American diplomacy spoken word links--March 2015.
Sempa, Francis P.
American Diplomacy Spoken Word Links--March 2015
"The Nuclear Threat from Iran" Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime
Minister of Israel, delivered an historic and controversial address to a
joint session of Congress about the nuclear threat from Iran. Netanyahu
was highly critical of the deal being negotiated by the Obama
administration with Iran's leaders, claiming that it will pave the
road to a nuclear Iran.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?324609-2/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahuaddress-congress;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/postpolitics/wp/2015/03/03/full-text-netanyahus-address-to-congress/
"Energy Security and U.S. Foreign Policy" In a January
2015 speech at Columbia University, Thomas E. Donilon, former Obama
administration national security adviser, assessed the impact of the
changing world energy landscape on U.S. national security policy.
http://www.cfr.org/united-states/remarks-thomas-e-donilon-center-global-energypolicv-school-international-public-affairs-columbia-universitv/p36075
"The Strategic Importance of North America" In February
2015, Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on foreign Relations Senior Fellow
on Latin American Studies, testified before the House Foreign Affairs
Subcomitteee on the Western Hemisphere on economic and energy issues
related to North America. She stressed the importance of these issues to
U.S. security interests.
http://www.cfr.org/north-america/strategic-importance-northamerica-us-interests/p36065
"The Future of American Power and Influence" In a recent
discussion at the Council of Foreign Relations, Joseph Nye and Peter
Zeihan, the author of The Accidental Superpower, addressed a wide range
of issues confronting U.S. foreign policy, including our strategy
against ISIS, a broader Middle East strategy, cyber-related issues, etc.
http://www.cfr.org/grand-strategy/future-american-power-influence/p36237
"The Sinews of Peace" On March 5, 1946, former British
Prime Minister delivered his famous "iron curtain" speech at
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill warned that from
Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, the Soviet Union was
crushing freedom and imposing communist rulers on the peoples of central
and eastern Europe. http://history1900s.about.com/od/churchillwinston/a/Iron-Curtain.htm
"U.S. Relations in Northeast Asia" On February 27, 2015,
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Undersecretary of
State Wendy Sherman reviewed U.S. relations with the countries of
Northeast Asia. Her remarks focused on China and Japan.
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2015/238035.htm
"The Struggle for Iraq's Future" On February 18,
2015, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a discussion on
Iraq's future by Kenneth Pollack, Kimberly Kagan, and Frederick
Kagan. The speakers focused on the need for political reconciliation and
for a continuing U.S. security presence.
http://www.aei.org/events/struggle-iraqs-future-lostcause/
"Strategy for Defeating the Islamist Challenge". House
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul outlined a
seven-point plan for addressing the Islamist threat at an event hosted
by the American Enterprise Institute in February 2015.
http://www.aei.org/events/global-fight-defeat-islamist-terrorism-conversation-housecommittee-homeland-security-chairman-michael-mccaul/
"China's Security and Foreign Policies: Comparing
American and Japanese Perspectives" On February 27, 2015, the
Brookings Institution hosted a discussion of U.S. and Japanese
perceptions of China's foreign policy with participation by eight
distinguished panelists who addressed a variety of security topics
related to China. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2015/02/27-chinaj apan/20150227_china_japan_transcript.pdf
"Pragmatism and Practice: The Big Ideas of Lee Kuan Yew"
In February 2015, the Brookings Institution hosted an event focused a
new book about Singapore's legendary statesman Lee Kuan Yew. The
speakers included contributors to the book and Asia scholars. They
reviewed Lee Kuan Yew's ideas on governance and policymaking.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2015/02/25-singapore/lee-kuan-yew-finaltranscript.pdf
"Arab Public Opinion on Terrorism" Dr. Munqith Dagher of
the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies,
presented a survey of Arab public opinion in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Yemen,
and Libya about terrorism to the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in March 4, 2015.
http://csis.org/event/arab-public-opinionterrorism-ground-view-iraq-syria-jordan-yemen-and-libya
"European Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism and
Foreign Policy Aggression" Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe
Gonzalez delivered an address at the Brezinski Instutite on Geostrategy
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on March 4, 2015.
He spoke about violent extremist groups as well as Russian aggression in
Ukraine. http://csis.org/event/european-and-international-security-countering-violentextremism-and-foriegn-policy-aggression
"Index of U.S. Military Strength 2015" On February 24,
2015, the Heritage Foundation presented its 2015 index of U.S. military
strength, and several speakers discussed the implications of a relative
decline in U.S. military power vis-a-vis other rising world powers.
http://www.heritage.org/events/2015/02/index-of-military-strength-launch
"How to Prevail Against a Poisonous Ideology" On February
25, 2015, Mansour Al-Nogaidan, Director-General of Mesbar Center for
Studies and Research, delivered a speech to UNESCO in Paris, condemning
the Islamists who are murdering and terrorizing Muslims, Christians, and
Jews in the name of Islam.
https://www.fpri.org/docs/alnogaidan_to_unesco_0.pdf
