Were the u. S. And china were expected to sign a partial trade deal. Alltimeks hit an high. Apple, lift, and facebook, all top earnings estimates. The start of trading begins in asia. The start of training in sydney trickling online. Trading has already been underway in new zealand. Weekve policy stocks in from the of it. New zealand trading flat at the moment. The kiwi dollar has been on the move. Higher after 1 west bank said the rmb would pause from november from cutting rates. Centralbank action is the name of the game as investors and asia decide for the meaning of what fed chair powell said overnight. It was a hawkish cut, saying things would stay on hold until the material changes to the Economic Outlook. In his press conference, suggesting inflation is key as to whether they would be any hikes down the road. That does not look likely at the moment. As wes looking positive go into a bank of japan decision day. Shery we have south koreas Industrial Production numbers jumping 2 af
Im glad you were able to join us today for discussing that has been in the news pretty much. A few housekeeping notes i want to make sure everybody concludes that analysts and other devices whether they are smart watches etc. Please make sure they are silent at some level. When we get to the qanda i would ask you wait for the microphone and everybody watching online. This is the way theyve come forward over the last several decades to make various allegations about government misconduct and of course we can look back at the pentagon papers for the first in 1971, the nsa five from the midtolate 1990s and early 2000 and Justice Department officials that revealed the program and of course Chelsea Manning and thereve also been as i indicated previously almost a countless number of corporate whistleblowers in the same period of Archer Daniels midland and a day uncovered the sex trafficking observation of course just this summer we had in our theaters with Kira Knightley talking about the sc
Incessantly for the last two weeks, this whole issue of whistleblowers. My name is patrick edington, im your moderator today. Just a few housekeeping notes before i introour guest. I want to make sure everybody have your phones at least on silent or off. Any other devices you may have whether they are smart watch, etc. , please make sure they are also silenced. When we get to the q a at the end of this event, i will ask you all to, please, wait to be called upon, wait for the microphone so that everyone in the room and our audience watching online can hear the question, and ill ask you to identify yourself to include affiliation where applicable. I think its fair to say that the anonymous whistle blower and ill continue to use that term of art throughout is just the latest in a long line of individuals who have come forward in the course of the last several decades to make various and sundry allegations about government and its conduct and, in some cases, corporate, nonprofit conduct.
Its a complicated and critical moment in american formulations. ll know the title appear up here. The reason i call it a bigger game is because thats exactly what you called it. Over and over again. Viewed this war in Southeast Asia as one element in this much bigger game of International Diplomacy he was playing in that time. It is all reflected in your readings, all the evolution in the International System. The chaos that was in america at the time. All these things shaped nixons presidency. They enable the in the first place. Enabled it in the first place. Its a pretty, located story. I thought it would be helpful to start by making sure we understand the objectives and themes will be looking at today. The objectives are, what we have in this case are two nations, both decisively engaged in an epic war. North vietnam and the United States. Both sides have committed all of their resources, which are very different. Each powerful in its own way. Both of those nations need to find an
Kissingers wars in the indochina. I call it a bigger game because that is exactly what nixon called it. Over and over again. He viewed this war in Southeast Asia as one element in this much bigger game of International Diplomacy he was playing in that time. It is all reflected in your readings, all the evolution in the International System. The chaos that was in america at the time. All these things shaped nixons presidency. They enabled it in the first place. They shape it through his entire time in office. Prettysin it is a complicated story, i thought i would start by making sure we understand the objectives and themes we will be looking at today. The objectives are, what we have in this case are two nations, both decisively engaged in an epic war. North vietnam and the United States. Both sides have committed all of their resources, which are very different. But each powerful in its own way. Both of those nations need to find an exit from the war. The North Vietnamese have been fig