Washington publishers. We do a lot of deep dive coverage into policy areas, including defense and health and energy environment, and cybersecurity kept popping up. This was in 2012 or so. We started looking at taking a deeper dive into it and myself and a colleague started to investigate. We decided to start a new publication called inside cybersecurity that with a focus on the development of cyber policy. That wasnt that long ago but it really was the stage of creation for a lot of this. I think president george w. Bush was the first one who really started getting into cyber as a major policy area, and then it just exploded under the Obama Administration. It was cutting across a different issue areas that we decided to create something that would give readers an idea of where the policy arc was going. We covered it through the Second Obama Administration into the Trump Administration, and a lot of the book, i wrote an earlier book called hacked which was about cyber during the obama y
Cybersecurity kept popping up. Was in 2012 or so. Deepered at taking a dive into it. We started investigating this and decided to start a new publication called inside cybersecurity that focused on the development of cyber policy. That long ago, but it really was the stage of creation for a lot of this. Bushnk president george w. Was the first one who started getting into cyber as a major policy area. It exploded under the Obama Administration. Cutting across so many issue areas. Something to create that would give readers an idea of where the policy arc was going. We covered it through the Second Obama Administration into the Trump Administration. I wrote an earlier book called theed about cyber during obama years. Really, the beginnings a lot of this cyber policy. I wanted to write a followup on how a new administration would treat this. That is what led to this book. When you look back at 2012, how is the sophistication of cyber growing . Low staget was at a in 2012. There were a nu
Geostrategic challenge with the rise of china poses for the United States, not just today but in the future. The communist party led people were public of china through unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, market manipulation and very prominently, in my view, nonreciprocal treatment, not just in the economic round but in many realms i has been a fore in the Global Economy that undercuts the resiliency and strength of the u. S. Economy. China has been one of the worlds fastestgrowing economies averaging close to 10 growth from 19792015. In 2014 china overtook the United States ass the Worlds Largest economy purchasing power parity basis according to the International Monetary fund. I believe that there is a strong eipartisan interest hopefully we will see that today in establishing a longterm economic United States strategy with our allies that focuses on reciprocity, intellectual property theft, and ultimately, from the United States perspective out competing the chines
Chairman risch Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order, please. I want to thank special representative abrams and Senior Deputy assistant administrator hodges for their service and for appearing here today to discuss the worsening crisis in venezuela. Its hard to imagine a more pressing National Security concern in the western hemisphere than the political, humanitarian, and economic crisis provoked by maduro and his cronies in venezuela. In the last several years maduro has dramatically deepened relation was the most dangerous forces in the world which were first established by his predecessor, hugo chavez. On his watch, cuba, russia, china, iran transnational criminal organizations, and u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organizations, have turned venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable. Security threats to the United States and the hemisphere at large. And prolong the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly
Testify in humanitarian assistance, upcoming election and influence from other countries. This is an hour and a half. Show of concern in the western hemisphere banned the political and humanitarian and economic crisis provoked by th moduro wih the most dangerous forces in the world over first established by his predecessor chavez. Cuba, russia, china, iran Transnational Criminal Organizations and four in designated organization to turn venezuela into their playground. Their activities are intolerable security threats to the United States and hemisphere at large and prolonged the humanitarian crisis provoked by the socialist policies of the regime. Nearly 5. 2 million have fled their homeland, placing a huge burden on the neighboring countries that generously accept that the refugees from maduros regime. 96 of those that stayed behind live in poverty with 80 facing extreme poverty. Prompting Food Shortages and dysfunctional Public Health system have condemned an entire generation to hun