Hosted by jim hewitt thank you for participating in todays Program Everyone watching tonight is providing a tremendous amount of support to the Nixon Library as we have been closed for six months. And to sign up for Nixon Foundation membership and you can do that right after the program ends. And trade to expand his portfolio he is overseeing the number of prospects for 2001 and now with global acquisitions and a contributing columnist. Taken away. I wish i had video in person im stuck inside of mail a copy of liberal privilege of everyone is watching. I wasnt planning on writing another book or anything like that. We were stuck in quarantine i could go to work or church or school or do anything reading or writing it would of gotten an exemption. Said let me research the guy we are running against to do some homework and its hard to believe a little there is out there despite half a century as a creature in washington dc. I cant believe the wealth of information that is out there that
Whos to say out the gate that new ideas are not needed in our debate and finally i want to echo needas concluding words about people , its about democracy and id introduce the term resiliency. To kind of complete the thought that i opened earlier. One of the most exhaustively written about and i think also exhausting in effectiveness policy lanes is that of punishing bad guys. We have been in search for a quartercentury or more of tools that will work to punish bad guys, whether that bad guy Vladimir Putin or al qaeda and we go back and forth between overuse of sanctions and overuse of diplomatic finger wagging and what is enormously refreshing and if i may say so fundamentally george s kennan about what nina has written is that it is selfcritical about the way that we are not resilient in the face of challenges that are going to be there whether theres a Vladimir Putin behind them or there isnt so i find that very refreshing. Its an unfortunate description of an unfortunate reality bu
Of recorded coronavirus deaths worldwide nears 1000000 as government struggled to get on top of resurgent outbreaks. In the prisons they were tortured. Terrorist and trade to shocking presentation by bella ruse whose main Opposition Leader fails to get e. U. Foreign ministers to agree on sanctions. The u. S. To set the stage for a showdown at the u. N. General assembly this week slapping additional sanctions on iran that followed the trumpet ministrations disputed weekend declaration that all un penalties eased on the 2050 nuclear deal had been restored nearly all u. N. Members including u. S. Allies in europe reject this the new sanctions may be a target those involved in irans defense sectors. Just imagine what iran would do that for able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions
By your very own nina who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow. The coolest title ever, since last october. Before that she was a scholar on russia and ukraine. How to lose the information or , russia and the future of congress conflict is an amazing title for it is essential reading for everyone on this call, zoom in all of your friends. We remember russian Successful Campaign in 2016 showed distrust and confusion in front of the president ial election. In order to win the information war, as needed say, we need to understand what disinformation is. I have heard her on this topic before. And it what it is not. This information is used to false or misleading information with malign intent. That is different from misinformation which can also be harmful but lacks malign and intent. It is brought goals and propaganda which involves the promotion of a nations worldview. What need arise, unlike soviet propaganda, sought to promote specific communist centric worl
Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we need to understand what disinformation is. Ive heard around this topic before and what it is not. The information is use of false or misleading information with malign intent. Thats different from misinformation which can be harmful but lacks malign intent. It also has broader goals and propaganda which involves promotion of a nations view. Nona writes, unlike soviet propaganda which sought to promote specific communist centric world view, the kremlin today divides populations around the world