and that role has shifted largely to the middle east. and when i say the middle east, i really mean one country, the kingdom of saudi arabia. as far as we can tell has pretty much all of the world's slack capacity. it's the difference between what you produce and what you could produce. that if theoretically tomorrow, if there was a problem, like not getting bombed, that's an issue, because that affects the ability to produce oil, but if there was a problem elsewhere, venezuela descended into anarchy, there was problems in iraq, nigeria was having systemic issues, countries in the gulf, specifically saudi arabia, could increase production to compensate for the shortfalls elsewhere in the world. that gave them the world of so-called swing producer. larngly that power of increasing oil production to compensate for shortfalls anywhere else in the world lies not just within opec but largely within the gulf. as far as statistics for how much slack capacity in the world are pretty opaque at this point. it's no more than 5 million barrels aday.

interests in the middle east and north africa. to be here with the secretary and to be representing the administrator as a professional. usaid recognizes most of the nations in the region are middle income countries, countries with young populations whose energy, education and inspiration can be capped to help speed up the countries journey to self-reliance. we believe well targeted investments by the united states and others can play a critical role in helping the countries walwalked in democratic advances where they have occurred and drive the job creating economic growth through modern free-market economies. in line with administration policies, the focus to some of our friends and allies and steadily worked towards those with foreign assistance helping partners build self-reliance is key to the broad u.s. effort to focus the malign influences coming from outside while demonstrating american values in the context of renewed for competition. in iraq we continue to support the government initiatives to strengthen fiscal managemen

east has a different mindset as to what the us unfortunately the middle east has a different mindset as to what the us and really the international community to degree one exists can actually do and really the international community to degree one exists can actually do let's keep in mind that 3 of the world's most important strategic choke points and circled the middle east let's keep in mind that 3 of the world's most important strategic choke points and circled the middle east right so we have the persian gulf with the straits of hormuz we have the bubble monday straight so we have the persian gulf but the straits of hormuz we have the bubble monday between yemen and djibouti with the chinese now have a brand new military base and we have the suicide between yemen. and you bootie with the chinese now have a brand new military base and we have the suez canal that links up all of the shipping lanes between asia the indian ocean and europe and now that links up all of the shipping lanes between asia the indian ocean and europe so much of the world's economy depends on strict strategi

what might we believe the middle east there. -- we must leave the middle east there. from 1919 until the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, nato was clear about its mission — put simply, to keep the russians out, the americans in and the germans down. the 30 years since have become more complex. now the alliance has an american president publicly exasperated over funding and a french president who says the alliance is brain dead. so, we've got coming up this week the nato leaders' meeting. annalisa, what is going to happen? where will trump stand? just to remind what you just said, it used to be that nato had a clear purpose, so keep russia out, america in, germany down, and the saying goes that now actually russia is in, america is out and germany is up. so the world has transformed. that is kind of a glib way of turning that phrase around — do you think it's true? well, it certainly reflects a little bit what is going on. it reflects a kind of transformation of the world since 70 years ago when nato was created, and i think that the only leader right now who is ac

interests in the middle east. the alliance would become essential when the united states called on the kurds to tackle a new threat. isis. the most brutal terrorist group the world had ever faced. by 2014, the islamic extremists were carving out a murderous state in the middle east. they called it the caliphate. and no one seemed able to stop them. but that all changed in a little kurdish town called kobani. isis fighters attacked kobani with everything they had. the battles were street to street. but the kurds refused to surrender. >> this battle of kobani ended up being a massive turning point in the overall campaign. and so from that moment we had a little toe hold in syria to twin so fight back against what was the heart of the isis caliphate. >> reporter: i was with the kurdish fighters in kobani, men and women on the front lines. that's how i first met azima. she was one of the kurdish commanders. and she showed me just how close the enemy was. >> she's saying when they come, the isis fighters come in waves.

