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Hadley and Rice on “Hand-Off”: Foreign Policy Decisions in the 9/11 Era | Uncommon Knowledge

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Published on 31 Jul 2023 / In News & Politics

Recorded on June 29, 2023 Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th US secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the. national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. She is currently the Tad and Dianne Taube Director and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Stephen J. Hadley was deputy national security advisor during George W. Bush's first term and is the editor of Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama, a book that details the Bush administration’s national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then classified transition memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush. In this wide-ranging conversation, Hadley and Rice reveal the insights and discussions that informed US foreign policy and national security, particularly in the months and years following 9/11, concerning the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Decisions made during the Bush years would impact America and the world for years to come, presaging many of the issues being faced today in the Middle East and in Ukraine. For further information: https://www.hoover.org/publications/uncommon-knowledge Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowledge_show 0:00 - 1:39 : Introduction 1:40 - 4:06 : Condoleezza Rice: Response Towards 911 Terrorist Attack 4:07 - 5:44 : 911 Attack: What it was like as Deputy National Security 5:45 - 13:58 : Did the Structure (Institutional setup) work? 13:59 - 36:43 : Quote Responses 36:44 - 40:33 : Hopeful analysis towards Russia? 41:34 - 47:13 : Quote Response: “...China as a friend, not an enemy.” 47:14 - 49-54 : Chinese are communists? 49:55 - 54:27 : Africa: How did it advance America’s interests/values 54:28 - 1:04:44 : Final Questions

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