Weekend. Washington journal continues. Host joining us from bostons former Congresswoman Jane Harman , the author of a new book called Insanity Defense why our failure to confront hard National Security problems makes us less safe. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you and good luck at the bipartisan policy center. Im getting this is your second to last broadcast you will be missed. Host what is your overall message . Guest i was in congress for nine terms and i headed the Wilson Center for nine years and that spans more or less three decades since the cold war and ted, my premise is after the cold war ended we had no strategy for what the world would look like. We won, russia lost, everyone wanted to be us, and we missed chinas rise in the 90s P i was in congress than. 90s. I was in congress than. Then came 9 11. We were surprised, which we should not have been, then we over militarized our response, which is going on to this day. So, Insanity Defense means doing the same thing
Our failure to confront hard National Security problems makes us less safe. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you and good luck at the bipartisan policy center. Im getting this is your second to last broadcast you will be missed. Host what is your overall message . Guest i was in congress for nine terms and i headed the Wilson Center for nine years and that spans more or less three decades since the cold war and ted, my premise is after the cold war ended we had no strategy for what the world would look like. We won, russia lost, everyone wanted to be us, and we missed chinas rise in the 90s P i was in congress than. 90s. I was in congress than. Then came 9 11. We were surprised, which we should not have been, then we over militarized our response, which is going on to this day. So, Insanity Defense means doing the same thing and expecting a different result. My point is we have been doing the same thing and have not made the country safer. Host you were very honest at the end o