So glad you are here for the kickoff session on protecting democracy, foreign interference, voter confidence, and defensive strategies in 2020 election and beyond. Im Carrie Cordero of the center for new american security. We have two sessions this morning. This session will run until 10 45 a. M. Eastern, and i hope you will join us again at 11 30 a. M. Eastern for a session i will be moderating on foreign influence and voter attitudes. Todays conversations are part of a broader collaboration between the center for new american security, the center for ethics and the rule of law, which is part of penn law, and the annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no t
The annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no the samer falling for tricks again twice. Understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. This collaboration is our effort to do just that. Im now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. Willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. Thank you soin much, carrie, and its a to have this with c nas. N more importa
The annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no the samer falling for tricks again twice. Understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. This collaboration is our effort to do just that. Im now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. Willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. Thank you soin much, carrie, and its a to have this with c nas. N more importa
With all of our upcoming events, podcasts and publications and more on our website at wilsoncenter. Org and in particular, i want to invite you to give a listen to our podcast reference to the x article and the newest podcast, the russia file. Let me just remind everybody tut the conversation and weve already gotten quite a few of them, you can submit questions by email, and please list your name and affiliation as if a live event at the wilson kennan center, and im more likely to call out than if youre unidentified. And fiona hill from Brookings Institution and as many of you know for the Russian Affairs on the National Security council. That was 201719. From 2006, National Intelligence office for russia and eurasia at the National Intelligence council ap coauthor of the wellreceived and widery read book mr. Putin, operative in the kremlin, an update of a previous book. And i want it note that the two of them authored a useful piece still for those of us thinking about russias develop
Podcast the russia file. Let me just remind everybody throughout the conversation we were ready gotten quite a few of them, you can submit questions by email at wilson center. Org buyer twitter and facebook pages and please include your name and affiliation just as if you are attending an event at the center which i hope we can do again soon and be more likely to call on you if youre not an anonymous aspect. I am joined today by the ark under doctor fiona who is the center of the United States of europe and the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and as everyone knows wears recently a Deputy Assistant to the president and senior director for European National Security Council that was 2017 to 19 in 2006 2009 she served as the National Officer at the National Intelligence council and is coauthor of the very well received in the kremlin 2015 update of previously published books, i also want to note, i want to know this is a very useful with everybody thinking about russia