Panel on the end of the west, question mark, is not one were used to having here at munich. We talk about concerns the middle east, in russia, ukraine, concerns of europe. We have been there over the past years. This year they are still there, but we are asking ourselves much more fundamentally, are we being the beginning of the end of a westernled order . We know why we are asking the questions now, it is President Trump, but it is more structural than that. It has been coming along time, the rising of china, the populism in europe, the brexit, explosions in the middle east. We have to ask ourselves, umber one, can china or anyone else step in . Number two, if they cant, will we have an order without a leader and what does that mean . And number three, to the extent that u. S. Leadership is taking a big hit, can americans get it back . To answer those question is no one questions is no one better to kick it off and senator john mccain. Senator . Questions is no one better to kick it o
Panel on the end of the west, question mark, is not one were used to having here at munich. We talk about concerns the middle east, in russia, ukraine, concerns of europe. We have been there over the past years. This year they are still there, but we are asking ourselves much more fundamentally, are we being the beginning of the end of a westernled order . We know why we are asking the questions now, it is President Trump, but it is more structural than that. It has been coming along time, the rising of china, the populism in europe, the brexit, explosions in the middle east. We have to ask ourselves, umber one, can china or anyone else step in . Number two, if they cant, will we have an order without a leader and what does that mean . And number three, to the extent that u. S. Leadership is taking a big hit, can americans get it back . To answer those question is no one questions is no one better to kick it off and senator john mccain. Senator . Questions is no one better to kick it o
Is the current Political Climate stressing you out . Republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats 2027488000. Callendence can 2027488002 or reach us on social media on twitter at cspan wj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Thes look a little more at study that talks about the , they levels of americans are bipartisan according to the American Psychological association report, democrats are more likely than republicans to report the outcome of the 2016 president ial election as a significant source of stress, a majority of republicans, 59 , said the future of the nation was a significant source of stress for them, compared with 76 of democrats. It said while the study concedes sees stress around politics but an increase in the number of people reporting that acts of terrorism, Police Violence towards minorities, and personal safety are adding to their stress level. We are asking you today are you stressed out by the Political Climate . We look at some of the other headlines in today
We will talk to him today about his recent article, trump the climateslayer, which appears in the december issue. Thanks so much for being here. Guest thank you for having me. Host you believe Climate Change to be real, as borne out by the science, but you say the level of alarm on the left is really overstated. Why . Guest well, that is right. There is a lot of very good science on Climate Change. You can look at the most authoritative reviews, things like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change puts out a very good report every few years that really synthesizes all the best finds on the issue, but if you read through that and see what it is saying, you cannot find any support for some of the really catastrophic scenarios that you hear from environmental activists. Further go a step fo and look at the research on what is this really going to cost . What is the damage going to be from Climate Change . There are real costs. Onis certainly not free, but the other han
Television for serious readers. Edit down we kickoff the weekend with yuval levin, the authors most recent book is the the fractured republic renewing americas social contract in the age of idividualism. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thank you for joining us today for this lunch. I have never had the microphone too low for me. My name is oren cass, a senior fellow here at the Manhattan Institute and our speaker today is trying to and founder and editor of National Affairs magazine. Its a real privilege for me to introduce yuval levin today. Is now standing mentor and role model to younger scholars such as myself and really all you need to know about yuval levin is that he has the wisdom not to use twitter. I should probably say more about him that he does not tweet, so less impressive, but more relevant today, i would say better than anyone in america he is at the funny w