American diplomacy spoken word links--March 2015.

• Author: Sempa, Francis P.

American Diplomacy Spoken Word Links--March 2015

"The Nuclear Threat from Iran" Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, delivered an historic and controversial address to a joint session of Congress about the nuclear threat from Iran. Netanyahu was highly critical of the deal being negotiated by the Obama administration with Iran's leaders, claiming that it will pave the road to a nuclear Iran.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?324609-2/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahuaddress-congress; http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/postpolitics/wp/2015/03/03/full-text-netanyahus-address-to-congress/

"Energy Security and U.S. Foreign Policy" In a January 2015 speech at Columbia University, Thomas E. Donilon, former Obama administration national security adviser, assessed the impact of the changing world energy landscape on U.S. national security policy. http://www.cfr.org/united-states/remarks-thomas-e-donilon-center-global-energypolicv-school-international-public-affairs-columbia-universitv/p36075

"The Strategic Importance of North America" In February 2015, Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on foreign Relations Senior Fellow on Latin American Studies, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcomitteee on the Western Hemisphere on economic and energy issues related to North America. She stressed the importance of these issues to U.S. security interests. http://www.cfr.org/north-america/strategic-importance-northamerica-us-interests/p36065

"The Future of American Power and Influence" In a recent discussion at the Council of Foreign Relations, Joseph Nye and Peter Zeihan, the author of The Accidental Superpower, addressed a wide range of issues confronting U.S. foreign policy, including our strategy against ISIS, a broader Middle East strategy, cyber-related issues, etc. http://www.cfr.org/grand-strategy/future-american-power-influence/p36237

"The Sinews of Peace" On March 5, 1946, former British Prime Minister delivered his famous "iron curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill warned that from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, the Soviet Union was crushing freedom and imposing communist rulers on the peoples of central and eastern Europe. http://history1900s.about.com/od/churchillwinston/a/Iron-Curtain.htm

"U.S. Relations in Northeast Asia" On February 27, 2015, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman reviewed U.S. relations with the countries of...