in the book black square she is interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university university professor and director of the harriman institute. >> when your state disappears or is radically formulated that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money. people who are in other areas that can lead to an unbelievable amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwards, sunday night at nine eastern on book tv. go to book tv.org go to booktv.org for the complete we can schedule. >> next, discussion about the role of the national security council as potential changes during the trump administration. the council the council on foreign relations hosted this hour-long event. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good morning.

she is interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university and director of the institute. >> when yourically reformulated, that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who do not have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to an unbelievable amount of people and stress in their own lives. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on book tv. go online for the

she's interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor and director of the haraman institute. >> when your state disappears, there is radically reform you lated, that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to a really unbelievable amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> house speaker paul ryan talked about his party's plan to expand opportunity for low and middle income americans. academic panels continue the conversation. this is about 2 hours and 45 minutes. >>> thank you very much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. in addition to a thanks to all of the sponsors, a special thanks to those who worked so hard to put this event together. it is my privilege to introduce house speaker paul ryan. i can't think of anyone better positioned to kick off an event on economic mobility than speaker ryan. ever since his days working with the late jack cam

she's interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor and director of the haraman institute. >> when your state disappears, there is radically reform you lated, that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to a really unbelievable amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> house speaker paul ryan talked about his party's plan to expand opportunity for low and middle income americans. academic panels continue the conversation. this is about 2 hours and 45 minutes. >>> thank you very much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. in a

she's interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor and director of the haraman institute. >> when your state disappears, there is radically reform you lated, that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to a really unbelievable amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule.

she is interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor and director of the herrmann's to two. >> i am here, welcome sophie. we are talking about her new book, black square, adventures in post-soviet ukraine. i think we all understand adventures supposed soviet ukraine and were looking forward to hearing about those. what is the significance of black square in the title? why a conceptual title for nonfiction book. >> will first of all it's in reference to -- which is independent square in ukraine which is the site of a huge protest that eventually led to the flight of -- in 2013 and 14. but more specifically more specifically i chose the title black square because of its directives to a painting which is a black square and a white background by the russian oven guard painter. and he was working in the early years of the soviet union and before the revolution. so first of all as a figure he was important in thinking about the book. he doesn't touch directly on the events i described in the book which is the contemporary ukraine. but he is himself as somebody who is a chi

>> tonight on "after words," interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor. >> i'm here with sophie pinkham. welcome. we're talk about he under book "black square: adventures in passover yet ukraine now i think we all understand about adventures in post soviet ukraine and we're looking forward to hearing more about that. what is the significance of black square in the title? why a conceptual title for a nonfiction book. >> guest: it a reverence to -- independence square in ukraine and kiev, which is the site of the huge protests that eventually led to the flight of the then-president yanukovych in 2013 and 2014 but more specifically black square is a reverence to the painting which is literally a black square on a white background by the russian -- a russian after of van guard painter and as a figure was important to me in thinking about the book. he doesn't touch directly the book deals with con tremendous pearl harbor ukraine but he is someone else who is a child of polish parents, born in kiev and what is now ukraine but then part of the russian empire and someone who

[applause] >> tonight on "after words," interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university professor. >> i'm here with sophie pinkham. welcome. we're talk about he under book "black square: adventures in passover yet ukraine now i think we all understand about

she is interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university and director of the institute. >> when your system of government, when you state disappears or is radically reformulated, that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who do not have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to an unbelievable amount of people and stress in their own lives. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on book tv. go online for the complete schedule. >> american history tv, as the centennial of america's april 1917 entry into world war i approaches, lee pollock, winston churchill historian, talks about the british statesman's military career. he discusses his decision to leave parliament and joined the british army at the commanding officer. this presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. >> lee pollock is the executive director and trustee of the international churchill society. as a winston churchill expert, he has spoken about the extraordinary life and times of the late prim

in the book black square she is interviewed by alexander cooley, columbia university university professor and director of the harriman institute. >> when your state disappears or is radically formulated that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money. people who are in other areas that can lead to an unbelievable amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwards, sunday night at nine eastern on book tv. go to book tv.org go to booktv.org for the complete we can schedule. >> next, discussion about the role of the national security council as potential changes during the trump administration. the council the council on foreign relations hosted this hour-long event. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good morning. welcome to today's council and former relations meeting. [inaudible] want to welcome you around the country in the world listening lifestream. i'm karen karen and i write about national security for the washington post. most are partly we are fortunate that we have is our speakers people have bot

she is interviewed by alexander cooley, director of the harem institute. >> that often leaves a space of chaos. for ordinary people, especially people who don't have a lot of money, people who are in provincial areas, that can lead to an unusual amount of upheaval and stress in their own lives. >> afterwords on book tv. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. next, bob corker speaks with reporters about foreign-policy issues and his expectations for the incoming trump administration. he is asked about the choice of >> tillerson to serve as secretary of state and have the confirmation process may go. this event is just