secretary of state madeleine albright sat down for an interview with atlantic magazine correspondent james fallows. they discussed the civil war and u.s. engagement around the world. this event was cohosted by the atlantic and the aspen institu institute. >> thanks very much. at a great honor and pleasure to be with former secretary of state, for him -- former u.n. ambassador madeleine albright. a lot of foreign policy discussion we heard the last day of half has been very dark tone. the world is going to know. the u.s. is retreating. things are going to put the russians are gaining ground. we don't want to deal wit with a crisis. which are overview? are things as bad as the tone, the description largely went with party lines but there is a town of just things are bad. what is your overview comment speak with the world sms. that's that's a diplomatic term of art but i am not feeling dark about it. i do think that there are whole post of issues that were not there before. some due to globalization. some due to the rise of technology. questions of identity, and what the role of the united states is.

secretary of state madeleine albright sat down for an interview with atlantic magazine correspondent james fallowsvil war and u.s. engagement around the world. this event was cohosted by the atlantic and the aspen institu institute. >> thanks very much. at a great honor and pleasure to

. >> in this part of the washington ideas forum, former vice president al gore talked to james fallows about the environment and climate change. this is 25 minutes. [applause] james: thank you all for coming. thanks so much to vice president al gore for joining us. he has done a lot of traveling so thanks for making the effort. as i promised yesterday, the vice president has nothing to talk about you might not be expecting. there are things you probably will expect, given his political expertise, the things you know about what he has been doing in the years since by presidency. the nobel peace prize, the two oscars, the two number one bestsellers, other things of that sort. blah, blah, blah as they say. [laughter] i got to immerse myself in these things in an article about what vice president gore has been up to, which will be in "the atlantic" in 10 days. that's what i want to ask you about. i have to cue up the question, because you are not supposed to talk about your achievements in the realm yourself. there's a company called generation investment management which vicendon, preside