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It does seem like this was an attack carried out by the ree se -- ra seem on his own people. we may learn in a few day what is the white house policy. i dont know if thats the case. i dont know if the white house has a policy, if what we heard yet from the president was articulated that hes not sure what he is going to do. and that matters here. it matters in particular when it comes to russia, right, because some advisors speaking out in harsh terms against russia, but you dont have the preside...

Administration, their foreign policy. is it start to resemble president obamas. >> the author of "the islamists are coming, who they really are." aaron david miller vice president for the new initiatives at woodrow wilson center. great to see both of you. robin, ill start with you. these were strong words that ambassador haley talked about. she condemned russia for occupying crimea, called upon them to deescalate. that is so different than anything weve heard president trump say so far. how do y...

However that you dont end up producing the very outcome youre out to confront. >> robin, appearing at these press conferences to be strong, what to your mind is the trump doctrine of foreign policy? >> we dont know really. were beginning to feel the parameters of it. he already said he wants to make america first on every issue. thats not always going to be easy. in a globalizing world where the united states found it necessary to collaborate with whether its a formal alliance like nato or to cr...

Relationship that had disintegrated terribly during the campaign when the president had charged the intelligence community with leaking information about russian met e meddling in the u.s. election and suggesting behavior, improper behavior by the president. >> robin, this is very personal for you because you were in beirut in 1983 when the u.s. embassy was blown up and there were several cia officials who were killed in the process. officials that you knew including american diplomats as well. ...

>> well, senior former officials have called it devastating, horrible, a missed opportunity to repair relations to establish, you know, to move forward and understanding that the president is going to rely heavily on the 16 u.s. intelligence agencies to be the eyes and ears of the united states government around the world to try to prevent the attacks and find out whats going on the ground and what are threats and how are they evolving? many of the people who attended were self-selected voluntee...

Office a period of fierce damaging interactions will be unavoidable as beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves. >> joining us now is robin wright a contributing writer for the new yorker and joint fellow at the woodrow wilson center and david drucker with the washington examiner joins us once again. so we saw that in the china global times which is sort of a it be lloyd, but government sanctioned in china. they wrote much more. let me read you the end of what they wrote also. they...

Laws and now the president elect has questioned one of the basic fabric, the basic threads that have pulled together since world war ii in creating a more stable world. i think thats worrying people from across six continents. >> david drucker, to robins point he also said in that interview in the times of london, he also said nato is obsolete. he put angela merkel and vladimir putin on equal sort of footing when it comes to who he would trust most. he seems to be -- to put it lightly, you know,...

Year. >> for nearly three decades, relations between our nations have been strained. but at this holiday, we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together. >> veteran middle east reporter robin wright was in iran when obamas message was delivered. >> it was electrifying the impact it had on people who believed for the first time maybe the americans were really serious about a dialogue. >> those hopes for a dialogue became fears about a confrontation just six months later. obama, alo...

Was inaugurated. >> we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. >> iran in 2009 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile towards us, and we had been hostile towards for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes to all celebrating around the world. >> it is the new year for them. >> for nearly 30 years, our relationship ha...

Was inaugurated. >> we will extend a hand, if you are willing to unclench your fist. >> iran in 2009 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile towards us and we had been hostile towards for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating nowruz around the world. >> nowruz is the persian new year. >> for nearly three decad...