The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george samueli in budapest he is an author and a huge who were at the gavel and here in moscow we crossed him maxine he is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council originally crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in the time you want and i was appreciate it ok lets go to georgia in budapest. And looking at the Election Results or how would the Election Results are being presented to the to the public and the world here i cant help but get the feeling that if this had happened in any other country in the world the United States would have stepped in or made a lot of noise about democratic norms and demanding a recount and all of this kind of thing here but they dont because its happening to themselves you know its just an interesting critique about how democracy is spoken about and practiced in the United States and how it. Spoken about and practiced internationally go ahead george yeah absolutely right because e
Everything that is normal life since the election all the ins and outs i think. People voting. Balls be changed obvious rarely and unconstitutionally in order to make essentially a melee and voting can take place without any open chat that was supposed to be in place if any of this have happened in russia say the state department would you know im not a nice remain at the top of his wife it would already be imposing sanctions on russia while all the phony election so thats exactly right. And we dont even have to talk about what would happen in other countries i mean if lets say you had been done around who had been come out with a big lad to win and having passed that 170 electoral college. With all this had that had come out of what would have been the media response the media would have been screaming this is the broader donald trump has cheated theres no mandate every single accusation or. Illegality every single act of National Electoral or must be investigated by ramy must go to c
Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
Back at the top with all the updates to stay close to. Program is ahead in moments. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics. Im sure. Ill see you then. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on Peter Lavelle joe biden may indeed be inaugurated in january of next year however will he have a legitimate mandate will the next Campaign Start when the next president takes office and the new liberal order is headed back into power what will be their agenda. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george samueli in budapest he is an author and a youtube or at big apple and here in moscow we crossed him maxine he is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council originally crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok lets go to georgia in budapest. And looking at the Election Results or how would the Election Results are being presented to th