The good evening everyone. Thank you so much for being with us. I am david, one of the codirectors of the Richmond Center. I also served as the dean of Columbia Law School from 2004 to 2014 which i mention for a very particular reason. I was a dean when the professor joined our faculty and one of my proud moments when we persuaded her to do that. So im honored to kick off what i know will be a fascinating discussion about the influence oof the influence ofeurope on tl marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe a force in World Affairs the most consequential shift of the last 100 years and there is some truth in that since world war ii military influence of europe is certainly declined, and its also true the Economic Growth has been compared favorably with that of the United States or for example with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union have been more complicated greatly as we all know. But still, i think professor bradfor
Artificial intelligence and the role of the United States. On stage. To my immediate left, is andrea thompson. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security advisor to the Vice President and most importantly, 25 years of service flying in combat zones and served your country nobly. I am thrilled to see my old friend here. As many of you know, she was the former deputy National Security advisory advisor. She was the Deputy Director of the cia. She is currently at columbia university. The underus today is secretary of defense for policy. She was the cofounder and ceo and is the cofounder and managing partner at west exec advisors. Who are helping a lot of small companies. Openingd to make remarks. I will keep them brief because we have had a long day and we have covered a lot of ground. I think we have talked about research, applications, talent. This notion of the Global Positioning or the geostrategic positioning is one that is really found
Country nobly. Welcome. I have a great pleasure of having Anders Rasmussen with us, former danish primer to, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and secretarygeneral of nato. Most recently he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well as the founder of the alliance of democracies which we will get to a little later. Thrilled to see my old friend haynes here, the former Deputy National security adviser, more importantly the Deputy Director of the cia and she is currently at columbia university. Also with us today is michelle flournoy, the under secretary of defense for policy, the cofounder and ceo, the managing partner at west executive advisors helping a lot of small companies. I told them to make opening remarks. I will keep them very very brief because we had a long day and covered a lot of ground. I think we talked about research and applications and talent. This notion of the Global Positioning or geostrategic positioning is one that is founded on the notion of norms and values and t
This commission is so good. They produce 120 questions for me to interrogate this panel with. laughs so this is actually a ten hour session, not a one hour session. I am thrilled to be here with this panel, some old friends and new friends are with me on stage. To my immediate left his Andrea Thompson known to many of you. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security adviser to the Vice President , and most importantly, 25 years of service, time in combat zones and certainly served her country nobly. So andrea, welcome. I have the great pleasure of having mr. Rasmussen with us, the former danish prime minister, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and formerly the country generally of nato. Most recently though he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well is the founder of the alliance for democracies, or of democracies can which we will get you a little bit later. Thrilled to see my old friend Gabrielle Haines here, as many of you know she w
[applause] thanks, chris. Can you hear me . By the way, the staff for this commission is so good. [applause] they produce 120 questions for me [laughing] to interrogate this panel with. So this is actually a ten hour session, not a one hour session. I am thrilled to be here with this panel, some old friends and new friends are with me on stage. Stage. To my immediate left his Andrea Thompson known to many of you. She was the former under secretary of state for arms control. She was the National Security adviser to the Vice President , and most importantly, 25 years of service, time in combat zones and certainly served her country nobly. So andrea, welcome. I have the great pleasure of having islanders with us, the former danish prime minister, chairman of the Danish Liberal Party and formerly the country generally of nato. Most recently though he is the ceo of rasmussen global as well is the sound of the alliance for democracies, or of democracies can which we will get you a little bit