Holidays. The senate convenes january 8. The house on january 9. Both chambers face two upcoming deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The first january 19 and the other february 2. The committees are ready to do the work but we are waiting awaiting for the other chamber to come forward with a number we can agree upon. Leader mcconnell and i will figure out the best way to get this vote in quickly. Neither of us want to shut down. Announcer coverage on the cspan network cspan, now, or cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Announcer a healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at work. When citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capitol, to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Where are you financially compared
International conflicts, including the war in ukraine, the israelhamas war and chinataiwan tensions, this from washington dc. There will be a debate one day. Historians will have a field day. There is disarray. There is the question why . There are potential explanations. Dictators versus democracy struggle. You could argue, a decline in american influence over global affairs. A rise in china. Which factors contribute to the disarray . All of the above. China is not a status quo power. A truly disaffected russia. A shift in power moving around the world, whether economic, military, many more hands. The domestic disarray in this country has contributed. We are less willing to act effectively in the world. The gap between global challenges, pandemics, climate and responses, there is no international community. I dont have a good answer. I will write about it. 30 years ago, the end of the cold war. This writing about unipolar moments. My own view, weve squandered a lot. The u. S. In some
Most centuries have belonged to china. Blaming barack obama for the state the world is in right now is like blaming a caribbean island for hurricane. North korea has said, if you are a third rate country that manages to acquire nuclear devices, you remain a third world dysfunctional economy. We will never be able to take this from somebody. The canadian and, the citizenship of every canadian in this country. [applause] you. Ank welcome to the munk debate on the global refugee crisis. My name is roger griffis, and i have the privilege of organizing this semiannual debate series, and once again serving as your moderator. I want to begin tonights proceedings by welcoming the ide tv audiencew that is tuning into this debate across canada and coast to coast to coast on cpac, canadas Public Affairs channel, and across the United States on cspan. It is the first time the munk debate have been live throughout the continent of north america. It is terrific to have that viewing audience joining
Work of the foundation. Well, i do. You have to start from the assumption, not the pessimistic assumption that all immigrants are necessarily going to constitute a fifth column, but the possibility that they can live active decent lives. I dont disagree about the horror of genital mutilation those should be prosecuted. I agree with you. We have a problem in our countries. What im urging, we dont have a complete open door so we have a problem even worse. Thats the point. I know. But thats already gone. Thats already gone. The eu turkey agreement is going o return vast numbers. So let them join the eu. Its hardly a victory. The point is, these are second and Third Generation belgians and frenchmen and rmans and britains and canadians and theyre going off paris, isis blowing off that ought to occasion a certain modesty, that our skills at assimilation are not as awesome as they were in the 19th century. The answer, when second and hird generation immigrants are blowing up the airports, th