Global Infrastructure Development projects and discuss the g7 global Infrastructure Initiative known as the build back better world. The center for strategic and international studies hosts this hourlong event. Good day matthew good day, every. Im matthew goodman. Im delighted to welcome you to this special event on build back better world. Delighted to have you all with us, on behalf of my coworker, john hillman, and myself, were delight to have had you here with us. This is going to be a very special hour. Ive been at csis almost 10 years and i think this may be i Cant Think of a more high powered panel that weve had or ive had the chance to moderate. Im looking forward to this, i think youll enjoy it as well. Im going to introduce the panel in just a second but let me set the scene by saying, this is actually infrastructure week, at least at csis. Theres obviously, we all know theres been some i dont want to jinx it but some, hopefully some progress on Capitol Hill on a domestic Inf
randolph: i think it is troublesome in a general sense. i expect we may have more treatment in this discussion then sometimes in other areas. i think a lot of people perceive there are problems and they come from the left and the right. they don t always agree on what the problems are and i am sure we are going to discuss that. a lot of people agree there may be issues with social media companies, the so-called giant platforms having too much market power. so there are competition issues that need to be at least thought about and perhaps addressed. it is a topic that is deserving of serious public discussion that ought to be thoughtful despite how high the emotions run at times when discussing particular incidents related to what one company or another happens to have done. same question. harold: we have learned a lot. we have seen and the last decade, we have gone from a kind of techno utopianism where it is, gosh, isn t it great? we are going to have this great interactiv
director of national andlligence james clapper, my colleague gideon monitoring the first panel. as the united states prepares to transition to a new presidential administration, the atlantic council has brought this event together to shape the thinking on u.s. leadership in the world . and what we know by listening to national,van, the new secretary of state designee tony blinken they intend to lead the , united states in quite a different direction with an emphasis on partners and allies. the united states remains committed to the idea that robust leadership and strong democratic alliances and partnerships being essential to the future. over the course of the event, we will hear from countless figures on a variety of topics. we begin today with a panel on the biden administration s opportunity to renew leadership and re-energize democratic alliances. president elect biden said he would convene democracies in the first year. and the atlantic charter, this august will mark the
extraordinary group of speakers, including the swedish foreign minister, steve hadley, former director of national andlligence james clapper, my colleague gideon monitoring the first panel. as the united states prepares to transition to a new presidential administration, the atlantic council has brought this event together to shape the thinking on u.s. leadership in the world . and what we know by listening to national,van, the new secretary of state designee tony blinken they intend to lead the , united states in quite a different direction with an emphasis on partners and allies. the united states remains committed to the idea that robust leadership and strong democratic alliances and partnerships being essential to the future. over the course of the event, we will hear from countless figures on a variety of topics. we begin today with a panel on the biden administration s opportunity to renew leadership and re-energize democratic alliances. president elect biden said he wo
get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to president trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. one month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important presidential election in a generation. president elect joe biden for reelected president donald trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. the one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. the federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the american people. that is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. should vice president biden win the challenges are truly daunting. in normal times a new pres