The Syrian president has until Saturday to stop the violent crackdown on protesters and allow a monitoring team into the country. That’s the ultimatum from the Arab League which threatens to tighten the financial noose around the regime, by slapping down heavy sanctions. And while the drum beats louder for international pressure against Bashar al-Assad, there are fears it may only make a bad situation worse. The Arab League’s mounting pressure on Syria is being seen as little more than doing the West’s bidding. That’s in the eyes of Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin. Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a UN resolution, condemning Syria’s human rights violations. And while the opposition and the regime play a blame-game over the rising death toll, some experts say the uprising is rooted outside the country. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.comVideo Rating: 4 / 5 What’s driving the China-Japan island dispute? Is it about geopolitical issues? Domestic nationalism? A resource grab? The US says it is pivoting to the Pacific — is this part of a strategy to contain China? Is Japan being assertive because it can count on Washington’s support? And is a win-win solution possible? CrossTalking with Shihoko Goto, Andrew Leung and Linh Dinh. Follow Peter Lavelle on Twitter twitter.com Watch all CrossTalk shows here: www.youtube.com (Sep 2009 – Feb 2011) www.youtube.com (Mar 2011 – Jul 2012) www.youtube.com (Jul 2012 – current) RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark. Bloody civil war at hand as Syria under ultimatum
The Syrian president has until Saturday to stop the violent crackdown on protesters and allow a monitoring team into the country. That’s the ultimatum from the Arab League which threatens to tighten the financial noose around the regime, by slapping down heavy sanctions. And while the drum beats louder for international pressure against Bashar al-Assad, there are fears it may only make a bad situation worse. The Arab League’s mounting pressure on Syria is being seen as little more than doing the West’s bidding. That’s in the eyes of Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin. Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a UN resolution, condemning Syria’s human rights violations. And while the opposition and the regime play a blame-game over the rising death toll, some experts say the uprising is rooted outside the country. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.comVideo Rating: 4 / 5
What’s driving the China-Japan island dispute? Is it about geopolitical issues? Domestic nationalism? A resource grab? The US says it is pivoting to the Pacific — is this part of a strategy to contain China? Is Japan being assertive because it can count on Washington’s support? And is a win-win solution possible? CrossTalking with Shihoko Goto, Andrew Leung and Linh Dinh. Follow Peter Lavelle on Twitter twitter.com Watch all CrossTalk shows here: www.youtube.com (Sep 2009 – Feb 2011) www.youtube.com (Mar 2011 – Jul 2012) www.youtube.com (Jul 2012 – current) RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark. Bloody civil war at hand as Syria under ultimatum
What’s driving the China-Japan island dispute? Is it about geopolitical issues? Domestic nationalism? A resource grab? The US says it is pivoting to the Pacific — is this part of a strategy to contain China? Is Japan being assertive because it can count on Washington’s support? And is a win-win solution possible? CrossTalking with Shihoko Goto, Andrew Leung and Linh Dinh. Follow Peter Lavelle on Twitter twitter.com Watch all CrossTalk shows here: www.youtube.com (Sep 2009 – Feb 2011) www.youtube.com (Mar 2011 – Jul 2012) www.youtube.com (Jul 2012 – current) RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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