American Diplomacy Spoken Word Links--April 2016.

• Author: Sempa, Francis
• Position: Spoken Word Review

April 2016

U.S.-India Economic and Financial

Relationship

Tokyo at the Forefront

The Grand Strategy that Won the Cold War

American Intelligence in the Age of Terror The Future of the U.S. Rebalance to Asia Was John Quincy Adams a Foreign Policy Realist?

The Emerging Law of 21st Century War The Geopolitics of the American Revolution

Why American Economic Leadership Matters

Europe's Warning for the U.S.

The Emerging China-Russia Axis: The Return of Geopolitics

"U.S.-India Economic and Financial Relationship"

Nathan Sheets, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs, spoke recently at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about U.S.-India economic and financial relationships, and his vision for a closer partnership between the two countries.

http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/04/07/vision-for-u.s.-india-economic-and-financial-partnership/iwcb

"Tokyo at the Forefront"

Yoichi Masuzoe, Governor of Tokyo, spoke recently at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the economic, trade, and climate challenges facing major cities today and in the near future. http://csis.org/event/tokyo-forefront

"The Grand Strategy that Won the Cold War"

On March 21st, Dr. Douglas Streusand, professor of international relations at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, his colleague Dr. Francis Marlo, associate professor of international relations, and Dr. Norman Bailey, professor of economics and national security at the University of Haifa, discussed their new book on the Reagan Administration's grand strategy that won the Cold War to an audience at the Heritage Foundation.

http://www.heritage.org/events/2016/03/the-grand-strategy-that-won-the-cold-war

"American Intelligence in the Age of Terror"

Former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden spoke at the American Enterprise Institute on March 25th. He discussed his new book, Playing to the Edge, where he brings his intelligence experience to the challenges facing the U.S., Europe, and Asia in the age of terror.

https://www.aei.org/events/american-intelligence-in-the-age-of-terror-a-conversation-with-retired-general-michael-v-hayden/; https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160325-AEI-Gen-Hayden-on-American-Intelligence.pdf

"The Future of the U.S. Rebalance to Asia"

On April 8, 2016, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations about the ongoing U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. Secretary Carter focused on what he called "five evolving major...