Sure to be an exceptional discussion. This is a special gathering where we will learn about and if you will rightly celebrate the publishing of a unique book. A look at a closes event from a fresh perspective an opportunity to yet learn something new and profound about the Second World War. Or as Victor Davis Hanson has titled his acclaimed best selling history published by basic books the Second World Wars. How the first global conflict was fought and won. Im jack, a trustee i didnt know they were serving alcohol this early. [laughter] but thank you. And a trustee of National Review sthiewt. And i do this welcoming on behalf of my fellow trustees some here today chairman peter rich lowery i may be downtown. I could be wrong or we have some of our board here, and the president of the institute lindsay craig. National review . Iewfts founded in 1991 by william f. Buckley jr. It is a journalistic think tank published to advance the conservative principles Bill Champion to review magazine
With a degree of reality of the war. Not only a fascinating history but with a significant to inequality of wealth to deal with some of the issues in the role of cooperation but the interesting thing is the contrast. We respected each other immensely. But different temperaments it plays out there a significant contribution not just the intellect but the temperament. To fascinating characters. But theyre both fascinating figures . You do for a living . Why are you writing books about security . When the us stock market collapsed my clients were losing money and i want to understand why source started to dig into it and i found financial terrorism for those that connected to the pentagon and the fbi said was a contractor doing research who found a pint of a complete financial terrorism as part of the stock market. Says part of your first book. What is the thesis of the book . Basically waived were doing all kinds of crazy things with the housing bubble animes radical is long and elements
Panel there is a higher calling and obligation of democracy and countries that see themselves as accountable to their population and the broader world. Mykonos it in isolation thinking the world would not come to our door. It did for 9 11. Not without the informed Decision Making instructed by the Security Council with nato being high and what i suspect we will get to is syria. Hour. [no audio] should a side lose control in syria or hezbollah try to obtain them. I cant, and you guys are the experts, you i cant remember a time of more moving parts in the middle east puzzle than right now on this day, so much is now, and they are all, of course, interconnected. Hamas is testing israel. Israel is testing egypt. Theres more uncertainty than ever about syria, its relationship with iran, whether it can hold lebanon together, what is hezbollah doing now that its backers are in their own fights inside syria. The evolving role of qatar and saudi arabia, and turkey playing a role. Its enormous.
Now. Lecturing in istanbul, the International Center for scholars, a special adviser to the turkish president in the snows. Named one of the most 100 powerful arab women last year, appears on u. S. Cable news channels quite often and the founder and chairman of the independent think tank beirut institute. Safeen, a member of the kurdistan democratic party. Hes also a member of the was a standingin member of the Iraqi Governing Council of the authority in 2004. He was exiled to the u. K. And returned to his homeland and is playing a very key role in its development in the kurdistan province. Lets make it a conversation, more oprah, fewer speeches, and hopefully everybody gets involved shortly. I want to begin by asking all the panelists to take a birds eye view first. How you see the flow happening in the region generally, in syria in particular, and where do you see some connections happening. Afra, would you like to begin . Hello, everyone. Good morning. Im replacing my colleague from
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