Graham wilson discuss the relationships between president reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as the relationship between george h. W. Bush and mr. Gorbachev. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. We have a great panel. And so Philip Zelikow is going to chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, principal author of 9 11 Commission Report and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons decision for war in world war i. Hes sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere
Philip zellerco will chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, principal author of 9 11 Commission Report and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons decision for war in world war i. Hes sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. Maybe we should send someone out. If we can send the search party out. So far its been a great panel. It is rather intimidating when you sit next to somebody who can refer to his book. If we had grandchildr
Commission report, and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and decisions like going to war in 1898, wilsons decision for war in world war i. He sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. So far its been a great panel. It is rather intimidating when you sit next to somebody that can refer to his book. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right. Lets go ahead and get started then. This is a panel covering the period only of the great second crisis phase of the cold war in the early 1980s extending to end of the
Philip zelleco will chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip and hes written a terrific book on the end of the cold war. The principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and many other books and hes right now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war and in ways that eliminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons divisions for war in world war i. He sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. So were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time hes doing a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I am sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. Ill get james. One of the messages of this so far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to someone that you can refer to as boo
The summit 11 00 a. M. Eastern time. Well begin with your thoughts on u. S. Russian relations. Are we in a new cold war . President obama was asked that question. He said no. But where do you think this is all headed . Join the conversation on twitter or facebook. Com cspan. You can email us also. A reporter last week after president barack obama made the announcement of another round of sanctions against russia had the question whether or not this is a new cold war. Heres what the president had to say. No, its not a new cold war. It is a very specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. And i think that if you listen to petro poroschenko, they have said they seek good relations with russia. What they cant accept is russia arming separatists who are carrying out terribly destructive activities inside of ukraine, thereby undermining the ability of ukraine to govern itself peacefully. Thats something that no country should have to acce