I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And partly take over responsibility for them . Another key issue is the one on fragile states. They seem to be continuously bogged down in poverty, lack of education, etc. Although we have spent decades on development aid, peacekeeping, et
From the Hudson Institute, this is an hour and a half. Good day and welcome to the Hudson Institute and thank you for showing up for this panel on Multilateral Institutions. Indispensable or irrelevant to global peace and prosperity. I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And p
[inaudible conversation] book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading this summer. I hope to finish a couple books, first of all im reading freedoms task which was given to me by senator roy blunt and this is a book that is about the dome being put on the Capital Building precivil war but what i found is especially interesting is as i get into the book of focus on the House Chamber and Senate Chamber and how those were added to the original Capital Building and one of the main proponents of that is Jefferson Davis so while we are approaching the civil war, we have Jefferson Davis really helping our country, helping build a Capital Building which would serve our entire country and we know later that he became the president of the confederacy so that the book im hoping to get through, i started it and i need to finish it. I also want to read about destiny and power which is the book by john meacham on george hw bush. I would like to get that done t