Of the c. P. R. News a daily radio newscast in london we have been he is a professor of International Politics at City University of london with Research Interest in American Foreign policy and its thing thanks as well as author of several books including think tanks and power in Foreign Policy and foundations of the American Century and in oxford we crossed to ted see he is a senior policy consultant and British American Security Information Council retired u. S. Diplomat and an expert on strategic intelligence and conflict resolution all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london and we were talking before this recording about the novelty of this Quincy Institute coming into being the media has commented on i was obviously because of the who is going to be funding it someone very much to the left and somebody very much to the right before we talk about the principles involved in it what do you think
The American Century and in oxford we crossed to ted see he is a senior policy consultant and British American Security Information Council retired u. S. Diplomat and an expert on strategic intelligence and conflict resolution all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london and we were talking before this recording about the novelty of this Quincy Institute coming into being the media has commented on i was obviously because of the who is going to be funding it someone very much to the left and somebody very much to the right before we talk about the principles involved in it what do you think of the idea itself i mean it is coming out against endless war wars that do not need to be started in the 1st place i mean there is a need for it and im all for it i raise my hand in agreement well talk about whats problematic about it go ahead in london. Yeah i think well when i read about it in the last couple o
So on in the tea party including that is also against military spending so as well as on the left so i think its interesting that weve got this kind of union occurring at this particular time so its a very Interesting Development and we need to wait a little bit longer to see exactly what the the principles are and how theyre going to be put into practice but to say that youre against endless walls which has been a big complaint of most americans really for the last 25 years or so i think in that is a very progressive principle but we need to see the press or heard of the limit let me go to ted it could be a very conservative principle as well theres a lot of conservatives like me that are against these foreign interventions and ive been making a living are on this for 10 years on this program fighting against the senseless wars ted what is your reaction to the Quincy Institute because i mean on the face of it yeah this is a good idea im just a little worried about the fund the funding
A senior policy consultant and British American Security Information Council retired u. S. Diplomat and an expert on strategic intelligence and conflict resolution all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london and we were talking before this recording about the novelty of this Quincy Institute coming into being the media has commented on i was obviously because of the who is going to be funding it someone very much to the left and somebody very much to the right before we talk about the principles involved in it what do you think of the idea itself i mean it is coming out against endless war wars that do not need to be started in the 1st place i mean there is a need for it and im all for it i raise my hand in agreement well talk about whats problematic about it go ahead in london. Yeah i think well when i read about it in the last couple of days i was it was a Surprising Development but. And one kind
Accounts. Receiving Death Threats from supporters. From washington d. C. Socialism to socialism i mean if you think social. Media. Has news updates in just an hours time from now stay with us now is coming your way. Hello and welcome across all things are considered im Peter Lavelle a new Foreign Policy think tank will start business challenging Foreign Policy. The doxies its called the Quincy Institute for responsible state this is not an ordinary think tank it is funded by charles koch and george soros among others talk about strange bedfellows can these establishment billionaires take on the Foreign Policy blog. Talking strange bedfellows im joined by my guest on the bar in new york hes host of the c. P. R. News a daily radio newscast in london we have been bomber he is a professor of International Politics at City University of london with Research Interest in american Foreign Policy and its think tanks as well as author of several books including think tanks and power in Foreign P