Grateful. Please join me in thanking john and christine. applause i dont think that will be a problem but i will direct you. Also thank you for those who have supported todays activity. They have done it in a way that is exemplary for the way a policy discussion should do so to set up a conference so there is no responsibility for what we say but but it is an issue of significant broad interest we are grateful for the support. Looking at what has happened in the gulf there is a broader National Debate if the us should be digging in or pulling out. Iran is perceived to be a threat. Even within the chump Administration Even how the us should deal with that threat the us increasingly has been facing asymmetrical threats and responding with conventional tools that has been expensive and affected limited effectiveness quite delighted to have everyone on the stage tonight. It seems to me, the last panel kind of kicked it all to you guys. So this is a fundamentally diplomatic problem. One of
Grateful. Please join me in thanking john and christine. applause i dont think that will be a problem but i will direct you. Also thank you for those who have supported todays activity. They have done it in a way that is exemplary for the way a policy discussion should do so to set up a conference so there is no responsibility for what we say but but it is an issue of significant broad interest we are grateful for the support. Looking at what has happened in the gulf there is a broader National Debate if the us should be digging in or pulling out. Iran is perceived to be a threat. Even within the chump Administration Even how the us should deal with that threat the us increasingly has been facing asymmetrical threats and responding with conventional tools that has been expensive and affected limited effectiveness quite delighted to have everyone on the stage tonight. It seems to me, the last panel kind of kicked it all to you guys. So this is a fundamentally diplomatic problem. One of
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You can make that apply to modern america i have been looking very much of this chance to chat with you. I appreciate that. Im very impressed i read through your book i am impressed quickly that came out. My last book took seven years to write. Maybe i should be more diligent but my research focuses to have an interesting discussion so what did you think of it as a genuine china scholar . I am not. What did you think of the information. A tough question. Your recommendations and i would agree with. We can talk about how people different interpretations and it was very problematic and how to pursue power and influence i may disagree with some of the characterizations of china but i wouldnt mind asking you about that. But before getting into the nittygritty you mentioned in the intro that the threat of china is something that you have recently focused on so i am curious what exactly sparked your interest . And reading about it and thinking about it since 1960 its not sudden i have been v
The audience the podcast i did with you the other week, you were brilliant and the amount that you know and the degree to which you can make that apply to modern america is remarkable. I look forward very much to the chance to chat with you. I appreciate that i had the pleasure to read through your book i was impressed how quickly it came out. Mind took seven years to write so i need to take a page from your playbook to be more diligent with my research and writing but that is on china issues so we have some questions on the challenge the United States faces. My ego requires me to ask what did you think as a genuine china scholar what did you think over all of the information in the book quick. You start with the tough questions. The underlying recommendation and your view how china pursues its goals, i would agree with. Theres a lot of people who have different interpretations but i do think it is very problematic how china is trying to pursue power and influence i may disagree with s