Currently have and future sanctions, should they be ramped up, that we have the resources to actually do that. A lot of the questions i had have been answered already, so i would just say that i applaud the chairman for putting forward the proposal he has in terms of congress waiting in on an ultimate agreement. I hope that we are sensitive to these negotiations. I do believe, as many of us have discussed, if this jpoa were to continue in perpetuity, it would not be a bad thing. As long as that breakup time is significant enough and iran isnt progressing towards a Nuclear Weapon that is what our goal should be. I hope that we can stick with these negotiations. I hope that they are fruitful in the end, but im certainly willing to play as constructive a role i can as a member of this committee to make sure that happens. Thank you, senator. Senator cowans. Thank you for holding this hearing and the constructive relationship you and our Ranking Member have had. I support the administration
China the start of the National Political congress, whats at stake for region and the u. S. And the pursuit of justice 20 years after the bosnian war going after People Living here and accused of committing war crimes. Good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. Im antonio mora. And im stephanie sy. The iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i. S. I. L. But progress is slow. And Human Rights Watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. Heavy losses on i. S. I. L. In its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. Jane arraf has the story. Troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. Tikrit. The Iraqi Military has launched since i. S. I. L. Seized territory last june. It doesnt show the militia component of this fight. Shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. The government says i. S. I. L. Fighters are deserting and heading for moun
Think is very interesting study, john f. Kennedy and the missile gap also in 2004. And finally we have Michael Cohen who is a fellow at the century foundation. He has been a columnist at the guardian. A blogger for the new york daily news. Hes the author of life on the campaign trail which is about notable 20th Century Campaign speeches of consequence and he is also published widely in wall street journal, new york times, l. A. Times, politico, et cetera. So john, over to you, sir. Good. Im supposed to speak here. You can all hear me. I thought the subject of this panel and of this conference had something to do with realism so im going to playoff that theme and ill get around to pl ticks at the very end. Theres a narrow version of realism. Im not talking about the academic theory of realism or the diplomatic theory that resinate with Public Opinion. Thats the idea that america should only deal with threats that directly concern us but in places like syria, the middle east and ukraine
Its in some ways the most ambitious project that existed to try to remake, you know, National Identities into something larger. You know, sort of european identity of the notion that theres not just greeks or italians or spaniards but this european identity. If you take a look at the most parliamentary elections you discovered the exact opposite occurred. Essentially you have actors on the far left and far right. Both of which are within europes boards and outside of europes boarders doing relatively well. And, in fact, the only place where that didnt happen is germany and thats because germanys mildly insane policies that they instituted across the rest of the euro zone served them well and no one else well. So i think unfortunately youre still operating in a world where National Identities or sub National Identities trump any sense of cosmopolitanism. Just quickly. Just from a political perspective, the American People are in a particular place right now, very skeptical as foreign in
Test test we should work with allies, we should share burdens and national problems. This isnt a new view. People have long thought that we should share global burdens, it just seems to be at a much higher level than in the past. What i think is most interesting, though, about some of these numbers is the divide you see between the public and the elites. So, for example, half of the public, 51 , says the u. S. Does too much in terms of solving the worlds problems, and 17 says we do too little. If you ask elites, and these are cfr members, 41 say we do too little, 21 says we do too much. Thats a huge divide between elites and the public. And if you look at sort of Public Priorities where people think our foreign policies should be directed, the divide is even larger. This was sort of fascinating to me. The number one concern among americans and also generally among elites is terrorism. So there is broad consensus among both groups that we should focus on defending another terrorist atta