interests in the middle east and north africa. it's an honor to be here with assistant secretary shenker and to be representing administrator green and the professionals here. usaid recognizes that most of the nations in this region are actually middle income countries. countries with young populations whose energy, education and i inspiration can be tapped to help speed their country's journey to self-relooirns. we believe well targeted invoechlts by the united states and other donors can play a critical role in helping these countries lock in democratic advances where they have occurred and drive job creating economic growth through modern free maurktd economies. inline with administration policies, usaid focuses its programming to support our friends and allies and steadily work toward graduating countries from foreign assistance. helping partners build self-reliance is key to the broader u.s. effort to counter malign influences coming from outside while demonstrating american values in the context of renewed great power compet

the slight capacity within the middle east. how much they can wrap up production or turn it down depending on under supply or oversupply. this prosperity, which is fueled by middle east oil, facilitated the containment of the soviet , and helpeds allies win the cold war. i think i have one more minute. what are u.s. aims regarding the oil industry past and future? i would argue there is not a whole lot of difference from what they were in 1945 and today. the most important factor, control over the global oil trade. not control over foreign oil fields. the oil is only useful if you have a market. as long as we control access to -- the developed world who tend to be more oil intensive -- as long as you control access, you don't need to control the oil fields themselves in the producing which makes relations with oil producers more amicable if you owned their sources. we want to secure oil for the u.s. and allies at a reasonable cost, which we do by commanding the comments -- we tend to be towards continental power, which prefer p

yousef: watching the best daybreak: middle east. headlines this week. aramco makes $1 billion in nine months, defending its position as the world's most profitable company. that amid reports that shares were finally trading in december. yousef: lebanon's prime minister resigns after two weeks of antigovernment protests turned violent. but will that be enough to stop the demonstrations? manus: and the outgoing u.s. energy secretary says he does not think president trump will be impeached. hear our interview with rick perry this hour. ♪ yousef: bloomberg sources said this week that saudi aramco earned $68 billion in the first nine months of the year, cementing its position as the world's most profitable company. that came as a saudi news channel said the aisle -- the with sharesipo, trading on the local stock is strange. -- local stock exchange. >> this is something which has been on the minds of policymakers and investment bankers and investors around the world for around three years now. about this delayed once 12, 18 months ago, while aramco was doin

in the name of their middle east that mr trump has on the line for many times that european countries including france should take the risk. possibility and should accept their students back to their country and put them on trial saw for this reason against fighting against terrorism turkey is committing what he has promised so far be to clear numbers that he can observe the other issue is that me gratian and the refugee crisis is one of the most important issue that we should act together with the nato and let me remind you that turkey is hosting almost 4000000 syrians inside to discomfit and more than $1500000.00 refugees who migrate to turkey from and other parts of the world including africa including afghanistan pakistan and turkey off we shall assign the re admission agreement be to european union so no one can blame turkey in order to not cooperate against the refuges because the numbers that i am providing is very clear to everyone ok other issue is that the russian aggression russian aggression it is very important i should talk about this the russian aggression is also very

interests in the middle east and north africa. it is an honor to be here and to be representing the professionals of usaid. usaid recognizes most of the nations in this region are actually middle-income countries, countries with young populations whose energy, education, and educatio in intelligence can be kept can play a critical role in helping these countries lock in democratic advances where they have occurred and drive job-c reating economic growth through free-market economies. in line with administration policies, usaid focuses its programming to help analyze and graduating countries through foreign assistance. helping partners build self-reliance is key to the broader u.s. effort to counter malign influences coming from outside, while demonstrating american values. in iraq, we continue to support the government's initiative to strengthen fiscal management. progress in these areas will strengthen iraqi sovereignty and provide an effective counter to iranian influences within the society. another key area of focus is our sup

east is actually right it is disappointing that we haven't pulled more troops out of the middle east. i do think the president deserves some credit for questioning our overall involvement in a way that you haven't seen in a post-cold war era. onsident obama ran criticizing the iraq war and was probably allete because of that. in some ways deepened our involvement in certain parts in the middle east. i don't like the fact that we have troops back in saudi arabia. saudi arabia has the fourth largest defense budget in the world. they should be more than capable in defending themselves against iranian attacks or to turn them in the first place. thatdisappointing that needs to happen. in regards to the v.a. we don't support privatizing the v.a., we don't think it should be dismantled. we want to give veterans a choice and not one that doesn't exist. >> larry joining us from tuscaloosa, alabama. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> i've gottastic three questions. my comment is that i've been with v.a. since 1983. sinceeen calling c-span 1984 and it's the first time i have ever in my life

