Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im ken winestein, president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom, and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both of our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important potential threats facing the United States is that of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attacked the other day in new york which just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrace had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team. In his august 24th speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. For that matter. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note that
On cspan3. The ccn cities to work working with our Cable Partners as we explore america. Next a discussion about britains discussion to leave the European Union and potential effect on the uk, the eu in the United States. From the Woodrow Wilson center in washington dc this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Welcome to all of you and the most center. Our discussion this morning of brexit. Id like to open by remembering to go back a year and a half ago june 16 and the uk public vote in brexit felt like a tectonic shift and it was a major change with consequences that were both farreaching and unclear. Brexit changes everything but how . Businesses, institutions and policymakers have been looking that ever since. The study that will talk about today looks at the impossible outcomes of what they mean for our Economic Policy and preparation. Im delighted to see many friends of the Wilson Center here today and i will introduce our expert panel. My idea is that we
Our discussion this morning of brexit. Id like to open by remembering to go back a year and a half ago june 16 and the uk public vote in brexit felt like a tectonic shift and it was a major change with consequences that were both farreaching and unclear. Brexit changes everything but how . Businesses, institutions and policymakers have been looking that ever since. The study that will talk about today looks at the impossible outcomes of what they mean for our Economic Policy and preparation. Im delighted to see many friends of the Wilson Center here today and i will introduce our expert panel. My idea is that we will hear from charlie about the results of the study and turn this over to michelle for comment and then ask fran and howard to weigh in. Who are these people you ask . Charlie is the Vice President of international a brand and hes a former Us Ambassador to greece and was a distinguished state Department Career including postings as possible Deputy Assistant secretary for euro
Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im ken winestein, president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom, and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both of our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important potential threats facing the United States is that of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attacked the other day in new york which just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrace had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team. In his august 24th speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. For that matter. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note that
Good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. Im president and ceo of hudson institute. Hudson is a policy Research Organization dedicated to promoting security freedom and prosperity through strong and engaged u. S. International leadership. I want to welcome both our members of the audience and our good friends from cspan as well. One of the most important threats, potential threats in the United States is out of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear agents to harm americans. We had this attack the other day in new york. Just imagine how much scarier it would have been had the terrorist had weapons of mass destruction. Preventing such attacks are obviously critical to the president and his team and his 21 speech that outlined a new strategy for overseas. He says we must prevent weapons being used against us and around the world. We have done a lot in the Homeland Security space. I should note we are the home of the bio Defense Commission cha