zbigniew brzezinski, former national security adviser to president jimmy carter and mr. stephen hadley, former national skaurt adviser to president george w. bush. thank you, gentlemen, very much for joining us today. we really do appreciate it. [ applause ] >> this forum could not be more timely. unfortunately could not be more timely. the united states is facing enormous challenges in the united states as the arab awakening continues to change politics in the region. the violence in syria, can i say the butchery in syria, has left the international community should do to end the bloodshed, and the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program have many talking about the prospects of war. let's all hope that does not happen.

zbigniew brzezinski, former national security advisor to jimmy carter, and mr. stephen hadley, advisor to george w. bush. thank you, gentlemen, very much for joining us today. we really do appreciate it. [applause] >> this forum could not be more timely. i almost could say unfortunately could not be more timely. the u.s. is facing enormous challenges in the middle east. the violence in syria, the butchery in syria, has left many wondering what america and the international community should do to end the bloodshed. the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program have many talking about the prospects of war. let us all hope that does not happen. our guests today are especially suited for it shedding light in the rapidly changing political environment of the middle east. the forum which was sponsored by -- is organized by -- there is deep and cutting edge academic research that includes years of public opinion polls in the arab and israeli world as well as in the united states. that program is releasing results of a new public opinion poll about american public atti

. >>> former national security advisers zbigniew brzezinski and stephen hadley discussed how policy has changed since they served in the white house. they also discuss the political democratic transition in egypt and iran's nuclear ambitions. from the university of marriage in college park, this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, my name is john towson, and it's my great pleasure to welcome you to another forum with these two giants of modern foreign policy. former national security adviser to jimmy carter. and former national security adviser to president george w. bush. thank you, gentlemen, very much for joining us today. we really do appreciate it. [ applause ] >> this forum could not be more timely. unfortunately could not be more timely. the united states is facing enormous challenges in the united states as the arab awakening continues to change politics in the region. the violence in syria, can i say the bushery in syria, has left many wondering what america and the international community should do to end the bloodshed, and the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program

and later, former national security advisers zbigniew brzezinski and robert hadley talking about the middle east. >> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programing throughout the week, and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> the supreme court this week is hearing a constitutional challenge to the president's health care law. the court is releasing audio of the oral argument each day. and as soon as we get the audio, we're bringing it to you here on c-span 3. also on c-span.org and c-span radio. that's at about 1:00 p.m. eastern tuesday and wednesday. the 1974 jackson vanic law links u.s. trade with russia to the country's human rights record. certify that russia allows its citizens to leave the country. the cold war erdesied to push mw russian jews to emigrate to israel. the senate foreign relations cote hearing on the law and whether it should be repealed. this is 1:45. >> catherine the grea

zbigniew brzezinski is a dear friend whom i had met early in his tenure as early security adviser to president carter as he visited egypt. he was central architect of the camp david accords between egypt and israel. and i know that president sadat admired his brilliance and dedication. since the days dr. brzezinski served as a professor at harvard and columbia universities, he has served his country in multiple capacities. he is currently a counselor and trustee of the center for strategic and international studies. and professor of american foreign policy at johns hopkins university. he has thankfully never stopped writing or commenting on international and national affairs. and his newest book strategic vision just released in the past few weeks and available for purchase outside this hall has been deservedly a bestseller. he is without a doubt one of the greatest strategic thinkers on global affairs of our time. it's an honor to have you here. [ applause ] the honorable stephen hadley has never stopped serving the united states. it is hard to find anyone in washington, republican

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doctor zbigniew brzezinski, former national visor to present jimmy carter, and stephen hadley. thank you, jim for joining us today. we can really do appreciate it. [applause] >> this forum could not be more timely. the united states is facing enormous challenges in the middle east as the arab awakening continues to change politics in the region. the violence in syria, can i say the butchery in syria, has led many to wonder what america and the international community should do to end the bloodshed. at the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program have many talking about the prospects of war. let us all hope that does not happen. our guests today are especially suited for shedding light on america's policies choices in the rapidly changing environment of the middle east. the forum which is sponsored by the college of behavior social sciences is organized by, its holder, supplementing these events is deep and cutting edge academic research that includes use of public opinion polls in the arab world and israel has one of the one in united states. today, the program is releasing r