these are people who want to see peace in the middle east. they came over to meet the president and we had a very frank discussion. we're dealing with a very big subject, a complex subject thar that's been going on for centuries in many cases, but we're making progress, tremendous progress in the middle east. a couple of questions. oan, go ahead. thank you. >> first i would like to start getting your general reaction today to the impeachment hearings on the hill. do you feel that the democrats made their case and how did you feel about the republican performance? >> you're talking about the witch hunt, is that what you mean? is that what you're talking about? i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched. i haven't watched for one minute because i've been with the president, which is much more important, as far as i'm concerned. this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed. it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldn't have allowed it to happen. i want to find out who is the whistle-blower. because the whistle-blower gave a lot of very incor

you are familiar with the middle east and also you, adam. the middle east is boiling now. anarchy is everywhere now. there is uprising in iraq. iraq is supposed to be a model, according to the american narrative, after saddam hussein is dead. look at iraq now. there is a revolution in iraq. there is a revolution in lebanon any way or another. and we have seen two prime ministers resigned this week. exactly. that is the best environment for isis. this is the best environment for terrorism to actually start again, so it is actually true that political islam is receding a bit, it is true that maybe we do not have the same wave of political islam as ten years ago, but i believe this kind of anarchy and dissatisfaction and, as i said, the same problems out there. and maybe getting worse. unemployment, inequality, sectarianism, frustration. corruption. the pull—out of these powers from the region has increased the destabilisation. we have a responsibility and the fact that the british government has refused to accept any of the women and children back from these caamps is anot

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let me also say that the middle east program has graciously agreed to cosponsor today's session. i want to thank our speakers and my colleague for moderating. unfortunately, john, an eyewitness to the hostage ordeal, who agreed to be and here really wanted to be here, had to cancel at the last moment for a health emergency. we are, of course, sending our best wishes to john for a speedy recovery. i'm grateful for my team for the recognition of this event. two of our talented program interns, and especially my colleague on the history program, ken burns, who took the lead putting this together and who spear heads our middle east initiative. we'll introduce our speakers, so let me briefly introduce her, not that she needs an introduction to this group. she's the founding director of the middle east program, now public policy fellow at the wilson center. in iran she worked as a journalist, an demeck, and on women's issues. she directs a complex of several museums and cultural centers before joining the wilson center, she taught persian language at princeton. she's the author of reco

the middle east remains a troubled region and baghdadi's death introduces a disengagement from the middle east, things could spiral downward. after the 9/11 attacks, the world focused its gaze on the middle east and realized one fact, the region was almost unique in having made no significant political, economic or social progress in decades. across the globe, communist regimes had collapsed, military had disappeared and economic growth had transformed developing countries. but in the middle east, time had stood still. even moved backwards on some measures. this stagnation, many believed, was the atmosphere in which islamic extremism and terrorism were able to grow and spread. in 2002, the u.n. released a report on arab development that laid bare the profound challenges of the region, it spoke of the lack of political opportunity and social progress. in the following years, gains were made in several areas, like life expectancy, literacy, female empowerment. but since 2010, nearly all arab countries have slowed or reversed their average annual human development advances. this, despite the

left the middle east but for successful careers and other parts of the. lebanese kind of the just turned on attention and brazil. and iraq the norwegian industry. unusual journeys leading to unexpected ways. the doctor but we'll move on al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan and with a reminder the top stories here on al jazeera pressure from weeks of deadly anti-government protests could finally force a major political change in iraq the prime minister abdul mahdi has announced he intends to resign the who took charge last year says he will submit his resignation to palm and mohammed john june was on the scene as the news emerged and as this report from baghdad. the celebrations were instantaneous as soon as it up the prime minister added i've been maybe an ounce of his intention to resign anti-government demonstrators but that's to leave a square practically threw a party. the stunning development came a day after more than 50 people were killed by security forces.

