Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
Russophobia i guess this week for most go is virtuous love me come off a member of president putins party united russia and the lawmaker in the lower house of parliament the duma why is it that those who speak louder for the russian opposition run the risk of mortal danger. You choose to have and you can offer welcome to conflict zone. Lets talk a good we may 1st of all about the opposition figurehead alexei vile need who fell ill in organized on an internal russian flight germany which ended up treating him said it was beyond doubt he was poisoned with one of the novacek class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union the kremlin denies any role in this if it wasnt them who do you think it was. Well many questions about that actually i dont think much about now wildly anyway. I do remember angela davis she was one of the leaders of the American Communist Party back in the old soviet days and she was the most important american in the soviet union since she was the head of the Comm
Joe bidens, transition to the white house can now begin in earnest until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power will then 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Trump took to twitter to announce that hes ready for the transition. He wrote, i want to thank emily murphy at g. S. A. For her steadfast education and loyalty to her to our country. Shes been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her family or employees of the g. S. A. Ok, strongly continues. Well continue to keep up the good fight, prevail saying nevertheless, in the best interest of our country, hes recommended that emily and her team do what needs to be done. He went on to say that he
Joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin in earnest. Until now, hes doing it without the sport of the federal office tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. Within two weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin. They will meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Trump went to titter to twitter to make sure that he is ready for the transition. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i dont want to see this happen to her, her family, or the gsa. We will continue to keep up the good fight, saying he will prevail. He has recommended emily and her team do what needs to be done. He went on to say that he has told his team to do the same. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the move. In a statement, his team says, today is a needed step to tackle the days ahead. They will have accounting of the National Securi
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