Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning. It is a pleasure to be able to welcome you to our Conference on the World Situation. It is an important conference. It is specifically designed to increase your understanding of the current world situation based on world regions, and assess global geopolitical characteristics. Our speakers will share some insights on trends that influence individual nations and regions of our world. You will then be able to consider their impact on the design and implementation of defense, security, and development policies in our hemisphere.

The reality is this; you are certainly going to be working on trying to solve these problems for the next fifteen to twenty years that you have remaining in your careers. Many entities publish their perspective on the most significant problems facing our world today. The United Nations recently published twenty-two global challenges. Many academic institutions publish their assessments. Governments publish their assessments. Think tanks publish their assessments.

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