charter on some levels brings it down in that other cabinet members, notably secretary henry stimson, use it as a hook, and say it violates the principles of the atlantic charter. it's not giving freedom to the german people. we said it was for everybody, not just allies. comes toar opinion attack the morgan style plan more and more. probably not for these reasons, but because of stiffening german resistance in the battle of the bulge. i conclude with the atlantic .harter as grand strategy i think it is a hook. the atlantic charter is a hook in three ways. there are three different images of a hook, right? song,ea of a hook as in a another motive of this conference. a foot is emotional, it's memorable, maybe even manipulative, as in a propaganda hook. just like a coat hook that you can hang something on that is not terribly substantial, and that will lend them persuasiveness. the henry stimson using atlantic charter as a hook to bring roosevelt off the market plan, which he had initialed at one point. and finally a hook like an anchor. to ground and orient a ship, maybe the ship of st

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the the stimson center. we see a lot of new faces and some well-known faces. it's a great pleasure that only to have you, but to have such a distinguished panel with us today. we are especially pleased to have dr. phan, the new ceo of the mekong river commission and of course the us side of the mekong river commission, corps of engineers district, district of columbia and other parts of our establishment are well represented and aaron salzburg who i'm going to turn this over to briefly from the state department is senior water advisor at the state and has worked for years and years on mekong river issues and other major river systems. we are delighted to have erin back as well. so, my job is to welcome you and then try to get out of the way as soon as possible because we have a large panel and we have about an hour and a half to work with. i just want to make a couple of comments. one, about the stimson center, we are not government, nonprofit and nonperson. we depend mainly on foundation support for our wor

the other thing about stimson is we are kind of a moderately sized think tank.previous president and ceo used to talk about us as a kind of boutique think tank. i'm not sure that's the word i was used these days but we do focus, we pride ourselves on much, more on how we do it then exactly what we do. but in terms of the what we do, we have been around for 27 years now, but start more as a center focused on security, foreign policy issues. these days, i say these days, in the last decade or so we have moved much more into the area of transboundary issues as we're going to be discussing today. and also so-called nontraditional security issues which are also relevant including human security, food security, water security, all those other things that are important to security of countries and their people. so just a couple contacts i wanted to mention. first is, this is the first time we've ever had a program -- [inaudible] both of which are mrc, and in addition the first time we've had a ceo of the mekong river commission year, and some other distinguished visito

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. >> leading up to president obama's trip to china this week, the stimson center hosts a discussion on u.s.-china relations. that is tuesday on c-span. tuesday, arizona and florida hold primaries. senator john mccain is being challenged by kelly ward. patrick murphy and alan grayson are competing in the democratic primary to face marco rubio. follow the results in these and other races on c-span, c-span.org, and c-span radio. >> with the house and senate returning from summer break next week, on thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will preview key issues facing congress. federal funding to combat zika virus. >> women in america today want to make sure that they have the ability to not get pregnant. why? mosquitoes ravage pregnant women. >> today, they turned down the very money they argued for last may. they decided to gamble with the lives of children like this. defense and policy programs built. >> these are vital to the future of this nation in a time of turmoil, a time of the greatest number of refugees since world war ii. >> gun violence legislation and criminal justice reform. >> e

the stimson center is hosting a panel. that starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> 100 years ago, woodrow wilson signed the bill creating the national park service and thursday, we look back on the past century of these caretakers of america's natural and historic treasures. natural and historic treasures. beginning at 10:00 eastern and continuing throughout the day, we take you to the national parks as recorded by c-span. 7:00 we are at the robert e lee house at arlington national cemetery. we talk with robert stanton and brandon buys, the former arlington house caretaker. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. q&a --ay night on onet was an average of racial lynching a week in the south. it was a brilliant psychological device to hold down a race because if you were black, you were afraid this could happen to you. >> lawrence lamer talks about his literary career, including his latest book. about the trial following the 1981 killing of 19-year-old mi

