National security advisor ben rhodes. And former undersecretary of state jim glassman to begin. Theyll be talking about Public Diplomacy of the past two president ial administrations and what they recommend for the Incoming Trump administration. Good afternoon. Were going to go ahead and get started. N my name is shannon green, senior fellow and director of the human rights director and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you today for what proves to be a fascinating discussion on Public Diplomacy and National Security. We have a very full program today so i thought i would very briefly walk through the agenda before we invite the speakers on to the stage. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong who will present the paper that we just published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism, and dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with
It is hosted by the Woodrow Wilson center in washington dc. Welcome to the panel exchanging intelligence, exchanging data. Todaye three panelists who will give a paper. We start to my left with john fox. This paper will examine the role of the fbi and the formative years of the Transatlantic Partnership and focusing on the first decade of the cold war. That will try to give a Historical Perspective on recent discussions around the. Sa post9 11 activities , a paper that would look at the partnership or conversation within the context of intelligence organizations and organizational degree and look at it within the idea of intelligent studies and what it tells us about cooperation of the nsa and its partners. I and the curator of the International Spy museum here in washington dc. John, and right to fbi historian. His articles have appeared everywhere. He has a lot of pieces on the fbis website. Contributed chapters in several books and you can see him on the news, and he was a key playe
So the odds are that as we speak, he somewhere in the air, going to australia or china for israel or france. He is constantly on the road. We are out of time. This is a memoir called never look an american in the eye. Thank you very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this q a. Org. Visit us at also available as podcasts. We are live now at the Brookings Institution here in washington dc for a discussion about the politics of the arab world. We will be hearing from former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former National Security advisor stephen hadley. At 6 30 eastern, we will be live from the council on Foreign Relations for a conversation about president ial transitions. Were just waiting for the former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former Nationa
We are confident it will come soon. But i know that it is a specific concern of that community. We have been working with the state of missouri not just to address that landfill, but it is an area where this is not the only thing to worry about in terms of impact on the environment in that area. We have been doing an awful lot of work, looking at the area as well, as well as this small landfill. It is a big deal and we are being as responsive as we can. We will at the record of decision as quickly as we can. Some are worried about a protective action guide regarding radioactive water. Why is the epa proposing this, and does the protective action guide pose a risk to the public . There are two ways that we are looking at this protective action guide. And i will explain this from the viewpoint of someone at work at state for 17 years. This guideline is a guideline to explain to states what they should do when an emergency happens, when there is a release of radioactive material, and how
Our economy. Canada needs to be part of it, and indeed, our oil Sector Companies are investing massively in solar, in wind in geothermal and a broad range of solutions, and thats, quite frankly, what we have to do. In the meantime, there are a lot of families who are out of work in alberta because there is such a boom in terms of the oil sector there that were very concerned about, and were working with them to ensure that were able to support them through this tough time in ways that will continue to contribute to the economy in the coming years. Thank you. Hi, my names abdul. Im a grad student here studying security at sis. My question is, canada recently withdrew its fighter jets from the anti isis coalition, but youve taken on a greater role in the humanitarian crisis. What was the shift behind the shift in strategy, if you dont mind me asking . Its a great question. There are 65 Different Countries in the coalition against isis right now, and they all have different approaches and