Another Summit for Democracy pointless: Quincy Institute

STORY: Another Summit for Democracy pointless: Quincy Institute DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The United States is co-hosting the second Summit for Democracy this week, which seems unlikely to accomplish anything useful, reported Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft on March 27, 2023. 'The first Summit for Democracy was a largely pointless exercise in (Joe) Biden's first year in office, and it raises the question of why the administration thought it was worth holding a second one.' The same controversies that marred the first summit are sure to accompany this one, and one problem is that the hosts may end up paying a political price for excluding some states from what is little more than a glorified talking shop. The Biden administration's 'democracy vs. autocracy' rhetoric has never been a good fit fo

Jordan, Bahrain vow expanded cooperation in various fields

STORY: Jordan, Bahrain vow expanded cooperation in various fields DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his visiting Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Tuesday vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields, according to a Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement. The two ministers also agreed to enhance coordinating efforts in resolving regional crises, activating pan-Arab action and counter-terrorism. Safadi highlighted the two-state solution as the only way to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, saying any other proposals are "pointless and in vain." Expressing Jordan's welcome to the recent extension of the truce in Yemen, he called for the development of a comprehensive political solution to end the Yemeni crisis. For his part, Zayani said the two countries attach importance to their coordination a

War anniversary statement without clear phrasing pointless: Hatoyama

War anniversary statement without clear phrasing pointless: Hatoyama

Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. He said he believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might as well not issue a statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II this year if it makes no reference to Japan's wartime "colonial rule and aggression" that caused suffering to neighboring countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe attends upper house's special panel session on TPP

PM Abe attends upper house's special panel session on TPP

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an upper house special panel session on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2016. Opposition parties claim Abe's rush to ratify the TPP is pointless, given the 12-party trade pact's slim chances of obtaining U.S. ratification under the upcoming presidency of Donald Trump. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo