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of russia's feeling the power? >> south korea could be china and north korea. could be a number of other countries. even israel if we are pushed out in part because of our own mistakes and israeli conflict goes on. but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects of long-term security prospects for israel. not a very hopeful prospect is so these are some of the uncertainties that would arise for countries that i called the endangered species in endangered states. >> , it's well military power be part of the equation, particularly when it comes to asia? a number of us journalists have spoken to officials lately about what is described as a reorientation of u.s. power towards the asia pacific with an eye to a rising china in the wake of the withdraw from iraq and afghanistan? i think president dibona sees this as something as a corrective to too much focusing too much application of u.s. resources to the middle east. and there is some evidence that there is even something of an arms race going on b
of russia's feeling the power? >> south korea could be china and north korea. could be a number of other countries. even israel if we are pushed out in part because of our own mistakes and israeli conflict goes on. but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects of long-term security prospects for israel. not a very hopeful prospect is so these are some of the uncertainties that would arise for countries that i called the endangered species in endangered states....
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sure if russia wants to be part of the larger security system, find. but without it being spelled necessarily in some sort of archer refashion russia has to prove its part of the west by meeting the fundamental standards which define the west. >> host: this should be promoted with an eye to what is happening in the east and asia in the rise of china coming in here to talk about what you think should be the whole of the united states in the future. in the west the u.s. should remain i suppose in its role of a promoter and a guarantor of the creature and a broader unity. in the east be distinguished america's role saying that we should be the balancer and conciliator between the major powers. can you explain that a little bit more why these need to be separate roles? >> guest: in the case of europe we were engaged in the world for and had to be engaged in the world war because the two world wars were still fought on a promise that the victor would dominate the world, and i think it is correct to say that the world wouldn't be better off if it was a stali
sure if russia wants to be part of the larger security system, find. but without it being spelled necessarily in some sort of archer refashion russia has to prove its part of the west by meeting the fundamental standards which define the west. >> host: this should be promoted with an eye to what is happening in the east and asia in the rise of china coming in here to talk about what you think should be the whole of the united states in the future. in the west the u.s. should remain i...
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if ukraine gets reduced by russia russia will move much more slowly than would be less likely to take lace. >> host: this would happen is that process a russia and the power. guest: south korea, china and north korea taking advantage of the resulting uncertainties. it could be any number of other countries. it could be eventually israel if we are pushed out at least in part because of our own mistakes and the israeli-palestinian conflict goes on but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects, long-term security prospects for israel? a big question mark but not a hopeful prospect. these are some of the uncertainties that will arise in the countries that but i called the endangered species, the endangered states. >> host: how much will military power be part of the equation particularly when it comes to asia? a number of us journalists have spoken to the administration officials recently about what is described as a reorientation of the u.s. power toward the asia-pacific with an eye to a rising china in the wake of the withdrawal from iraq and afghanistan. president
if ukraine gets reduced by russia russia will move much more slowly than would be less likely to take lace. >> host: this would happen is that process a russia and the power. guest: south korea, china and north korea taking advantage of the resulting uncertainties. it could be any number of other countries. it could be eventually israel if we are pushed out at least in part because of our own mistakes and the israeli-palestinian conflict goes on but the united states is out of the...
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in 1812 napoleon invaded russia. and the fact that napoleon was going to invade russia was known by everybody in the whole world for a very long time. the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if he won in russia, he would then be master of europe. he would then have only two countries left to subdue, actually three. two were in the iberian peninsula, portugal and spain. he had already invaded them -- portugal in 1807, spain in 1808. he had been fighting a guerrilla war in spain for all of those years. the english had an army there trying to fight him. it was led by the duke of wellington. but everybody figured once he got, once he got done with russia that no poll onhimself -- napoleon himself would come to spain, and h
in 1812 napoleon invaded russia. and the fact that napoleon was going to invade russia was known by everybody in the whole world for a very long time. the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if...
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are the major concerns that you have regarding russia? you mentioned several factors like corruption, instability, the lack of transparency. what are the major concerns? thank you. >> in general, i would say i think we have to put in perspective where russia was 20 years ago and where they are now. when you look at where they were 20 years ago, the chances were pretty high that there would be some type of nuclear instant, if not disaster coming out of the huge stockpiles of highly enriched plutonium and uranium weapons. the fact that it has not happened, i think we have to tip our hat to the leaders in the military, the laboratories and other in russia who were dedicated patriots during a period of huge economic hardship, where all sorts of temptations were put in front of them. so to put it in perspective where russia was 20 years ago and where they say now is a remarkable achievement. have they got a long way to go yet, yes, but they are making a lot of progress. now, one of the problems in russia -- you alluded to corruption, president
are the major concerns that you have regarding russia? you mentioned several factors like corruption, instability, the lack of transparency. what are the major concerns? thank you. >> in general, i would say i think we have to put in perspective where russia was 20 years ago and where they are now. when you look at where they were 20 years ago, the chances were pretty high that there would be some type of nuclear instant, if not disaster coming out of the huge stockpiles of highly...
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i said at the time do not move nato right up to russia. they did everything last. they let the germans go, they took the red army, moving it back to the yurls, and what did we do? >> >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: well, then they let the whole place come apart. and then we take and we move the nato alliance which is designed to fight russia in europe and moved it right up onto their front porch and almost in the house with the baltic republics. i opposed that. i said that was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there, and they helped loot that place. they helped whatever it was loot the place, and that's why you're got putin now who's a tough cus bear and a nationalist -- customer and a nationalist. and my view is russia does not threaten -- united states doesn't threaten their military, they don't threaten us. it's time for the europeans to defend themselves. they're as rich as we are, they've got as many people, so that's what i would do. >> host: bring the soldiers back? >> guest: what are we doing with the guys on the -- as the german
i said at the time do not move nato right up to russia. they did everything last. they let the germans go, they took the red army, moving it back to the yurls, and what did we do? >> >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: well, then they let the whole place come apart. and then we take and we move the nato alliance which is designed to fight russia in europe and moved it right up onto their front porch and almost in the house with the baltic republics. i opposed that. i said...
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i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet empire came down. and we took the alliance and moved it up on -- right up onto their front porch. i opposed that. i said it was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there and help loot that place, helped whatever it was loot the place, and that's why you've got putin now who's a tough customer and a nationalist. and my view is russia does not, does not threaten the -- the united states doesn't threaten their military, they don't threaten us. it's time for the europeans to defend themselves. they're as rich as we are, they've got as many people. and so that's what i would do. >> host: bring the soldiers back? >> guest: well, what are we doing with the guys on the alb river? >> host: years after world war ii -- >> guest: what is going on? i would say the same thing to the so
i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet empire came down. and we took the alliance and moved it up on -- right up onto their front porch. i opposed that. i said it was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there and help loot that place, helped whatever it was...
