Transition of power. President trump, president elect biden, whose conferences and event coverage at cspan. Org. Thank you so much for being here. It is an honor to be here. I was delighted to read your book which i have decided. First book ive ever written. It must be challenging to create factual accounts of the pandemic, talk about that process. I can understand why people would think, why are you writing this . Im writing about the things we can fight about, i did really a step back, im not fighting about these as they unfold, not fighting about this or that government, im not talking on that but im standing back and saying okay, why a pandemic and why now . That is something to do because youve been reading my work, you know, ive been fighting a book, weve been saying this will happen, these are the viruses need to worry about what we need to do. So obvious the predictions were and we havent done all of the things we need to do so this was kind of the moment to repeat all of that
He is the founder of the Dupont Center and his specialty is Global Security, everything from governance culture to state actors and nonstate actors and im going to try to explore as much of that todayas we can. I want to find out each day the Dupont Center publishes. [inaudible] it is a wonderful deep dive into a timely issue that goes to the heart of what we should be thinking about even if its not in the headlines. Anything from White Supremacy to whats happening with al qaeda and isis and regional powers and i encourage you to read it every day. I also encourage you to read the morning brief which they Stephan Group sponsored at the National Security produces in the 14th year and bring you the news every day about what you should be thinking about about National Security in a variety of dimensions. Ali, thank you for joining me today. Welcome. Please dont stay mute, this is your conversation. I want to start by talking about the book and then were going to turn to other things. And
About the process. I can understand people why would you write about this, it hasnt happened yet regularly took a step back and not ready for things as they unfold, im not talking about global trade what i am doing is standing by to say okay, by a pandemic and why now . Something i could do because you know i like many others, writing books, weve been saying will happen, hes of the virus is we need to worry about, this is what we need to do. She started so obviously the protections were there. This was kind of the moment to repeat all that stuff at a time people didnt really understand and would make sense to the message might really come home to the people. Emphasizing the warning about the pandemic, leaders have frequently overlooked in this one quote was very enlightening, some assistive they are providing the rescue. This is something that came to you as your writing the book . It is kind of postcolonial but i think it is a deeper issue than that. Prevention is not that texting, pe
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