I should him in the interest of full disclosure, acknowledge that she happens to be my wife. But let me reassure you. [applause] there will be no softball questions. I want to begin with a quotation. , theis a first, actually first time we ever appeared on stage they put it off and put it off. , where the two sons of hoover fellows to be bred in captivity. [laughter] i want to begin on a more serious note the quoting from one of the grandmasters of strategic thought and american foreignpolicy. Kissinger, who for a man who just turned 96, has an astonishingly acute grasp of the issues we will be discussing this afternoon. He has written on Artificial Intelligence and made the following observation. The pervasiveness of Network Communications and the social, financial, and military sectors has revolutionized vulnerabilities. Outpacing most rules and regulations from and indeed about the technical complication of regulators has created the state of nature, the escape from which provided t
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With a little daunting. You do the historian thing speak generally. I guess i think if they are looking at american politics, from the beginning straight through we can even go half of the several work, they areal talking the boat paradoxes and conflicts and improv. Tend to focust i on is the early part of the ark. His improvisational nature of that that really fascinates me more than anything else. The nation was founded and a world of monarchy. The United States is a republic. What that means was a super clear at the moment. People knew that they were trying to do something that wasnt that. Beyond that, theres a lot of open ground. There is a lot of improv in those early decades the boat what the nation is, how it functions, the tone of the government, how this nation is going to stand tough amongst the nation of the world and other kinds of nations. What does it mean to be a republic and a world of monarchy. How is this nation going to get any degree of respect and equally if not mo
American history tv continues now with a discussion on innovations in art, during world war ii. We heard about propaganda cartoons, Norman Rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art. A 1940s and 50s movement, that included american painters, jackson and mark. Held by friends of the National World war ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is her second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. We are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning, and thank you everybody. It is a real pleasure to be here. Last year, as you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference and when the call came out, to present about innovations in world war ii, i was happy to answer that call. At the time, i thought this will be something
At this time, let me introduce the participants in todays discussion. We have a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She served as a minister to the dutch parliament. Focused parliament, she on furthering the integration of nonwestern immigrants into dutch society. Larry diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Years, hehan six directed fsi center where he now leads the program on democracy and its Global Digital policy incubator. Was the 26th assistant to the president for National Security affairs and served as a commissioned officer in the u. S. Army for 34 years before retiring in june, 2018. The moderator for todays panel is neil ferguson. Hooverior fellow at the institution and a senior fellow for the European Studies at harvard. Please join me in welcoming this esteemed group to the stage. Thank you,ernoon, tom for that introduction and thank you for joining us on such a beautiful afternoon when you could be outside playing frisbee. Im extremely excited to be