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-- ukraine and russia, ultimately, and that hitler was an anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view was adolf hitler and the nazis had no real desire to swing west. that's debatable among historians, but that was hoover's view. and there is some argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so in herbert hoover's opinion, what happened at munich was not only that the germans seized the land and took that away from czechoslovakia which hoover thought was acceptable under the circumstances, but he thought that it really was opening the gates for an eastward expansion, and he said that western democracies should stand aside and were not really in adolf hitler's, nazi germany's line of fire. this is again, i think, probably still debated among historians, but it was, it was as i encountered it a rather unusual viewpoint. >> host: what about the jews? where do they fit in this strategic vision? >> guest: hitler, of course, ultimately engaged in the holocaust. that was not, of course, known until much later. so in 938 and '39 when herbert h
-- ukraine and russia, ultimately, and that hitler was an anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view was adolf hitler and the nazis had no real desire to swing west. that's debatable among historians, but that was hoover's view. and there is some argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so in herbert hoover's opinion, what happened at munich was not only that the germans seized the land and took that away from czechoslovakia which hoover...
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back row, right under the camera. >> my question is on russia. russia is not in the top five, at least even in the top-10 in your index. it is actually ranked 204th in overall score. what are the major concerns the you have? you mentioned several factors or the lack of transparency. what of the major concerns? >> in general i would say i think we have to put in perspective what russia was 20 years ago and where they are now. if you look where they are 20 years ago, chances were high that there would be some type of nuclear incident, if not disaster coming out of the huge stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, plutonium, and weapons. the fact that has not what happened, we have to tip our hat to the leaders in the military, laboratories, and others who were dedicated patriots during a time of huge economic hardship where all sorts of temptations were put in front of them. put it in perspective where russia was 20 years ago and where they are now as a remarkable achievement. have they got a long way to go, yes, but they are making a lot of progress
back row, right under the camera. >> my question is on russia. russia is not in the top five, at least even in the top-10 in your index. it is actually ranked 204th in overall score. what are the major concerns the you have? you mentioned several factors or the lack of transparency. what of the major concerns? >> in general i would say i think we have to put in perspective what russia was 20 years ago and where they are now. if you look where they are 20 years ago, chances were high...
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i talk about china exploiting cases and russia exploiting cases. this shows you russia is in red. of the cases are in blue, and prc is in greek. not level was historically. if we are saying what is the employment status? individuals have been arrested, you can see coming out of the private sector because of the economic cases and for national, collectors with the amount of protection and go down to the army contractor's air force. the navy had the very aggressive counterespionage program. one of the best in the government. they made a serious commitment to catching spies as a result more than any other government agency. if you build it you will find it and they have aggressive program. that is where spies are coming from who are doing it. the level of espionage we have against it takes our breath away. let me digress as i show you the current numbers and look at -- during this timeframe there were 540 one spies in the u.s. government or the private sector during world war ii. you won't find that number a anywhere else because it includes where every government agency was penetrat
i talk about china exploiting cases and russia exploiting cases. this shows you russia is in red. of the cases are in blue, and prc is in greek. not level was historically. if we are saying what is the employment status? individuals have been arrested, you can see coming out of the private sector because of the economic cases and for national, collectors with the amount of protection and go down to the army contractor's air force. the navy had the very aggressive counterespionage program. one...
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[laughter] or sweden and russia. of course, any student of european history knows this was the rule, not the exception until the precipitous decline of interstate war after 1945. there's been no wars between developed countries. that is the 45 or so countries with the highest gdp per capita. what about the rest of the world? well, there is a fifth major decline of violence i call the new piece that refers to the rest of the world, so what happens -- what happened if we set aside the great powers, the european countries, the rich countries, what was the rest of the world doing? well, there was a decline in the number of interstate wars where one country declares against another. however, there's been a huge increase in civil wars. it mainly exploding starting in the 1960s when newly independent states where governments were challenged by insurgent movements, and both sides were armed and financed and egged on by the cold war superpowers. however, since 1991, even the number of civil wars has declined with the end of t
[laughter] or sweden and russia. of course, any student of european history knows this was the rule, not the exception until the precipitous decline of interstate war after 1945. there's been no wars between developed countries. that is the 45 or so countries with the highest gdp per capita. what about the rest of the world? well, there is a fifth major decline of violence i call the new piece that refers to the rest of the world, so what happens -- what happened if we set aside the great...
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he thought there was didactic value, and he thought if we learned about the alliance with russia that made the world safe for stalin, if we learned about mistakes we made, perhaps we would have a more realistic and sober if a wareness of the world and a better way of happening future crises. and he certainly felt that america hat much to offer the world. he was an american exceptionallist in the term we now often use, and he thought that america could return to its roots as a kind of beacon of liberty if we could see where we went off the track again in hoover's judgment. so, i think he hoped that we would understand the predicament we were in. he is writing this at the time of the world war. at the time of the cuban missle crisis or the korean war, thwart became hot. so the urgency to dealing with these issues of what mistakes did we make at yalta or tehran or dealing with the chinese communists or the korean war. so these were not old chestnuts at the time he was writing about them. >> a nonintervengessist. probably unfair. what would he think of the extraordinary extension of ameri
he thought there was didactic value, and he thought if we learned about the alliance with russia that made the world safe for stalin, if we learned about mistakes we made, perhaps we would have a more realistic and sober if a wareness of the world and a better way of happening future crises. and he certainly felt that america hat much to offer the world. he was an american exceptionallist in the term we now often use, and he thought that america could return to its roots as a kind of beacon of...
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disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france, their former enemy, and invade russia. so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign, fights. so he's a very experienced officer. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from 1818-1831, he spent most of his time writing about his experiences in the great wars. he dies from cholera. his collected writings are published posthumously. the first four blogs make up the book known as onboard. on war is a famous book regarded by many as the most important book ever written on armed conflict. it is currently standard reading and all the war colleges of the united states armed workforce. and your book is called "decoding clausewitz." why? >> well, it's called "decoding clausewi
disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france, their former enemy, and invade russia. so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign,...