we add the stimson center, we agree with most experts, environmental scientific experts etc. that 68, 70 meters high for a dam and are not really a good thing in terms of summary people still dependent on fish for their livelihood and survival, but at the same time we try to be practical about this so that laos with evident interest in this, but there's also the issue of, well, should laos prophet at the expense of downstream countries and so there have been strategic barman on studies done for the mekong river commission and also you mentioned a university study which was supported shows huge disparity between no benefits and the benefits allow are actually much smaller than the impact-- negative impact down that stream to other countries, so that's not to say laos shouldn't build a dam. we are just saying it takes one of the trade-offs and how me dams, which ones, what type sort of thing. finally, and my colleague courtney who is by the way responsible for mainly putting this program together, but are other colleague brian who is on holiday right now-- anyway, we have come

thank you for your assistance during my stay here at the stimson center. today, i want to talk about the impact of rising pessimism, of thelly in light tribunal. i think of this kind of relationship currently viewed should not require an immediate china harsher approach to tougherthe scholars and policy required in order to respond to china's more assertive behaviors or actions. or no action in the short-term should be beneficiary. minutes, iowing 20 will go through the following sections on the screen and the , the incongruent view between america and china. the second part i would go through the trust and the film part,le and in the third the policy of patients. that is very much a concern. benefiter taiwan can from a deteriorating will be the cost of the relationship. regarding the relationship between china and the united states, i acknowledge most of the persons i interviewed aboutsed strong concerns the future relations between the on thentries, especially field. i've heard different reasons for these concerns and different views for how washington c

they take part in an event hosted by the stimson center in washington, d.c.. that is live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span2. next, erik larson on his book "dead wake: the last crossing of the lusitania." it tells the story of the 1915 sinking of a luxury liner as it sails from new york to liverpo liverpool. mr. larson was interviewed at the fitzgerald theater in st. paul minnesota. [applause] you can't believe how excited people are to see you. i am not kidding. they came for you when no other author could have done this. >> tell that to my daughters. [laughter] i want to talk about this idea of why we are so intrigued by the idea and here is my theory. you tell me whether this fits. is it something about the adventure and the optimism of the voyage polite in with this tragedy that passengers don't know they are ceiling into is it like ththat like the collision e ideas? >> no. [laughter] i often wondered about that myself because it's kind of drew me to the lusitania was the fact that i have this maritime thing as i think we all do in the titanic. i think what happens is having something

[laughter] eleanor: i remember one of them, the first time i ever laid eyes on a woman named kate stimson, who was fresh from sarah lawrence, and was wearing white gloves and a hat, a very elegant woman. she eventually became the head of the macarthur foundation, gave out genius awards. she moved right across the street, and became a squatter, just like kate. i did not get it. i just did not get it. i had a big salary. $4000 a year. kate thought that was magnificent. she wanted to have some money, too. i recommended that maybe she should become a teacher. so, she goes up to harlem, and becomes a kindergarten teacher. and she did not last very long. [laughter] eleanor: first of all, the children made to much noise, out in the hall. secondly, she was drawing with them and she taught them how to play the piano and they listened to chamber music. thirdly, worst of all, she taught them how to read. the third-grade teachers were outraged. they said that was in their curriculum, not kindergarten. so she got fired. kate actually got fired, i think, from every job she ever had. then she went off t

we at stimson have, we agree with most experts, environmental, scientific, et cetera, that mainstream dams 68, 70 meters high are not a really good thing in terms of so many for so dependent on fish for their livelihoods and survival. but at the same time, we try to be practical about this so that laos has a definite interest in this, but there's also the issue of well, should laos profit at the expense of downstream countries. there has been a strategic environmental study done for the mekong river commission that showed, and also you mentioned, portland state university, university study which was supported by usaid showed huge disparity between to benefits. so the benefits that laos get are actually much smaller than the impact, negative impact of downstream on other countries. that's to say we are saying it takes it back to what are the trade-offs and how many dams, which ones, what type sort of thing. approach to the issue. but finally, my colleague, courtney whether the who is responsible for maybe putting this program together, but in the other colleague, brian, we have come to

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