not only in the middle east, but beyond. i look forward to working with you and to your representatives, i want to thank you very much all for being here. i've gotten to become very familiar with all of you and i appreciate, you're doing a fantastic job for the people of turkey. and i look forward to continuing to find a common ground, harness common purpose and to advance the vital interest of our people and the abiding friendship between our nations. we have an abiding friendship he personally and with the great country of turkey and we look forward to moving that forward and making it an even bigger and better relationship. thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you. [applaus [applause] >> mr. president and my dear friends, distinguished ministers, secretaries, distinguished members of the press. i would like to at the onset salute you with my utmost emotions on behalf of myself and my nation. first and foremost, i would like to thank my dear friend, president trump and the first lady of the united states for being such

in the middle east it's a significant shift from the policies of president barack obama. who was very much against the further construction of israeli settlements in the west bank but the trumpet ministration has demonstrated that it is not afraid to make some very pro israel moves and you know this announcement by peo is just another example of that. for the l.d.s. in washington well authorities in iran have defended the hike in fuel prices that sparked days of rioting at least 3 people have been killed and more than a 1000 arrested the government insists the price rises on this is syria to fund social welfare programs as the troubles continue the internet has been cut off and the supreme leader has accused the united states of being behind the interest. the central bank can be behind in flames. police cars and a billboard of the ayatollah are also engulfed in blazes scenes of unrest and destruction in southwestern iran in the capital tehran demonstrators wish death on their supreme leader. the unrest has left many dead or wounded this footage was recorded on saturday be

when we took over, when i became president, isis was rampant all over the middle east. and as of about a month ago, i think we can say that we have now 100% of the caliphate. it will always trying to grow but they haven't been able to do that. what we did last week with al-baghdadi, who has the absolute founder and leader set them back. we also got his number two and we have a sights on his number

east -- counterinsurgency and other issues in the middle east. he spent considerable time working on malign iranian influence in iraq as an advisor embedded in prime minister maliki's office. feedback] >> the iranians are interfering microphone. [laughter] >> the next guest is a political activist. he is a founder of the iraq foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the support and promotion of democracy, human rights -- help. we need technical [microphone feedback] patricia: is that good? >> that is better. 2003cia: from november of to march, 2005, she represented in before the u.s. government as iraq's chief emissary to the u.s.. guest is a senior fellow, where he focuses on iran and iraq. he was previously a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute and the director of the middle east initiative project. before i turn it over to our panelists, and i hope the microphone is working, i wanted to make a few introductory remarks that hopefully will help frame the discussion today. first, my conviction is that to counter iranian

not only in the middle east but beyond. i look forward to working with you and with your representatives. i've gotten to become very familiar with all of you. i really appreciate it, you are doing a fantastic job for the people of turkey. i look forward to continuing to find a common ground, harness common purpose, and advance the vital interest of our people. the abiding friendship between our nations, we have a great withionship personally and the great country of turkey. we look forward to moving that forward and making it an even better relationship. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> mr. president, my dear friend, distinguished miniatures -- ministers, members of the press, i would like to salute you with my most heartfelt emotions on behalf of myself and my nation. first and foremost, i would like to thank my friend president trump in the first lady of the united states for being such gracious hosts today. we've managed to discuss all the issues in our agendas with the president author of the day. the di

the conflicts in the middle east and in my career always stayed in the middle east. there was a great deal of instability but it stayed within the confines of the region and this was the first time i was living in the uk in 2,014 when suddenly all these young people and i was teaching at the time so i was around a lot of young people people from the uk from london from the areas i taught were getting up to go join isis and i was bewildered by that.how suddenly the middle east conflict came to serve out and drawing people in from regions far beyond that seem to have no impact. i was very dismayed and upset by the media coverage of the young people because many of them were young girls. isis targeted women so particularly in its agreement. specifically girls.the press coverage was very exclusionary. suddenly these were not european girls anymore they were in-house horse for isis, packing lubricant for the caliphate. these were 15-year-olds who had been groomed. i wanted to tell the story in an intelligible way. from both side of the middle east and the side of europe.

