Think is very interesting study, john f. Kennedy and the missile gap also in 2004. And finally we have Michael Cohen who is a fellow at the century foundation. He has been a columnist at the guardian. A blogger for the new york daily news. Hes the author of life on the campaign trail which is about notable 20th Century Campaign speeches of consequence and he is also published widely in wall street journal, new york times, l. A. Times, politico, et cetera. So john, over to you, sir. Good. Im supposed to speak here. You can all hear me. I thought the subject of this panel and of this conference had something to do with realism so im going to playoff that theme and ill get around to pl ticks at the very end. Theres a narrow version of realism. Im not talking about the academic theory of realism or the diplomatic theory that resinate with Public Opinion. Thats the idea that america should only deal with threats that directly concern us but in places like syria, the middle east and ukraine
Its in some ways the most ambitious project that existed to try to remake, you know, National Identities into something larger. You know, sort of european identity of the notion that theres not just greeks or italians or spaniards but this european identity. If you take a look at the most parliamentary elections you discovered the exact opposite occurred. Essentially you have actors on the far left and far right. Both of which are within europes boards and outside of europes boarders doing relatively well. And, in fact, the only place where that didnt happen is germany and thats because germanys mildly insane policies that they instituted across the rest of the euro zone served them well and no one else well. So i think unfortunately youre still operating in a world where National Identities or sub National Identities trump any sense of cosmopolitanism. Just quickly. Just from a political perspective, the American People are in a particular place right now, very skeptical as foreign in
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