k to '33, how many states at that time played a vital role in the global arena? ten? it's a very, very small number of states. so today you have a totally different picture you. make the right projection from 2015 to 1975, in 1975 it was a fight between two systems. there was still the very powerful soviet system, many countries followed the soviet model. soviet union was not only powerful militarily but money. people didn't know how weak was that. so think that today trying to actually say that we are moving into a new cold war era i guess could scare some people. no. no. no it's not exactly 1962 crisis in the caribbean.

not ronald reagan, star wars program, and there will be some other right and also wrong. the line, the dividing line that the berlin wall has disappear doesn't mean we're not facing similar threats. so it makes more difficult to understand that this threat are real and while the free world today is much stronger than 40 years ago for the first time when the free world dominates the planetting are both economically and militarily, but at the same time we don't have the same political will. we don't have the same consensus of the public that there's an evil that makes us concentrate in opposing it. so we could feel indecisiveness unwillingness to even pay attention to these threats, and that's why here in america, or in europe, time and

again we can hear the same voices oh, let's retreat. what happens to ukraine is not our business. what happened in iraq is not our business. wait a second. we live in a world where everything is globalized. anybody in this hall can have access to any information to events -- to any event in the world happening in the next few minutes by sliding a finger on the screen. business is global. finances are global. so just how can you pretend you can walk away and to create a vacuum? there's no vacuum. the moment you create vac call, somebody else will grab it and most likely somebody else will be a group or state with intentions totally opposite to our plan, to our vision of the future. so that's why i want people just to understand that we live in certain reality. 2015 is a world that where

everything depends on each other, and trying to pretend that you can just cut your involvement here but keep the rest isn't possible. you have to -- it's the full monte. you can't cut it. it's not for your to decide. america is still the leader or the free world. america still has the military and economic capacity to protect the free world against all sorts of threats and thinking that we can walk away, just making a great mistake. the difference is that you have to make sure that you build coalition and real coalition not state coalition with many states. we should look at western europe look at japan look at other democracies. india, brazil, south africa. this year we are celebrating the 800th anniversary of the magna carta. the founding documents of the free world. and i think that is time to start thinking about the magna carta for the future.

the magna dart -- not united nations where every nation has a seat and could stay there no matter what the nation actually believes in and what kind of practices of human rights or democracy they have. so we need the vision that will debate on the values that help us create this world and again we should understand, it's not just a simple process of negotiations. we have to show strength and fight for our future and the book is the warning about threats and invitation. >> host: two things about the book. you bring up pavel. why is he summon you admire? >> guest: it's very personal. many thingness the book is very personal. i could look at the events of the past from both sides. from one side of iron curtain but also i traveled a lot and i

know a lot about history of the country and also the history of the free world. and i always try to have this objective understanding of the nature of events. for many people like hovel they were absolutely unique, somebody that came from an art world. writing books plays. and he realized that free expression was not possible under common dictatorship, and he sacrificed his personal safety his career, for defending values that were absolutely vital for sort of recovering the freedom of this country, and many things he did and many things he explained to us that is what he said is

leading a truce. so the way he present mesotheliomaage, before the collapse of -- presented his message before the collapse -- before the invasion -- and after he became the president first of czech public republic -- like in divorce look what happened in former ewing slav -- yugoslavia. what is happening in ukraine now. he guaranteed the divorce would not be peaceful. that's one of his accomplishments. currently i'm the chairman of the board of human rights foundation following havel and we every year, in the freedom forum, we present a battle of havel price for creative dissent to encourage people to use the

meaning, creative needs of books, of -- whatever. so to send a message of freedom. >> host: finally, what is the policy prescription you would like to see happen? >> guest: before we can work out policy we have to set a debate, and i hope that the book that will be released in the year will play a certain role in provoking sharp debate as the primary in the u.s. presidential election. also a book will be published in several european countries and i think it wail have an effect on the public debate there. i think we should recognize certain realities. call this climate reality. it's unfortunately not role in warming but more likely -- not global warming but more likely geopolitical freezing, and i want to see first a long-term

