professor craig calhoun from new york university there speaking at the global policy forum. a faulty plane a but fearless pilots there was a miraculous escape this week for a packed russian passenger jet when it crashed landed in the middle of a forest in the country's northwest all eighty one people on board survived after a midair aleck trickle failure artie's tom burton has the story. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul the passengers thankful to be in line see to pull so will any any estimates and any doubt these accounts emergency crews arrived to find two weeks everything was on has to start this to the fleet week it was not for the professionalism of the crew and we would not be standing here over the tupolev one five four always flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure the plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to learn quic

calhoun from new york university. i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework in commentary from professor craig calhoun with new york university speaking at the global policy forum. turning out the rest of the week's news here on our team a faulty plane but fearless pilots there was a miraculous escape this week for a packed russian passenger jet when it crash landed the middle of a forest in the country's northwest all a one people aboard survived

calhoun from new york university who attended the jaroslava for i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework so although the forums discussions touched upon some serious topics the debates were at times lighthearted artie's tests are sell us ought first have. if you will who participated in this or they've been to a lot of forums and they're they're sort of used to this and with the weather outside of the plenary sessions or sometimes even in the players that you see them laughing you see them agreeing to disagree e

professor craig calhoun from new york university that speaking at the global policy forum. two pilots are being held as heroes for safely landing that passenger plane with eighty one on board in a forest in russia after a massive systems malfunction on board all passengers survive unheard of the plane's navigation and communications systems failed in midair over the country's northwest bottom half the story. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest not injuries so that the passengers thankful to be in line were seated in a pool so we landed in the nearest street and ended up as a emergency crews arrived to try to wait everything was the next thing that understood this time the fleet was not for the professionalism of through we would not be standing here. the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east and it was a massive electrical failure plane lost into matter of navigation and communication its fuel supply wing flaps were crippled meaning i had t

calhoun spoke to us to us from new york universe think he's been here at the forum and he says he thinks that although a new european security framework will take years of discussion it is nonetheless absolutely necessary. i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework. while giving his views on democracy president medvedev said he sees little chance of russia developing our parliamentary republic well it's an opinion shared by journalists or gave her a lot of was also a member of the russian council on defense and foreign

calhoun from new york university that speaking at the global policy forum. a russian flight crew are being held as heroes for landing their passenger jet safely in a forest after a massive systems fail on board or eighty one passengers survived and heard after the planes that occasional communication systems failed and made a over the country's northwest tom bottom half the story. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul that passengers are thankful to be alive we see of course it will only ever in history and ended up in the woods emergency crews arrived to find two week everything was organized very fast with the flip me off not for the professionalism of the crew we would not be standing here. the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure to plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to land quick

calhoun from new york university says a new european security framework will take years of discussion but that reform in the current structure is vital. i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework. around erupted this week over british weapons used by the taliban in afghanistan american soldiers in the country's helmand province recovered two u.k. made machine guns following a battle with militants emerged that the weapons were part of a consignment of almost sixteen and gone missing from this two years ago and it's

calhoun from new york university says a new european security framework will take years of discussion but that reforming the current structure is vital. i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework. a former u.s. soldier who had served in iraq has found himself at the center of a scandal after posting a controversial video on you tube sergeant dunson was discharged after planting grenades in the cars of iraqis at checkpoints then filming the reaction of drivers as a prank but as artie's possibly a reports most iraqis

calhoun from new york university and he says such a restructuring will take years of discussion but it's vital the talks go on i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement and so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework. professor great culhane from new york university that speaking at the global policy for. russian of flight crew are being hailed as heroes for landing a passenger jet safely in a forest after a massive systems failure board or eighty one passengers survived and hurt other planes and education and communication systems failed and made a over t

thoughts there from new york university professor craig calhoun now president medvedev says he doesn't see russia developing as a parliamentary republic and it's not opinion shared by journalists or gave her love was also a member of the russian council on defense and foreign policy. i don't really see on the horizon the possibility of russia becoming a parliamentary democracy it wouldn't work here but what we have seen in the moment is that the party system. is becoming a proper process system. needs gets established i think is a good chance for the presidents to just cause for the appointments of the parliament when fixing things and then finding checks and balances within the executive but if you can so you raise the idea of a strong executive a scoundrel you move to parliamentary democracy the cat may be another two hundred years little bit of a mentor some of these one now a country where. so really all of you know most of the are doing that to me to revive outlined at the forum today were also details in this article go russia that was written a year ago that set out measures to

reporting back and new york university professor craig calhoun says that while current agreement of a new european security framework is a discussion which is absolutely vital to begin but which could take him to comply . i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework. as well as the serious business the forum has some light hearted debates to contest south australia so that all fast. there are people who have been there for dissipating this for they've been to a lot of forums and they're sort of used to this and so whe

calhoun he is a social science professor from new york university thank you very much for joining my pleasure i would like to ask you first about the insistence of the president that parliamentary democracy is not going to work in russia what do you think i think president insisted that democracy was the future for russia but parliamentary democracy yes a specific form with a strong president and relying entirely on the political parties systems inside the parliament would be a mistake he emphasized that he thought the existing constitutional arrangements were for russia but also with us russia could you enjoy some of the benefits of direct democracy of a wider more open contact between the leadership of the people through the internet and through other card support a decision means. i called the fema for today is security and he had said that he wishes the u.s. he wants the u.s. to get more involved in peace and he didn't get a fair a positive response lawson spoke with the president what do you think about this well i'm sorry that there wasn't a more positive response because i thi