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All the opening statements are celebrating the "special relationship" between the US and the UK.
My talk is titled: "The Special Relationship and The Pentagon's New Map." My somewhat shocking subtitle, to be revealed only on stage, is "Special Relationship? Yes, just not with the UK."
Guess where I'm going with that?
Sen. Howard Baker opening the conference.
From the back of the auditorium, speaker before me.
Unfortunately, as close as I got to HK on stage after I signed books and gave a TV interview following my talk, which was well-received.
HK's talk about historical UK-US rels in 20th mirrored my own, which was pretty exciting.
Sorry for blur. Best I could do after he started talking. Naturally, it was SRO.
My favorite line: "We live in a period in which most of what we know from history is inapplicable or applicable in limited ways."
Then he says, Asia today is like 19th C. Europe and the Middle East is like the 17th C. Then there's globalization which both integrates economically and fragments politically. And somehow we need to synthesize this all in a way the public can understand.
Hmm. HAK was in the first-row for my speech. I would be interested in his feedback, but fear I won't get near him in the post-talk crush. Plus I need to bug out for the airport.
HI awaits, as does my son.
Still, very cool to see him speak in person.
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