plan. again, what kind of wells -- what kind of world we want to see five years from now weapon have to compete with the bad guys, coming up with a positive investigation, and have to start preparing for cop continue -- contingency inch 18991 the world was not ready for the collapse of the soviet union and couldn't come um with a plan. today we have to have a vision that will help us react immediately on the collapse of vladimir putin and other ricker dictators and terrorist groups because unless we react quickly we may be facing a new cycle of even more lethal threats. >> host: and here on booktv in new york we have been talking with garry kasparov, world chess

champion author. his most recent book out in october "winter is coming: why vladimir putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped" you watching become tv -- booktv on location in new york city. >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com facebook.com/booktv. here's a look at some books being published this week. in adios america ann coulter explains why she believes that mass immigration is hurting the country. ben mezerek looks at the public and private lives of two russian billionaires in "response upon a tim in rigs movement" in the theft of memory, about a father's battle with alzheimer's in stalin's daughter, rosemary

sullivan recounts the life of the daughter of joseph stalin, who defected to the united states during the cold war. also being released this week, kevin schultz explores the relationship between william f. buckley, jr. and norman mailer in "buckley and mailer" you can watch the professor discuss his book during booktv's live coverage of the chicago lit fest of the weekend of june 6 and 7. and finally, in defense of selfish is in next ayn rand's institute argues that truly selfish people live honest, productive and self-respecting lives. look for this titles in book stores and watch for the awe theirs on book tv. >> on a sunday afternoon looking live at the u.s. capital where the u.s. senate will be in session in a couple of minutes returning mayoral from the memorial day break to finish unfinished business, making another attempt at extending expiring provisions of the

patriot act dealing with the nsa's collection of phone record. here's how they left things last friday before the break and then we'll follow that with quick comments from president obama this past friday. >> we are unable to clear any short-term extensions, and the current law expires at midnight on sunday. so the senate will be back in session sunday afternoon week from sunday. >> may 30th. >> thank you senator schumer. we will back in sunday, may 31st one more opportunity to act responsibly and not allow in this program to expire. this is a high-threat period, and we know what is going on

overseas. we know what has been tried here at home. my colleagues, do we really want this law to expire? we have a week to discuss it. we'll have one day to do it. so we better be ready next sunday afternoon to prevent the kin trifrom being in danger by the total expiration of the program that we're all familiar with. unless there's objection, and i understand there is not an ox, we'll pass the highway extension on a voice vote tonight and we'll be back in session sunday, a week. >> would my friend yield for a question? >> i yield for a question. >> we would be happy to cooperate in passing that surface transportation bill by voice but i do say this, and i mentioned this.

for those of us living in the west we can't get back our sunday afternoon. i think it's very difficult for us to get back here on a weekday before 5:00, so i would hope on a sunday we wouldn't be expect for the senate to come in session before 5:00 because we can't get here, and i am protecting the western part of my caucus, which is pretty big. i'm not going read anything unless we can come in at least after 5:00. >> well, as my friend the majority leader knows i'd be happy to work with him and i just tried to get a short-term extension of a variety of lengths in order not to put news this position but we're left with this option only, and we'll work with the democratic leader about the actual time, but the law expires at midnight, sunday, a week. and i doubt if there are vary

men of white house are comfort able with that. maybe a handful. but we need act responsibly here on behalf of the american people. >> i agree. >> i don't want us to be in a situation in which for a certain period of time those authorities go away and suddenly we're dark, and heaven forbid we got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activities but we didn't into because of inaction in the senate. so i have indicated to leader mcconnell and other senators, i expect them to take action and take action swiftly. that's what the american people tee serve. and this is not an issue in which we have to choose between security and civil liberties. this is an issue in which we in fact have struck the right

balance and shaped a piece of legislation that everybody can support. so let's go ahead and get it done. >> momentarily the senate gavels in to consider the house passed u.s.a. freedom act which they were unable to advance anywhere last session. senator rand paul has vowed to oppose the provisions of the patriot act expanding or extending the provisions and force the expiration, which will bed a midnight tonight unless a deal can be reached. now the senate floor here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, our rock and our fortress, thank you for guiding our lives.