relationship and joining us is dr shriram truly he's a professor and dean at the gentle school of international affairs in new delhi sort of thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us of course the brics countries have been building up their influence do you feel that we are in a shift perhaps even a major shift in global power balance. oh that's so we can take that for granted now this is what his music career to be has underlined this shift dramatically because. our prime minister who can have real from. our borders which obviously. talks about you know you know if unity think this shift that we're on if it isn't we for our own eyes i think the lawsuit is because russian media. group despite occasional news americans are already since these and so on we are going through or sometimes. what the counties and the strategic level one of the two leaders to be missing in action this emphasize is that there is hardly any conflict of interest between these two countries these two major powers which i would say form the presence of the brics grouping as one of the larger image economies will be the f

professor and dean of jindal school of international affairs. now mr charlie have so this is the rhetoric coming out of india how is it justified considering the indian cosas hundreds of kilometers away from the south china sea. well it's true what you know these days is in your interest not confined by geography if you look at. the v. india is trying to secure oil and gas supplies it's quite global and so china sea off the coast of vietnam in your state owned company has invested war two hundred million dollars already for exploration saw i think you know it's seen as a big gator but necessary move by the indian military to be able to see the if our interests are now so widespread then we will also need to shore up our capabilities to defend our interests come what may and of course the situation in seoul china sea has been deteriorating in terms of security and high level of competition and bickering between some r.c.m. countries and china and since vietnam is one of the contenders for these disputed territories and india has a relationship wit

claims but its national interests are tied to the seas vast natural resources professor at school of international affairs. says delis keeping a firm grip on its national interests. while it's true what you know these days in getting not confirmed by geography is quite global and so china sea off the coast of vietnam in your state owned company has invested all two hundred million dollars already for exploration. to get seed as beleaguered but necessary by the indian military to be able to see that if our interests are now are so widespread then people also need to show our capabilities to defend our interests and of course the situation in south china sea as being not deteriorating in terms of security and high level of competition and bickering between some austrian countries and china and since vietnam is one of the contenders for these disputed territories and india has a relationship with vietnam that expanding we have to look at this. you know we know in this context near big bear you know for example you know we tell. people you know they're slow i see needle wants to bring in our current are all p

fellow and would be followed by mickey who is a princeton university woodrow wilson school of public policy international affairshe was a member of the republican leadership and served on the budget of the appropriations committee. he's taught in addition to teaching at princeton he's taught at harvard and he's shared various passports for the constitution project a brookings and for the council on foreign relations to read he is the vice president of the aspen institute's public leadership program and is the latest book the party versus the people, how to turn republicans and democrats and two americans. there will be published by university press of this summer and i promise before you leave he will baptize all of you. [laughter] for people i have so much admiration that i quoted so many times on the stories. i have a think a little bit of news which is i found out the title of the next book that is coming out between you can figure out from 1992 renewing congress sounds pretty positive in 2000 the permanent campaign. a canadian of antiyearly positive. they are at least pretty neutral. 2006, the broken branch

fellow and would be followed by mickey who is a princeton university woodrow wilson school of public policy international affairse was a member of the republican leadership and served on the budget of the appropriations committee. he's taught in addition to teaching at princeton he's taught at harvard and he's shared various passports for the constitution project a brookings and for the council on foreign relations to read he is the vice president of the aspen institute's public leadership program and is the latest book the party versus the people, how to turn republicans and democrats and two americans. there will be published by university press of this summer and i promise before you leave he will baptize all of you. [laughter] for people i have so much admiration that i quoted so many times on the stories. i have a think a little bit of news which is i found out the title of the next book that is coming out between you can figure out from 1992 renewing congress sounds pretty positive in 2000 the permanent campaign. a canadian of antiyearly positive. they are at least pretty neutral. 2006, the broken branch s

of issues including international and national security, economic competitiveness, privacy concerns and civil liberties. the initiative will combine the inside of faculties and our schools of engineering, international affairsbusiness, law, professional studies, and education -- initial studies and education and others. sears will coordinate this campus wide effort. i would like to thank trusty richard knop who has agreed to and haschair has the played a key role in connecting our efforts to important part of the corporate sector. i'd like to thank bob rose. i can think of no better way to launch this initiative and with the speakers we have assembled here today. our panelists, michael mccaul, and mike rogers, chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. white house cybersecurity coordinator howard schmidt and chairman and ceo of boston properties, editor in chief of "u.s. news and world report," owner and publisher of "the new york daily news." our first speaker is michael chertoff. it would be difficult to imagine anyone better suited to head the cybersecurity initiative than secretary chertoff. as secretary of homeland security from 2005 until 2009, he was responsible for implementin

-stern school of business, the columbia university of international public affairs and foreign universitylcome to all your students. we're glad you're here. and now it is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker, sir mervyn king. he is governor of the bank of england and chairman of its monetary policy committee and the financial policy committee. he served as the bank of england back to 1990 when he became a non-executive director. from there, he became chief economist and executive director and deputy governor. he was appointed governor in 2003. prior to his bank of england service, he taught at the london school of economics, harvard, mit, a cambridge, and the university of birmingham. he studied at king's college, cambridge and was a cannady scholar at harvard. hearingok forward to when you have to share with us today. the podium is yours. [applause] >> thank you and good afternoon. it is our real honor to be invited to speak to this great club of yours, especially in front of such a distinguished audience today. it is a pleasure to be introduced by roger because we were deputy cent

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of international affairs in the world of diplomacy. and they went to sea with benjamin franklin and benjamin franklin's lavish chÂteau outside paris at the time and john quincy adams went to a french schoolwith benjamin franklin's grandson. within several, he was speaking french folly. he was a gifted child. by the time he was 15 he could speak four languages fought late, had rd studied latin and greek. he was so gifted in foreign languages or when the family friend, francis daniel was appointed ambassador, minister to russia, our first minister to russia, he couldn't speak french at the time french was not the language of international diplomacy. there's always the language spoken in the russian court. francis couldn't speak french. young john quincy could and asked john could he take john quincy adams within two st. petersburg as secretary of litigation is 16 years of age. john quincy adams goes up two st. petersburg and spends the europe they are. in the wintertime, it was too cold to really venture out. so john quincy adams on his son had the sensational appetite for learning. on his own he studied it lame history of england, six volumes of edward gibbons, decline and fall of the rom

school of advanced international studies. mr. dizolele has testified several times before the congress. his work has appeared frequently in many major news publications, and he is a frequent commentator on african affairs on television and radio. he served as election monitor in the drc in 2006, and again in 2011. and has also been indicted with united nations peacekeepers as a reporter. in addition, he is a veteran of the united states marine corps. thank you for your service. and i'd like to now go to steve hege. >> chairman smith, ranking member bass, and members of the subcommittee on africa's global health and human rights, thank you for this invitation to testify at the scene on the current crisis in eastern congo. i have been working on the kabul for over eight years, including the past three years as a member of experts. the group of experts mandate recent expire on 30 november, during which i service court in over six member team. as such i'm no longer actually with the united nations. interviews today i share today do not reflect the group of experts, but rather strickland my personal perspectives. the group of experts is a security council mandated which reports to the council sanctions comm