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Afghanistan including pervasive corruption. including shortages in pakistan. there were a lot of factors working against us, but i would not conclude from this that our entire military budget, which is only about, you know, 3% of our gross domestic product, i would not conclude that that is a waste of money because in fact, it buys us a lot of peace and stability around the world. things that we take for granted, remember that the last 70 years has seen the greatest expansion of freedom, of demo...

CSSF Iraq The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross government fund that supports and delivers activity to tackle instability, prevent conflicts and respond to fragility. The CSSF operates in 70 countries, including Iraq. The CSSF Iraq programme delivers against 3 outcomes: The threat posed by terrorist actors is reduced by a coordinated state led security and governance apparatus. The state is more accountable, evidence-based and responsive with sufficient institutional capac...

strengthening UK capabilities CSSF Iraq Women, Peace and Security project: details Despite the essential role of women’s rights organisations (WROs) in the safeguarding of women and girls’ rights and security through service provision, policy, and advocacy, there remains a significant gap in international donor support to WROs in Iraq. Lack of funding to WROs working on WPS in Iraq and the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) was a key finding of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ...

Will not tolerate any kind of attack on an american service member anywhere in the region gets through to the leaders in tehran. i worry though that they have a long history of marching up this escalation ladder anytime they face the kind of strategic challenge they face right now thanks to administrations maximum pressure campaign. chris: you were very critical of president obamas failure to enforce his red line against syria after a chemical attack, saying that it raised questions about how st...

Will not tolerate any kind of attack on an american service member anywhere in the region gets through to the leaders in tehran. i worry though that they have a long history of marching up this escalation ladder anytime they face the kind of strategic challenge they face right now thanks to administrations maximum pressure campaign. chris: you were very critical of president obamas failure to enforce his red line against syria after a chemical attack, saying that it raised questions about how st...

Will not tolerate any kind of attack on an american service member anywhere in the region gets through to the leaders in tehran. i worry though that they have a long history of marching up this escalation ladder anytime they face the kind of strategic challenge they face right now thanks to administrations maximum pressure campaign. chris: you were very critical of president obamas failure to enforce his red line against syria after a chemical attack, saying that it raised questions about how st...

Negative. >> days before the summit, nato did just that, formally inviting macedonia to begin membership discussions, potentially becoming the 30th nation to join the international security alliance established to counter russia. >> there was no recognition by crimea of the united states. there was no reneging of u.s. security commitments. theres also no deal on syria, which was rumored in the lead up to the summit. so we saw no deliverables, no commitments. in a very practical way, a real way, ...

And foremost. you know, its about regime control as you pointed out. its not a sort of free for all western-style capitalism that they see as the natural end stage of history. theyre not looking to build condos on the beach to sell to foreigners. thats not what they w all. and so i think, again, they may see this in a very different way. already you had reports from north korean state media today emphasizing that the united states had given security commitments to north korea. they may see that,...

You know, speaking with former cia analysts who spent years studying kim jong-un and his father and grandfather before him, what did they say? they say that even basic definitional terms dont mean the same thing. so when donald trump is talking about, well, you might even have a mcdonalds in pyongyang someday, you might have this western investment, thats not really what the regime in pyongyang is looking for first and foremost. you know, its about regime control as you pointed out. its not a so...

Not sure what his security commitments will be to his american allies, then we have to think about geography and geography is destiny and china is not going anywhere. >> lets not forget, this is the second time trump has basically taken the ball in hand from the chinese. the first is when we pull out of the tpp which is the way to ballist our way around china and bring our allies including canada closer to us and we just walked off the field. >> everything he has done has empowered china and rus...