Capacity in u. S. Peacekeeping forces may not be a bad thing to think about. They cost a fraction of what it costs to deploy a force we pay 26 cents on the dollar for the forces not to mention the differential between the cost of fielding a un force and the cost of fielding an american force. Its an order of magnitude at least if not more. So my question would be hell much time do we or should we spend trying to factor in institutions like the United Nations into our defense posture . I guess once way of saying it is how much do we think about outsourcing. Last question. It seems to me that if we are discussing the future of american defense, we might give some thought to thinking about a future of the american relationship with china. And im wondering whether you see china as a potential ally with whom cooperation becomes a norm or whether you see it as a rival against whom the u. S. House to position itself in one way or another. Im not going to try to comment on everything that was
Music. It talks about how to be honest to longtime partners, you know, how to be the big questions. You know, how to be true to yourself but also kind. You know, those are the difficult things about how to be a good person, but i dont think one can ignore the context in which the play was first put on and what it seems to have meant to people. Charlie tom friedman, david sanger, Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie we begin tonight with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. Sunday, residents of Crimean Peninsula voted overwhelmingly to sus seed and join russia. Vladimir putin recognizes crimea as a sovereign state. Kiev and ukraine have called it illegal. European union and United States have imposed sanctions on highranking russian officials. President obama spoke earlier today. Well continue to make sheer to russia thatter provocations will do nothing but diminish russi
Music. It talks about how to be honest to longtime partners, you know, how to be the big questions. You know, how to be true to yourself but also kind. You know, those are the difficult things about how to be a good person, but i dont think one can ignore the context in which the play was first put on and what it seems to have meant to people. Charlie tom friedman, david sanger, Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie we begin tonight with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. Sunday, residents of Crimean Peninsula voted overwhelmingly to sus seed and join russia. Vladimir putin recognizes crimea as a sovereign state. Kiev and ukraine have called it illegal. European union and United States have imposed sanctions on highranking russian officials. President obama spoke earlier today. Well continue to make sheer to russia thatter provocations will do nothing but diminish russi
Events since the last diplomatic encounter which is the russia slr ukraine meeting in geneva and crucial 19 days from now until the may 25th president ial elections in ukraine. For a quick reminder about the commitments made in geneva. At its core, it was kind of a grand bargain that offered amnesty and deep and broad decentralization of power to ukraines regions through National Dialogue and constitutional reform if and as prorussian separatists ended their violence and left sized buildings and gave up weapons, all of it to be guaranteed and overseen. As you know, the Ukrainian Government began implementing its part of geneva before the ink was barely dry on the text. It introduced a broad amnesty bill and authorities in kiev dismantling barricades and opening streets on april 14th and on the 29th the Constitutional Reform Commission held public conferences to which all of the regions were invited by decentralization and reform. Ukrainian Security Forces even instituted an easter paus
Plus, keeping up the fight. President trump takes his battle to overturn the Election Results to the countrys highest court. Welcome, everyone, if all goes well, the first doses of the Pfizer Biontech Covid Vaccine could be reaching American Communities within days. It is now up to the u. S. Food and Drug Administration whether to accept its own Advisory Boards recommendation to authorize emergency use. Americas top Infectious Disease doctor says it was the fdas Panel Decision on thursday that finally got the ball rolling. The reason i think this is so important is that we want to make sure that we impress the American Public that decisions that involve their health and safety are made outside the realm of politics, outside the realm of selfaggrandizement and are made by independent groups. It was a very important step this evening. Now, the vaccine arriving of course as the coronavirus runs amuck across the u. S. Every day breaks another depressing record for deaths, for hospitalizati