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they reached out to sweden and russia in the early months of 1945 and some of the japanese were evidently looking for some way out and hoover thought that we should have tilts on that and permitted the emperor to say as a figurehead and not have gone all the way to drop the bomb. that is an issue we can discuss. >> host: did macarthur agree with him? >> guest: martha rick reid and in my book i included an appendix of about 28 documents including some drafts of earlier versions of this book "freedom betrayed" which are more accusatory in some cases, more direct in their argument and hoover permitted himself to be in the final version, so one of his critiques of truman was hoover's disagreement and the argument that dropping the atomic bomb was not necessary at that time. the japanese could have been induced to surrender without it. the other great objection to truman was the way that the administration of truman tried to impose a coalition government on chiang kai-shek, coalition government with mouse hutong and the communist so hoover is highly critical of that. >> host: my senses hoover
they reached out to sweden and russia in the early months of 1945 and some of the japanese were evidently looking for some way out and hoover thought that we should have tilts on that and permitted the emperor to say as a figurehead and not have gone all the way to drop the bomb. that is an issue we can discuss. >> host: did macarthur agree with him? >> guest: martha rick reid and in my book i included an appendix of about 28 documents including some drafts of earlier versions of...
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adolf hitler might see ideology was to turn eastward in the living space and that meant ukraine and russia ultimately and that hitler was a fanatic anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view is that adolf hitler and the nazis had no desire to swing west. that is the data along the historians, but that is hoover's viewing and there is an argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so, and herbert hoover's opinion, the what happened at munich was lawfully that the germans seized the land and took away from czechoslovakia or which hoover thought was acceptable under the circumstances but he felt that it really was opening the gates for the eastern expansion and said the western democracy should stand aside and were not really in nazi germany's line of fire, this again is i think still debate among historians, but it was as i encountered a rather unusual viewpoint. >> host: what about the jews, where do they fit in this strategic? >> guest: hit her of course ultimately engaged in the holocaust. that wasn't of course known until much later, so
adolf hitler might see ideology was to turn eastward in the living space and that meant ukraine and russia ultimately and that hitler was a fanatic anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view is that adolf hitler and the nazis had no desire to swing west. that is the data along the historians, but that is hoover's viewing and there is an argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so, and herbert hoover's opinion, the what happened at munich...
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the top numbers are russia and the ussr. some of those come back from the old days during the cold war. we have 341 cases of agents were in for a foreign entity. he did the government does not identify who the collector was for a collector had not been identified by the time the person is arrested. someone might decide this by and they haven't decided to forwhom. the look of the numbers and it says it has been scattered around it is true to say that china has been coming up fast on the outside. it has been a 2001 phenomenon. the first chinese arrest was made in 1985. since then, the numbers have exploded. the vast majority of these are taking place in the private sector. if you look at every single one of the cases in the last five years, every single one of these cases have been digital theft. even though we live in a digital age, espionage continues as it did before. in the past, someone may have taken a document and copied it. today, they visually get the document. in every case, the insider -- if you look at the problem
the top numbers are russia and the ussr. some of those come back from the old days during the cold war. we have 341 cases of agents were in for a foreign entity. he did the government does not identify who the collector was for a collector had not been identified by the time the person is arrested. someone might decide this by and they haven't decided to forwhom. the look of the numbers and it says it has been scattered around it is true to say that china has been coming up fast on the outside....
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so my job is to get us off dependence on the russias and sew use, they're a very reliable partner but right now we have no redundancy in getting our crews to and from the international space station. that's not good. so we need to have an american capability to do that. we will invest in that capable ity. we will provide the seed money and i encourage you to follow them, and some companies you know, boeing, lockheed, atd, some you may have never heard awesome talk about sierra nevada, a great military contract are for decades not very well nope for their work in space. not on a broad basis. blue origin in washington state. jeff bezos, the found over amazon who is building his capsule, and he says the first people to go are going to be him and his son. so he is not on any particular timetable. but there are very innovative commercial entities coming on, and this year we'll fly to two capsules, dragon, from space x, and cignus to the international space station to carry cargo and hopefully have crew in the next three to five years. >> our space program was really born out of a perceived
so my job is to get us off dependence on the russias and sew use, they're a very reliable partner but right now we have no redundancy in getting our crews to and from the international space station. that's not good. so we need to have an american capability to do that. we will invest in that capable ity. we will provide the seed money and i encourage you to follow them, and some companies you know, boeing, lockheed, atd, some you may have never heard awesome talk about sierra nevada, a great...
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russia is a very important partner. could you say about russia and the relationship between europe and the russian federation in the future? >> guest: europe, as we see it i think also i would like to remind you is after all surrounded also by countries who wish to be closer to europe, what with the example of european partnerships. the pool and ukraine are very good examples. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved and that is quite a delicate one. and we also have a relationship with russia that has been intensified with also have debate about, certainly about the process of democratization, the russia after it was a very important entity. it's an important possible market for european products. it's also very important partner for many foreign partner issues. i think i would consider them to be a very important partner, which is why so astride to substance our relationship. but that's also important and never without at the same time it knowledge in the interest of poland. we together
russia is a very important partner. could you say about russia and the relationship between europe and the russian federation in the future? >> guest: europe, as we see it i think also i would like to remind you is after all surrounded also by countries who wish to be closer to europe, what with the example of european partnerships. the pool and ukraine are very good examples. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved and that is quite a delicate one. and we...
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this was in russia. it was a very funny. >> yeah, it was funny. but it showed the level of involvement and openness with which people are engaged in this in certain parts of the world. the scope of this book i deliberately chose to narrow it to the struggle against conficker, and since i did know, i was hopeful to be honest that they would catch these guys before i finish writing this book. if they had it would have, i would've tried to go where ever it is they are from, the ukraine, and tried to add that piece to the story, but, unfortunately, that didn't happen in time in equipped to have $50,000 out right now, anyone leading to the successful arrest and conviction and if anyone knows anything, i think mark would want to know about that. >> due rewards work for you? >> we have gotten some tips. >> we issued i think for rewards at this point. the first one not so much, the second one yes, we found some good tips in the conficker case, and most recently reissued issued the reward for the rootstock? pics we can't talk to me details about that. it's
this was in russia. it was a very funny. >> yeah, it was funny. but it showed the level of involvement and openness with which people are engaged in this in certain parts of the world. the scope of this book i deliberately chose to narrow it to the struggle against conficker, and since i did know, i was hopeful to be honest that they would catch these guys before i finish writing this book. if they had it would have, i would've tried to go where ever it is they are from, the ukraine, and...
