Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Ank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, megan thompson. Thompson good evening and thanks for joining us. President trump met with his National Security team this afternoon, saying the United States is weighing, in addition to military options, stopping all trade with any country that does business with north korea. This after north korea announced it had detonated a Hydrogen Bomb in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test yet, and its first since september of last year. Asked by reporters today whether he might order an attack on north korea, mister trump replied well see. North korea called the nuclear test a perfect success, and t
The sixthlater, already talks at all the collapse. This was the last major Diplomatic Initiative to address the socalled north korea problem. Today, we are fortunate to hear from two former diplomat who were involved in this past dialogue with north korea, and remain active scholars in the region. Have an panelists, we opportunity to reflect on even a decade ago, and more importantly, but them into present context. It involves new leaders, technology, and ounces of power in the region balances of power in the region. If we try to launch a diplomatic surge with north korea, how might we go about it . What should we keep in mind . Before i introduce our speakers, i want to highlight our collaboration today with the u. S. Japan research institute. Usg i essentially brought brought this opportunity to us so we can be the coorganizer. It was established in washington, the Nonprofit Organization in 2009 by japanese universities. Currently nine preeminent japanese universities support it. It
The significant interests we see in todays event of course is attributable to the quality and reputation of our speakers and our panelists. It is also a topic that is foremost on the minds of policymakers and embassies in washington, what kinds of realistic Diplomatic Options do we have to prevent a Nuclear Catastrophe with north korea, and how do we evaluate these options. Today as japanese citizens unfortunately grow accustomed to Missile Warning sirens and text messages, it is worth remembering that a decade ago this month the second phase actions of the sixparty talks were jointly decided for implementing north korean denuclearization in exchange for diplomatic normalization and Economic Cooperation. This included dismantlement or disablement of north Korean Nuclear facilities, among other steps. A year later, however, the sixparty talks had all been collapsed. This was the last major Diplomatic Initiative to address the socalled north korea problem. So today we are fortunate to he
Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Criticism and consternation today following another, and more alarming, Ballistic Missile launch by north korea. Japans defense minister says the missile may be a new type, and u. S. Officials are trying to determine exactly what it was. Though they said it apparently was not an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. It was launched yesterday from a site northwest of pyongyang. Japanese and south korean Officials Say it flew for 30 minutes over a distance of 430 miles before plunging into the sea of japan, just 60 miles south of vladivostok in russia. The white house said in a statement with the missi
The president is all smiles. Joining me to talk about the results of this race and what it means for both parties, phil rucker of the washington post. I am pleased to have both of them on this program. Tell me what this means for the republicans, President Trump. For the republicans they escaped what would have been a devastating defeat. Democrats are demoralized not because they thought they should have won in this race, but because they thought they were going to win the contest. It sent shockwaves to the political system. It would bring in more money and set panic amongst the republicans, and Congress Might even affect passage of the Health Care Bill in the senate, and various numbers will be debating how much we distance ourselves from trump. It was a lost opportunity for democrats. Im not sure it says the republicans are in much better shape than they were two days ago but they certainly dodged a bullet in georgia. Charlie it was a lost opportunity because one, they had a lot of m