The middle east, china, russia and other topics at an event hosted by Johns Hopkins school of advanced international studies. He also responded to the news of President Trumps decision to withdraw forces from syria. This is one hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is eliot cohen. Im the dean of sais and its my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 lecture on International Affairs with general David Petraeus. The four i introduce general petraeus i i want to share a little bit more about the lecture series at sais. The series is named after charles ross off, steps in 1990 by his wife dorothy as a treatment to his life and he was on the interest in International Affairs. Charles was a hopkins alumnus and was a dedicated supporter of the universities efforts to improve our understanding of the world. That of course is the sais mission. Were particularly glad today that we have with us charles daughter kerry and his son and his wife to
Whatever it may be you know, it is wonderful, frankly, its you get paid to do what you love to do. I am in government. What i wanted was intellectual stimulation. Does the world look different from this Vantage Point than it did in government . Gen. Petraeus it is a different perspective. All of this as the director of the cia, it is a financial investment. Ever think, gosh, i wish i had known that when i was at the cia . Gen. Petraeus well, sure. Knowledge of ath country or a particular industry. Of course the world has turned over a certain amount since i was director. We will talk about some of the most significant developments. Geopolitics has become vastly more important than it was when i was in government. Do not get me wrong. There are plenty of challenges. At but we will get back to this theme again and again. The rise of china. The fact that china is not only our biggest geopolitical competitor, but it is and was our biggest trading partner. That is the most important trade r
Joining the conversation Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell, daily caller editorinchief chris bedford, former republican candidate steve forbes, great to see you this morning. A lot to talk about, also on deck this morning former Senior Adviser for president george w. Bush, Fox News Contributor karl rove to preview democratic debate tonight. Also Peter Navarro is here this morning to talk u. S. China trade when we do have big news this morning on that and North Carolina attorney general josh to talk about perdue farm opioid settlement, big show coming up. Ii want to kick it off with u. S. China trade olive branch, if you will, President Trump delaying a 5 tariff increase on chinese goods, delay that by 2 weeks, the president tweeted this, at the request of the vice premier of china lou he, celebrating seventh anniversary on october 1st, weve agreed as gesture of good will to remove increased tariffs, 25 to 30 , prooctober 1st to october 15th, the president also spoke about china at th
Speak to the indonesian men forced to work in appalling conditions on chinese fishing boats off the coast of east africa. And germany in shock after an 8 year old boy is pushed in front of a high speed train at frankfurt station apparently for no reason we have the latest on the investigation. Plus a rat and rodent infested mess a place where no human would want to live thats what President Trump said of the city of baltimore at the weekend outraging many of the residents we sent our reporter to find out what its really like. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us and government protesters in hong kong are refusing to back down this morning hundreds of demonstrators disk. Up to Train Services by blocking the doors of commuter trains is part of their campaign to increase pressure on the government to give in to their demands for more autonomy from Mainland China they. Rush hour and one of the worlds most densely populated cities in the subway system commuter chaos. Activists hav
A raft rodent infested mess thats what President Trump called the city of baltimore at the weekend to help raising many of its residents we send a reporter to find out what its really like. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us and you government protesters in hong kong are refusing to back down this morning hundreds of demonstrators disrupted Train Services by blocking the doors of commuter trains its part of their campaign to increase pressure on the government to give in to their demands for more autonomy from Mainland China. They. Rush hour and one of the worlds most densely populated cities in the subway system commuter chaos. Activists have blocked the train doors. Calling for democratic reforms and independence from beijings rule the protestors hit where it hurts the daily grind of hong kongs economy. The top of beating at times on this 8 hour off my things my work at heating to wake us up Freedom Safety and human rights and to get away and got caught with some ok with tha