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between europe and russia? >> europe, as we see it, i think, also i would like to remind you is all surrounded by countries who wish to be closer with europe, and, for example, the european partnership. the ukraine is a good example and others. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved, and that is quite a delicate one, and we also have a relationship with russia that is being intensified. we will also have debates about the forces of -- however, russia is an important supply of energy, partner for products, and partner for foreign policy issues so i consider them to be very important, and that's why i've always tried to foster our relationship, but that's also important never sort of without at the same time acknowledging the interests of poland. we, together with poland and vis-a-vis russia. >> with great courage and is there something you doubt in your policy? >> i'm not yet all that doubtful or dispairing, otherwise i wouldn't be here, but things do tend to take a long time. so
between europe and russia? >> europe, as we see it, i think, also i would like to remind you is all surrounded by countries who wish to be closer with europe, and, for example, the european partnership. the ukraine is a good example and others. secondly, we have a situation with turkey that we have not yet resolved, and that is quite a delicate one, and we also have a relationship with russia that is being intensified. we will also have debates about the forces of -- however, russia is an...
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and russia to work together for about 15 or 20 years under the non nuclear program, russia beings themselves more as a supplicant, and that kind of relationship, i think, was wearing thin. i have felt that we need to have a partnership as well as with countries all over the globe and trying to address this problem. this is trying to take a much broader partnership type of approach and also i would say that we were inspired to start this index by the nuclear security summit that president obama had with 40 heads of state, and that, of course, will be followed up on with our friends in south korea. we felt this type of index will be a better tool for those countries attending that summit. finally, i would say we are not addressing radioactive material, dirty bombs. we're using a the index to look get weapons usable material, but the radioactive material needs to be protected. there are a lot of crossovers. the steps that would be taken here to protect against weapons usable would also help on radioactive. that is not the focus of this index, but it needs to be part of what they talk about in s
and russia to work together for about 15 or 20 years under the non nuclear program, russia beings themselves more as a supplicant, and that kind of relationship, i think, was wearing thin. i have felt that we need to have a partnership as well as with countries all over the globe and trying to address this problem. this is trying to take a much broader partnership type of approach and also i would say that we were inspired to start this index by the nuclear security summit that president obama...
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the top numbers are russia and the ussr. some of those come back from the old days during the cold war. we have 341 cases of agents were in for a foreign entity. he did the government does not identify who the collector was for a collector had not been identified by the time the person is arrested. someone might decide this by and they haven't decided to forwhom. the look of the numbers and it says it has been scattered around it is true to say that china has been coming up fast on the outside. it has been a 2001 phenomenon. the first chinese arrest was made in 1985. since then, the numbers have exploded. the vast majority of these are taking place in the private sector. if you look at every single one of the cases in the last five years, every single one of these cases have been digital theft. even though we live in a digital age, espionage continues as it did before. in the past, someone may have taken a document and copied it. today, they visually get the document. in every case, the insider -- if you look at the problem
the top numbers are russia and the ussr. some of those come back from the old days during the cold war. we have 341 cases of agents were in for a foreign entity. he did the government does not identify who the collector was for a collector had not been identified by the time the person is arrested. someone might decide this by and they haven't decided to forwhom. the look of the numbers and it says it has been scattered around it is true to say that china has been coming up fast on the outside....
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[laughter] or sweden and russia. of course, any student of european history knows this was the rule, not the exception until the precipitous decline of interstate war after 1945. there's been no wars between developed countries. that is the 45 or so countries with the highest gdp per capita. what about the rest of the world? well, there is a fifth major decline of violence i call the new piece that refers to the rest of the world, so what happens -- what happened if we set aside the great powers, the european countries, the rich countries, what was the rest of the world doing? well, there was a decline in the number of interstate wars where one country declares against another. however, there's been a huge increase in civil wars. it mainly exploding starting in the 1960s when newly independent states where governments were challenged by insurgent movements, and both sides were armed and financed and egged on by the cold war superpowers. however, since 1991, even the number of civil wars has declined with the end of t
[laughter] or sweden and russia. of course, any student of european history knows this was the rule, not the exception until the precipitous decline of interstate war after 1945. there's been no wars between developed countries. that is the 45 or so countries with the highest gdp per capita. what about the rest of the world? well, there is a fifth major decline of violence i call the new piece that refers to the rest of the world, so what happens -- what happened if we set aside the great...
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the one in russia? that does not make much sense. >> he says that is a political problem. >> you know, we had 1 percent of the power boeing and lockheed. >> that's a political problem. >> if this decision is made up as a function of lobbying power we're screwed. [laughter] >> i think you just turned. let's give a little bit more to the space visit here because we do have a lot of questions. a lot to be fair to our audience to get in as many of those questions as time permits. obviously these are far-flung questions, literally as well as figuratively. someone asked what will today's announcement -- how will today's announcement divert resources from sending humans to the international space station. i would probably add if at all. >> not in any way conversion. this is a parallel effort, and so it's not really impacting the space station, nor is it affecting human spaceflight and development activities aware during, which is going on renewal. think of this as the pearl lang. it doesn't really affect me. t
the one in russia? that does not make much sense. >> he says that is a political problem. >> you know, we had 1 percent of the power boeing and lockheed. >> that's a political problem. >> if this decision is made up as a function of lobbying power we're screwed. [laughter] >> i think you just turned. let's give a little bit more to the space visit here because we do have a lot of questions. a lot to be fair to our audience to get in as many of those questions as...
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you've got a russian fuel tanker, the renda, who's home ported over in russia. the renda fills up with fuel in south korea and was going to pick up fuel in japan. they got shut out. they have to go to un-alaska dutch harbor on the aleutian chain to fill up with -- they're basically trying to top off in un-alaska. but those of us who know the federal laws of the jones act, you know you've got an issue there so we had to get the department of defense, homeland security, department of energy in to get a jones act waiver so we can top off the russian fuel tanker in an alaska port so she can haul up north to deliver the fuel to the people of nome. pretty interesting saga, just in describing the beginning. this is over 1,000-mile nautical journey and you're breaking ice for about of the way. well, the renda is a pretty capable ship, but she's not an icebreaker, and so how she gets through that ice is the interesting part of the story. the coast guard cul cutter heel, who has been on a research mission since early may, and was on her way back to seattle to deliver the
you've got a russian fuel tanker, the renda, who's home ported over in russia. the renda fills up with fuel in south korea and was going to pick up fuel in japan. they got shut out. they have to go to un-alaska dutch harbor on the aleutian chain to fill up with -- they're basically trying to top off in un-alaska. but those of us who know the federal laws of the jones act, you know you've got an issue there so we had to get the department of defense, homeland security, department of energy in to...
