The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi
Secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Top Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served the secretarys of the beginning of administration that gore 2017. Hes got limited time with us today for be brief in my introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be laid at the conclusion of the talk and then the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half a a century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity come restructuring over 400 billion in assets across Numerous Industries and serving as chairman or director more than 100 companies in over 20 countries. Hes also the only person elected to both the private equity hall of fame and the turnabout Management Hall of fame. We agree please welcome him here today and please join me welcoming commerce secretary wilbur ross. [applause] thank thank you, dean, for tt kind introduction. And th
Contained. The Woodrow Wilson Center Hosted this onehour event. Mr. Pomeranz its a great pleasure today to welcome back austin carson. He also has the distinction of being a title viii scholar. He has just written a new book, secret wars covert conflict in international politics. And it will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. In the international organization, the american journal of Political Science, journal of politics and security studies. He has already launched on his second book project which is ambitious which analyzes the role of politics and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state and as i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title viii program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Prof. Carson great, thanks so much, will. Th
Politics. And it will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. In the international the american journal of Political Science, journal of pot andrnal of politics security studies. He has already launched on his second book project which is ambitious which analyzes the role of politics and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state and as i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title viii program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Professor carson great, thanks so much, will. Thanks also to all of you for coming. Its great to be back here at the Wilson Center. I really appreciate the institute to support the Cold War International history project. And a shoutout to victoria and cindy for all your done to make it possible to come out here. I wa
Her from office. Basically because he can. State attorney will join me tonight. Also new details on a possible fourth indictment against donald trump in georgia. Which could come in a matter of days. What fani willis could charge him with. Plus, who his codefendants might be. Another big win for democracy. Proposed constitutional change in ohio meant to thwart the will of the public on abortion and other major issues loses by a mile. Clearly we have a lot to get to tonight as you can see. But we begin with an alarming genuinely frightening news. Frightening item of news regarding violent threats against the president of the United States, joe biden. Vice president Kamala Harris and other elected officials. Threats that appear to be tied to Donald Trumps mounting legal peril. Threats came from a utah man named craig d. Robertson, who will not get to plead his case in court because he was shot and killed today by the fbi as they were attempting to execute an Arrest Warrant. But what he d