coming up its cross talk with host peter lavelle right here on r.t. . we think. this is. a low and welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards well western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across our predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rules in effect as usual john we're foreign policy expert do you see in your crystal ball an attack on iran this year. i doubt it you know we came very close i think in twenty eleven in two thousand and twelve to a war in iran t

oh and welcome to crossfire i'm peter lavelle essential intelligence agency it is feared secretive as well as the stuff of legends but the cia has a checkered history to say the least since its inception has been revealed that it consistently goes beyond the bounds of law and even morality what is the use of this agency today should it be shut down and rebuilt from the ground up. to cross-talk the cia today i'm joined by paul schulz in london he is a nonresident senior associate with the carnegie endowment in washington we have jacob hornberger he is the founder and president of the future of freedom foundation and in philadelphia we crossed lawrence davidson he is a professor of history at west chester university all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want jacob if i go to you first is it time to shut down the cia. absolutely it's long past time it needs to be abolished it has no place in a free society it's just the cation was the cold war that ended a long time ago and it's really at the root of many of the foreign policy was that the

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the op is. with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in place. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl sharon london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump.

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl sheryll in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it i mean is it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle ont

low and welcome the crosstalk on peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards while western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across our predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rules in effect as usual john we're foreign policy expert do you see in your crystal ball an attack on iran this year. i doubt it you know we came very close i think in twenty eleven in two thousand and twelve to a war in iran the israelis were pressuring washington pretty hard for you know a first strike but the obama administrati

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl show in london he is the middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encouraged karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto something n

alone and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl sharon london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while eskandar he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we cross to ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encouraged karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it and because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settl

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl show in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it and because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto somet

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl sharon london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it and because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto somet

hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen what can we expect what about the so-called reset with the united states and will international law be even less relevant than last year. to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs marks about that he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow's same university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station. in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want you don't do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy and right now it's a very turbulent time as you can remain turbulent or yes. maybe it will be even more terrible and no fortunately the syrian crisis continues and a year ago everybody predicted also to fall soon immediately and now we are what we were told he has to go right ok i find it very interesting every time someone like hillary clinton says this person must go some most of the time all th

oh and welcome the prophet for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a renegotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we are robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to. keith he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here is cameron cameron playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more i think is a great deal of that cameron effectively offering voters a chance to decide on the e.u. membership after the next election implic

a low and welcome the crosstalk on peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards well western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across the predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rules in effect as usual john we're foreign policy expert do you see in your crystal ball an attack on iran this year. i doubt it you know we came very close i think in twenty eleven in two thousand and twelve to a war in iran the israelis were pressuring washington pretty hard for you know a first strike but the obama administr

alone and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl show in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while eskandar he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ario ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project right gentlemen cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it i mean is it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years t

alone and welcome the process for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a real negotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we have robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to. he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here is camera on camera playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more. i think there's a great deal of that cameron's effectively offering voters a chance to decide on the e.u. membership after the next election

oh in welcome the process for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a renegotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership with britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. crosstalk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we are robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to. he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german hellenic business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here is camera cameron playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more i think is a great deal of that cameron effectively offering voters a chance to decide on the e.u. membership after the next election and impli

alone and welcome the process for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities for committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a real negotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we have robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to. he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german hellenic business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here is camera on camera playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more. i think there's a great deal of that cameron's effectively offering voters a chance to decide on the e.u. membership after the next

low and welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards well western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across the predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more ted she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rules in effect as usual john we were foreign policy expert do you see in your crystal ball an attack on iran this year. i doubt it you know we came very close i think in twenty eleven in two thousand and twelve to a war in iran the israelis were pressuring washington pretty hard for you know a first strike but the obama adminis

oh in welcome to cross talk where things are considered i'm peter lavelle the israelis have voted the outcome shows an electorate clearly divided down the middle at the same time it appears the israelis might have voted for the status quo there is little interest in coming to a just peace with the palestinians and palestine nor does it seem israel is on course to change its behavior in stable hood so what exactly happened in this election. to cross-talk israel's election i'm joined by patrick tyler in washington he's a former chief correspondent of the new york times and author of two books on the middle east a world of trouble and fortress israel and in jerusalem we have robert restraints he is a professor at hebrew university and author of a lethal obsession or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want all right patrick i'd like to go to for you first in washington before we talk about the meaning of the outcome of the election let's talk about the election itself was quite lackluster and a lot of people commented that foreign policy and speci

blow and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a real negotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helprin in london he's a journalist for the times also in one. we are robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to you to go chat seamark cockies he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german hellenic business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here it's carry on playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more i think there's a great deal of that cameron's effectively offering voters a chance to decide on th