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and russia to work together for 15 or 20 years under the nunn-lugar program. >> the question was that relationship was wearing thin and i have felt for the last five or six years that we needed to move much more to a partnership with u.s. rush as well as countries all over the globe in trying to address this problem so this is really trying to take them as roger harner ship type approach and also i would say that we were inspired to start this index by the security summit that president obama had with 40 heads of state and that of course will be followed up on with their friends in south korea and are enormously important meeting in march and we felt this type of index would be a better tool for those countries attending that summit. finally i would say we aren't addressing radioactive material in here. dirty bombs and so forth, we are using the index to look at weapons usable material but the radioactive material needs to be protected. there are a lot of crossovers here. the steps that would be taken here to protect against weapons usable would also help on radioactive. that is not t
and russia to work together for 15 or 20 years under the nunn-lugar program. >> the question was that relationship was wearing thin and i have felt for the last five or six years that we needed to move much more to a partnership with u.s. rush as well as countries all over the globe in trying to address this problem so this is really trying to take them as roger harner ship type approach and also i would say that we were inspired to start this index by the security summit that president...
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safe, dependable, and also on parity with russia. because while i don't think the united states and russia are going to be adversaries and i don't think we really need to worry too much about the details of our single integrated operational plan, our big war plan for fighting the russians, sort of legacy of the cold war, i don't think the details matter very much. i do think that we want to avoid giving mr. putin, and any other russian nationalist who might look to nuclear forces to revitalize their sense of a greater russia, we want to avoid giving them any hints or any suggestion that we are somehow conceding to them is trapping of superpowered him. i'm not suggesting we get into russian space and expanded again and that kind of thing but i do believe that our nuclear forces we have to be careful about not drunken unilateral and we also need the arsenal to be safe and reliable. however, even if you mandate or premise those basic qualities in the nuclear arsenal, you can save a lot of money, i believe, by doing some things different
safe, dependable, and also on parity with russia. because while i don't think the united states and russia are going to be adversaries and i don't think we really need to worry too much about the details of our single integrated operational plan, our big war plan for fighting the russians, sort of legacy of the cold war, i don't think the details matter very much. i do think that we want to avoid giving mr. putin, and any other russian nationalist who might look to nuclear forces to revitalize...
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broaden he worked with his wife using a second-hand metal press made in russia produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time, the reasonable price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that glock got a contract to surf field knives to the austrian army. this led to contact with the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway conversation between two colonels that jolted his imagination. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii p 38. and austrian armsmaker since the 200s offered to sell the military modern pistol but the gun fell short of the stringent >> -- specifications. top generals were running out of patience. glock interrupted. would still be possible for another company the brazil for his company to bid on the pistol contract? the colonels laughed. in his garage gaston glock made hinges and a curtain rods and now thought he could design a handgun? reserve and manner glock wasn't known for
broaden he worked with his wife using a second-hand metal press made in russia produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time, the reasonable price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that glock got a contract to surf field knives to the austrian army. this led to contact with the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway...
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monthly interest charge will be more than the combined military expenditures of china, britain, france, russia, japan, germany, saudi arabia, india, italy, south korea, brazil, canada, australia, spain, turkey and israel. you add up all their military budgets, that's our interest charge on the debt. by 2015, by the way, that's if they stay at the current historical. if they would return to what they were, what they have averaged in the last 20 years, about 5.7%, america will be spending more than the planets and entire military budget on debt interest. by and about 2015 we will be covering the entire costs of the people's liberation army of china. that's what you guys have to pay for. small businesses in bedford, suburban homeowners in nashua will be paying for the entire budget of the chinese military. no president in the entire history, the roman empire look pretty stupid and the lashes but they didn't say to roman taxpayers that as a matter of policy you will have to pick up the bill not just for the roman military, that the other militaries as well. and if they had it would have been so ba
monthly interest charge will be more than the combined military expenditures of china, britain, france, russia, japan, germany, saudi arabia, india, italy, south korea, brazil, canada, australia, spain, turkey and israel. you add up all their military budgets, that's our interest charge on the debt. by 2015, by the way, that's if they stay at the current historical. if they would return to what they were, what they have averaged in the last 20 years, about 5.7%, america will be spending more...
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or francis dana, our first minister to russia's oratory left the throngs got into the conventions in boston, even some reporters actually spell them. the reporters forgot to take notes they were so caught up in his oratory. or jonathan smith, a farmer from western massachusetts whose heartfelt endorsement of the constitution came at exactly the right moment in history convention, or zachariah johnston who one observer called the best speaker at the virginia convention, better than even patrick henry or james madison. and that's saying something because thomas jefferson said that patrick henry was the greatest orator of all times. and that is amazing from jefferson who truly hated patrick henry. that man was badmouthing him to his family when he was in his grave for two decades. that doesn't seem very gracious to me. i was personally swayed by the probing analysis of the constitution in north carolina's first convention. it had to pick and also thought his leading opponent on, good, and above all there was langston smith, without his effort than your convention would probably not have
or francis dana, our first minister to russia's oratory left the throngs got into the conventions in boston, even some reporters actually spell them. the reporters forgot to take notes they were so caught up in his oratory. or jonathan smith, a farmer from western massachusetts whose heartfelt endorsement of the constitution came at exactly the right moment in history convention, or zachariah johnston who one observer called the best speaker at the virginia convention, better than even patrick...
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using a second hand mittal press made in russia they produced a modest volume of grass sittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the dirt ability in the price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that he obtained a contract to supply field knives and the next to the austrian army. the military work led to contact at the ministry where glock the occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. wendi in february, 1980, he overheard a hallway conversation between two kernels that jolted his agitation. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii peace 38. the austrian arms maker since the mid-1800s had offered to sell the military a modern fiscal with the gun fell short of the ministry says stringent specifications. generals were running out of patience. glock interrupted. what is still be possible, he asked, for another company? for his company to build on the contract? the colonel laughed. in his garage, he made engines and curtain rods. now he thought he could design a handgun? reserved man
using a second hand mittal press made in russia they produced a modest volume of grass sittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the dirt ability in the price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that he obtained a contract to supply field knives and the next to the austrian army. the military work led to contact at the ministry where glock the occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. wendi in february, 1980, he...
