Not we need to revisit the concept of u. S. Enterprise funds. U. S. Enterprise funds were launched in early 1990s by george h. W. Bush. U. S. Government dollars funded investments in developing countries. It was an idea that was ahead of its time. And there were several dozen of these Enterprise Funds that were launched. Many of them were very successful. Some that had some hiccups. But most were broadly very successful, but you would ask yourself, why hasnt there is any number of Different Countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. Thankfully, in the Obama Administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool, and i think its a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the United States. And so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that were going to talk about, as well. So were going to talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past. How are some of
Crises and decisions by going to 1988, or wilsons decision for war in world war i. He is reassessing these decisions. We are all looking forward to philips next book. Time, he is doing a dozen other things none of us can keep track of. Philip, thank you. Need tosorry to say we wait for james wilson to show up. He is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we canhe is send the search y out. So far it has been a great time. [laughter] it is rather intimidating sitting somebody who can refer to his book. If we had grandchildren, they could sit on it. Glad you could join us. Lets go ahead and get started. This is a panel covering the the great second crisis phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, extending to the end of the cold war. Earlyhe beginning of the 1990s and the disintegration of the soviet union. Perspective on u. S. And russian relations, we start with the perspective from the point of view of the Reagan Administration with james wilson. James . Thank you.
Wonderful event. Mr. Robinson, members of the board, alumni in attendance, students, and ladies and gentlemen. For me, it is a pleasure and an honor to open the event today. I am pleased to see so many faces. Some fairly young faces. I am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. Jon bon jovi or George Michael or dirty dancing, there have in cooler times in history than the 1980s. That is what my children keep reminding me. This is, however, different. With president reagans speech from president kennedys visit, might be better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like resident reagans addressing secretarygeneral gorbachev and his call to tear down this wall. Interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. However, the chancellor immediately realized the impact. President reagan was a stroke of luck for the world. He would say after the speech. And the rath
Wonderful event. Mr. Robinson, members of the board, alumni in attendance, students, and ladies and gentlemen. For me, it is a pleasure and an honor to open the event today. I am pleased to see so many faces. Some fairly young faces. I am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. Jon bon jovi or George Michael or dirty dancing, there have in cooler times in history than the 1980s. That is what my children keep reminding me. This is, however, different. With president reagans speech from president kennedys visit, might be better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like resident reagans addressing secretarygeneral gorbachev and his call to tear down this wall. Interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. However, the chancellor immediately realized the impact. President reagan was a stroke of luck for the world. He would say after the speech. And the rath
Good evening, everybody. Please find your seats. Good evening. Thanks for setting up this wonderful event. Mr. Robinson, members of the board, alumni in attendance, students, and ladies and gentlemen. For me, it is a pleasure and an honor to be able to open this event today. I am pleased to see so many faces. Some fairly young faces. And i am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. Be it jon bon jovi or George Michael or dirty dancing, there have been cooler periods in history than the 1980s. That is what my children keep reminding me. This is, however, different. With president reagans speech [speaking german] from president kennedys visit, might be better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like president reagans addressing withtarygeneral gorbachev his call to tear down this wall. Interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. However, the chancellor