National security advisor ben rhodes. And former undersecretary of state jim glassman to begin. Theyll be talking about Public Diplomacy of the past two president ial administrations and what they recommend for the Incoming Trump administration. Good afternoon. Were going to go ahead and get started. N my name is shannon green, senior fellow and director of the human rights director and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you today for what proves to be a fascinating discussion on Public Diplomacy and National Security. We have a very full program today so i thought i would very briefly walk through the agenda before we invite the speakers on to the stage. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong who will present the paper that we just published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism, and dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with
And on thursday we will be at books smith bookstore in berkeley california historian and activist rebecca talks about the feminist movement. That is a look at some of the programs we will cover this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on booktv on cspan2. And welcome to tucson and the university of arizona campus. This is the tucson festival of books. Booktv is live today from the gallagher theater and for the next 7 and a half hours you will hear from authors and have a chance to talk with them as well. Heres our lineup for today. In just a few minutes the first author panel will begin. It is on japanese internment during world war ii. Followed by your opportunity to talk with historian Richard Reeves. After that a panel on lgbt q rights and a calling program with panelists lillian vitamin and you will hear from authors later today discussing slavery in america, the history of women in sciences and philanthropy. And several other
The three universities are on the future of Public Diplomacy of education. The impact of various immigration policies on International Student recruitment at american universities and colleges. Hello and welcome everyone to our first monday of the month of april, this month, we have a Different Program as you can see. I want to get to it as quickly as possible. This is a joint effort of the university of Southern California and leadership of policy. The Public Council and the Public Diplomacy council, the panel today consists of three distinguished team. Let me introduce the person thats conceived and planned and executed this program, our moderator for today is going to be sharri willard of american university. She taught the first Public Diplomacy course at au. Yes. Sharri. [ applause ] thank you, adam and i must say that adam works hand in hand with me to put this panel together. We are excited. We think that is topic that needs some continued discussions. Our goal is to start that
The passion of the voters and so forth. When you talk about a symbol of state, how important is that . Very important to. Having the presidency is all from the kingship and its a twopronged thing, symbolic president and manager of the government and it has been from the start and some are good administrators and some are battle better symbols and i think its the characteristic of the office. They have to be both, really. In your book, the leaders we deserve and if you didnt, you write that if great or near great president s were shaped by numerous experiences with people from all walks of life the unsuccessful spent most of their adult lives in a single pursue politics. Thats correct and if you look at some of my failures, James Buchanan probably had more jobs than anyone. He waited all of his life to be president and it was a goal from the time he was in the state legislator. He conspired behind his wifes back to run for president. She did not even know he was one of the candidates an
And months talking about Hillary Clinton was going to turn out the vote. Matt walter is going to speak for a few minutes because we had historic wins down ballot. Thank you. I want to thank you and the rnc and chairman for the great work youve done. And you nailed it. There are too many inside the beltway conversations and youre missing what is happening out there. This is not something just happened this cycle. This has been building for a very, very long time. This is a culmination of something that weve seen happening. We went into this election at the state level in many respects as a counter balance to obamas failed policies here. And voters recognize that. Thats why republicans have been at or near alltime highs in offices all across the country in states, red, and purple and blud. Thats going to continue right now as we see it. Weve defeated the speaker of the house in kentucky and have picked up that chamber for the first time in 100 years. Defeated the Senate President in iowa