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i appreciate your raising russia. our two countries at the leadership level that indicated that we want to advance more cooperation dialogue and asia. and so the russians in the last few days have invited us to come to moscow for consultations on the issues. we look forward to that. this year russia will be hosting apec. i think their is a strong determination to see how and where the united states can cooperate on a whole range of issues probably the place that we have seen some substantial cooperation has been on issues associated with proliferation in north korea. at think their is a lot to be done and i am hopeful that we will be allowed to find common cause going forward. >> last question from the media please. we have several to choose from in the front row. >> high. >> think you. [inaudible] are we expecting more high-level visits? and the president's is rolling out a new approach in trying to give more tourists. >> you have several questions there. we have our own relationship. we applaud the steps the waiver
i appreciate your raising russia. our two countries at the leadership level that indicated that we want to advance more cooperation dialogue and asia. and so the russians in the last few days have invited us to come to moscow for consultations on the issues. we look forward to that. this year russia will be hosting apec. i think their is a strong determination to see how and where the united states can cooperate on a whole range of issues probably the place that we have seen some substantial...
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we support also the extension of russia to the wto. congress should not grant permanent normal trade relations status to this agreement so that the u.s. business community can participate in these benefits. because without it we can't, and we want to put russia in a rules-based system. it's time to get moving on additional free trade agreement. there's interest in brazil and egypt and india and indonesia. mr. ambassador, we are glad you're today. just a few of the countries that should be on our list for consideration. to do this, the tpp and others, that congress must renew, it's trade promotion authority. every president of any party should have it. the executive branch must be able to negotiate agreements that will be picked up on along the way or at the end by the congress, but subject to an up or down vote. we also need to complete the task of modernizing the nation's export control world's. there's still rules from 30 years ago. and we need to move it because it's costing us billions and billions of dollars in sales abroad. and w
we support also the extension of russia to the wto. congress should not grant permanent normal trade relations status to this agreement so that the u.s. business community can participate in these benefits. because without it we can't, and we want to put russia in a rules-based system. it's time to get moving on additional free trade agreement. there's interest in brazil and egypt and india and indonesia. mr. ambassador, we are glad you're today. just a few of the countries that should be on...
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using this second panel press made in russia they produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the melt shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the durability and reasonable price of which so impressed austrias ministry of defense that clock obtained a contract to supply field nuys and bayonets to the austrian army. the military work led to contact the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunities. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway conversation between two colonels that jolted his imagination. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii walter p. 38. styron, an austrian arms maker since the mid-1800s had offered to sell the military a modern pistol, but again fell short of the ministries stringent specifications. top generals running in a patients. glock interrupted. what is still be possible for another company, his company, to bid on the pistol contract? the colonel's laughed. in his garage gaston glock made hinges and curtain rods. now he thought he could design a hand
using this second panel press made in russia they produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the melt shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the durability and reasonable price of which so impressed austrias ministry of defense that clock obtained a contract to supply field nuys and bayonets to the austrian army. the military work led to contact the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunities. one day in february...
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be programmed to sell that energy all the way across europe from the irish sea to the front steps of russia. just like we create our own information, store it in digital and share it online in virtual space. pillar 5, plug in transportational logistics so that we can operate an economy in society. electric vehicles are out this year. fuel cell hydrogen vehicles are out in mass production in 2014 daimler, gm, toyota, this is a done deal. we'll be able to plug in our cars, buses and trucks anywhere in the infrastructure where there's buildings and we can collect green electricity and then anywhere we travel there's going to be thousands and thousands of little power charging units that are already coming in so you can plug your vehicle back in to the unit, through the distributed grid and even get electricity from the grid or if the price is right, your computer in your car will say, hey, sell back you're going to make money if you sell back to the grid. these five pillars together are the new mega technology platform for a 21st century paradigm shift and a third industrial revolution. indivi
be programmed to sell that energy all the way across europe from the irish sea to the front steps of russia. just like we create our own information, store it in digital and share it online in virtual space. pillar 5, plug in transportational logistics so that we can operate an economy in society. electric vehicles are out this year. fuel cell hydrogen vehicles are out in mass production in 2014 daimler, gm, toyota, this is a done deal. we'll be able to plug in our cars, buses and trucks...
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world -- most people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war in the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation. so there is a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union. there is the whole fear the impact of nuclear fallout in the testing united state for a testing of nuclear weapons. there've been a nuclear test and treat a pass. there is a lot of fear about nuclear war. while not the only issue was a very big and overriding issue that it played out in american politics for the years leading up. goldwater didn't respond immediately. he waited a little while and goldwater himself at least in public could make a big deal about it. he condemned it, but didn't blow on it and i think probably wisely so. at the republican party, the senate republican leader, the chairman of the republican party and a number of people associated with goldwater's campaign express their outrage, filed complaints with the fair campaign practices commission, called on the networks not to run it again and it really made quite a stink about it. and th
world -- most people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war in the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation. so there is a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union. there is the whole fear the impact of nuclear fallout in the testing united state for a testing of nuclear weapons. there've been a nuclear test and treat a pass. there is a lot of fear about nuclear war. while not the only issue was a very big and...
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i looked for this book for a long time and i couldn't find it and i read other books about russia. and then, once i read about benjamin disraeli, a hero of mine and he's in the boat. and he said what i want to read about, i rate it. and so, humbly following in his footsteps, i slightly done the same thing here. is that malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a woman, sometimes the mistress had been indicted mother's, sometimes a beautiful princess scarlet silks, but always someone in. is it that is one reason in jerusalem has a personality, an idea that i like and appeals to me. but also, i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there's babylonian names, turkish names, english names and so on. in so many civilizations in serious and so forth. so the book had to be readable by someone who really knew nothing about the middle east, no
i looked for this book for a long time and i couldn't find it and i read other books about russia. and then, once i read about benjamin disraeli, a hero of mine and he's in the boat. and he said what i want to read about, i rate it. and so, humbly following in his footsteps, i slightly done the same thing here. is that malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a...
