Dial in the arrangements in which Henry Kissinger reached effectively in the early 1970s. Which was a strategic accommodation between washington and beijing based on a common strategic between the soviet union. And the subsequent unfolding of what then become modernizing china, as well. Have we reached a new point at which that fundamental access has changed. I think personally that the shanghai meeting represents the culmination of the forces which have been in work for quite some time in the china russia relationship and the china u. S. Relationship which begin fundamentally to alter the premises of the 1972 strategic concord. The second point i would seek to go to how then our analysis to one side is this reality viewed from beijing . And then finally, and though i am no russia file, russia expert and no sovietologist by training, how some of these realities have viewed from moscow, as well. On the china view of reality, i think its always important to go back to the fundamental pri
Care and dealing with the disputed president ial election. Yesterday barrett said she would not bring a personal agenda to her work as a Supreme Court justice but declined to say if shes recuse herself from potential cases deciding the outcome of the 2020 election or on the aca itself. A great panel is with us covering every angle of the hearings. Garrett haake overlooking the hearing room. Kelly odonnell at the white house. Joining the conversation our justice correspondent pete williams, senior washington correspondent andrea mitchell, covered every confirmation hearing since robert bork and former msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. Start in the hearing room. Garrett haake. We know that the nominee has taken her seat. Pretty close. Anything to get us started this morning . Republicans are thrilled with her performance so far. That moment of her holding up an empty note pad yesterday has already become a meme thinking shes turned in a great performance and pointing to polls sho
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Were going to be discussing this book from warsaw with love in the subtitle of it will give the title itself may not convey the substance of the book but the subtitle polish spies the cia and the forging of an Unlikely Alliance does the book is an unusual one in that it the origin or impetus for it was landmark article published by the author of this book john palm fred hamel introduced in a second, but that article appeared in the Washington Post in 1995 and it traced what was an extraordinary story of the polish Intelligence Services cooperation with the cia to rescue. Us intelligence agents who had been trapped behind their rocky lines in 1991 when after iraq invaded kuwait and the the story of how those agents were rescued plus other extremely interesting information about the polish Intelligence Services cooperation was told in that article and has been expanded here, but this book also covers a much wider swath of history. It looks at the intelligence dimension of us polish relat
Reality. Because that mediacom we are built to keep you ahead. Mediacom, along with these television companies, supports cspan2 as a public service. Thank you. Let me welcome everyone here today to cold war studies seminar here at the data center of Harvard University. Today were going to be discussing this book from warsaw with love and the subtitle of it will give the title itself may not convey the substance of thece book but the subtitle, polish spies, the cia and the forging of an Unlikely Alliance does. The book is an unusual one in that the origin or impetus for it was landmark article published by the author of this book, john pomfret tool introduced in the second but that article appeared in the Washington Post in 1995, and it traced what wasas an extraordinary story of the polish Intelligence Services cooperation witha the cia to rescue u. S. Intelligence agents who had been trapped behind the rocky blind in 19901991 when1991 when, after iraq invadedry kuwait. And the story o