Government will be dealt with as one declaring war against riyadh plus. Were trying to see whether we can get our normal access restored and were hopeful that we will be able to continue our normal operations the u. N. Raises other law aid efforts and we havent suffered due to the blockade by the sound of that coalition. Donald trumps hawkish stance towards north Koreas Nuclear threat in the spotlight as he heads for seoul also. Im just feeling im saving nine lives right now so. Yes i think anybody that. Think about it its a dog eat Escort Service passengers take stray dogs from mexico to new homes four thousand kilometers away. Welcome to the news our side eurabia says lebanon will be dealt with as a government that has declared war against it is a Major Development amid escalating tension in the region between saudi arabia and iran in comments to the state media the saudi minister for gulf affairs referred to the role of iran within lebanon to be. That the lebanon based iran backed G
This may be where we can get cooperation with the russians. And the printers row lit fest continues. Up next, author david kalan talks about modern day philanthropy. Philanthropy. Good afternoon and welcome to the thinking tribune annual lit fest. Id like to. We have a grayhaired approval. I met him in downtown new york city literary regular parties and gatherings that use to invite people, fact brigades and phone brigades before the internet and knew him over the years and went on to work with him when running World Policy Institute and he was at the most National Think tank, we worked closely on a number of projects, so i had the pleasure to read his earlier books, the cheating culture, the moral center, he has written seven of them and i have always been impressed by david because he asks really hard questions. He comes up with an opinion but is very good about seeing both sides and trying to find where things come together and where we can come up with solutions. He is not an ideol
So, what do you do about it . Well, the only country that actually has influence with the North Koreans is probably china. But the chinese have always been more fearful of the collapse of the regime than of a nuclear regime. So theyve refused to tighten the screws on the North Koreans and they could do a lot. They could close the border. They could deny them fuel oil. The chinese could really hurt the regime. The chinese have to be convinced that they now have to do whatever it takes to stop this regime and when you hear the administration say, if you wont deal with the North Koreans, we will, thats the message that theyre sending. Now, the we will is kind of ugly because if you want to look at military options, youre looking at seoul, which is very vulnerable and very close to the border, to the doe militarized zone. The North Koreans could do a lot of damage, a lot of civilian casualties, very quickly in seoul. So the options are not very good. Its complicated by the new president in
We have a grayhaired approval. Literarily, used by acts for days and phone for days before the internet. So i knew him over the years from the literary world and went on to work with him when i was running the World Policy Institute and he was at the National Think tank. We worked together very, veryk, close me on a number of projects. So ive had the pleasure also to read some of his earlier books, the world center, hes written seven of them. Ive always been so impressed by david because he asks the really hard questions. He comes up with an opinion, but hes very good about seeing both sides in trying to find where things come together and where we can come up with solutions. Hes not an ideologue. Hes the real deal. I could not be happier to see david in chicago today. I want to kick off by showing off a couple numbers he talks about in his new book dream to. , he notes that in 2015, nearly 400 billion, with the beef was given globally to about 2 of the u. S. Gdp and that taxexempt org
Sais assist up on her book tour. I had the pleasure of traveling with michelle in the uae last fall and hurt about this book, and so its been anticipating it and its an exciting read. I think, through asking the question why we ignore crises that we can see coming until they literally stampede is can i think shes got a new paradigm for thinking about risk, and im excited to hear her discuss some of her ideas and this evening. This book follows two others that i read the one on haitians and dominicans, and i bet put that together. I didnt realize that youre the author of that exquisitely written book she wrote a book on immigration that asks why we get immigration so wrong, even though our prosperity depends on our getting it right. Shes a prolific writer. Shes had a distinguished career in journalism and has also received numerous awards for her leadership, including young Global Leaders aboard for the World Economic forum, and she has also been recognized as a guggenheim fellow, and h