Dr. Zupans book look at the sources of national decline. Typically when people think about the sources of national decline they often look outside of government at specialInterest Groups that try to coopt government for their own benefit. However dr. Zupan takes a different approach and looks at the sources of national decline that come from inside government , from government insiders and it may cause even more harm to countries and civilizations than the harm that comes from outside of government we are really looking forward to hearing from dr. Zupan today. The way we will be framing todays book forums first we are going to hear remarks from dr. Zupan and then we will have comments from both Lindsay Cutshall from the Brookings Institute and myself. First i would like to introduce dr. Zupan. Dr. Zupan begin his tenure as the 14th president of alford university on july 1, 2016. Histidine at the Business School at the university of rochester from january 1, 2004. Zupan served as dean a
Good afternoon. I am senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, my name is amy zegart, codirector of the center for International Security and cooperation at stanford. We are delighted both institutions have come together to cohost this book event with Graham Allison and Niall Ferguson to discuss destined for war can america and china escape thucydides trap . I want to remind all of you the book is available for purchase and Graham Allison will sign a few questions at the end of the talk. You cant escape the trap of the bookstore outside. Graham allison as many of you know is director of harvards center, and dylan professor of government and founding dean of Harvards Kennedy school of government. Like legions of students, i vividly remember my first time walking into the Kennedy School for my first forum event in 1986. It was an intoxicating place where you could feel the brainpower working at the policy being changed in the room. Graham allison has been the man behind this magic for a v
And Niall Ferguson to discuss desfinned for war. Can america and china escape the trap. The book is available for purchase outside and graham will stay and sign a few copies imhope at the end of the talk so you cant escape the the trap of the book store. Graham allisn is founding dean of hard railroad venezuela Kennedy School of government. I vividly remember my first time walking into the Kennedy School for my first forum event. Back in 1986. It was an intoxicate is police and you can feel the brain power working and the policy being changed in the room, and Graham Allison has been me merlin behind the magic for a very long time. Setting the standard of policy level of scholarship since i think the time he was ten years old, back in 1986. Ultimate triple threat, serving in a enemy orr distinguished positions in academia, the government and private sector has an special adviser to the secretary of difference under president s reagan and assistant secretary of defense for policy planned
And the whole weekend we have lined up for you. Of ceremonies, its my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. Most of you in the audience are now seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. I do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can, so as to ensure that everyone gets enough time for their presentations, and that so the question and answer sessions provide you all with enough opportunity to ask the speakers specifically what you want to know. I do want to point out that the speakers biographies are in the back of your official programs. Please refer to that for more personal details. For ouring lecture espionage symposium is general , he served under general patton and world war ii and worked his way through the ranks, following the war. Including an important posting at the pentagon. Aft
Cspan and cspan. Org or listen to it on the free cspan radio app. Author and journalist max hastings talks about his book the secret war spies, ciphers and guerrillas. Mr. Hastings argues the rise of electronic and Radio Communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. This hourlong talk is part of a multiday conference at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Good morning, everyone. Its a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend weve got line up for you. As master of ceremonies, its my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. Most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. But i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can so as to e