect. this is the north allowing him to frame the war as simply a domestic dispute between north and south over matters which shouldn't really concern other countries. davis's commissioners are told not to mention slavery if they can. just to focus on the fact that the southern states want to be free to choose in a very democratic way their own way of life, their own representatives, their own constitution. and that these horrible northerners are trying to overwhelm them. but surely, european countries understand that these are good people in the south and no mention of slavery. but from lincoln's point of view, i fault him, because i think he did have a chance to, r ight at the beginning, to say that this was very much a war over slavery. but he paid too much attention to the fear of, say, k

vienna, focused on antisemitism. it was followed a year later in berlin by a high level conference. our secretary of state at the time, colin powell, many participating, and it led to the declaration known as the berlin declaration, which spelled out some of the initial commitments that governments would be expected to take to address the problem of antisemitism. notably among them were really to identify, monitor, and react to hate crimes. the reality was, most governments did not even acknowledge such a form of attack, but a crime based on prejudice, directed in this case at jews or jewish targets, was something that needed to be flagged and addressed. so if we look now, really over this 20-year period, on the one hand, if we look at what governments have done, osce, some international organizations have done, it is a remarkable progression, a very positive development. the position i hold was first created at the osce in 2005, and in reality, the first special envoy on antisemitism that existed. it was true to establishing the it was true the legislation establishing the office in washington was adopte

potentially being the new vienna when they have energy meetings here, but they really have emerged as the new switzerland as you as you pointed out, you know, secretary of states here, foreign minister lavrov from russia, having the first substantial us russia dialog since the russian invasion of ukraine. president sisi of egypt is in saudi arabia now as they come up with a collective response to the gaza crisis and the trump proposal to take gaza, the arab league has to come up with a counteroffer. they're discussing that now, and there's conversation about the fact that saudi arabia may play a role in crafting a solution to the iran crisis, trying to get a new deal between washington and tehran that would stave off a potential israeli strike on the iranian nuclear facilities and potentially provide a path for sanctions relief for potentially both russia and iran. so a lot going on in riyadh at the moment. it's more than just an oil story. >> all of this is happening at the same time that saudi arabia and the us. i guess i'll call them negotiations. we're talking about potentially $1 trillion, 500 billion to $1 trillion investment by saudi arabia in the unit

vienna, austria. david, welcome. >> thank you so much great. >> what you think of for trump become the 51st state? >> then tend to provoke up or that's what so many of his comments are intended to do. but, let's take it seriously for a moment. the story of the modern world and i'm talking to from montrÉal the hand democratic societies and cooperating in all kinds of creative ways. none on. >> and david, i'm going to jump in their. i'm sorry to do this we are having some problems with our internet connection. i would like us to take another shot at disconnecting from you reconnecting and hopefully get a better connection rather than have the audio problems we have. let's take a little bit of a break while we do that. jeremy, why don't you take another call? >> let's go to a call who is bill in british columbia. welcome and what to make to the 51st date comments are trump? >> actually not very much of it. thank you both for having on the show. i think it is great for doing this. i think this conversation should be had. about 40 years ago i am from vernon british columbia. i do think it is a dreadful

vienna, austria. welcome. david thank you so much. :ian: what are your thoughts about canada becoming a 51st state? david: the trump comments are meant to provoke. as you set, i'm speaking to you from austria. cooperate across borders, maintain their sovereignty, and cooperate in creative ways. the national story with this relationship. ian: you know, david, i want to jump in, i'm sorry to do this, but we are having some problems with our internet connection, and i would like us to take another shot at disconnecting from you and reconnecting and hopefully we can get a better connection rather than have the audio problems we have. let's take a little bit of a break while we do that, and jeremy, why don't we take another call? jeremy: let's go to a call who is bill, who is in burton, british columbia. bill, welcome, and what do you make of the 51st state comments from trump? caller: well, i don't think much of it. thank you both for having me on the show. thank you to cbc and npr for doing this. i think this is a conversation to be had. i am from vernon, british columbia, and i do think it is a mista

vienna and talk to them. they never were like this. there's an they're an unconstrained threat to the security of europe and the united. statesity for republicans, senate republicans to be heroes here for america? >> well, it. goes to. >> i think, to. >> eugene's question. >> who cares. >> on which of these issues. will either. >> senior republicans. >> or the. >> american public. >> react in. >> a way that. >> prompts a reconsideration by the administration? and we have seen on none of these issues an ability to ignite that kind of response that might that might make a difference. but my question for ambassador mcfaul is this strikes. >> me. >> as shocking, but not surprising, because if. >> you. >> go back to president trump's first term. >> his admiration. >> for vladimir putin was was clear, and his disdain. >> for ukraine. >> was. >> pretty clear. >> too, when it when zelensky refused to do his bidding on investigating. biden and it led to his first impeachment. so. so i wonder if all this wasn't. >> kind of forecast. >> during donald trump's first term in the white house. >> that's a. >> great point. >> he never critici