Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to joint hearing of the executive commission on china in the Human Rights Commission hosted by the word Affairs Committee i want to think my cochair, micah review on the China Commission and the congressman chris smith on the Human Rights Commission. I would also like to think Ranking Member Michael Mccaul and all the members of the foreign Affairs Committee for hosting and participating in the support hearing. The title of todays hearing was examining the evolution of repression in china. The hearing will review the events in china in 1989 in the aspirations of the generation and the ongoing censorship and lack of accountability with those victims of the nazca. For first panel we are proud to welcome the speaker of the house representatives nancy pelosi. In 1989 just two weeks after the square massacre in her second term of Congress Introduced legislation to protect Chinese Students and nationals who feared b
Not be more proud to be hosting this symposium. Before we begin the next much has been said about our former president and to decision to come georgetown, to enter the school of Foreign Service, the only school he applied to as a high school student, in part because he wanted to expand his horizons and get a more global view. Have a conversation about his global vision, we thought it would be fun for a few minutes to reflect on bill clinton and his time at georgetown. Enjoy this walk down memory lane. We will continue the conversation afterward. Clip] we were just on the verge of the movement for racial equality. 2000 people have gathered at the nations capital. There was a lot of political and cultural movement. We were involved. It was an intellectually fascinating time. You have the deep fissures that began to emerge with the vietnam war, the civil rights movement. To be a student in washington, d. C. At that time left you with the notion that youve got to do something. Torched on i
Good morning. Thank you for being here. First, i want to thank our last panel and the Mccourt School of Public Policy for cohosting our discussion on bill clintons vision of america. We are looking forward to continuing the conversation as we go a little more global. I am the executive director of the institute of politics and Public Service here at the Mccourt School. We could not be more proud to be hosting this symposium. Before we begin the next conversation, much has been said about our former president and his decision to come to georgetown, to enter the school of Foreign Service, the only school he applied to as a high school student, in part because he wanted to expand his horizons and get a more global view. Some other schools would allow him to. So, as we have a conversation about his global vision, we thought it would be fun for a few minutes to reflect on bill clinton and his time at georgetown. Enjoy this walk down memory lane. We will continue the conversation afterward.
Now four former national. Ecurity advisers susan rice and Tom Donnellan and Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley talk about threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. Welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the Aspen Institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. It is under the auspices of the Aspen Strategy Group. I want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary Condoleezza Rice, with her first year on the job. [applause] isaacson we also have Stephen Hadley and tom donlon, the first time four national have beendvisers together. It shows what aspen can do. You notice that susan rice is missing. She will be here in seven minutes. She is just on her way from the airport. Just like bob gates last year, always a buddy who wants to make a dramatic enters. Let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, nick burns, the