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We also want to thank all of you for your support and for our community of booklovers and friends we wouldnt be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with us tara burton who is celebrating the recent release of her new book strange rights, new religions for a godless world. Is contributing editor at the american interest, at columnist at Religion News service and the former staff and religion reporter. She has written on religion and Secular National geographics, Washington Post , New York Times and more and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Shes also author of the novel social creature. Joining tara to discuss her new book is ross douthat, columnist for the New York Times oped page and offer up to change the church, bad religion and privileged and coauthor of brandnew party. Before joining New York Times was a Senior Editor for the atlantic. These film critic for National Review and he cohosts the New York Times weekly oped paul podcast. He lives in new haven with his wi
Community of authors book lovers and friends. We would not be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with this, the developer, celebrating the release of our new book strange rights. Tara is a contributing editor at the american interests, and columnist. In the former staff recorder. Shes written on religion and secular is him, to national geographic, washington post. New york times more and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Shes also the author of the novel social creature. Joining tar, roth is a columnist for the New York Times. Is the author of to change the church. That religion and privilege. Before joining the New York Times leaves a Senior Editor for the atlantic pretty is a critic for National Review and kisses New York Times weekly podcast argument. He lives in new haven with his wife intent and three children. So without further i do, please welcomwelcome tar and was prett. Thank you so much for joining us here in this exciting virtual experience. It is slightly
Welcome to the hudson institute. Ein senior fellow at the institute of we are here to talk with Christian Brose whose new book, the kill chain, is in the future of hightech warfare that Christian Brose just released. Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee an and prior to that e Senior Policy Adviser for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief surgeon to build capabilities for the military as well as for the department of homeland security. We can talk about that as we go through the interview. But thank you for being with us today. So, just to start off, what led you to do this but i know youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously something that you have encountered during your time onn the surface kennedy and senator mccain is the policy adviser. But what was the genesis of sitting down and writing the entire book . Guest its a great question i ask myself constant const
Are still there and we never change them theyre still dangerous and in some ways theyre more dangerous than ever because people are focused on other issues and they simply dont see the dangers that we face and sent in to parry why isnt it discussed. Thats that course is too deep for me to answer psychological question to fundamentally. When the cold war ended the danger and the worried that people had the fear that people had about a Nuclear Catastrophe just ended with it and they just dont want to pick it up again and soon again but unfortunately the reality is that the danger is still very much there. You searched at a time that the defining era of United States Nuclear Policy is that its focused on the wrong threat. What he talked about was the wrong threat so the threat that were focused on a leftover threat from the cold war is the threat of an intentional attack from russia that is simply not a likely threat because it would be suicidal for russia to watch that attack any attack