happen. they have trampled all over the budapest memorandum where we persuaded the ukrainians to give up their nuclear weapons in the late 1990's and we guaranteed their sovereignty. and when they need us to provide defensive weapons we're absolutely absent at their time of dire need. and the iranians are watching our response to putin. and how could they feel that we're serious about stopping their nuclear program when we seem not to be serious about anything else? and the reason we will not be more aggressive in syria is because of president obama -- because president obama doesn't want to deal with assad who's a puppet of iran. he doesn't want to jeopardize the negotiations we have ongoing with the iranians regarding their nuclear ambitions. and that desire to get a deal with iran suspect preventing us from degrading and destroying isil. and we will pay a heavy price for these mistakes. so senator mccain, how would you sum up where we're at? mr. mccain: could i just mention to my colleague -- and it's been made, perhaps, maybe larger than it should have been with all of the crises

jesus days budapest's arrives atheist rule so this is the elephant in the room. all of my friends are wringing their hands. liberals are in favor of free speech sometimes they will conflict but to verify what we are criticizing whenever you're style but the ideas we should focus not the people but the problem is too broad so even religious extremist they are a way out there they will kill anything not even above. but in particular those believed to violence is a problem. with a part of the sharia law was so we should be focused on. the analogy and make it in the book is if you believe women cavorting with demons in the middle of the night causes bad weather and disease then you are insane or 500 years ago everybody believed that. they did believe they're doing something to help our group and community but then to think of their cavorting it causes bad weather but to have a deeper principle of human flourishing in equal rights. but often moral problems people think this is a good way to treat people and it is not a real has been effective and it won't. as my friend said and islam is th

originally from budapest only narrowly survived world war ii and the beginning of the cold war. this is the work of a political scientist but also as george makes clear custody motivated by a highly personal connection to these historical events. join me in welcoming "flashpoints" one . [applause] >> i reminded how many books i haven't read and it is a frightening thought. i wrote this book for two reasons. the first is when i published the next hundred years i forecast that the european union couldn't really survive. this was published in 2008, was written in 2006-2007, and it was preposterous. not only because i was right and it is nice being right, but more because europe is so central to human history in the past hundred years. what happened in europe is not that it happens every web but is uniquely influential in the world. europe is not just another place. the second reason is i am hungarian. i was born in hungary and my wife and my family's life is bound up with the geopolitics of europe. my parents were born just before world war i. their fathers and brothers fought in that w

communicate with them. the soviet delegation arrived from budapest in a convoy of buses. it was a poster in half day and the windows were open. when they reached vienna and were moving slowly through the streets, the buses were swarmed. the kgb was obviously aware of these and other efforts to distribute the novel in vienna, yet they proved not to be as harsh with the students who picked up the book as one might suspect. one student rising many years later in russia said the agents told them take it read it but by no means bring it home. thank you very much. [applause] yes, we will take as many questions as he will allow. >> how is pasternak treated today [inaudible] >> the novel is freely available. putin doesn't worry so much about literature. it's not on his agenda. but i have to say that i think doctor zhivago and his interest in it has faded in russia. it's no longer really on the school curriculum and you can find it in bookstores. but my co-author who teaches at st. petersburg state university -- when she asks her students have you read doctor zhivago, the answer almost always is

the fact his own family, richly from budapest only narrowly survived world war ii in the beginning of the cold war. this book is the work of a political scientist, but also as george makes clear a study motivated by a highly personal connection to these historical events. please join me in welcoming george friedman. [applause] >> good evening. i always feel inadequate at politics & prose. i'm reminded of how many books i haven't read and that is a frightening thought. i wrote this book for two reasons. the first was when i published the next 100 years which is a book i wrote and i forecast the european union couldn't survive. this was published in 2008. 2006, 2007 and obviously was preposterous. i wanted to revisit it not only because i was right and it's nice being right but more because europe is so central to human history in the past 500 years. what happens in europe -- not that it happens everywhere but it is uniquely influential on the world. europe is not just another place. the second reason i wanted to write this book as is mentioned as i'm ontarian. my life and my family's l

originally from budapest only narrowly survived world war ii and the beginning of the cold war. this book is the work of a political scientist and also as george makes clear, a study motivated connection to these historical events. please join me in welcoming george friedman. [applause] [applause] >> good evening. i always feel inadequate at politics and prose. i am reminded of how many books i have not read. [laughter] i wrote this book for two reasons. the first was that when i publish the next hundred years i forecasted that the european union could not survive in the form that he had taken. this was written in 2006 and 2007 published in 2008 and was preposterous. i wanted to revisit it and more because europe is so central to human history in the past 500 years. what happens in europe is something that happens everywhere but it is uniquely influential in the world. and the second reason that i wanted to write this book as mentioned is that i am hungarian and i was born in hungary and my life and my family's life is bound up with the geopolitics of europe. my father's and brothers

the more relevant by the fact that his own family originally from budapest only narrowly survived world war ii and the beginning of the cold war. this is the work of a political scientist and also as george makes clear a motivated study by a highly personal connection to historical events, please join me in welcoming george friedman. [applause] >> good evening. i always feel inadequate i am reminded of how many books i have not read and it is a frightening thought. i wrote this book for two reasons, the first was that when i published the next 100 years, which is a book that i wrote i forecasted in it with the european union couldn't really survived in the form that was taken. that was published in 2008 and was written in 2006 and 2007 and obviously was preposterous. i want to revisit it not only because i was right and it was nice to be right, but more because europe is so central to human history in the past 500 years. what happened in europe is something that happens everywhere, and it is uniquely influential on the world, europe is not just another place. the second reason i w

democracies. something called the budapest record, that was signed when the nuclear weapons were moved from ukraine. and the language in that record infers, if you read every word that the united states would and her allies, would defend ukraine. there is some disagreement about what some of the words mean in that budapest record -- accord whether that means military support or economic sanctions, economic aid. there is some disagreement as to some of the words. but the -- that is why the united states has been so centrally involved to president obama in trying to find a way to peacefully resolve the situation in ukraine. because of the budapest memorandum. host: from vermont, here's travis. hi. caller: high. good morning. i think part of the reason why the obama administration is concerned about arming ukrainian soldiers is that it is very much not something that are -- our european allies want to do. they do not want to take that kind of confrontational stance with vladimir putin. if were -- we were to go down that road, it might break our alliance with our allies. that would,