I have the pleasure today of moderating this conversation between two outstanding policymakers and scholars. And the us china relationship. And working in the Defense Department and mongolia and the commissioner congressionally mandated Security Review Commission and the author of a terrific new book which is called the china nightmare. And we will be talking about it with him and with retired Lieutenant General hr mcmaster. And a reputation and military service one of those adaptive mines in the American Military i am delighted to have both of them here with us today. I am sorry neglected to say hr is also the author of a new book called battleground. Thank you both for making time for china policy. Thank you very much thank you for your leadership at aei and mr. Mcmaster for joining us. And to have reshaped china policy last few years. I am very thankful as we all are for doing that. The china nightmare, what does my book mean by that . China certainly has grand ambitions and power b
I am the senior president for asia and japan chair here. Before we get started we have to do a brief safety announcement. About 10 fourstar admirals and generals in the room. This former boy scout will be in charge if there is a need to evacuate. We will head out and had around the corner. We will head out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation. There should be headsets on your chair and if you have any problems just wave and somebody will come help you. Leave them on the chair when you are finished. Then weake them home will send the new Defense Force Rapid Deployment force to your house to retrieve them tonight. Eight here to hear from distinguished former flag officers from the United States and japan who participated in this years u. S. Japan military stasis forum which was established by the asiapacific initiative. We will tell you what we have been up to the past couple of days. Is very wellknown in washington and around the world. He is an awardwinning journalist, columni
Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
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