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted and hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl shahril in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project or a gentleman cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto

welcome back across i'm peter lavelle your mind you were talking about the central intelligence agency. ok jake i think you were called in your marxist how do you want to react to that i mean is it there has to be some kind of reform here out or there's no accountability whatsoever yeah go ahead. well i think we can forgive paul for that indiscretion because he lives in britain he's obviously not familiar with libertarianism and the libertarian movement in the united states but let me let me edify him a bit that libertarian this is a libertarian critique of the national security state libertarians here in the united states paul we believe in individual freedom free markets a limited government constitutional republic and none of this is consistent with a military empire in which there is military bases and more than one hundred countries which engage in a cia that engages in regime change operations military coups. interference in the internal affairs of other countries assassinates people incarcerate people indefinitely tortures people none of this is consistent with a free society an

hello and welcome to cross town peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social fun at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs and we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict

go and welcome the crosstown peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social fun at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel e. he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs as we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict. cert

oh and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas and chickadee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social thought at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan cross-talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. .

hello and welcome to cross town peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social fun at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict. certa

hello and welcome to cross town peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social thought at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict

welcome back across town from peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about russia's foreign policy gentlemen at the end of last year secretary of state hillary clinton warned about the resolve it is ation of russia and the post soviet space i want to go through all three of you your reaction to that. here a player who was a. secretary of state recruited because of domestic political reasons it was actually a coalition of ministration and obama had to do it due to situation democratic party. and i must see she was very much disciplined secretary of state she basically fulfilled the policy formulated in the white house but now you know sharing on the fact that qaddafi was murdered when we came he died yeah that's that was actually the position of many in the states probably along i think you're the most himself but but in the russian issue of. the reset wasn't he were equally into this idea but she was off to work on that as obama wanted but no since she leaves office she could say what she really believed and i was not at all surprised because the hillary clinton comes from ninety n

go and welcome the crosstown peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it doing bring impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social fun at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessary say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict met certain

yes i do stay with us for that if you can just a moment after the break peter lavelle and cross talk. choose your language. of choice we can without any financial plan today still some. choose to use the consensus you. choose to give the news that invigorating to. choose the stories that in high life choose the access to your office. deadly rivals some decades. it's good fifteen people killing each other in any other country there will be diplomats there will be a. self-imposed costs from society i will attack myself and michael attack my brother understand. the cause of my anger and my frustration. got. into the. most violent gangs in us history. is just all model kill or be killed with the colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimizes the violence . made in america on the oxy. hello and welcome to the con i'm in two thousand and thirteen what are its strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats is the russian economy becoming more or less competitive is the pace of reform on track and is russia prepared to withstand exter

hello and welcome to all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for negotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helprin in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we have robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we crossed two year ago. he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german business association tell me i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the.

welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about russia's foreign policy gentlemen at the end of last year secretary of state hillary clinton warned about the research he does ation of russia and the post soviet space i want to go through all three of you your reaction to that. beautifully was a. single throw state i recruited because of the mystic political reasons it was actually a coalition of ministration and obama had to do it due to situation. democratic party. and i must say she was very much disciplined secretary of state she basically fulfilled the policy formulated in the white house but now you know sharing on the fact that qaddafi was murdered when we came he died. that's that was actually the position of many in the states. probably along i think you are the last and so but but in the russian issue you know the reset wasn't he'll recall into this idea but she was off to work on that as obama wanted but no since she leaves office ship would say what she really believed and i was not at all surprised because the hillary clinton comes from ninety

hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle russia what is its reputation in the world at least according to western media doesn't deserve it and what can russia do to change it. to discuss russia's branding i'm joined by victoria pound over she's an associate professor at moscow state university of international relations. and off he is the c.e.o. of the russian international affairs council and david burkhardt he is the editor in chief for moscow news website all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it let me go to you first if you could in a few sentences for me describe the russian brand russia as a brand. it's how our leaders try to put it. so. i think.

