political analyst for the washington examiner and was interviewed by hudson institute fellow walter russell mead for just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. it's both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you i'm sure

political analyst for the washington examiner and was interviewed by hudson institute fellow walter russell mead for just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. it's both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you i'm sure know of michael barone because of his pioneering work as cofounder of the almanac of american politics, a book that's been as close to a bible for american politics as there has been for decades now. he is also i think one of the most interesting students of the republican party in particular and given the dramatic events of the last couple of months, it's the republican party that we will be talking about today. so, let me just ask to kick things off, what is the state of the republican party today as president biden settles into the white house? >> the state of the republican party today is in the eyes of some observers almost terminal and sure to besu driven apart ad repudiated by the voters. i would say the republican party is in and a

. >> hello, my name is walter russell mead, global view columnist for the wall street journal. today i have the pleasure of speaking with ambassador wolfgang ischinger about his new book, "world in danger: germany and europe in uncertain times, the future of the european union and trans-atlantic relations." the ambassador joined the foreign service in 1975, served as deputy foreign minister and as director of policy, planning and political director of the foreign ministry in the 1990s. he's been germany's ambassador to the united states and as well to the united kingdom. the ambassador has been chairman of the munich security conference since 2008 and teaches at the heritage school of governance in berlin as senior professor. he advises the private sector the, governments and international organizations on strategic issues. he's published widely. in "world in danger"," he identifies the problems posed for germany and the european union, he also offers a vision for the e.u.'s future which he hopes will be peaceful, prosperous, secure and influential. ambassador, it's great to se

. >> hello, my name is walter russell mead, global view columnist for the wall street journal.today i have the pleasure of speaking with ambassador wolfgang ischinger about his new book, "world in danger: germany and europe in uncertain times, the future of the european union and trans-atlantic relations." the ambassador joined the foreign service in 1975, served as deputy foreign minister and as director of policy, planning and political director of the foreign ministry in the 1990s. he's been

he was interviewed by hudson institute fellow walter russell mead for just under one hour. er: hello, everybody. it is both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and, most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you, i'm sure, no of mil