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Defence and National Security - 2008
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Islamofascism or climate change?
09/03/2008
It is the political season in the USA. Locked in battle are the final contenders for the big job. But will the new president get it right when it comes to global security? So far the USA has steadfastly stuck to the war on terror. Today's speaker thinks this belongs to an era that exists no longer.
US security expert Ann-Marie Slaughter has been surveying a darker view of the future from her bunker at Princeton. What she sees is not one threat, but multiple. These include pandemics, nuclear weapons and mother nature. What she also sees is a voting public not keen on hearing a complex story. Hear Slaughter's engaging lecture delivered in Sydney at the inaugural National Summit on 21st Century America,