hollow in welcome across the aisle going peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers.

low and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what do we mean when we use the term the west is that geographical historical or more of an outlook in a state of mind many around the world have an ambivalent attitude towards the west indeed the west remains relatively rich but it is also associated with arrogance and violence. to cross talk what we mean by the term the west i'm joined by stephen leatherman in chicago he is a blogger author and radio host for the progressive radio network in washington we have david markel he's a former deputy assistant secretary of state and in toronto we cross to michael coren he is a t.v. and radio host columnist and author all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any.

go and welcome the crosstown peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it delivering impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas in chicopee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social fun at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel e. he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today i don't know if we can necessarily say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting at sea legs we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict. certai

alone and welcome the cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing hard realities are committing an act of selfish political following these are some of the reactions to david cameron's call for a real negotiated relationship with the e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's.

go in welcome across town peter lavelle ending international impunity this is the stated goal of the i.c.c. the international criminal court but is it doing bring impartial justice to the world the court supporters say after a decade in existence it's too early to say its detractors claim the i.c.c. is racist and hypocritical as well as a tool of the great powers. to cross-talk the i.c.c. today i'm joined by lawrence douglas and chickadee he is a professor of law jurisprudence and social thought at emerson college in boston we cross to william kaler he is a professor of international relations and history at boston university and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university are a gentleman cross talk rules in effect lawrence if i go to you first is the i.c.c. delivering impartial justice to the world today. i don't know if we can necessary say it's it's you know this is a fledgling institution which is still getting its sea legs we know that it's only delivered one verdict so far i would say that one verdict. ce

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a low in welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the israelis have voted the outcome shows an electorate clearly divided down the middle at the same time it appears that israelis might have voted for the status quo there is little interest in coming to a just peace with the palestinians and palestine nor does it seem israel is on course to change its behavior in stable hood so what exactly happened in this election. to cross-talk israel's election i'm joined by patrick tyler in washington he's a former chief correspondent of the new york times and author of two books on the middle east a world of trouble and fortress israel and in jerusalem we have robert restraints he is a professor at hebrew university and author of a lethal obsession or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want all right patrick i'd like to go to for you first in washington before we talk about the meaning of the outcome of the election let's talk about the election itself was quite lackluster and a lot of people commented that foreign policy and

welcome back to crossfire i'm peter lavelle your mind you were talking about the central intelligence agency. ok jake i think you were called a new york marxist or how do you want to react to that i mean is it there has to be some kind of reform here out or there's no accountability whatsoever yeah go ahead. well i think we can forgive paul for that indiscretion because he lives in britain he's obviously not familiar with libertarianism and the libertarian movement in the united states but let me let me edify him a bit that libertarian this is a libertarian critique of the national security state libertarians here in the united states paul we believe in individual freedom free markets a limited government constitutional republic and none of this is consistent with a military empire in which there is military bases and more than one hundred countries which engage in a cia that engages in regime change operations military coups. interference in the internal affairs of other countries assassinates people incarcerate people indefinitely tortures people none of this is consistent with a fr

welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about russia's foreign policy by gentlemen at the end of last year secretary of state hillary clinton warned about the resolve it is ation of russia and the post soviet space want to go through all three of you your reaction to that. hillary clinton was a. secretary of state recruited because of domestic political reasons it was actually a coalition of ministration and obama had to do it due to situation democratic party. and i must see she was very much disciplined secretary of state she basically fulfilled the policy formulated in the white house but now what i can see you know sharing on the fact that qaddafi was murdered when we came he died yeah that's that was actually the position of many in the states. probably along i think you are the most himself but but in the russian issue. the reset wasn't he were equally into this idea but she was off to work on that as obama wanted but no since she leaves office shit would say what she really believed and i was not at all surprised because the hillary clinton comes

