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It is wonderful to be here. Thank you for the work you doing. I note that i somehow made it here from the judiciary hearing on the Inspector General report on the fbi. Im here then can return to ask my questions, which means that that hearing is going on for a really, really long time. It is an honor to be here at the counsel on Foreign Relations which has played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the league of world war i and treaty of versailles, which was when america rejected a b global role and retreated in isolationism. The rest unfortunately is history. Since that time, cfr has sought to help remind us of the importance of engaging in tworld and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global halls that affect us here at home rather than simply wishing them away. Several years ago, David Ignatius of the Washington Post once wrote a column call ed the internationalism of the heartland and in it, he wrote about how some of the defining voices o
Be here at the council on foreign relations, which has played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the aftermath of world war i, and the Senate Rejection of the treaty of versailles and the league of nations, a critical moment in history when america americalobal rejected a global role and retreated into isolationism. The rest, unfortunately, is history. Since that time, cfr has helped remind us of the importance of engaging in a world and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global challenges that affect us here at home, rather than simply wishing them away. David nationsago, of the Washington Post wrote an article entitled the internationalism of the heartland. And he wrote about how some defining voices of global commitment over the past halfcentury have come from americas metal, and he just didnt mean middle of the political spectrum, he meant people in the middle of the country. He meant people like senator howard baker of tennessee, senator
Played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the aftermath of world war i, and the Senate Rejection of the treaty of versailles and the league of nations, a critical moment in history when america americalobal rejected a global role and retreated into isolationism. The rest, unfortunately, is history. Since that time, cfr has helped remind us of the importance of engaging in a world and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global challenges that affect us here at home, rather than simply wishing them away. David nationsago, of the Washington Post wrote an article entitled the internationalism of the heartland. And he wrote about how some defining voices of global commitment over the past halfcentury have come from americas metal, and he just didnt mean middle of the political spectrum, he meant people in the middle of the country. He meant people like senator howard baker of tennessee, senator jay William Fulbright of arkansas, senator Mike Mansfie
Next a discussion about the political future and chinas military modernization with policy experts from the broking institution and at the German Marshall Fund. The panel also talks about the tension between taiwan and china and the probability of the u. S. Going to war with china over taiwan. Welcome everyone. Im Suzanne Maloney Vice President and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and im delighted to welcome you to todays event marking the release of an important new book titled u. S. Taiwan relations with chinas challenge lead to a crisis. It is a great honor to help launch such a profoundly important to study of the u. S. Taiwan relations and to celebrate its truly impressive coauthors, ryan and richard bush who are my colleagues here at brookings and Bonnie Glaser of the German Marshall Fund. I want to congratulate them on the publication of this book. Growing concerns about chinas intentions and plans prompted an enormous amount of policy attentio