distinguish between fascism, authoritarianism, nazism and militarism may be in the context of alexander haig lieutenant colonel to the chief of staff at the nixon white house, the head of secretary of state. that's my question. >> guest: let me see if i can handle that for you. first of all, my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world war ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out if what happened in italy and germany would never happen in the united states could we followed mussolini or hitler would we tolerate things like holocaust in this country and the sad answer was yes there is some segment of the population that has an offer tyrian personality. the book and the study was probably rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology that has its own the problems. another record of social scientists particularly one who landed in the canada, robert altmire, decided to look up the question again, and doing get by rather solid and empirical studies by that i mean he would questio

. >> caller: maybe in the context of having known alexander haig with lieutenant colonel to chief of staff at the white house to head of nato to secretary of state. that's my question. >> host: thanks for the call, victor. >> guest: okay. let me see if i can handle that for you. first of all, about -- my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world worldr ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out what had happened in italy and germany, if it could ever happen in the united states. could we follow mussolini or a hitler? would we toll late things -- tolerate things like a holocaust in this country? and the sad answer was, yes, there's some segment of the population that has an authoritarian personality. the book and the study was well and probably rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology which has its own problems. another group of social scientists and particularly one who landed up in canada, a fellow by the name of robert at meyer, decided to look at this question a

tonight we all remember alexander haig.ause] for a quarter-century through five different administrations, this institute has provided an invaluable service to policy makers and the american people. instead of partisanship, you have given us scholarship. instead of reciting old argument, you have given us fresh and objective advice. -- analysis. i want to thank your staff and 25 years of scholars for your insights and contributions. may you continue for another 25 years and 25 years beyond that. thank you. [applause] i have seen this first and myself. in 2007, i accepted to serve as a special envoy for middle east regional security. our work was strengthened by the advice and counsel of many experts including one of our special advisers and your senior fellow, matthew levitt. we benefited from other discussions with other experts. president obama's administration was all too happy to steal dennis and he is leading efforts on the security council. dennis would you-ú please stand and be recognized? [applause] i especially wan

between fascism or authoritarianism, not deism and militarism in the context of having known alexander haig'sith the lieutenant colonel, chief of staff and the secretary of state. that is my question. >> guest: let me see if i can handle that. my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world war ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out if what had happened in italy and germany could ever happen in the united states. could we follow mussolini or hitler? would we tolerate things like a holocaust in this country? the sad answer was yes. there is some segment of the population that has an authoritarian personality. the study was rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology which has its own problems. another group of social scientists, particularly one who landed in canada, decided to look at this question again and doing it by rather solid empirical studies, by that i mean he would question people about the nature of their personality, their dispositions and what have you and collec

tonight, we remember general and secretary of state alexander haig. [applause] for a quarter-centurythrough five different administrationsthis institute has provided an invaluable service, to policymakers and the american people. instead of partisanship, you've given us scholarship. instead of simply recycling old arguments, you've given us fresh and objective analysis. so i want to thank rob and your entire staffand 25 years of scholars and fellowsfor your insights and your contributions. i've seen it myself. you continue for another 25 years, and 25 years beyond that. [applause] a few years ago, i served as special envoy for middle east regional security. our work was strengthened by the advice and counsel of many experts, including one of our special advisorsand your senior fellowsmatthew levitt. we benefited from discussions with other institute fellows, including david makovsky and dennis ross. and, of course, president obama's administration was all too happy to steal dennis away from you, and he is now helping to lead our efforts in the region

tonight, we all remember general and former secretary of state alexander haig. [applause] >> for a quarter-century through five different administrations, this institute has provided an invaluable service to policymakers and to the american people. instead of partisanship you've given us scholarship. instead of simply recycling old arguments, you've given us fresh and objective analysis. so i want to thank rob and your entire staff, and 25 years of scholars and fellows, for your insights and your contributions. may you continue for another 25 years, and 25 years beyond that. thank you. [applause] >> and i've seen this firsthand myself. as was mentioned, in 2007 i accepted to serve as a special envoy for middle east regional security. our work was strengthened by the advice and the counsel of many experts, including one of our special advisors and your senior fellows, matthew levitt. we benefited from discussions with other institute fellows, including david makovsky and dennis ross. and, of course, resident obama's administration was all too happy to steal denni

diplomat, and one of my predecessors, the supreme allied commander of europe, and we all remember alexander haig. [applause] thank you very good for a quarter century, through five different administrations -- thank you. for a quarter-century, through five different administrations, this institution has provided a valuable service for the american people. instead of recycling old arguments, you have given fresh an objective analysis, so i want to thank rob and your entire staff for your insights and contributions. may you continue for another 25 years and 25 years beyond that. thank you. i have seen this firsthand myself. as was mentioned, in 2007, i accepted to serve as an envoy for middle eastern security. the work was strengthened with the advice of new -- with my advisers. we benefited from the advice of other institute follows, and president obama's administration was all too happy to still dennis away, and he is leading the efforts of the national security council, and i believe dennis is here tonight. would you please stand and be recognized? [applause] i especially want to thank the inst