Now four former national. Ecurity advisers susan rice and Tom Donnellan and Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley talk about threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. Welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the Aspen Institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. It is under the auspices of the Aspen Strategy Group. I want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary Condoleezza Rice, with her first year on the job. [applause] isaacson we also have Stephen Hadley and tom donlon, the first time four national have beendvisers together. It shows what aspen can do. You notice that susan rice is missing. She will be here in seven minutes. She is just on her way from the airport. Just like bob gates last year, always a buddy who wants to make a dramatic enters. Let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, nick burns, the
He supported Hillary Clinton during the president ial campaign. Im pleased to have him at the table. Its always good to be here. Charlie lets take immigration. What are the repercussions of what he wants to do and the way he and the administration have done it. Michael i think that is a good way to frame it. First, is the impact of what the administration has done here. They say they are trying to make america safer. I really believe what they have done is going to make us less safe. Let me walk through that. First of all, there was already significant, i would not say extreme, but significant vetting of individuals from these countries. Individuals from these countries who wanted to travel to the United States, had to go to a u. S. Embassy or consulate and apply for a visa. Their names were run through every possible database you can think of. There were multiple interviews with u. S. Consular officials before they were given the green light to come to the United States. There has bee
He has met the president of china a number of times. Welcome. You may china a particular area of interest for yourself. What do you think the chinese are expecting and what do they hope to accomplish. Tom it is the most important diplomatic meeting that President Trump has had so far in his presidency. On the chinese side, their have ah would be to successful meeting. Indeed moving forward towards the fall when the chinese leadership change takes place. That sethave changes the next five years of president xi jinpings tenure. They were want to operate effectively on the international stage. He will try to get this on the does not havee conflict or crisis until the end of the year. Charlie he is looking ahead to october . Tom that is exactly right. He will select the leadership for the next five years. He will certainly want to avoid any sharp trade conflict between keeping the, chinese economy on track to meet its growth and other goals. The one thing that could take with off track is
He has met the president of china a number of times. Welcome. You may china a particular area of interest for yourself. What do you think the chinese are expecting and what do they hope to accomplish. Tom it is the most important diplomatic meeting that President Trump has had so far in his presidency. On the chinese side, their have ah would be to successful meeting. Indeed moving forward towards the fall when the chinese leadership change takes place. That sethave changes the next five years of president xi jinpings tenure. They were want to operate effectively on the international stage. He will try to get this on the does not havee conflict or crisis until the end of the year. Charlie he is looking ahead to october . Tom that is exactly right. He will select the leadership for the next five years. He will certainly want to avoid any sharp trade conflict between keeping the, chinese economy on track to meet its growth and other goals. The one thing that could take with off track is
Security adviser in the Obama Administration and has met the president of china a number of times. I am pleased to have him back on this program. Welcome. As National Security adviser, you made china a particular area of interest for yourself. What do you think the chinese coming here are expecting . What do they hope to accomplish . Is anor both sides it important meeting. It is the most important diplomatic meeting that President Trump has had so far in his presidency by far. On the chinese side, their approach would be to have a successful meeting. I think they put a high premium on having a successful medium. Particularly moving forward towards the fall when the chinese leadership change takes place. In october this year you will have changes in policy on the standing committee. The next five years of president xi jinpings tenure. He will want to have a successful meeting. They want to show that they can operate effectively on the international stage. I think he will try to get thi