Of the future of democracy series with Additional Support from the initiative and a cooperative local funders and donors. We are grateful for their support and hope others will follow their examples to support the club. With two experts on a lot of things including we hope the affects of covid19, but its having you continue to have on democracy both here in the u. S. And around the world. James is the National Correspondent for the atlantic interested in the magazine since the late 1970s. The approach to some of the pressing issues facing the world and the authors of the recent bestsellers journey into the heart of america. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. The foreign and defense studies at the institute and washington, d. C. Shwashington, d. C. Shes had an impressive career and defense policy which has taken her to the International Institute for strategic studies in london, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the state Department International security counc
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