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from the hudson institute, this is an hour and a half. good day, welcome to the hudson institute, and thanks for showing up for this panel on multi-lateral institutions, indispensable or irrelevant to global peace and prosperity. i will be the moderator, i m a senior fellow at the hudson institute who put together this panel, which i think is on a key issue in d.c. and globally indeed. it s talked about a lot, but there aren t that many panels about the topic around town. so i look forward to this discussion. so as i mentioned for the past couple of years, there s been a lot of debate about multi-lateral institutions and on china s influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of these institutions and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. and one question that arises then, does that make the institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within th
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because we are so thrilled to welcome blance cook. i m jennifer raab, privilege to be president of hunter college, incredible institution. and it could not be for fitting that we are here tonight to celebrate this book and this author and this subject in this house. as everyone sitting here, that is really true, right. [applause] as all of you know we are gathered in the new york city home that ellen oar eleanor roosevelt lived here and depart today washington in 1933 and while the book we are deb cuting here tonight cover it is war years and decades after when eleanor roosevelt not only became the lady of the land but the first lady of the world. it s fair too say that her activism, belief in women s rights and quest for equal opportunity and civil right were all commitment that is were born and nurtured under this roof. this was the headquarters that launched her into becoming the eleanor who made impact on her country and this planet. as this house was a home and inspi