Obama Administration Foreign Policy Agenda

Sep 21, 2009

Foreign Policy Initiative

In advance of the United Nations General Assembly and G-20 meetings, and with the Obama administration facing critical decisions regarding the war in Afghanistan, the Foreign Policy Initiative Forum examined the direction of American foreign policy under the leadership of President Obama and the role of human rights and democracy in American .. Read More
In advance of the United Nations General Assembly and G-20 meetings, and with the Obama administration facing critical decisions regarding the war in Afghanistan, the Foreign Policy Initiative Forum examined the direction of American foreign policy under the leadership of President Obama and the role of human rights and democracy in American foreign policy. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:55 Fly, Jamie M.Executive Director THE DAY FROM THE CONFERENCE ADVANCING DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOREIGN...
00:01:28 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident PRIOR TO THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ATLANTIC INITIATIVE OF THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE....
00:04:15 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist MAJORITIES IN A DIFFERENT TIME, WITH A DIFFERENT MEDIA. . . WITH THE U.S. IS DIFFERENT. IN THE CASE...
00:05:35 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident IT WAS A HOSTILE REGIME AND THEREFORE WHILE THE CASE IS MORE CLEAR-CUT AND THE CASE OF EGYPT IT IS...
00:06:07 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist WE CARE ABOUT THE PEACE PROCESS AND STABILITY. WE CARE ABOUT FIGHTING TERRORISM. WE THINK THAT WHAT...
00:07:40 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident ON BEHALF OF ALL THE OR THE TALIBAN OF AFGHANISTAN. BETWEEN IN THE PUBLIC SPACES, BETWEEN THE AUTOCRATS...
00:07:57 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist HOW DOES ONE SUPPORT THAT? DO THEY NEED MATERIAL SUPPORT, DO THEY NEED MONEY, DO THEY NEED RHETORICAL...
00:09:44 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident THE DISMANTLING OF BOTH AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXACTLY. BUT...
00:11:20 Afshari, AliFellow PEOPLE WHO WANT DEMOCRACY IN SOME WAY WHAT SHOULD WE DO, HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOU WE GET VERY DIFFERENT...
00:14:24 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident ALSO SUPPORTING THE OF WAYS OF AMERICA AND SO MANY LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE SITUATION IN IRAN BECOMES...
00:14:52 Afshari, AliFellow MUCH HELP FROM THE WEST OR THE WRONG SORT OF HELP FROM THE WEST THEY ARE TAINTED. IT'S MANIPULATED...
00:16:20 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident THAT IS A SIGN THAT THE REGIME DOES NOT WANT -- THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND OPPOSITION...
00:16:44 Afshari, AliFellow STATES TO BE BOLD AND STRONG RHETORICALLY IN A PUBLIC MANNER, OR WOULD YOU RECOMMEND A QUIET APPROACH...
00:19:56 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident DEMOCRATIC RATIONAL GOVERNMENT ON NUCLEAR ISSUES THAT IS IN THE CASE. ISRAEL HAS IN THE REGION AND...
00:20:40 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist LARGE CONSTITUENCY IN EGYPT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU? COULD WE BE DECEIVED BY YOU, NOT YOU DECEIVING US...
00:23:03 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident BUT I DON'T THINK A DICTATOR CAN EVER BE FRIENDLY TO A DEMOCRACY. SO HE MAY BE EXPEDIENT, BUT HE IS...
00:23:53 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist DON'T WANT TO REVISIT THE IRAN EXPERIENCE WHERE WE GET RID OF ONE REGIME AND IN THAT CASE THE SHOCK...
00:26:13 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident LEGITIMACY IS CONTINGENT ON BEING ORGANIZED BY WESTERN DEMOCRACIES. AND THAT IS NOT TO BE THE LITTLE....
00:27:24 Afshari, AliFellow IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE? WHAT CAN YOU TELL THROUGH DURHAM ALLIANCES, YOUR NETWORKS, YOUR SOURCE OF...
00:30:03 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident MANY, WHAT OTHER [INAUDIBLE]
00:30:10 Afshari, AliFellow AND IT SHOWS THE GAP BETWEEN THE CLERGY AND THE GOVERNMENT. AND THERE ARE GAPS WITHIN THE CLERGY,...
00:30:44 Q&A THAT IS AN EXCITING PROSPECT. I THINK WITH THAT, ALI, THANK YOU, AND SAAD. WE SHOULD TURN OVER TO...
00:31:30 Afshari, AliFellow TRUE SPIRIT OF THE REVOLUTION. THEY CHANTED, CONTINUE TO CHANT [INAUDIBLE] WHAT IS YOUR SENSE? IS...
00:34:09 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist LIBERAL PRO-WESTERN FORCES COME AND DO YOU THINK THAT THIS COUNTER NARRATIVE THAT AMERICANS USUALLY...
00:39:06 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident ARE RESPECTFUL OF THE GAME PUT THEM TO THE TEST AND MAKE YOUR CONTINUE STEALING OR TRANSACTING WITH...
00:40:14 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist ROLE OF U.S. WESTERN GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE, AND WHETHER THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ...
00:44:27 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident IT IS A QUESTION OF AGAIN ENABLING THEM TO TAKE HOLD AND ST ROUTES AND TO BE SUSTAINABLE. IT SEEMS...
00:46:30 Afshari, AliFellow REACTION TO EITHER HAVE CRIPPLING SANCTIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD HOWEVER ONE DEFINES THOSE, OR MILITARY...
00:49:02 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident SOMETHING YOU ARE ELUDE INTO OPPOSITION SAYING IF YOU DO THAT IT'S GOING TO PUSH THE OPPOSITION TO...
00:49:20 Afshari, AliFellow WOULD OPPOSE INTERVENTION, BUT TO ISRAEL A SITE AS JOHN SAID IF A BROADER INTERNATIONAL COALITION...
00:55:07 Ibrahim, Saad EddinActivist IS HARD FOR A REGIME TO CONTINUE. THANK YOU. SAAD COME IN YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HAVING BEEN ARRESTED...
01:01:20 Gedmin, JeffreyPresident THEY WERE EXONERATED, THE RULING WAS OVERTURNED AND WE WERE FREED. SAAD, THANK YOU. IT SEEMS TO ME...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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