the middle east as part of his is d.n.a. and then filled that they can find a solution regionally and then fill also threaten but i wouldn't say the rest of the world but a part of the world that is saying you know you're not allowed to do this you can only do this but we're not creating the conditions for you to not do what we don't think you should do then in another hand we have all those agreement that we are asking. to adhere to but others are not forced the same way to adhere to your mention north korea but i'll give you a simple example in my part of the world when a country in africa wants for instance to join the u.n. security council as a nonpermanent member what comes on the table is in their negotiations they say ok yes we would vote for you or will accept you in the security council but you thought about about defying this treaty or disagreement or joining another framework that is internationally adhere to but we should do that to everyone and then people feel safe and then people feel trusted and then they can

military command with coverage of the middle east region. he's also been deputy chief of mission in jordan and in united arab emirates as well as a counselor in syria as well as other roles. ambassador newman is the american ambassador of diplomacy, served three times to algeria, bahrain and most recently to afghanistan from 2005-2007. he served prior to that in baghdad coordinating the political aspect os the military intervention at the time. he was deputy assist at that particular time secretary in the affairs during the clinton administration. and has had other senior roles. i think you get the idea there's a tremendous amount of collective ex-peer tease on the middle east and adjoining areas here. last, but not least closest to me to moderate this is debra mccarthy who served as u.s. ambassador to lithuania. >> not in the gulf. [laughter] john: during obama's second term. she was principles secretary of state for economic and business affairs and served among many other roles as deputy chief of mission in nicaragua and as deputy assista

middle east policy israel approves the palestinians outright just washington says it no longer considers israeli settlements on palestinian land with the occupied west bank to be a violation of international law palestinians continue the move as another blood prospects for peace in the region also coming up around imposes a maybe a blackout of the deadly protests against fuel price increases a senior commander accuses the united states think on the bridge. dozens of pro-democracy activists to escape a police siege at a university campus beijing takes games ones that could intervene to end the crisis in golf in the city. also on the program germany gets it to clash with northern ireland and you are a 2020 qualifying team shakeup is on the cards as you keep those sides looking to cement this spot at the top they can. imagine how it's good to have you with us we begin with a major reversal in u.s. policy in the middle east the trumpet ministrations says it no longer views israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as violating international law for decades israel settlements on palestini

when we took over, when i became president, isis was rampant all over the middle east and as of about a month ago, i think lindsey we can say that we have now 100% of the caliphate. they'll always try and grow but they haven't been able to do that and what we did last week with al baghdadi and set them back and we got his number two and we have our sights on his number three. so they are not growing too fast. but i will say turkey has been helping us a lot. >> so with that, i also have a question for president erdogan.

i do middle east unlike the economist snakes. i do not think president putin sees himself as the monster of a snake pit that is not how we not think president putin sees himself as the monster of a snake pit that is not how we view the powers in the middle east let's talk a little bit about what happens next then because of the powers in the middle east let's talk a little bit about what happens next then because supposedly you know we've got this vacuum that's been left an american forces were supposed to depose italy you know we've got this vacuum that's been left an american forces were supposed to leave syria but they're they're still there what are the goals now one person the leave syria but they're they're still there what are the goals now one person that disagrees with the media's assessment that vladimir putin is the victor his agrees with the media's assessment that vladimir putin is the victor here and that is donald trump who has spent a large part of the past week. and that is donald trump who has spent a large part

no country that threatens to dominate the middle east right now, the middle east is if anything more divided and contentious than it's ever been and from an american point of view, that's okay, it's not wonderful but it means we don't have to be there because, again, every time we go there, we tend to make the problem worse than it was. >> andy, does that sort of view of restraint and restraining american power sit well with you? >> yeah, i think i can sign up for that. you introduced and posed the last question, i think it was, introduced the i word into the conversation and the i word is isolationism, and the posture that steve just outlined will elicit from many, oh, you're an isolationist and my point which is not true, but my point is that one of the difficulties that we have in engaging in a sort of sobber reason conversation about this overextension that i think would describe present posture is that it immediately elicits this response oh, you're on isolationists which by the way also implies that the conditions that existed in europe in 1938 or 1939 describe the global condi

