I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And partly take over responsibility for them . Another key issue is the one on fragile states. They seem to be continuously bogged down in poverty, lack of education, etc. Although we have spent decades on development aid, peacekeeping, et
From the Hudson Institute, this is an hour and a half. Good day and welcome to the Hudson Institute and thank you for showing up for this panel on Multilateral Institutions. Indispensable or irrelevant to global peace and prosperity. I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And p
The chair yield to himself five minutes for questions. First, mr. Wilburn, thank you very much for the service to your country as i thank captain moak as well. I used to be, prior to coming to congress, an officer in the Green Energy Company itself. I dont know about your particular company but its a subject im highly interested in. But, mr. Wilburn, im still a little curious. I understand that you were on a flight, i guess, when you were sending your testimony. But i guess my first question is, was it simply a clerical mistake, or did you change your mind on whether or not t. A. R. P. Regulations in dodd frank played a role in failing to finance the Brazilian Company that sought your product . So is it a clerical error, or did you change your mind about including that in your testimony . No, its not a clerical error. I didnt have exactly all the facts. Youll see the rest of my written statement. I think it speaks to some of those issues surrounding what youre okay. Mr. Wilburn, you he
We dont have leverage the way were operating currently. Even the thought that were going to have a conversation with iran about this solution, you can imagine all the calls we get from our partners about what an awful idea that is. Some of these things they need to stop talking at that level and start applying strategic solution to this so we can show disruption, stop their momentum, hurt their command in control, hurt their logistics base, make them have to reconsider what aggressive offensive operations that they take. Senior moment are terrible. Let me tell you. You have a few things on the plate. I didnt know what you were looking at. We want to finish up the fifa legislation to make sure we can get our the nasa and others focused on all of the threats versus looking over their shoulder. At what is a title wave of misinformation about what they do. Thats going to be important to get that so that americans can reengage in the confidence that their intelligence there to keep us safe.