Good evening, welcome. My name is matt abbott. Im director of development and diplomatic programs here in the Chicago Council of global affairs. Welcome to our program, today is on the record and we are live streaming. Please silence your phones though we do welcome social media engagement. Music by individuals are their own and do not represent views of the council. Before this Evenings Program begins we will here flash talk. The doctor is president of the people analytics. His work focussed on demystifying peoples behaviors and conflicts such as iran. He hails from Syracuse Maxwell school and ph. D. Of maryland. Following flash talk, ill introduce our candidates. Unfortunately, the director is unable to join us tonight. Please join me in welcoming the doctor. Hello. Hello. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello to chicago. Its my first time here. Thanks for the welcome. [ applause ] thank you. My name is amir farmanesh. Im presenting on global affairs. It will be iranian Public Op
President of people analytics. His work focuses on demistying peoples behaviors and opinions in complex societies and difficult contexts, such as iran. He holds degrees from Syracuse Universitys Maxwell School and a phd in policy studies from the university of Maryland College park. Following the flash talk, well begin our panel discussion, and ill introduce our panelists at that time. Unfortunately, Professor John st stimple, the former chief of the Tehran Embassy section, is unable to join us tonight. Please join me in welcoming the doctor. [ applause ] hello, hello. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello to chicago. Its my first time here. Thanks for the welcome. [ applause ] oh, thank you. I am presenting to you a survey that has been jointly done between iran poll and Chicago Council on global affairs. Iranian Public Opinion four decades after the hostage crisis. Yeah, so iran poll. Independent company focusing on opinion polling, only on iran but from toronto, canada. Hello to
I would like to say a couple words about the revolution and the history of intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature. Most of us went through school and learned about the revolution. Even at the college level, we do not delve into the importance of intelligence during the american revolution. This is quite problematic. If you look at the advantages of the british over the americans, the british at almost every advantage. They had a modern professional army that had been battle colonies didas the colon not. The americans had a small Continental Army that could not really be counted on. The british of the greatest navy in the world. The americans did not have a navy to speak of. We have privateers. Pirates, essentially, that we gave the ability to steal and pillage for their pay. Most americans did not actually support independence. Less than half of continental americans support independence. Thousands fought for the british. And many of
more news right now. good morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. president biden is expected to meet with the prime minister of the netherlands at this hour, and that meeting comes as the white house is facing intensified pressure after the classified documents from his home. both the white house and the secret service are pushing back saying there are no logs since this was a private residence. ahead where republicans are likely to go from here and more on inside the white house on how they are juggling this political headache. then the president is set to visit california thursday to get a first-hand look at the trail of devastation left behind by a revolving door of deadly storms. 400 mudslides have been reported in a matter of weeks and thousands are still under evacuation orders. probably about 10 or 12 feet high of mud, tree, debris, mud and dirt. we ll figure it out. it used to be a 50-year flood zone and now it s a 3 to 5-ye
Thank you for joining us for tonights lecture, a tempest, a teapot. Political combat antebellum rhode island with scholar eric chaput and Elizabeth Sulock director Public Programs for the Newport Historical society. This year, the 180th anniversary of the door rebellion, which is considered the most significant constitutional political event to occur in rhode Island History. During tonights lecture, dr. Chaput will explore the life of Thomas Wilson dorr and his attempt to overturn Rhode Islands existing government in the spring of 1842. He will focus heavily on the numerous newport connections to the story of dawes attempt at legal reform, including a lengthy trial, led to his imprisonment in 1844. A native Rhode Islanders erik chaput teaches at Providence College and at Western Reserve Academy. He holds a doctorate in American History from Maxwell School of citizenship and public at syracuse university. And he is the author of the people smarter. And is 1842 rhode island rebellion, wh