Influence, blood money, body of lies and most recently, the quantum spy. This is part of our 2018 special fiction addition of indepth. Host David Ignatius, whats the premise of the quantum spy. Guest the us is locked in a new Manhattan Project race to build a piece of technology that is world changing, that is the quantum computer and our principal rival in that race is china. I told you as far as simply the facts, the the quantum spy is a novel that imagines characters who involve intelligencebattles , and other secrets about this world changingtechnology. Principally its the story of my hero orest chang. An officer who is asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in the process learned things about himself, things about the cia, they do not how the world works that shake him to his foundation and we also see in this novel how the Chinese Intelligence Services , not so familiar to readers as five fiction. We all feel weve been in Moscow Center with carla and the russian
The quantum computer the principal rival ms. China that the quantum spy is a novel that the characters to be involved to see who can steal the other secret over changing technology but simply it is the story of my hero. Of a cia officer who is asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in process learn things about himself and the cia that she came up to his foundation. Not so familiar to readers of Science Fiction like the russian spy world but but it takes us into the world of security. That is the principal antagonist in the book. Host how much is real . I always say the preface exist in the imagined world if you take any book that i write the menu and up with the mud pie. E. But that said i try to do a lot of research i research that for many months going to the computer laboratories and i travel to every place mentioned in the book study the Chinese Intelligence Service. Would be those characters o dont exist in real life but it is as real as i could make it be and st
From what we know now, and this will relate to the Campaign Underway in terms of the debate going on in the country, or the debate that should be going on, what does the new president face . Mike i think, charlie, that on day one the president faces two very significant but very different challenges. The first is, what do you do about the middle east, and the second is, what do you do about china . Then there are two secondtier challenges. One of them is, what do you do about russia and Vladimir Putin, and the other is, what do you do about north korea . Lets take the middle east first. We tend to focus on isis, syria, iraq, libya. I think its important, and i think its important for the president ial candidates and for the new president to step back and look at the bigger dynamics going on in the region that are actually creating the problems that we see every day on the ground. Those dynamics, if i could walk through them very quickly, those dynamics are three, not in any particular
I am pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Mike always great to be here. Charlie let me just talk about january 2017. From what we know now, and this will relate to the Campaign Underway in terms of the debate going on in the country, or the debate that should be going on, what does the new president face . I think, charlie, that on day one the president faces two very significant but very different challenges. The first is, what do you do about the middle east, and the second is, what do you do about china . Two secondtier challenges. One of them is, what do you do about russia and Vladimir Putin, and the other is, what do you do about north korea . Lets take the middle east first. Isis, syria,cus on iraq, libya. I think its important, and i think its important for the president ial candidates and for the new president to step back and look at the bigger dynamics going on in the region that are actually creating the problems that we see every day on the ground. Those dynami
Mr. President likes to point to, and the way we treat iran is this. Yes we cut arms control agreements with the soviet union but at the same time we pushed back against their bad behavior everywhere in the world. Rose we conclude this evening with the highly regarded columnist for the Washington Post, David Ignatius. The idea we should write a blank check for oddy insecurity and they sometimes flail out against their enemies. Its a mistake, its gotten us in trouble for a generation. I dont think we should repeat that mistake again. Rose morell and ill ignatius when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Snrievment nine months the country will elect the 45th president of the United States. National security is dominating the campaign in a way we have seldom seen. The focus is as a result of the many challenges bound to face president obamas successor. Joining me