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incredibly useful in dealing with issues in the balkans, but also in the middle east or discussions about russia or cooperation on issues in africa, and so i was very, very much in favor of a strong u.s.-german relationship and i was very troubled by the falling apart as a result of iraq. i must say, i don't think chancellor schroeder handled things very well in terms of the way he stated his preferences, and i don't think that president bush responded very well. personal pique is not a foreign policy. and so i think that it's important for there to be a mending of the relationship, because it's crucial to the stability both of the united states and europe, and it's part of a larger issue which is about the importance of u.s.-european relations and i know there are endless meetings and conferences about where are the relationships going, and is europe from venus and america from mars and will we ever be able to figure out, so i try to remind audiences that venus and mars actually got along pretty well. they had a number of children together. one of them was concordia, the goddess of harmony, so
incredibly useful in dealing with issues in the balkans, but also in the middle east or discussions about russia or cooperation on issues in africa, and so i was very, very much in favor of a strong u.s.-german relationship and i was very troubled by the falling apart as a result of iraq. i must say, i don't think chancellor schroeder handled things very well in terms of the way he stated his preferences, and i don't think that president bush responded very well. personal pique is not a foreign...
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we don't want the president of russia, you know, basically acknowledging it. i think we have to come back. so that are my thoughts on this subject spent let me pick up on can you said about entrepreneurship because i was thinking, a lot, entrepreneurship is something that struck in somebody's garage and is inherently a small business thing. do you want to talk a little bit about from the point of view from the company's? >> sure. the small company part is important because you need to instill this mindset. i only briefly touched it. the mindset of entrepreneurship is truly a unique feature here in the u.s. right? it's one of the things that kids away from the rest of the world. there's other aspects also. when you look at almost 40% of venture capital money worldwide is here, the table here in the u.s. and you talk to kids at other places around with the want to start a firm, they have much more difficult time finding the investor. so the fabric that we been able to build here generally is extremely favorable. the mindset, the cultural aspect that we have here
we don't want the president of russia, you know, basically acknowledging it. i think we have to come back. so that are my thoughts on this subject spent let me pick up on can you said about entrepreneurship because i was thinking, a lot, entrepreneurship is something that struck in somebody's garage and is inherently a small business thing. do you want to talk a little bit about from the point of view from the company's? >> sure. the small company part is important because you need to...
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first couple of years was to be able to rally such generally disparate comp -- countries like china and russia and many other countries to the cause of sanctions against iran, sanctions that have not really run their course nor have they been ratcheted up as fully as they can and we are seeing the individual countries and some of our arab friends and neighbors as well starting to tighten the screws on iran so there is still a ways to go in terms of things that can be done, and i think iran knows that and i think that is one of the reasons we are seeing the bellicose behavior of the iranian forces and they arabian gulf or the straits of hormuz which is one of their favorite tactics. let it is clear that where world opinion is concerned, the majority of the country that we have relations with our with us on the side of the shoe. >> john are you also concerned about iran's relationship with certain groups like hezbollah? >> yeah, think the problem with iran is that we have basically three courses of action. we can use diplomacy, we can use sanctions or people keep saying that the military options
first couple of years was to be able to rally such generally disparate comp -- countries like china and russia and many other countries to the cause of sanctions against iran, sanctions that have not really run their course nor have they been ratcheted up as fully as they can and we are seeing the individual countries and some of our arab friends and neighbors as well starting to tighten the screws on iran so there is still a ways to go in terms of things that can be done, and i think iran...
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moving in and out of poverty in fast-growing developing countries, in peru where i'm from, and also russia and chynna, and found that most people made the most progress escaping poverty reported their economic situation to be worse than before and trying to disentangle thinks that -- things and i started to get into what was then a nascent literature that combines psychology and economics and understanding how people assess their well-being and economic life and economic progress. >> host: professor graham, is it possible to legislate happiness? no that's not something we should get into doing. i think measuring or taking stock of our nation's will being and using that information to inform policy decisions is a contribution. i don't think we can legislate happiness, nor die think we should set up happy nose be -- happiness to be a policy objective. >> host: we're guaranteed the pursuit of happiness in the constitution? >> guest: that's an opportunity to lead a fulfilling life, and i detail that in my book. that's probably the most important thing the government should be thinking about. b
moving in and out of poverty in fast-growing developing countries, in peru where i'm from, and also russia and chynna, and found that most people made the most progress escaping poverty reported their economic situation to be worse than before and trying to disentangle thinks that -- things and i started to get into what was then a nascent literature that combines psychology and economics and understanding how people assess their well-being and economic life and economic progress. >>...
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that section was actually owned and controlled in a fight between persia and turkey and russia, and a few years earlier through a lot of international arbitration, that bank of the most petrol is, the most bridges come the most wealthy was given of and given the turkey. so now it is turkish property. not, but it is in turkey proper. so there is a cease-fire at the end of the cease-fire, as the cease-fire is taking called from which meant everyone stops where you are, arnold wilson, the civil administrator, arnold, the civil administrator for all of mesopotamia, and the control of the british, because they have occupied it through their invasion, says we are going to break this cease-fire and we're going to invade the next couple of miles, we're going to take that land from turkey, even though there is a cease-fire, and we're going to get that oil into mesopotamia. and that's what they did. they broke the cease-fire. they grabbed that land. there was no authority. london denied they had given permission. new delhi had denied they had given permission. the guy did it on his own. he was
that section was actually owned and controlled in a fight between persia and turkey and russia, and a few years earlier through a lot of international arbitration, that bank of the most petrol is, the most bridges come the most wealthy was given of and given the turkey. so now it is turkish property. not, but it is in turkey proper. so there is a cease-fire at the end of the cease-fire, as the cease-fire is taking called from which meant everyone stops where you are, arnold wilson, the civil...
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and i wrote other books about russia. and once i read about bepg lin -- benjamin israeli who's a hero of mine, and he said when i want to read a book, i write it. and so humbly following in his footsteps -- [laughter] i've slightly done the same thing here. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> is that fall functioning? -- malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> good. so i set about writing this book, "jerusalem: the biography." first of all, probably many of you know in the jewish scriptures jerusalem is always described as a woman. sometimes a mistress abandoned by her lovers, sometimes beautiful princess in scarlet silks, but always a woman. so that's one reason. jerusalem has a personality, it's an idea that i liked and that appealed to me, and it suits the place. but also i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a, create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there are babylonian names, turkish names, english names, hebrew or arabic names a
and i wrote other books about russia. and once i read about bepg lin -- benjamin israeli who's a hero of mine, and he said when i want to read a book, i write it. and so humbly following in his footsteps -- [laughter] i've slightly done the same thing here. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> is that fall functioning? -- malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> good. so i set about writing this book, "jerusalem: the biography." first of all, probably many of you know in the...
