Good evening everybody. Thank you very much for your patience, im Bradley Graham the coowner of politics and prose along with my alyssa and on behalf of everyone here at lister auditorium, welcome. Thank you. So much for coming. We pmp have been partnering eith gw for a number of years now, sponsoring these author talks, and we are really grateful to have access to such a spacious and convenient facility here in the center of washington. We are also grateful for the support from all of you. We know you have choices on where to buy books these days and we would like to thank you for choosing to shop with the local independent bookstore. [applause] its especially exciting to be hosting ronan farrow here thise evening. He is here course to talk about his new book catch and kill. It has been two years since ronan wrote in the new yorker and jodi is riding in the new york times. Its been two years since they publish their separate exposes about Sexual Assault and harassment allegations agai
Access to spacious and convenient facility here in the center ofre washington. Were also grateful for the support from all a of you and we know you have choices and we would like to thank you for choosing to shop with the local independent bookstore. [applause] its exciting to be hosting this evening, he is here to talk about his new book catch and kill, it is been two years since riding in the new yorker two years since they published their separate Sexual Assault and harassment allegations against movie producer harry weinstein. Those stories encourage merit enter many other women to come forward with allegations against other powerful privileged and previously protected men and help give rise to the me too movement. Both the new yorker in the times shared last year for Public Service which honored,. It honored the courageous breakthrough r reporting. In catch to kill in breaking the weinstein story he details the institutional and the threats they face in doing so. The book containe
[indistinct conversations] welcome to hudson. This is a big crowd. I am surprised, in the middle of summer. Everyone must be seeking some air conditioning. But i think the topic is interesting and i appreciate you being here. Theill talk about intersection of economics and National Security, thinking about competition. As you know across the economic and political military domain and we will spoke focus on the economic side. We are fortunate to have an adjunct senior fellow from the american and for the new security. And the chief Technology Officer geo national he was responsible for technology, r d, and the strategy of the agency. He was also responsible for bringing ai to the agency, which is an accomplishment. Would you know is an accomplishment. Previously he was the ceo of two Technology Start ups and he served with the department of defense and iraq, afghanistan, i think afghanistan . And africa. He has a phd in International Relations at the London School of economics. Theeed m
Admiral carl schultz, u. S. Coast guard. Very good to have you here. Lieutenant general jeffrey rockwell, good to have you with us. General norman lewis, don of joint forces staff college. General carl robinson, air force, done of the Dwight D Eisenhower school. Rear admiral larry jackson, director for center of joint strategic logistics. Rear admiral Michael Brown is with us this evening. Susan eisenhower, we cannot forget miss Priscilla Roberts and ambassador walter stadler. I am sure there are many of you i have not mentioned. It is a pleasure to have you with us. As you know, the National Defense university is the worlds premier institute for studies in National Defense and International Security strategy. At the National Defense university foundation, we are focused on two things. Ensuring we train and educate our Security Leaders to prevent conflict when possible and wi n decisively when necessary. Tonights event is bringing together the foremost thought leaders in National Secur
Thank you also to the folks from cspan who are watching and the folks that are streaming this live over the Atlantic Councils website. My name is william wechsler. I read the Atlantic Councils work in the middle east. Im the director for the center that is your host this afternoon. This question was a question that would not really have been asked only a decade ago. China does not have deep historical ties in the region. China has its economic connections were modest not that long ago. But now its a question that many people in the region are asking more and more. Many people in the u. S. Economic, diplomatic, intelligence and military apparatus are asking more and more. Many people in china are asking more and more about how they approach this region as part of their wider belt and Road Initiative, as part of their wider diplomatic initiatives, as part of their need for Energy Resources. What we see right now is the economic relationship between china and the middle east is deep and d