National security advisor. I want to welcome all of you here who are able to join us and our audience watching on livestream. Welcome toy special our very special cspan audience who be following this event on cspan2 today. We are delighted to have you here if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who has been able to participate. This will be one of the most interesting events we have done here at hudson, particularly that we are less than one week and some the election of these issues we are talking about today, questions about what america will do and where it will go from your these issues will be decided very soon so what happens here will help us to understand what takes place regardless of who it is who will be sitting in the world in the oval office. Want to say a few words about our distinguished guest. Robert obrien graduated from the university of california berkeley. From there, he founded a law and between 19961998, officer with legal the United Nations compensatio
Economic recovery and Foreign Policy seems to be an inside the beltway issue and its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this election, results of the election, how the world evaluates the consequences of the actions. I think its pretty clear that were at a crossroads. Trump has played the role of disrupter, fundamentally altering the policies of his four postcold war predecesso predecessors. Embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdrawal or threat to withdraw from so many enterprises, the tpp, the paris climate, jcpoa, unesco and who. And not that disruption by definition is all the bad. Its bad if theres nothing else it replace it. If its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the National Interest and its bad if its done for some sake tethered to political. Biden, on the other hand offers a much different approach, or we would expect he would, the return to more traditional. Whether it proves to be restoration of traditi
And that we have come to know him to call his humanity and complexity and there is one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and as david but it and his optimism all the madness we see in the world and with the cando spirit it is indeed possible. This gives me the opportunity to say thank you. And with joseph pletter kennedy. Now turning to the 1 million displaced persons the last million is an epic story with millions and millions of people of general chaos and most known where those also migrant laborers and collaborators and when the war ended. And as the title suggest millions did not. And as a singular story to be told . And with the common sense view of historical events and not necessarily truthful only partially. Much clearer than before. With the peace treaties. And the suffering was displaced by war continues unabated between three and five years in the germany in the camps between three or five years. Talk about the millions who remain in the 1 million into germany
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
Its about 50 minutes. Welcome to rnegie connects, a virtual series of conversations and on issues of critical iortance. Tays conversation on how the world sees america is especially timely. We are on the cusp of one of the most consequenti elections in American History and even though the nation is preoccupied with covid and economic recovery and Foreign Policy tends to be an inside the beltway issue, its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this electction the resultof , that election will have a decisive impact on how america acts in the world and how the world evaluates the consequences of those actions. I ththink its clear that we are at a crossroads. Donald trump has played the role of disruptor, fundamentally altering the policies ofis for postwar, postcold war predecsors, embracing auoritarians, rejecting alliances and multilateral diplplomacy and embarking on wht caonly be described as a wholesale withdrawal or to or a threat to withdraw from so