And im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying helicopters. Shes trained soldiers, deployed into a rack into iraq and afghanistan, has seen policymaking at the highest levels and understands the role of congress. I had the pleasure of meeting her when she was in the role of legislative liaison, where she met relationships with members of congress to establish policy and fund the army, and also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan, where i saw her lead in a complex and challenging security environment , so i can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle these tough issues and strengthen our relationship. Its a privilege to have you today. Thank you very much. Its my honor to be here and have the
Next, army general laura richardson, commander of the u. S. Southern command talks about security challenges facing latin america. A Virtual Event hosted by this the center for strategic and International Studies which includes migration, and her connex trafficking, Climate Change, checking the amazon rain forest and competing with china amidst their investment in infrastructure in the region. This is about 50 minutes. Central and south america is arguably a divisive region in competition with authoritarian actors. For example, the peoples republic of china is doing things like investing in Critical Infrastructure across the region including strategically useful ports as well as cyber and space facilities that could be used by beijing civilian and military agencies. Russia continues its support of authoritarian and malign actors across the area including disinformation campaigns and those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region
Boomers were getting to vote. Host appreciate that and all our callers today. Coming up live is the commander of the u. S. Southern command, army general laura richardson. She looks at security challenges facing latin america. This event is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Have a great day, everybody. We will be back tomorrow at 7 a. M. Eastern. See you tomorrow. Malign actors across the region. Those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region. Migration, transnational criminal organizations, illegal fishing, all of these are on the agenda of the United States Southern Command. I am the director of the smart women, Smart Power Initiative and im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General ri
Glad you are here on the friday afternoon. Not that many people will do something on a friday afternoon so that shows you are serious people and i thank you for coming. My name is john henry, president of csis and i want to say a hearty welcome to all of you. We are in for a very unique opportunity. Assistant secretary stewart, this doesnt normally happen. When something is kind of a breaking, very serious development, we dont normally have the opportunity to hear from a senior policymaker in the state department or any place, to share with us the thinking of the government about a big development. And this is a big development. We are really very fortunate. I dont know, it was a week ago, 10 days ago . Jake sullivan in a press availability, made note that we think russia has put a Nuclear Device in orbit. Now i mean, for 50 years, we have had what are called rtgs. These are Power Sources that are used to provide electricity for satellites. There is a Nuclear Court to those. But this i
Poll numbers, fundraising data and campaign ads. Watch the campaign trail friday night at 7 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Online at cspan. Org or download on the podcast, our free mobile app or wherever you get your podcast. Cspan, your unofficialed view of politics. Coming up, a conversation about russias development of a space based nuclear went with the secretary of state arms control Mallory Stewart hosted for strategic and international studies. This is about 45 minutes. Glad you are here on the friday afternoon. Not that many people it show that is youre all very serious people. Thank you for coming. My name is john hammory. Im the president here at csis. I want to say a hearty welcome to all of you. Were in for a very unique opportunity. Assistant secretary stewart is this doesnt normally happen when theres a breaking very serious development. Development, we dont normally have the opportunity to hear from a senior policymaker in the state department or any place, to share with us