Georgetown. Some distinguished in fact, this audience is pretty much 100 distinguished, as i look out. Quite an impressive audience. Thank you very much for coming. A few brief safety and security announcements. I am your designated Safety Officer in case of an emergency. Youll find the exits are back behind you. And youll go down one floor, exit down through the stairwell and well meet around the corner at National Geographic which is just down left and left should we have to so today together with the japan center for Economic Research is delighted to host this discussion with three of japans leading lawmakers, statesmen with particular expertise in National Security and to talk about our alliance and the years ahead. Ill introduce the other members of the panel in a moment. But let me first mention they are all here in washington for the week as part of whats known as golden week, and to join discussions here and around town under the mount my friend ue which runs and many are parti
Perspective this year. Father bill is along us with well talk about some of the conflicts we have all been through this year and you know one of the things you professionally and i wont ask you to deal with sanktyty for a professional but you talk to people for a living and talked to people your entire career tore a living. This past year, what message you have heard from people or do you talk to people about in your own hospitallies about coming together and maybe healing some of the rancor and decision content weve seen on both sides of the political aisle this year. I think a lot of people are happy to see 2016 door shut and brand new door opening its been a tough year i think and one there has been in ow own system of dp lot of ugliness not just politically but all families in many ways. I think its time for a fresh start. And thats what new years is about. Its starting to get lighter. We had the solstice and the light is coming on. Literally and figuratively. Its time to let the l
Prof. Coombs all right. Good day gentlemen. We have talked about up to this point, the development of a regional basis of the different colonies of english america. What i want to do today is take a step back, more of an imperial approach and talk about the maturation of the english empire. You might be curious about the date. It doesnt say 16071713, and hopefully the reason for that will become clear over the course of this lecture. As a point of departure, most people may think about english mainlandparticularly north america, Something Like this image is what comes to mind. The whole coastline filled in with colonies from massachusetts and maine in the north to georgia and the south, large and expensive. About with respect to other empires in north america, maps are dispersive. Arguments, assertions of pretensions of claims to territory. Theeality, in the middle of 17th century, the english empire looks more like this. Clusters, you can barely see it. There is a dark patch around ch
Prof. Coombs all right. Good day gentlemen. We have talked about up to this point, the development of a regional basis of the different colonies of english america. What i want to do today is take a step back, more of an imperial approach and talk about the maturation of the english empire. You might be curious about the date. It doesnt say 16071713, and hopefully the reason for that will become clear over the course of this lecture. As a point of departure, most people may think about english mainlandparticularly north america, Something Like this image is what comes to mind. The whole coastline filled in with colonies from massachusetts and maine in the north to georgia and the south, large and expensive. About with respect to other empires in north america, maps are dispersive. Arguments, assertions of pretensions of claims to territory. Theeality, in the middle of 17th century, the english empire looks more like this. Clusters, you can barely see it. There is a dark patch around ch
Transatlantic shipping. His classes about 50 minutes. Class is about 50 minutes. All right,oombs good day, gentlemen. We have talked about up to this point, the development of a regional basis of the different colonies of english america. What i want to do today is take a step back, more of an imperial approach and talk about the maturation of the english empire. You might be curious about the date. Hopefully the reason for that will become clear over the course of this lecture. As a point of the part sure, most people may think about english america, mainland north america, Something Like this image is what comes to mind. As we talked about it with respect to the other empires in north america, maps are discursive. There are more assertions of claims of territory. Small little clusters of settlements, you can barely see it. There is a dark patch around chesapeake day. A scattering of dots along the atlantic coast. Each one represents 200 people. In other words, the colonies in english