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Contracted report for the commission on chinas expeditionary capabilities. Were really looking forward to that. At james, he specializes in emerging technologies, threat assessment, forecasting and data science. Much of his work analyzes chinas Armed Forces Modernization and u. S. Longrange strategic planning. Before joining james he was an extra Research Assistant for Yale University department of medical science where he did research on chinas naval modernization. Mr. Peltier has a master of arts in International Science from university of chicago. Good political real school. We will next year from kevin mccauley. Hes an independent analyst and was formally the scene Intelligence Officer for the soviet union, russia, china and taiwan during his 31 years in the u. S. Government. Hes senior china analyst for the armys National Ground Intelligence Center and he served on Advisory Board and working groups supporting the intelligence community, the National Intelligence council and the u.
Cnn this is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. Today on the Program President biden the state of, the union and americas role in the world i talked to Susan Glasser and ian bremmer, but great The Middle East, then much more also cnns jim sciutto on how close russia may have come to using Nuclear Weapons in ukraine. And how a new Global Nuclear arms race his apartment then allbirds, noah feldman on what it means to be a jew in this time of ever rising antisemitism but first, heres my take as weve watched the horrors of another war in The Middle East, its easy to get gloomy and depress. It seems that the region continues to be violent and unstable but that mrs. An important shift that has taken place in recent time, one that provides some cause for optimism about the future. The arab states that are now The Middle East leaders are playing an important and constructive role in stabil