Chuck Hagel: Realist Internationalism for 21st Century

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Partner:: New America Foundation
Location:: New America Foundation
Washington, DC
Event Date:: 04.30.08
Speakers:: Steven C. Clemons,; Senator Chuck Hagel
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Summary: American Strategy Director Steve Clemons hosted United States Senator Chuck Hagel, who discussed his new book, America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers.

The Vietnam veteran began his analysis of America's strategic position by stating a fact: 40% of the world's population is less than 20 years old -- and most members of that group are from poor countries.

The United States must help to create the conditions for an international order that offers these young men and women the opportunity for economic advancement. America must also improve its image in the minds of these young people by reducing its military footprint and leveraging its economic and ideological strengths.

Serious, bipartisan leadership is required to address the myriad challenges that today's complex world presents. The Nebraska native compared America�s political leaders to prairie dogs, who dart around without reflection and are quick to hide rather than invite controversy.

The Senator offered three pieces of advice to the next president. First, establish quickly a bipartisan cabinet of the country�s most talented men and women in the mode of Abraham Lincoln.

Second, reach out to the Congress, which has abdicated its responsibilities for the past eight years and whose support will be necessary to pursue a consistent foreign policy.

Third, travel both across the country and throughout the world to consolidate support at home and strengthen alliances abroad - New America Foundation

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Steven C. Clemons

Steven Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, which aims to promote a new American internationalism that combines a tough-minded realism about America's interests in the world with a pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited to America's democratic way of life. He is also a senior fellow at New America and previously served as executive vice president. Publisher of the popular political blog The Washington Note, Clemons is a long-term policy practitioner and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C. He has served as Executive Vice President of the Economic Strategy Institute and Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and was the first executive director of the Nixon Center. Prior to moving to Washington, Clemons served for seven years as Executive Director of the Japan America Society of Southern California, and he co-founded with Chalmers Johnson the Japan Policy Research Institute, of which he is still Director. He is a member of the board of the Clarke Center at Dickinson College, a liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pa., as well as an advisory board member of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. He is also a board member of the Global Policy Innovations Program at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs and a member of the board of the Citizens for Global Solutions Education Fund. Clemons writes frequently on matters of foreign policy, defense, and international economic policy. His work has appeared in many of the major leading op-ed pages, journals, and magazines around the world.

Senator Chuck Hagel

Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel is a former United States Senator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. On 10 February 2009, he was elected as Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States, succeeding General James L. Jones, who left to become National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama.

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01.: Steven Clemons: Introduction

04 min 44 sec

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02.: Chuck Hagel: Brotherly Advice

04 min 03 sec

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03.: An Interwoven Quilt

03 min 14 sec

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04.: A 21st Century Frame Of Reference

08 min 00 sec

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05.: Falling Over The Edge

05 min 01 sec

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06.: The Leadership Of Crabs & Prairie Dogs

04 min 37 sec

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07.: Q1: Bush & McCain

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08.: Q2: A Hard Sell In Iraq

06 min 33 sec

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09.: Q3: Advising The Next President

03 min 38 sec

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10.: Q4: Bipartisan Foreign Policy

04 min 20 sec

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11.: Q5: Global Reconnection

03 min 26 sec

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12.: Q6: International Economic Institutions

03 min 16 sec

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13.: Q7: Making A Difference

05 min 56 sec

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Chuck Hagel Advises the Next President

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Chuck Hagel on Building Bipartisan Foreign Policy

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Chuck Hagel Denounces Media Election Coverage

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