Thank you very much. I wanted to see how long you can stand at attention. Thank you. Introduceleasure to the vice admiral. He is the 16th president of the National Defense. Thank you, john. Distinguished guests, latest german, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate. As a career officer and former commander of Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, american out of the great work our Research Staff does it support of key initiatives. Ensuresearch also helps that we can bring the most topical content and deepest insights to our classrooms. That israel where we are helping to prepare the next generation of National Security leaders. To build security for an increasin
Strategic command. Thank you very much. [laughter] i want to see how long you can stand to attention. Thank you. Its my pleasure to introduce my several of the u. S. Navy, a mariner who commands the following position. He assumed his current post as the 16th president of the National Defense university this past september. He will provide welcoming remarks. Hi. Thank you, john. General heighten, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar on the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on th e npr, and as a former commander of some of the Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, and we are proud of the great work our Rese
Past september. He will provide welcoming remarks. Hi. Thank you, john. General heighten, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar on the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on th e npr, and as a former commander of some of the Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, and we are proud of the great work our Research Staff does in support of key initiatives like the Nuclear Posture review and the defense strategy. Such Research Also helps to ensure we can bring the most topical content and the deepest insights into our classrooms. That is where we are helping to prepare the next generation of National Security leade
Commander, general john titan. He looked at the nuclear interviews with past and present included the emergence of new and complex threats are on the rise. Potential threats include those from russia, china, iran and north korea. This is little more than one hour. Thank you very much. Seated. If it is my pleasure to introduce vice adam all of the u. S. Navy in his a submariner can [inaudible] use since his current post of the 16th president of National Defense university this past december he will provide welcoming remarks. Thank you, john. General heitman, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guest, ladies investment, good morning. Welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar in the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. As president im pleased and proud that we are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on the npr. As a career summering officer and former commander of several strategic courses is particularly satisfying for me to b
As we watch the strong, the last, the few, the brave come in, i see lots of familiar faces in the audience. Come on in, dont be shy. Theres seats up here. I was fine. I have to convince my colleagues to sit in the front seats. Except where it says reserved. But you can sate there. You can sit there. All right. Were going to get started here today. First of all, i want to note a couple of things. This event and future ones were going to be doing are under a new initiative here at csis on diversity and National Security. To bring different perspectives, new voices and representation that reflects all of the United States in discussions of Foreign Affairs. Today we have with us four fellows one, two, three three fellows. One couldnt make it today. Three fellows of the program which kickstarted this series here at csis of the International Career advancement program, an absolutely marvelous, unique program out ins aspen which has in aspen which has formed the careers of many a Foreign Affa