Welcome. Im pleased you are with us today for a very special fdd conversation. 18 years ago we were attacked out of a clear blue sky, litter chilichili attacked out of a clear, blue sky, literally and figuratively. Since then, russia has not moderated, russia has not reset relations, more than ever we need to integrate all tools, all all power. This has to be leveraged if we defend our interests at home abroad. Fdd has launched three centers on American Power, expanding the work we have done in the past providing research, analysis, and creative policy ideas on current and emerging threats. We share these ideas with policymakers from both parties, administrations, congress, the media, and the security community. Fdd focuses on military and political power and cyber power and economic power, all are doing cuttingedge research and analysis. Led andnters are staffed by thought leaders of varying backgrounds including academic and military intelligence. We are immensely proud to have them
Welcome. You are here with us today for a very special conversation. Attackedago we were out of a Clear Blue Sky literally and figuratively. Since then the challenges facing the United States and our allies have grown in complexity. China has not moderated. Russia has not reset with us. More than ever, we need all of our tools of American Power. This mission must be accomplished if we are to adequately defend our security, our interests, and our values at home and abroad. Launched three centers on American Power. Providing research, analysis and create a policy ideas on current and emerging threats. We share these ideas with policymakers from both parties, administrations, congress, the media, and the National Security community. The centers focus on political power and cyber power and economic power. Cuttingedge research and analysis. Presenters include academic, military intelligence, law and finance. We are proud to have them as colleagues. Our centers have served our country by pro
Its been another embarrassing and very difficult day for hong kongs leader, carrie lam. She was forced to halt her annual policy address today after some lawmakers disrupted the session, shouting and jeering as she started her speech. Let show you carrie lam now, who is now delivering, you can see here, live pictures from hong kong, her annual policy address via video link because, as ive mentioned, she was forced to stop within the Legislative Council. She is talking about a raft of property initiatives in a bid to restore confidence in her administration after more than four months of Anti Government protests. We are keeping across what she is saying and we will let you know what her announcements are as soon as we get them. Lets look at the impact on hong kong from an economic respective. Many tourists are staying away. Visitor numbers were down almost 40 in august compared with the same month last year. Some hotels have reportedly asked staff to take annual leave and even unpaid le
Bigger battle. We are seeing waning us power or desired influence in the middle east, a greater role for the us in oil terms as well, the whole area is actually being increasingly influenced by russia. And this is key with regards to what is happening in Northern Syria at the moment, and of course the turkish incursion into Northern Syria, what they are describing is trying to create a peaceful area where they can push back syrian refugees, et cetera, you have got the kurds teaming up with the president of syria and there is a lot happening, a lot is changing and president putin is arriving on the scene just at this time and russias influence is seen as key. Exactly. I think what you are seeing in the middle east is actually a lot of conflicting networks and a lot of these are playing out in trade. So, for a very long time actually trade has been visibly shifting to the east and there has been more trade between the uae and russia i think over the last five years, it has grown at about
Congratulations and thank you for joining us today. Your book, we will cover a lot of ground talking about communist chinas fight for global supremacy. So first of all why did you decide to write the book quick. This is my eighth book and in 2000 and i wrote a book called the china threat which is a play on the china threat theory and it was amazing that it really predicted the emergence of a major threat posed by communist china. Ever since i wrote that book , i have tried to do another china book and every publisher i approached said we will not write a single topic china book you can have chapters but not a single topic. Why is that quick. I dont know i dont know if it was concerns if they would sell that finally i dug in my heels and said its time to do another book on the threat from china as it is becoming greater than it was way back when the china threat was published in 2000. Your book is very timely. But let me ask about this title and then you go on inside communist chinas d