where peter lavelle grills his guest over what went wrong in the country that spearheaded the arab spring that's coming your way next hour. what's really in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore part of the problem with the egyptian revolution is that turned into a form of a spectator sport where outside there is going to have they're saying i mean i shouldn't be saying that i'm a spectator external observer is well but to the extent that it's kind of interfering with this process and unfortunately that form of intervention is egging one side or the other you can also look other than western countries are there all of the countries are playing in supporting certain parties within egypt now when it comes to international intervention or opinions it's the same the international scene is just looking at egypt and trying to secure its interest and i mean the u.s. for example hold still supporting morsi just like it did mubarak and i feel that at this moment it's just. you know speculation like like karl said and things are happening on the ground that they need to catch up

welcome back to cross all things are considered i'm peter lavelle talking about the west assault on the muslim world. i daniel i know you have to run really soon and i want you to finish the point that you made in the first part of the program please do. thank you. there is volatility of extremism in the muslim world there's violence there's insurrection and outside powers are getting sucked in or want to come in and it's not just western powers there's a theory now in france among several harboring politicians that qatar is behind the the islamist rebellion in mali qatar not a western power a muslim well isn't that a way to translate that isn't that really if i do qatar but that's that's an appendage of the west qatar don't you think that they're pretty much on the same page qatar confuse me its hundred percent muslim country that has islamist goals that is sympathetic to islam is a no it's not part of the worst of all it's it's it's part of saudi arabia if you can put it that way with and with an islamist agenda so what one has is suddenly what has muslim powers like turkey and qatar

oh and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what do we mean when we use the term the west is that geographical historical or more of an outlook in a state of mind many around the world have an ambivalent attitude towards the west indeed the west remains relatively rich but it is also associated with arrogance and violence. you cross talk what we mean by the term the west i'm joined by stephen lemmon in chicago he is a blogger author and radio host for the progressive radio network in washington we have david markel he's a former deputy assistant secretary of state and in toronto we cross to michael coren he is a t.v. and radio host columnist and author all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it steven if i go to you first when you hear the term the west what can what comes to mind for you when the term where it's really reflects western values western civilization and i think many viewers know about or maybe you're old enough to remember what can be said about western civilization when asked he said he thoug

low and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what do we mean when we use the term the west is that geographical historical or more of an outlook in a state of mind many around the world have an ambivalent attitude towards the west indeed the west remains relatively rich but it is also associated with arrogance and violence. to cross-talk what we mean by the term the west i'm joined by stephen.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle egypt locked in turmoil is this country experiencing the continuation of the revolution that happened two years ago or has the revolution been interrupted in hijacked by the opposition with outside force or is it something very different another revolution in play. to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl show in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we cross to ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto

alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards well western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across the predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rules in effect as usual john we're foreign policy expert do you see in your crystal ball an attack on iran this year. i doubt it you know we came very close i think in twenty eleven in two thousand and twelve to a war in iran the israelis were pressuring washington pretty hard for you know a first strike but the obama administr

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low and welcome the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle out with the old in with the new with the arrival of two thousand and thirteen what can we expect will the global economy continue on its slow pace of recovery or is there another crisis in the cards well western powers in israel finally decide to attack iran will the world come together to deal with extreme weather and will america see another horrific year of mass murders. across our predictions for two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's an assistant editor and blogger for antiwar dot com in san francisco we have will durst he is a political comic and syndicated columnist and in paris we cross the analysts a bit more she is a journalist and political commentator right cross talk rule.

welcome back to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the u.k. and the european union. and i think about a year ago in brussels i think this is a very interesting time for the british to call for a referendum even if it's going to be two thousand and seventeen europe is still on the mend and if we can we look at the european union and we look at the eurozone this is something but this is very bad timing because they still need to mend the process and that means more europe and that's not everyone doesn't want that right now. exactly we need more europe right now and all the measures that have been taken to tackle the debt crisis in europe at the beginning didn't seem to be coordinated but at the moment we can see that they do have a have an impact on the economies and on the societies and short britain decide to run out they are out of the decision making process they are out of influencing this democratic process of influencing rules and we saw that give you an example in the emissions trading system that was very much influenced by the