A next brenon talking with experts. Policy good morning everybody in d. C. , good evening to nerve korea, welcome. This week on the capital cable, global threat. The bidenharris transition and the Foreign Policy environment theyll inherit. Tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. Our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. He needs no introduction but let me go through it. Former director of c. I. A. , former director of former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the white house to president obama, former director of the National Counterterrorism center, career c. I. A. Officer, arabic speaker and author of the bestselling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book undaunted my fight against americas enemies at home and abroad, he is someone who sits at the nexus
Global threat. The bidenharris transition and the Foreign Policy environment theyll inherit. Tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. Our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. He needs no introduction but let me go through it. Former director of c. I. A. , former director of former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the white house to president obama, former director of the National Counterterrorism center, career c. I. A. Officer, arabic speaker and author of the bestselling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book undaunted my fight against americas enemies at home and abroad, he is someone who sits at the nexus of intelligence, Foreign Policy, at the white house, abroad and at langley, also knows a Little Something about northeast asia, the pride of hudso
Theyll inherit. Tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. Our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. He needs no introduction but let me go through it. Former director of c. I. A. , former director of former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the white house to president obama, former director of the National Counterterrorism center, career c. I. A. Officer, arabic speaker and author of the bestselling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book undaunted my fight against americas enemies at home and abroad, he is someone who sits at the nexus of intelligence, Foreign Policy, at the white house, abroad and at langley, also knows a Little Something about northeast asia, the pride of hudson county, i should also add he holds a masters degree from the university of
The center for strategic and International Studies enables a host of todays forum with indication to speak. I thank this isit the ninth or tenth such forum and is the great opportunity in a timely to discuss a lot of critical issues. I also want to congratulate the csis andat john and victor cha, for the tenth anniversary for the korea chairs csis. It marks a decade of contributions of nonpartisan objective research has made to the Public Policy debate on korean issues that are so important to the American People and to the korean people. Its really been a significant accomplishment for victor and john and all it csis. I am delighted to be here today. Im also sure the leadership of north korea is delighted that i am here today and a private capacity. [laughter] at least thats what ive read. Perhaps there will be a little less delighted now that i can speak in unvarnished terms. About the grave and growing threats the north Korea Nuclear Weapons Program poses to International Peace andm
Thank you very much, john. I appreciate the kind words of introduction. I want to thank the center for strategic and International Studies and joongang ilbo, the host of todays forum, for their invitation to speak. I think this is the 9th or 10th such forum, and its a great opportunity, very timely, to discuss a lot of critical issues. I also want to congratulate csis and john and victor cha for the this is also the 10th anniversary of the korea chair of csis. So it marks a decade of contributions that the chairs nonpartisan, objective research has made to the Public Policy debate on korean issues that are so important to the American People and to the korean people. It has been a significant accomplishment for victor and john and all of csis. I am delighted to be here today. Im also assured the leadership of north korea is elated that delighted that im here today in a private capacity. [laughter] at least thats what ive read. Perhaps they will be a little less delighted now that i can