Degree from Oklahoma University and a phd as well. He served as assistant to a political scientist, economist, and author and teaching assistant to former u. S. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright who was here for a private dinner earlier this year to drop a name or two. [laughter] gary joined the William Jewell College Faculty in 1992 and serves as chair of the department of Political Science and director of the International Relations major. The William Jewell student body voted him professor of the year four times. Gary is also a longtime supporter of the National World war i museum and memorial and for that we are appreciative. Please give a warm welcome to dr. Gary armstrong. [applause] good evening and thank you for coming tonight. There should be a lot of interesting questions. On the hundredth anniversary of the senates first rejection of the treaty of versailles. What a great moment to talk about americas place in the world. It was a time of growing polarization and radicali
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Pres. Putin general assembly, ladies and gentlemen, this year, we celebrate the end of the Second World War and establishment of the United Nations. Pres. Putin the importance of these two forever interlinked events cannot be overemphasized. In 1945, knew seism was defeated. The ideology of aggression and hatred was crushed. And the experience and spirit of alliance as well as the awareness of the huge price that had been paid for peace and our common victory helped construct the postwar world order. It was built on the ultimate foundation of the u. N. Charter that remains the main source of International Law to this day. I am convinced that this anniversary makes it incumbent upon all of us to recall the timeless principles of interstate communication enshrined in the u. N. Charter and formulated by the Founding Fathers of our universal organization in the clearest and most unambiguous terms. These principles include the sovereignty of states, noninterference in their affairs, the rig
Exaggeration, historic anniversaries. The 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and the establishment of the u. N. The importance of these two forever interlinked events cannot be over emphasized. Nazism was defeated. The ideology of aggression and hatred was crashed, and the experience and spirit of alliance as well as the awareness of the huge price that had been paid for peace and our common victory helped construct the postwar world order, built on the ultimate foundation of the u. N. Charter that remains the main source of International Law to this day. I am convinced that this anniversary makes it incumbent upon all of us to recall the timeless principles of interstate communication enshrined in the u. N. Charter and formulated by the Founding Fathers of our universal organization in the clearest and most unambiguous terms. These principles include the equality of sovereign states, not interference in their domestic affairs, the right of people to determined her ow