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kupchan, thanks very much for both of you for being on great decisions. thank you also for watching and special thanks to our group in connecticut. to join a great decisions group yourself in your own area, go to www.greatdecisions.org. we'll see you next week, i'm ralph begleiter. >> to order a dvd of this series, visishoppbs.org of this series, visishoppbs.org or call 1-800-playpbs. [instrumental music] >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. great decisions is produced in association with the university of delaware. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by pwc, the aarp office of international affairs of international affairs and the european commission. [instrumental music] >> i think the greatest example of how working effectively with germany and with other e.u. countries right now is in terms of the sanctions on iran and the fact that germans have been the, um, strongest advocates. >> we need to, uh, exert pressure on germany where it is engaging in, uh, a policy that

. >> next, charles kupchan looks at how nations escaped geopolitical persecution purity argues about diplomacy, not economic dark it is pizza than the event hosted by the naval counsel on world affairs in naples, florida. this is just over an hour. >> if you pick up a newspaper, whenever newspaper, on most days of the week you will find at least one, at least two stories about pork. these days probably iraq and/or afghanistan will make it onto the front page, if not both of those may be human or somali or some other rivalry, india, pakistan, china, japan. you name it and it will be on the front page. i think it is safe to say that if you pick up a paper to mark a more debate the headline is not going to be all quiet on the u.s.-canadian border. if you pick up a newspaper in paris it is not going to be all quiet on the franco-german boundary. it is self evident why that is the case. is peace breaks out nothing happens. when war breaks out a lot happens. there is noise, emotion, color. everybody sends cameras and journalists. so to some extend it is reasonable that we pay a lot of atte

and charles kupchan, professor of international relations at georgetown and senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. he also served on the national security council staff. tom malinowski, let's start with the president. he said he was instructing his administration to explore the full range of options. what should those be and with w what urgency? >> i think where we need to start is understanding that there isn't anything that's going to convince qaddafi himself to come out of the bunker. as we heard, he's going to fight till the end. but the fate of libya is not in qaddafi's hands it's in the hands of the men who have to decide in the next day or two whether to follow his orders and those are the people who can still be influenced to make the right choice. >> lehrer: how? >> through economic sanctions. the administration working with its european allies could stop very, very quickly, virtually all of libya's international financial dealings, transactions banking transaction through threats of international prosecution. there's already serious conversation about taking libya t

. >> next charles kupchan speaks. he speaks at an event hosted by the naples council in naples, florida. this is just over an hour. >> if you pick the newspaper, most newspapers, you'll find a story about war. these days there's probably iraq or afghanistan will make it on to the front page. if not both of those, maybe yemen or sai -- somalia, or pakistan, china. you name it. it'll be on the front panel. it's safe to say whether you pick up the local paper or "wall street journal." the headline is not going to be all quiet on the u.s. canadian border. if you pick up a newspaper in paris, it's not going to be all quiet on the franco-german boundary. it's self-evident why that's the case. when peace breaks out, nothing happens. when war breaks out, lots happens. there's noise, there's emotion, there's color, everybody sends cameras and journalists. and so to come extent, it's reasonable that we pay a lot of attention to war and little attention to peace. obviously, people go to see movies spend $11.50 or whatever it is