To join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening path several months past when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea than perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are that what they are doing has been working and north korea feels squeezed by this. A senior official told me last night, they feel they have made more progress on north korea in last six months than the u. S. Has made in decades. Where does that leave us . Who should we believe . What options
Good morning. It is great to see so many familiar faces this morning. Were looking forward to a timely event as we address the threats posed by north korea and u. S. Policy options. Todays event will be livestream and i encourage guests here in i encourage guests here and online to join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening past several months when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea then perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are those in the admi
Jobs doing security. Watch on cspan and cspan. Okay and listen using the free cspan radio app. On the other hand, you know, you hear those in the administration arguing, there are actually signs that the Pressure Campaign they have been pursuing is working and that north korea clearly feels squeezed by this. As a Senior Administration official told me last night they feel theyve made more progress on north korea in the last few months than the u. S. Has made in decades. So where does that leave us and who should we believe, and what options are there now to counter proliferation and to address grievous Human Rights Concerns about north korea, to counter the norths growing cyber threat . Well, were going to try to tackle some of these tough questions today and thankfully we have a panel assembled of some of the top experts in each of these areas. Tom is the assistant secretary of was assistant secretary of state for democracy human rights and labor under the Obama Administration from 20
Good morning. It is great to see so many familiar faces this morning. Were looking forward to a timely event as we address the threat post by north korea and u. S. Policy options. Todays event will be livestream here incourage guests our mind to join in on the conversation on twitter. Fdd. An find that at also please silence your cell phones this morning. And placed ahead of the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. Andas been a confusing frightening past several months when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea then perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are doing that they are actually doing that there are actually signs that
Indicate what we believe our priority should be Going Forward. Thank you. Reporters question whether we go in the middle with rachel. Hello my question has to do with secondary sanctions on north korea. Recognizing that china would sign off on the secret accounts this year but also recognizing the sanctions put into law earlier by obama. How long will the administration wait to designate chinese banks that are going to be supporting china recognizing that if it does designate as a Money Laundering . First of all, china has supported through the Un Security Council resolution much were Robust International statute regime that has precipitously been existed. And as it relates to shipments and out of north korea and as it relates to other efforts taken by the international community, we believe it would have a positive impact. At the same time with respect to the legislation that the president signs, it is always all preference and we believe the iran case proves this to be effective that