Then kurt i dont know who that person is and someone whos a strong proponent of American Power and kurt has spent his life taking about this competition and hes on our side. We are down to the last of the last but not the least of our rapidfire conversations and we couldnt imagine anyone better to do it with than you, kurt campbell. He was assistant secretary of state for asia for obama, the author of the pit which was later renamed, we wont tackle you on that one and slightly less wellknown, kurt was the first person to get me involved in the Strategy Group when i was a mere kid so thank you very much for that and for being so inclusive. Let me start for you the same question i asked mike, i think i know what youre going to say but id like to ask you anyway. If we had a democratic administration, what would be the goal for our relationship with china . What would the perfect relationship with china look like . If you dont mind i want to say a word of thanks not only to nick who incred
Only the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. To. See. How in munich where Global Policy makers are gathered for the annual security conference among them just the European Unions Foreign Policy and security chief a band who faces many challenges from the u. S. Tariffs from the Iran Nuclear Deal to managing relations with eastern giants like china and russia and of course festering conflicts in places like libya and yemen the list is long can the ties that bind e. U. Member states endure all this is there a common vision for the European Unions future well find out as just talks to aljazeera. Just approach the European Unions high representative for Foreign Affairs many thanks for talking to al jazeera thank you youre part of a new European Commission theres a new European Parliament a new e. U. In fact 27 members minus the United Kingdom but youve got real problems youve got people like president of france a sort of very powerful reformer pushing f
In fact 27 members minus the United Kingdom but youve got real problems youve got people like president macron of france as a very powerful reformer pushing for more integration youve got a kind of steady as she goes germany at the moment struggling with the leadership flux youve got rule of law issues nationalism populism in places like hungary and poland how do you reconcile thats life thats life it is their way these and we are not going to change these things other night but it does make it difficult for. The Commission President s view of a new Geopolitical Commission a geopolitical e. U. Based on shared sovereignty how do you create this sense of shared sovereignty working together and build in defeat. That we are facing are indivisible the death threat of terrorism we leave. The migrants illegal my. Good flow in libya is not just a threat with a meter ready in countries as much as the threat of the. Russia and can represent a threat to the some member stage and they used to both
Cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. [applause] and you will be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour she will be one of our conversationalists our good friend could not be here to the former secretary of defense bill and janet cohen. Welcome. [applause] and those that are involved in every effort across partisan lines and that is former National Security advisor. And rahm emanuel we have worked together i think all of us agree the relationship with china will be the greatest challenge we face as a country in the next several decades. And in that relationship to establish full diplomatic relations, ed jimmy carter and Deng Xiaoping but most of that time to the democratic administrations, we all felt that we were seeking cooperation with china that was the basic strategy in recent years there is no question that both countries have swung from cooperation to a strategy of competition and that gets to the heart of our Vital National interest
Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy, but provide Historical Context to help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the Mellon Foundation which makes this series possible. I also want to thank Rachel Wheatley in the back of the room who is our assistant director and helped organize this. I want think the i want to think the office of gerry connolly, and i want to alert you to the fact that you will have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions, they will get formal remarks in the first hour, and the second half hour will be devoted to q and a. We will go from there. Thank you offer coming. This the rest of it is in the flyer. I worked briefly with the Congressional Research service. A little longer with the department of energy.