Whatsoever they seem to be reasonably stable countries that are stuck in between these 2 extremes so. It would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in 20 years time and its going to take quite a lot to shift russia even to a complete or a terran state that doesnt hold elections rule or to a much more Democratic State where we could genuinely talk about some of the tweets and losing power i was writing of aides to the soviet union and i remember very vividly this transition from infuse the absent any and if you see as and for democracy to see a lot of cynicism not only among the people but also among the leaders and when it comes to the latter as. It was primarily driven black a realisation and deeply how the leave that for the west democracy is not a value its not the goal its not something that they lead by its actually an instrument its in to all of many places and its as theyve been totally wrong about that. Tell me a little bit more b
A permanent and deliberate handicap. Absolute academic concert as i have to say the kind of is that is the option that some less let me in between those 2 extremes i think you know we go back to the seventys or eightys if we were talking then about exactly this question these countries going through growing pains and i think by the time weve got 2020 we need to recognize that countries that are stuck in this kind of middle ground between terrorism on the one hand and democracy in the other they hold elections but they rig the elections the same government a leader is in power for very long its im these countries arent simply having growing pains that are on the way to some wonderful democratic future need for a day you know complete or talk or sees that have no ability to have any criticism whatsoever they seem to be reasonably stable countries that are stuck in between these 2 extremes so. It would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in
Committee. The meeting will be called to order. The chairman is on his way. He has asked me to gavel in and begin my Opening Statement and then hopefully he will be here. We are very, very honored to have chairman powell. We thank him so much for testifying today. I look forward to hearing your perspective on the current state of the economy, and the potential challenges ahead. Id also like to thank you for your thoughtfulness as you help steer the economy through what in some ways are extremely challenging times. As you have said in your testimony, by some measures, our economy is strong. The National Unemployment rate fell from 10 at its peak during the Great Recession to only 4. 7 when President Trump took office. And it has continued to fall. It now stands at only 3. 6 . The economy has continued to add jobs now for 10 9 consecutive months. More than nine years. Years. Inflation remains low. Below the feds target. Wages are moving up though not as fast as we would like. But it is w
It tells about the help of german soldiers to ukraine. The plan to form a president ial council in haiti to deal with the transition power failed. This council was supposed to choose the interim Prime Minister and the council of ministers to make it possible to fight against criminal gangs. With the continuation of conflict and internal unrest in haiti , the countrys Prime Minister resigned two days ago. Haiti has been unstable since 3 years ago after the assassination of the former president. Nigeria reopened its border with niger. The president of nigeria also ordered the lifting of sanctions against niger. Relations between the two west african neighbors had soured after the antifrench coup in niger in august. Niger coup , the third french anticolonial coup in west africa it was after mali and burkina faso. The Member States of the West African Union had sanctioned niger and even threatened a military attack. But after 6 months of threats and sanctions being ineffective , they chang
An independent country that borders nato allies and is on the border with russia. Imagine what would happen now if he succeeded, have you ever known a major war in europe that we didnt get involved in, we dont want that to happen, we want to make sure that these democracies survive and ukraine has a crucial meaning for this to happen. Mr. Roman, biden is talking about two, two wars that are going on right now. In ukraine and in israel, but biden does not say anything about the third or fourth point that may be on the map of the world to arise, for example, between north and south korea, or in taiwan, or in africa, do you think that the goal of this axis of evil is to destabilize the United States of america and western countries and create more hotspots for the west. Spent more of his weapons and lost his power, well, at least the power that biden is so proud of now, well , there are two components to your question, the question of power is not relevant, because the soviet union collap