and journalist who covers the middle east the balkans and eastern europe she's written for a variety of media outlets including al-jazeera welcome everyone to this show so good to have you here i want to start with our community because they had a lot to say about this weapon many familiar with it all started here 2 opposing opinions wasif says it symbolizes terror mass murder and lethal violence to say the very least so that's one person's perspective i'll give you another persons who wrote in and this is just minutes after we sent out this tweet our community telling them we're doing the show as well the case symbolizes freedom to me when i look at the a k 47 it was instrumental in the freedom of zimbabwe mozambique it symbolizes great. so jonathan you see these 2 opposing sides there although both still be true can you give us the back story how did this come about. sure yeah totally so you want to be extreme views and views in the middle as well. as to origins the car kalashnikov was a military man himself time criminal it was injured times mine to theirs and of small arms came u

middle east policy israel approves the palestinians outright washington says it's no longer considers israeli settlements on palestinian land from your key park west bank to be a violation of international law tell us to indians condemn the move as another blow to prospects for peace in the region also coming up during a skype dozens of pro-democracy activists in hong kong to use fraud plateaus to flee a police siege at the university campus is moving to assert its authority in the territory warning once more it could intervene to end the crisis. says dogs like pricing is ugly for the snowed in england hundreds of tasty pounds bright and rough conditions in the dry land dogsledding $12.00 championships. i'm anthony held welcome to the program we begin with a major reversal in u.s. policy in the middle east the trumpet ministrations says it no longer views israel's settlements in the occupied west bank as violating international law for decades israel's settlements on palestinian territory have been a huge sticking point in peace negotiations palestinians have slammed the move saying i

particularly in the middle east where they never end? i will give you the example of iraq. saddam hussein was an sop. there is no doubt about it. he stabilized the region there. now that he's gone, iraq is a complete powder keg and we created that vacuum. guest: thanks for your question. you have to break it down into different zones. that's a vigorous debate right now within military circles. this concept of forever wars. the united states might become embroiled in conflicts in the middle east and find it incredibly difficult to pull out because our absence in the region might cause increased instability. that's one part of the equation. the other part is just the incredible return that america around military forces the world and overseas. it is something we have long enjoyed in the indo pacific. i myself served two tours of duty in japan and on board an aircraft carrier that patrolled the indo pacific. return ist in magnified and amplified for our own security here. domestically it helps prevent terrorism. security and stability around the world. host: we will hear from

if it is this how you see what russia do in middle east or you disagree and if so why we didn't see russia instead of actually hill being creating saves soon in syria and supporting regime that some are there is a browsing against it and the qualities of them it in a state of rebuilding the cities that actually destroyed by airstrikes russian air strikes and a lot of intervene in syria should the question mark. there is a consumer is there one ok. well 1st of all the regime as you call it is the government of a state. we choose a full member of the united nations without any restrictions on its on its roads so when people say regime. i live with i live in your own conscious 2nd never ever we have been designing go foreign policy just to be nice to the united states not at all if you take the middle east right.

east and across the world, but i work on the middle east. so today we will talk about iran's influence in the region and iraq in particular, in the context of ongoing demonstrations and how iran is working to destabilize iraq, as well as the evolution of u.s. foreign policies towards iraq's government. first, i would introduce our distinguished panelists and provide some overarching remarks before turning it over for discussion. >> your mic is not on. can you-- >> is it on? >> okay. good now. >> so first to introduce our panelists, michael whom you all know is a senior fellow at hudson, a former intelligence officer with over 28 years of experience working on security, terrorism, counter insurgency in the middle east. he's spent considerable time working on influence in iraq as an advisor embedded in-- >> the iranians are interfering. [laughter] >> the ambassador is an iraqi political activist whose co-founder and president of the iraq foundation, which is a nonprofit organization that's committed to the support and promotion of democracy an

