Okay, so good afternoon. My name is reid smith and on behalf of the Charles Koch Institute id like to thank you for joining us today or what promises to be a substantive and timely discussion about the applicability or lack thereof of existing legal authorities to use of force against iran. Its great to see so many staffers here today. We are encouraged to see a full house. You guys that so much to do with the way that we approach the broader matter of congressional war powers, so its encouraging to see an interested room thats looking to get informed by some expert jurors up here with you today. For the sake of time and discussion im going to keep these introductions perfunctory in no small part because our panelists reputations undoubtedly precede them. To my far left, Stephen Vladeck is the professor in law at the university of texas school of law and austin, a graduate of Amherst College and yale law school, both degrees earned with distinction. His teaching and Research Focus on f
[indistinct conversations] welcome to hudson. This is a big crowd. I am surprised, in the middle of summer. Everyone must be seeking some air conditioning. But i think the topic is interesting and i appreciate you being here. Theill talk about intersection of economics and National Security, thinking about competition. As you know across the economic and political military domain and we will spoke focus on the economic side. We are fortunate to have an adjunct senior fellow from the american and for the new security. And the chief Technology Officer geo national he was responsible for technology, r d, and the strategy of the agency. He was also responsible for bringing ai to the agency, which is an accomplishment. Would you know is an accomplishment. Previously he was the ceo of two Technology Start ups and he served with the department of defense and iraq, afghanistan, i think afghanistan . And africa. He has a phd in International Relations at the London School of economics. Theeed m
If you please put your phone on silent i would shake that. Appreciate that. I am doing the same thing right now. My name is michael pregent , i would like to welcome you all to todays panel. Also welcome our cspan audience. Today we have a panel called stuck in the middle. Iraq cut between United States and iran. These tensions are leading to discussion as to whether or not iraq could be the battlefield for these two powers in the region will iran being in the region this is likely to take place in iraq we may have some disagreements there. But today we are going to discuss it and we will do this like a sunday morning show format. I will provide a scene center and leave it to our panelist to break it down. We have a great panel today starting first with geneive abdo. She is the former head of research under kofi annan about bridging the gaps between the islamic communities in the west. She is also the reason author of a book on shia sunni relations, sectarianism. Doctor tran 12, the Ro
Test. Test test. Test. Test test. Test. Test test. Test. Test test. I would agree with everything you said. We never found them cheating, any of that stuff. But there still would be a jcpoa today if iran didnt violate Security Council resolutions prohibiting Ballistic Missile testing. Captioning performed by vitac so deterrence is working. The maximum Pressure Campaign is working. So isnt this good policy, it is just nobody knows it is working . It is good policy, but the problem is that instead of sort of taking a step back, a pause, the policy the military operation, the military escalation now is sort of superseding the policy. Right. So were in a race now, okay. We see that theres sort of a successful policy, but the military confrontation now is dominating the conversation. Thats why i think the conversation needs to be reframed, because the problem is the perception on both sides. Right. Okay. Were trying here not to pars out what are the shia militias going to do, what is hezbol