let me introduce tom wainwright.in 2000 was the moscow bureau chief for that magazine coming mexico central america and the caribbean as well as parts of south america and the united states border region. he's a contributor to the times, guardian and literary review. has also been a comity or on cnn, the bbc, npr, among others. he has a first class degree in philosophy and politics and economics from oxford university. please help me welcome tom wainwright. [applause] >> thanks a lot, thank you all for being here. it's a great privilege to be here especially great to be sharing a platform with moises naim was one of the great authorities on the subject and, indeed, many other subjects. i hear we got practically a full house to a full house today at a city see so many people although i'm almost a bit concerned are so many people in washington who want to know more about how to run a drug cartels. [laughter] i assume your interested purely academic. i thought i should start by explaining myself and explain how i came t