Good morning. We meet this morning to receive evidence on the noil the u. S. Asia region. Our panel has deep knowledge and experience in the region. Victor cha, erin friberg, who is professor of politics at princeton, university, kelly help me. Former principles tal deputy si of defense. And Ashley Tellis senior fellow in tata. Im having trouble with my enunciation this morning. I apologize. Senior fellow and chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. For the past 70 years weve worked with allies and partners to uphold a rulesbased order based on principles of free peoples in free markets, open seas and skies. The rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. These ideas have produced unprecedented peacened prosperity in the asia pacific. Now a throthe most immediate che is a situation on the crane peninsula. Kim jong uns regime has thrown its full weight behind its quest for Nuclear Weapons. Unfortunately, the
Relations with china, north and south korea and india and tensions in the region. Good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on u. S. Policy and strategy in the asiapacific region. Im pleased to welcome our witnesses and panel. Viktor cha, the chair at international study, eric freedberg, professor of politics at princeton university, kelly help me. Magasman, and Ashley Tellis im having trouble with my enunciation this morning. Americas interests are deep and enduring. Thats why for the past 70 years, weve worked with our allies and partners to uphold a rules based order based on principles of free markets and open seas and open skies. The rule of law and peaceful resolution of disputes. These ideas have produced unprecedented peace and prosperity in the asia pacific. But now the challenges to this rulesbased order are mounting as they threaten not just the asiapacific region but the United States as well. The most immediate challenge is t
Interest in afghanistan and the women there. Hello, im here at the center for new American Security. A washington dc based nonpartisan and bipartisan think tank. I have the most profound strategic challenges confronting the United States is managing the rise of increasingly assertive and powerful china. How to deal with the military power is the reason for todays special event. The 11th and newest book by Peter Navarro is entitled crouching tiger what chinas militarism means for the world. Distinguished scholars from china, Toshi Yoshihara and Benjamin Goldberg team. First, let me say a few words to frame the china debate in the context of todays events. This is december 7, a reminder of both strategic surprise and how a rising asia power might seek expansion of control throughout asia. The concern today is a reemerged nationalistic and increasingly provisional list china is bent on establishing a larger sphere of influence. Seeking to restore china to greatness simultaneously seeking
The first, i think, and most conspicuous reason is that the president ial election in afghanistan will occur on the 5th of april, and it will be the election which will facilitate the transition of authority and power from the karzai government in whatever form that has taken over the many years that they have been, he has been in power to what will come next. And were now beginning to get clarity on who those candidates will be. Some of them we expected, some of them we didnt. I think weve got some pretty strong candidates, actually. That elections going to be very important. Its going to be very important not just in the technical outcome, it is a democratic process that we hope will render an outcome that is credible, internationally recognizable as a credible democratic outcome. It will produce an administration with whom we hope we can work over the long term. Theres no reason to believe that it wouldnt given the slate of candidates were beginning to see merge. See emerge. But wha
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