Ukraine and georgias relationship with nato and especially how these countries fit [audio difficulty] selection process. A bit of an issue that was announced by the secretarygeneral to see how theyre prepared for the next decade. And eventually maybe to use strategic concept, and i think this is not a luxury. The current one is from 2007, if im not mistaken, so i would argue there is a need to rethink nato strategy. The world that nato operates in today has certainly changed in about ten years. For instance, think about the increased presence of china and the European Security landscape, think about the continued assertiveness of russia and key regions for transAtlantic Security, but also [inaudible] cyber warfare, cyber attacks. So the alliance must adapt, and if it wants to stay relevant, it will meet these challenges. But that also includes how nato with partners. Its crucial that countries like ukraine or georgia are included in this 2030 reflection process because increasingly nat
[inaudible conversation] welcome everybody. Thank you for your attendance, particularly those who have to testify and answer questions for us. I know you put in a lot of extra work to be ready for it. This hearing is on the oversight of a bill that had a long name. But for maturing Patient Access and it took the Drug Enforcement act. Somebodys going to have a pronunciation for that acronym but im not going to. Im going to refer to it as the law or the bill. And im eager to hear from all of our witnesses today. Some would like to see this law repealed. Others insist that it should remain in place. I havent made my mind up on that issue. So im interested in hearing both sides of the argument. This discussion is particularly important given the continuing Opioid Epidemic. That has ravaged this country through the past several years. I do have concerns with how we got where we are today. The discussions that weare having today. When Congress Took this still up in 2015 and 2016 , there was
Gop, the more or less dominance is of the gubernatorial slot. What happens with the redistricting and can the democrats make it, or is that lockin for 20 or 30 more years . Please let me give an impressionistic answer and then let david give what will be a more thorough answer. When you have the first election after the districting, that is the baseline. Over the course of the decade there are Population Trends and some get more democratic and others get more republican. So the precision of redistricted can come undone gradually over a decade. You can argue about how much that happens where a district can be are off. Probably not that much, but some why. And this includes two dozen 18, two dozen 20, it could be somewhat different than the partisan orientation. But that is just my impression over the years. The democrats cannot could not pick a worse year than 2010. Because it really is a vicious cycle. If republicans when and we draw the line, then they are in great shape for 2021. Per
Here at the Atlantic Council and we are delighted to welcome ambassador for his speech for challenges for the future and we are so pleased to have him here because today will be his first speech since he stepped down as the permanent representative since last summer and he is giving a speech is a new board director, which will be so important. He is so thoughtful and frank and we have the opportunity to hear from him, unencumbered by any government position. After four years as serving tomato, we will have an opportunity to hear from him with what he learned during his time at the alliance and the lessons for the future not just for next year post 2014 afghanistan, but that as well. And that is where he served in the United States for four years from may of 2,092,013. During a tumultuous and significant time and he was an intellectual driver behind the development to help define the role of the alliance. And he pressed the north Atlantic Council not to just discuss operations but to de
If a direct war would erupt between the United States and Russia, it is not going to be conventional and would surely involve NATO via article 5, and maybe China, Japan, Australia, North Korea, South Korea, Iran, and Israel. Arguments attributing to Russia the responsibility for the evolving mess because it intervened in Ukraine do