Problem so we together with the italy will be meeting other conference with foreign minister demaio we will be meeting in the early hours of the day before the conference of the high level conference starts. So lets give it credit which. My relations with the new here at christmas and a lot of our holidays due to the constitutional changes proposed by the president of the Russian Federation and youre point moats how do you see it how do you interpret it that will be there is some new dog creans for a Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation. And hes a dictated by the president or maybe a dictator is a wrong word to use so outlined outlined by the president. Just your interpretation detailed interpretation about the practice regarding International Law because were used to hearing. From you that we are supporting International Law and things like that i understand that. Strengthens to the sovereignty of the Russian Federation and thats the right step to protect the National Interests bu
The president and ceo of the center for american progress. [applause] house everyone doing . Good afternoon everyone. I am so happy to once again thank you for joining us for this important event at an incredibly critical time for our country and the entire international community. The gathered together at the dawn of a new decade and at this moment its becoming clearer that the 21st century will be defined by a singular competition. A competition not of technology or of weaponry, but of ideas. Ideas about how to solve problems and one of the best ways for societies to do so. I believe the 21st century will be defined by a competition between democracy and authoritarianism and while this competition may not have the same military consequences of the cold war that unfolded between democracy and communism, it is similarly a competition to define the future of the world. As we all know, there are two distinct and opposing polls in this debate and on the one end is the United States and ma
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
First woman to lead the National Party the first female speaker of the house of rsrepresentatives Speaker Pelosi welcome to the stage. [cheers and applause] first of all you have had a busy morning. So to start with the conversation that is dominating washington. The Judiciary Committee held a hearing this morning the chairman held a press Conference Announcing articles of impeachment obstruction of congress and abuse of power. This is not a road he wanted to go down. You talked about this so why is it necessary now . Good morning. Ow that chairman nadler made the announcement and there was a press Conference Announcing the us canada mexico trade agreement that we have come a long way from the original proposal the administration had given us so we could come to an agreement. The press people said look at this and now the day is young and here we are. [laughter] it is very sad day actually nobody comes to congress to impeach ao president weighing the equities of it and to impeach clint
Professor edwards all right. Today we are talking about u. S. Empire abroad. And im going to start with the question like always. So lets start with a question. So the question for today is why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Ok. Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Ok. Before we get too far. Im going to start with the first slide here. This is a political cartoon from a magazine in 1899. It says school begins. Uncle sam to his new class in civilization. Now, children, youve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are. All right. So it might be hard for you to see. But the students are labeled, cuba, puerto rico, hawaii and the philippines. And these are supposed to be students that are named for the states that were already part of the United States