But one among many powers that are going to have great influence so its stuck change that is at the bottom of whats now happening in the u. S. China relationship now i think it also has something to do with a new generation of thinkers who gained a lot of influence in and around the white house and given President Trumps own antics i think its very easy to dismiss him as a charlatan but i also tend to think that hes policy visit he china is pretty elaborate im not saying its good but all im saying that there is a lot of thought behind it by people like Michael Pillsbury of the how its an institute steve bannon etc is there anything in their world view of china as well and they cannot make war on the industrial economies of the west that rings true to you as well. Not as an economic war i mean that your skills and make any sense i mean china is competing in the International Marketplace like any other country is competing in the National Market because the program which is the correct p
The end of the cold war predominantly unicode meeting dominated by you know the states and towards a much more multipolar system in which china is an increasingly important country but one among many powers that are going to have great influence so its stuck change that is at the bottom of whats now happening in the u. S. China relationship now i think it also has something to do with a new generation of thinkers who gained a lot of influence in and around the white house and given President Trumps own antics i think its very easy to dismiss him as a charlatan but i also tend to think that hes policy visit he china is pretty elaborate im not saying its good but all im saying that there is a lot of thought behind it by people like Michael Pillsbury of the its an institute Steve Ballmer and cetera is there anything in their world view of china as well and they cannot make war on the industrial economies of the west that rings true to you as well. Not as an economic war i mean that youre
The moment and that has us much to do with the relative reduction in the overall american position it has to do with the royce of china so what im saying is that i dont think the trumpet ministration has a particularly top or well strata joist attitude or a policy toward china but i also dont think that this administration is necessarily do worse administration that china could face i could easily imagine a Democratic Administration coming into the white house off to the next election that would be asked tough if not tougher on china know now professor west that you said a moment ago that china is competing just like everybody else and i think the argument prevailing in the white house at the moment is that china is competing in in an absolutely unique way like no one has done before and i mentioned. Before one of he said bass no on the boards of both in the west one of his most revered works in china is they are at the. War which focuses on the exact same thing know how to advance and
And served as a guest commentator i and a History Channel documentary on dday. The latest book by air and fortitude is the first installment of a twopart history o of the u. S. Army durig world war ii. Fire and fortitude, the tragedy and triumphs of the soldiers from pearl harbor to the battles and the islands. Based on Extensive Research from government archives and academic collections, fire and fortitude is a riveting narrative with a masterful historian profound insight. Please help me welcome our future author st. Louis hometown boy, john mcmanus. [applause] thank you, jessica, i appreciate it. The whole Library Staff and i would like to thank my publicist for helping make this possible and my executive editor who came up with that title by air and fortitude, so i have to give him credit. I would like to thank all of you for making time in your schedule to come out here tonight and listened to what i think is an incredible and compelling story. One that ive been working on for the
The pentagon, including lots of generals and lots of other military experts 18 sites of confliction, meaning 18 sites of big problems every one of them was backed by iran or in some cases actually using iranian soldiers, but at a minimum iranian wealth, much of it given in the ridiculous deal where they were given 150 billion plus 1. 8 billion in cash and they used that money for some bad purposes. With that being said, i think that iran is a country of tremendous potential we are not looking for leadership change. Were not looking for that kind of change. This country has been through that many times before that doesnt work. Were looking for no Nuclear Weapons, no Ballistic Missiles and a longer period of time. Very simple. We can have it done in a very short period of time and i really believe that iran can be a great nation id like to see that happen, but they cant have Nuclear Weapons. Thank you. [ inaudible question ] excuse me. [ inaudible question ] if the circumstances were cor