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legacy of the cold war, and as senator nunn pointed out, but levels of corruption which imply that russia needs to be extra vigilant. >> okay. somebody in the second row. right here. >> the dialogue in establishing priorities. is the ultimate goal to have a global standard for nuclear security? is that useful and necessary? is that feasible? .. international, i think, approach to the whole question of the fuel cycle. we started that with the fuel bank now, which has been authorized in the iaea is moving forward on that. the iaea and there's a lot in the report and i will for you to the details because it's enormously important. the iaea or some other organization like the iaea will have to be put in charge of the and given a mandate, the link authority and resources. they don't have it now. this is not their mandate. what safeguarding means, we've explained this in the report and it's very important. people assume that we safeguarding the security. it doesn't necessarily mean security. the example i have used before and this is actually in the report to some extent i alluded to. but the s
legacy of the cold war, and as senator nunn pointed out, but levels of corruption which imply that russia needs to be extra vigilant. >> okay. somebody in the second row. right here. >> the dialogue in establishing priorities. is the ultimate goal to have a global standard for nuclear security? is that useful and necessary? is that feasible? .. international, i think, approach to the whole question of the fuel cycle. we started that with the fuel bank now, which has been authorized...
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1912 on a slogan he kept us out of the war but when the collapse of the eastern front with tsarist russia and the bolshevik revolution, the capacity of the germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and bankers on wall street who had lent some of money to the british and french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they would lose their money. there was heavy pressure on white house to begin to try to create a naval blockade around britain which sank three or four american ships to go into the war. it had no popular support. we created -- i spend a lot of time writing about this in "the death of the liberal class". the first system of mass propaganda, committee for public information known as the creel commission because it was headed by george creole. it the committee for public education and the dark figure, the grand income visitor type figure is walt whitman writes a public opinion in 1922, sort of the blueprint for control, manufacturing consent and it is how you use propaganda effectively to mfg. consent. you don't need the harsher measures of the espion
1912 on a slogan he kept us out of the war but when the collapse of the eastern front with tsarist russia and the bolshevik revolution, the capacity of the germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and bankers on wall street who had lent some of money to the british and french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they would lose their money. there was heavy pressure on white house to begin to try to create a naval blockade around britain which sank three or four...
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. >> chairman would feel beleaguered the ranking member russia, my name is jeffrey wright of the department of energy project at the federal energy regulatory commission and i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. the office of energy projects is responsible for another thing is the certification of interstate natural gas pipeline's pursuant to the natural gas act. h r 3548, north american energy access act addresses the keystone xl pipeline project. i have no position on a proposed bill but should congress direct to act on an application for the project the office of energy projects as commission infrastructure review branch would likely take the primary role advising the commission on a matter. i will offer comments on the proposed bill when the goal is seeking to ensure that if congress gives the responsibility to the commission legislation should provide clear and effective procedures for conducting this review. before commenting on specific sections i note the authorization provided by the bill would differs from the natural gas act and the proposed act does not make a
. >> chairman would feel beleaguered the ranking member russia, my name is jeffrey wright of the department of energy project at the federal energy regulatory commission and i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. the office of energy projects is responsible for another thing is the certification of interstate natural gas pipeline's pursuant to the natural gas act. h r 3548, north american energy access act addresses the keystone xl pipeline project. i have no position on...
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we don't want the president of russia basically acknowledging at and start to forget about it. i think we have to come back. so those are my thoughts on the subject. >> let me pick up on one thing the use of about entrepreneurship because i think a lot of a stink that entrepreneurship is something that starts in somebody's garage and is inherently a small business thing. t want to talk about it from the point of view of a big company? >> the small company part is important because you want to instill this mindset only briefly touched the mind set of entrepreneurship is truly a unique feature here in the u.s.. it's one of the things that gets drawn from the rest of the world and there are structural aspects also. when you look at the venture capital money worldwide it is here, a table here. you talk to kids that are in other places are not the world that want to start a firm they have much more difficult time to find people that invest in them so they peniel to build your journalistic extremely favorable. the mindset, the cultural mind-set is unique and we should be mindful of t
we don't want the president of russia basically acknowledging at and start to forget about it. i think we have to come back. so those are my thoughts on the subject. >> let me pick up on one thing the use of about entrepreneurship because i think a lot of a stink that entrepreneurship is something that starts in somebody's garage and is inherently a small business thing. t want to talk about it from the point of view of a big company? >> the small company part is important because...
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china, india, russia also participate in these international affairs. we are also providing shipping protection so that ships are going through can be better defended. we are partnering with the shipping industry to improve the practical steps that merchant ships and crews can take to avoid, deter, delay and counter pirate tax, including when and how to use private security in this regard. we are also working with the shipping industry on its best to save common management practices, et cetera. we are also championing regional capacity building. we are strengthening the capacity of somalia and other countries in the region to combat piracy, to prosecute suspected pirates to the u.n. trust fund supporting the initiative of countering piracy. and finally, we've also tried to target the business model of the pirates if you will. we have launched a new initiative aimed at disrupting their enterprises assure, including their financial networks through, you know, through the banking systems of organized crime, et cetera. so we are trying to do all of these th
china, india, russia also participate in these international affairs. we are also providing shipping protection so that ships are going through can be better defended. we are partnering with the shipping industry to improve the practical steps that merchant ships and crews can take to avoid, deter, delay and counter pirate tax, including when and how to use private security in this regard. we are also working with the shipping industry on its best to save common management practices, et cetera....
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i'm not sure that i can see russia from alaska. [laughter] and yet, though, there are many are regressive's. there are many people of color who are in this quandary. what is a quandary? >> of quandary is -- the quandary is how to get action for your. >> the same thing that you are urging. >> we cannot, we cannot assume again -- let me be really clear. those who are in presidential politics who understand the limitations that any president has. he was talking about more than just a president though. i think the whole party. >> so make it happen. make it happen. here in new york i think there is a working party's family which i think is really exciting and they are doing exciting work. i know some of the folks there and they are doing good work. i think in minnesota you have the farmer party. again, that is exciting. but i think it the end of the day, politics is the art of compromise. how do you get more of what you want them more of what you don't want? i know that i don't want a palin, a bachmann makes stuff out of whole cloth. le
i'm not sure that i can see russia from alaska. [laughter] and yet, though, there are many are regressive's. there are many people of color who are in this quandary. what is a quandary? >> of quandary is -- the quandary is how to get action for your. >> the same thing that you are urging. >> we cannot, we cannot assume again -- let me be really clear. those who are in presidential politics who understand the limitations that any president has. he was talking about more than...