Thanks everybody very much for coming to this event for a discussion of north korea boom or bust. Youll note the clever play of words there. It can mean various things. Normally we have sort of a 30 dropout rate for those who signal attendance. I think today we had a 30 increase in those who are participating. Its a tribute i think to our speakers but also to the issue at hand which is certainly one of the top Security Issues facing not just the United States but the world. And particularly the region. So this event, this event is part of the iiss americas preshangrila dialogue series where now the third such event we seek to address shed light on the issues that come up at the shangrila dialogue which will be held this weekend in singapore for the 16th year. The shangrila dialogue is a gathering of defense ministers around the region and many of their counterparts in other countries. Theres one asian defense minister who not be there. Thats the north korean. I tried many times to get
Discussion on us russia relations, Nuclear Agreements between the two powers and President Trumps first meeting with president putin scheduled for next month. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our final panel of the team which will focus on reducing security and Nuclear Risks with russia. As everyone in the room knows we are in a period of significant crisis in the bilateral us russia relationship. Causing symptoms are multifaceted, the ukraine, the buildup in exercising nato and parts of military forces, the common border area between the alliance and tempers of russia, russias alleged violation of the 1987 Intermediaterange Nuclear forces treaty, concern that russia is developing new Nuclear Weapons and threshold for when it might consider using them and of course, russian meddling in the us election and some of our european allies. Nuclear arms control may not be dead but it is certainly wounded. While some meaningful cooperation continues such as entry into the 20 2010 start t
South korean president. The panelists including korean and American Scholars who talked about the challenges north korea posed to the u. S. And asian allies. Afterwards they took questions from the audience. This is about 90 minutes. Okay, thank you very much, everybody, for coming to this event at iiss discussion for north korea, boom or bust. Normally we have a 30 drapout rate for those that signal tendance. Today we had a 30 increase. Thats a tribute to our speakers. But also to the issue at hand which is certainly one of the top Security Issues facing the United States and the world and particularly the region. So this event is part of the iiss americas dialogue series where now the third such event we seek to address, shed light on the issues that come up at the dialogue which will be held this weekend in singapore for the 16th year. The dialogue is a gathering of defense ministers around the region and many of their counter parts in other countries. There is one asian defense min
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