Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Carnegie Endowment or international peace. Im ashley tellis, c senior felw at the endowment and its a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of age of iron which is a marvelous analysis of conservative nationalism. I see i will say couple things but the book in a in a t but before i do i want to extend on your behalf in mine a warm welcome to call in himself and our distance, duty, Danielle Pletka and Richard Fontaine. As you probably know, colin is a professor at the start school publicly and government at George Mason University andco is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute, neighbor nextdoor, literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. And this book is trademark direct. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon that has been brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of president trump. In terms of both the history o
But before i do i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to colin himself and to our 2 distinguishedcommentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at the start school in policy and government at George Mason University and is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute our neighbor next door literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics and this book is trademark dueck. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of President Trump. In terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found a manifestation in modern American History especially in the debates about americas role in the world so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously. And despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you its a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So welcome colin,
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
I am sitting in the oval office with a pen in hand waiting for our senators to give it to me. But the vote is now delayed because of a health scare for john mccain. Will the delay help or hurt the bills chances . Ill talk to the man who counts the votes, republican senator john cornyn of texas. And what do voters in Trump Country think of the president right now . The latest from a special new nbc news wall street journal survey. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, president ial historian, doris kearns goodwin. Former head of the American Conservative Union al cardenas and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. To those who remember watergate, the seminal moment may have been when white House Counsel john dean said he told president nixon there was a cancer on the presidency. This appears to be the week that the russia story has metastasized. The gap between the ori