In as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure to introduce todays speaker, philip gordon. He is a senior fellow at the u. S. Foreign policy here at cfr. For joining the council fill a special assistant to the president and white house coordinator for the middle east, north africa in the gulf region under president obama. He previously served the assistant secretary of state for european affairs. He is responsible for the relations of more than 50 countries in europe and eurasia along with nato, eu, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. Phil has also had a distinguished scholarly career having written and coauthored numerous books on u. S. Policy and foreign affairs. Today we are here to recognize his newest book, losing the long game, the false promise of regine change in the middle east. Former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers hails it as an examination of u. S. Regime change efforts in the middle east. The journalist robin whit
Coronavirus restrictions are gradually being lifted, allowing limited curbside retail in the bay area and people are trying to figure out what the new normal should be. Everyone can just continue to wear a mask and not shake hands. That businesses need to reopen so people can live their lives again. When i go out i wear gloves. And a mask. Reporter a poll released thursday showed 83 of respondents were somewhat to extremely concerned about a second wave of Coronavirus Infections as an restrictions are lifted. 78 were in favor of people in quarantine for the coronavirus, 59 said widespread testing, 58 wanted mandatory social distancing and working places and restaurants and 50 said mandatory working mask orders. The city Digital Party differences. 75 of democrats said masks were important compared to 37 of republicans. What we are seeing in america right now is people with really differences of thought about the facts. Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy says that could lead to
Host professor allison stenger, what is the now famous middlebury protest . Prof. Stanger what happened to you mean . The story has been retold many times. A Student Group invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. And because they knew he was controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every mobile arts campus is of a bubble. The context is import
Here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new superpowers, new and new threats. It will be published on may 9th. Tom we look forward to your panel. Beyond the wa
Really. Ours years later. Im christopher bracey, pearl provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new su