Mr. Obrien thank you for having me, and thank you to the Atlantic Council for hosting again. Always great to be back with such a Distinct Group of policymakers and academics and public intellectuals. It is nice to be here with you, and especially with you, a former colleague. Look, what we have seen with china over many years now, something i have been writing about for well over a decade, is an increasing assertiveness and aggressiveness in the world. Some of it is very malign. You talk about the South China Sea. China has made the decision with a ninedash lie to annex a vast swath of the western Pacific Ocean and claim as chinese territorial waters, almost like it was talking like lake tahoe being there, internal waterways or something. It is ridiculous. It has been rejected by all major countries, seafaring countries. And now china is engaged in military exercises in these waters that they consider domestic, which no stretch of the imagination or domestic. The United States reserves
A day after most of the biz named the new Prime Minister. On kong launches a mass covert Testing Program but many are staying away because theyre worried china may use it to crackdown on activists. Plus we talked to 2 belorussian sound engineers forced to flee their country because of a song they played at a rally. Tears in jubilation in venezuela dozens of opposition politicians of walked free from prison after being pardoned by president Nicolas Maduro some have been accused of attempting to overthrow the government critics say its all down to the elections in december a latin america at its embassy in yemen has more. After months and in many cases years of imprisonment opponents of president last month were reunited with loved ones to receiving an unexpected pardon lawyer in greek in a deal would had a stroke in jail thanked the government for letting him be reunited with his family while and by argued shed been unjustly imprisoned. I told him until i was blue in the face that i had
To our viewers the most prominent voices and decisionmakers shaping the National Conversation over key issues of world affairs, including the rise of china and reemergence of great power competition, energy security, cyber warfare, the global economy, and the collision between democracy and autocracy, to name just a few. Our viewers can find the latest lineup of speakers and sign up for each of them on the Atlantic Councils website, follow us on nticcouncil, and engage in this conversation. We are truly delighted to have with us Robert Obrien from National Security advisor to u. S. President donald trump. He has in this capacity since september 2019. Prior to holding is important position, ambassador obrien served on the front lines of u. S. Diplomacy as President Trumps special envoy for hostage affairs. Ambassador obrien, thank you so much for joining us today. We are delighted to have you here. Let me start with a question. According to news reports, china has protested and alleged
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Recorded this event in november of 2017. We are fortunate to have an old friend with us, richard schroeder, a former officer with the cia clandestine service. He began his career under the cia in 1972. After two years in the army as an Intelligence Officer for the army stuff in washington, the u. S. Military command in vietnam. He consults on National Security and teaches that georgetown. He is a founding Advisory Board member here at the International Spy museum. He is the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia, harry truman, the missouri gang, and the origins of the cold war. You are not here to listen to me talk. Rick, come on up. [applause] thank you for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. As vince said, i have been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. For the last 20 years, i have taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. In teaching at georgetown, i have discovered, as well as from participating