The time and i begin the book at the end of the cold war and as i was casting around for a way to frame whats happened since then i found jim moses comments in his confirmation hearing extraordinarily apt its a rather prescient deer of the International Security environment of the ninetys but it really comes down to that one phrase where he says we slain a large dragon talking about this so he but now we find ourselves in a jungle still with a broader and broader for the snakes and in many ways the dragon was easier to keep track of and i think what hes trying to say here is that weak states failing states and nonstate actors are the principal threat of the 99 is a. Minute or until it is the total call and. Its also we have categorizing and its essentially putting legitimate state actors like russia or china into the same group as nonstate actors like isis that terror groups isnt just out just a little bit to give this a poke contrary if you are not we last year against that. So actual
In the United States because you would need an American Embassy for that well apparently they were wrong quick tribalist the riots and even the seizure of government buildings containing our americas foes taking being democratic uprising in the worlds most celebrated democracy to discuss and im now joined by David Kilcullen perhaps our own international and Political Studies at the university of New South Wales and the author of dry runs. How the rats learn to buy it was called and great to talk to you congratulations on your latest book and you for having me its great to be here now i know that its not your original idea to refer its you adversaries as rap tiles and i am. Wrong. Bill clintons 1st cia director but since you build a narrative around it i assume youre blinded snooty what are you still whining about it for you. I think that so just to say this book is a book about military adaptation and its about how different players adapted over time and i begin the book at the end of
A major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to greet production cuts as a man for oil falls amid fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia for more that heres our teeth. But quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop weve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that weve got an Oil Price Drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop weve ever seen in oil cents in 1901 and at this point it being traced back essentially to the negotiations with opec saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in Oil Production juju limited demand or. The coronavirus well russia has come forward and said that this call for a reduction in Oil Production and a cap on Oil Production doesnt reall
Look at how the establishment favorite appears to be the chosen one by the growing number of in viruses. Good morning and welcome this is art international. The car of a good politician has been destroyed in an arson attack the vehicle of nicholas 1st chair of the alternative for Germany Partys burden wing was set on fire in the capital into the growing violence against us across the country beatings house attacks and even murders occurring over their views to all of our reports. This street is the scene of what is potentially the latest in a growing number of politically motivated crimes in germany this time its all the politician nicholas faced go up in flames last night a car caught fire in charlotte and bork the firefighters extinguished the blaze but could not save the car because of the suspicion of a possible political motivation were handing the investigation over to a specialist unit faced as a member of the European Parliament for the anti immigration alternative that Germany
After withdrawing from the president ial race. My. The us state of california has declared an emergency to deal with an outbreak of the coronavirus theres been a rise in cases there arms the 1st fatality and elderly man dies after recently returning from a trip or a cruise ship the grand princess is now being docs near a california schools with thousands of people still on board she returns a reports on how authorities in california are trying to determine if other passengers are infected. This cruise ship appears to be a potentially another major vector for the coronavirus to spread this man who was elderly had Underlying Health problems which is what we often see in people who die from the coronavirus but he was all in this ship and he does some bug having already felt symptoms off the coronavirus he went home and finally he called my mom one got help got tested was tested positive but that died at least one other person from that same cruise ship who also disembark is potentially is