Still has significant power but the power is no longer exclusive. It can only be exercised in cooperation with others. The transatlantic cooperation can be the bed rock if we lesson our learns and look ahead to the future of the role in the world. Our bonds, the transatlantic bonds, cannot rely only on our common pasts. Now its a moment to shape our common future. If we want to shape a world order based on cooperation and respect instead of competition and confrontation. And already the events of the first weeks of this year shows us how urgent our cooperation is to address the challenges we face. From the conflict between russia and ukraine to iraq and syria, from the terrible attacks in paris to the carnage spread boko haram in nigeria. We need this Transatlantic Partnership more than ever. We need cooperation in a world that is more infer connected, conflictual and. Polycentric than ever. Mega trends in human say it all. Global tourist is expect to near 2 billion by 2030. Migration
Will say well, we have a different core ethical values in europe. Thats great okay. And greece . In europe generally. Ro romania . No offense to those countries, but we have a different value system here. We dont need all those rules and regulations because we know whats right and wrong. Well, i think we need a certain amount of regulation of law but we also have to have people going into Public Service that remember why they went into it, which is Public Service. Maybe to shrink government but also to solve problems. And they forget that sometimes because absolute power corrupts absolutely sometimes, theyre pursuing things for themselves their family. They forget. And this class that i teach we start out with some philosophy from madison and others to talk about that, because it is something in your lives that you have to figure out what youre willing to do. And you will face that. I have faced that. Youll face it and youll have to determine whats right and wrong, and theres no someti
Have experienced immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of the victimization few to human trafficking. Has no vince to revise it. Based on this position, japan has made various efforts to provide realistic relief for the comfort of women. And throughout the history of the 20th century womens dignity and basic rights have been infringed upon in wars. We intend to make the twentyFirst Century a world where no Human Rights Violations against women. I promised that the General Assembly of the United Nations last year, that japan would stand up before and lead the International Community in eliminating Sexual Violence during conflicts. For an International Frame work including the u. N. Women japan provided approximately 12 million in 2014. And decided it would provide 22 million in 2015. In any case, the wont First Century should be an age where womens rights its never been that is for our strong resolve. Thank you very much. I would like to adjust this question to president obama. In
Im well aware of the deadline. So are my colleagues. They cant lead their caucus to a deal. Anything that is remotely associated with me, they feel obliged to oppose. In an interview that aired this morning, president obama talked about everything from syria to congress, the constitution and his assessment of our economy. Five years after the financial crisis. The president sat down with Abcs George Stephanopoulos on friday before the breakthrough u. S. russian deal on syrias chemical weapons. Of course, the president had some interesting things to say about his counterpart in moscow. I dont think that mr. Putin has the same values that we do. And i think obviously by protecting mr. Assad, he has a different attitude about the assad regime. But what ive also said to him directly is that we both have an interest in preventing chaos. We both have an interest in preventing terrorism. The situation in syria right now is untenable. It remains to be seen whether those common interests will b
Promote diplomacy and the solution to problems. The question though that all of us face, not just me sh,me, our citizens face, not just political leaders, is at what point do we say we need to confront actions that are violating our common humanity. And i would argue that when i see 400 children subjected to g gas, over 1400 innocent civilians dying senselessly, in an environment in which you already have tens of thousands dying, and we have the opportunity to take some action that is meaningful, even if it doesnt solve the entire problem, may at least mitigate this particular problem, then the moral thing to do is not to stand by and do nothing. But its difficult. This is the part of my job that i find most challenging every single day. I would much rather spend my time talking about how every three and fouryearold gets a good education than i would spending time thinking about how can i prevent three and fouryearolds from being subjected to chemical weapons and nerve gas. Unfortunate