a d -- a delphi panel. let me turn the panel over. we have about an hour for the panel presentation and discussion. panel appeared to conclude the >> thank you for inviting me to participate. i still remember with some regret you are inviting me to participate earlier. i am getting desert without having had the main course. thank you for the lovely remarks about sir hillary. he certainly was a decent, thoughtful, and created public servant of the sort that one does not see that many of. it is my pleasant duty to introduce my fellow panelists. before i do so, i want to give you some thoughts to frame the discussion. i encourage each of the panelists to focus on things their particular chapters brought in that were unique to them or are under-discussed issues. if i were going to be a panelist, i would have focused on pakistani relations that are going through an awful time at the moment. the central thesis of the book i wrote with my husband is the pakistan's prime negotiating tactic with the united states is what one might call the art

[applause] >> it was sir hillary that warned me off the idea that we are a delphi panel.pointed out that the oracle of delphi was a woman and her predictions often lead a person to disaster. let me turn the panel over. we have about an hour for the panel presentation and discussion. we will then bring the second panel appeared to conclude the meeting no later than 4:00. >> thank you for inviting me to participate. i still remember with some regret you are inviting me to participate earlier. i am getting desert without having had the main course. thank you for the lovely remarks about sir hillary. he certainly was a decent, thoughtful, and created public servant of the sort that one does not see that many of. it is my pleasant duty to introduce my fellow panelists. before i do so, i want to give you some thoughts to frame the discussion. i encourage each of the panelists to focus on things their particular chapters brought in that were unique to them or are under-discussed issues. if i were going to be a panelist, i would have focused on pakistani relations that are going

call at delphi region in t -- that the oracle at delphi was a woman, and that her predictions often lead to disaster. we have about an hour for the panel discussion, and then we will bring the second panel to conclude it. >> thank you very much for inviting me to participate in this. i know you initially invited me to participate in the book project, which i was not able to do, so i am getting desert without the main course. thank you for your support. he was a decent and and thoughtful and creative public of the sort one does not see that often. it is my duty to introduce my fellow panelists. before i do so, i want to give you a thought to frame discussions. i have encouraged each of the panelists to focus on some of the things their particular chapters province in which were unique to them or are under- discuss issues. that is what you will get. if i were going to be a panelist, i would have focused on the pakistan-u.s. relations, which are going through an awful time at the moment. the central thesis of this book, which i wrote with my husband, is that pakistan's prime negotiating tactic with the united states is what one might call