to establish their dominance in the middle east m.b.'s and m.b. said identified an enemy that needed to be defeated. by this unpopular neighbors accused of collusion with islamist groups and having close relations with iran. but one of the biggest grievances with tom in fanny the emyr of qatar is how his have a shadow at the other 2 by staging the next football world cup in qatar. because the princes of the gold states know each other well there is this clash of ambitions that partly explains the crisis in relations between qatar and certain of its neighbors. in the gulf criticizing the royal family is considered treason punishable by prison or even death. no one has dared to send saudi journalist john mark a shot he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. his crime publicly criticizing m.p.'s the crown prince of saudi arabia. today only foreign observers are able to freely discuss these personal quarrels which often evolve into state affairs and upsets the geopolitical balance. of the gulf is far away from most for most europeans geograp

east to which the russian foreign minister came out eved piece in the middle east to which the russian foreign minister came out and said hold on a 2nd 1st of all vladimir putin doesn't fancy himself as and said hold on a 2nd 1st of all vladimir putin doesn't fancy himself as a as a snake charmer and 2nd of all russia doesn't see the nations of the middle as a snake charmer and 2nd of all russia doesn't see the nations of the middle east unlike the economist snakes least it will. not be economist snakes. i do not think president putin sees himself as the monster of a snake pit it isn't present. themselves as the monster of a snake pit that is not how we view the powers in the middle east let's talk a little bit about what happens next then because support the powers in the middle east let's talk a little bit about what happens next then because supposedly you know we've got this vacuum that's been left american forces were supposed to lucidly you know we've got this vacuum that's been left an american forces were supposed to leave syria but they're they're still there so what are the g

the ongoing trade more is starting to impact this rapidly growing middle east market. factors have also struggled to deliver aircraft on time to airlines. boeing is using this opportunity to reassure its customers stopping its 737 max aircraft remains grounded following two crashes. it's a hot topic in the middle east, as they are the second biggest buyer of this aircraft. firms are coming under pressure to find new ways to cut down emissions. some airlines are 110w down emissions. some airlines are now moving to more fuel—efficient airlines like this one that earn less fuel. this is a show that defence manufacturers cannot afford to mess stopping the middle east is home to some of the biggest military spenders in the world, and with insecurity rising in the region, it is thought that budgets will go up. fighterjets from is thought that budgets will go up. fighter jets from the is thought that budgets will go up. fighterjets from the united states, britain, and france are all here to make their mark. the russians are here too, with theirjets and helicopters, and the

east because of the black stuff but how do we were quite uncomfortable about the middle east because of the black stuff but how did we were quite uncomfortable with the status quo i mean everyone actually uses america as big a militaristic with the status quo i mean everyone actually uses america big militaristic big oil hungrily in the play area in mysterious the washington do not struggle that says it's only interesting to sit in denial that says it's only interested in she should know the right sense and democracy but a lot of love love love takes me or spoil your. family and everyone very sorry happy now that trumps admitted it and everyone very sorry happy now that trumps admit to. what to do now. what to do now. going to happen if everyone started using these trump card to happen if everyone started using these trump in truth what if the democrats came out and admitted that we blame the russians because it's better than accepting losing to trump truth what if the democrats came out and admitted that we blame the russians because it's better than accepting losing to trump if the

the middle east has the highest youth unemployment in the world. the economic model remains highly inefficient, expensive and unsustainable with governments employing a huge number of people and providing massive subsidies for food and energy. the hope behind the un's 2002 report were that economic and social reforms would be easier if these countries opened themselves politically. political openness would make way for leaders that would drain the way for realism. there was some serious thinking about the region. but little of it worked. political openness led to violence, civil wars and brutal crackdowns. perhaps the most important result of the turmoil in the arab world were americans would withdraw from the region. starting from the second term of the bush administration through barack obama's presidency and now into donald trump's, america has gotten fed up with the middle east. when trump says he wants to end the wars, a large amount of public agree. so we see a middle east with regional powers jockeying for influence, mainly saudi arabia and