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Area 45: National Security And Trade - China, North Korea, And The United States

interview with Michael R. Auslinvia Area 45
Friday, March 9, 2018

How is President Trump changing the dynamics of the United States’ relationship with China, North Korea, and Asia, and making the world safer?

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The Classicist: The Price Of Peace: A Conversation With Victor Davis Hanson And Peter Robinson

interview with Victor Davis Hanson, Peter M. Robinsonvia The Classicist
Friday, March 9, 2018
The Hoover Institution hosted a discussion about the Price of Peace, which examines the use of deterrence of enemy aggression in the past, and the efforts to sustain it in the current era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation.
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A New Classic

featuring Victor Davis Hansonvia Claremont Institute
Thursday, February 8, 2018

In the London library in St. James’s Square, the books on World War II are somewhat archaically shelved under the classification “European War (II).” This was because when the Great War broke out in 1914, the librarian gave it the designation “European War.” 

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Author Event - The Hello Girls By Elizabeth Cobbs

featuring Elizabeth Cobbsvia National Archives
Thursday, March 22, 2018

On Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m., the National Archives will co-host Elizabeth Cobbs author of The Hello Girls in collaboration with the National World War I Museum and Memorial. This free program will be held at the National World War I Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Area 45: On Top Of The World With David Slayton

interview with Commander David Slaytonvia Area 45
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The Arctic Ocean and global strategic concerns.

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China Humiliates Another Western Company

by Michael R. Auslinvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Beijing increasingly demands corporate self-censorship.

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Area 45: Influencing Influenza With Dr. Henry Miller

interview with Henry I. Millervia Area 45
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

How to cure what literally ails the nation.

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Wisconsin Filmmaker Creates Documentary Of WWI Female Telephone Operators

quoting Elizabeth Cobbsvia Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Monday, February 12, 2018

They were known as the "Hello Girls" — American women fluent in French and English who answered the urgent call for telephone operators needed in France during World War I.

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A Classicist’s View Of The Cataclysm

featuring Victor Davis Hansonvia City Journal
Friday, January 26, 2018
The general reader, as well as the more scholarly specialist, will feel similarly grateful to Victor Davis Hanson for sharing his insights into the complexities of a war that still has much to teach us. The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won is scholarly popular history at its very best, offering as it does a brilliant overview of the war. It is also full of fascinating detail.
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Kori Schake: Will China Impose A New World Order?

by Tunku Varadarajan featuring Kori Schakevia Wall Street Journal
Friday, February 9, 2018
When Pax Britannica gave way to Pax Americana, the transition was peaceful. A repeat is unlikely, says the author of ‘Safe Passage.’
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