To washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand . [applause] we would also like to welcome the rosa and Raymond Parks institute for selfdevelopment, led by miss elaine steel. And that is another round of applause. [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of miss parks is prominently displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. And all the leaders and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington including secretary of the smithsonian dr. Lonnie bunch [applause] and the archivist of the United States, mr. David verioff. And our library guests and staff, and our viewers online, this is being livestreamed right now. And i have to tell you, we are radiating with joy and pride tonight because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful and compelling new exhibition about one of our countrys most beloved civil rights icons, rosa parks. The collection resonates strongly with me. After i was sworn in as the 14th librarian of congress in 2016, the very f
Strait relations. Most taiwanese people see little practical value in changing the status quo toward legal independence. So, taiwans policy has been to cut rate is good relations with the prc, but avoid being drawn into political talks that could erode the islands freedom of action. Thats whats keeping taiwan in check. What is keeping the prc in check are at least three things, im sure many of you could think of many more. First, the prc recognizes that acting to change the status quo, mean a noncoercive way, would definitely be difficult, definitely be costly and definitely be risky. So its safer and easier to kick the can. Second, bay shipping believes that time is on its side. Its relative power is growing, as is taiwans economic dependence on the prc. Then third, chinas internal challenges are very significant and we have heard a little bit about that already today, but they are manageable as long as the leadership keeps giving them sufficient attention. So, having serious but mana
Ok. Get it down to a dull roar. Let us get it started. Thank you. We are going to dive right in to the final panel of today which is on u. S. Taiwan policy. We are very honored to have three distinguished guests on the panel giving us their insights today. I will keep the introductions to a minimum because these people are familiar to most of you in the audience. Dr. Mika greene, my colleague here. Asiar Vice President for and our japan chair here. Obviously, a professor at georgetown and a former staffer at the nsc during the george w. Bush administration. He is acting as senior director for east asia. Another Foreign Service officer, extremely experienced. And one of the most Renowned Experts on u. S. Policy u. S. Taiwan policy. In the triangular relationship among u. S. , taiwan, and china. Another state Department Officer who is also currently a resident at georgetown university. We are honored to have him here as a senior fellow helping us think through a lot of these interesting
I think we have about 10 minutes, a little bit longer. All right. My question will be brief. My name is andrew bowl, a sophomore in the school of foreign service. Given your relationship with the president over the last eight years, what is something that you most admire about barack obama . You know, i think what i most admire is hes willing to take risks. I mean its a version of things ive said a couple times, but i remember we were i was talking to him after the first meeting he had with raul castro in panama, and that whole thing had gone well because it wasnt as cuba like the whole hemisphere was so welcoming of this and you could see that wed kind of broken this, you know, through this seal that had kind of put the United States in one place and hemisphere for decades, and now were having a different conversation, and he said something along the lines, he was very generous. Hes always very generous to his staff, and you know, thanking us for, you guys should be proud of this. I s
Hi would guess that we were the tweet Baltic States that were not Member States you wouldnt have little green men. Creating mischief in those countries. You also have russian boot on the ground. Let me stop on that one point that you raised. I would network to get aaron says, when we took seven to countries in november of 2002, the russians were very unhappy but we had lots of conversations with president putin and his staff and we created the Russia Councils subsequent to that and we began to work with russia, the ambassador at brussels and we tried to work with him on big security issues. We did not try to exclude russia. We tried to bring them in. I want to ask another question. You mentioned it. Do you think president putin may intend to confront nato in the Baltic States . You mentioned the theoretical possibility. Would he try to would he try any initiative that would weaken natos article 5 commitment in the next year or two . Is it possible . It would depend on his calculation,