When america turns a blind eye, we invite the evils of oppression, poverty and extremism to take root around the globe. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic order that has provided peace, prosperity, and human achievements at home and abroad. American leadership and strong alliances with fellow democratic nations are vital to this cause. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues. Today our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at revitalizing our support for freedom, democracy, and human rights in our Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort. May god bless you all. [ applause ] its a little known fact, everywhere i go, he does a video before i start speaking. A cool perk of the job. We have a great panel here. We have got a provocative title for this. I think maybe we start off with the question thats posed. When we talk about democracy and human rights around the world, how bad is it . Thanks, lindsey. Thank you to fiu fo
Media, supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers getting your front row seat to democracy. Former National Security Council Asian Affairs Director and others testified on security challenges on the green mesilla. Vladimir putin and north Korean Leader kim duncan, denuclearization effort and in the region. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. T welcome, this meeting is the subcommittee on east Asia International cybersecurity policy will come to order. I would like to begin by thanking sandy and ronnie, Ranking Member ronnie and members of the committee for being here. We discussed the security and icother challenges facing the Korean Peninsula and interest in the role in the region. We are grateful to be joined by three experts in this area. Doctor victor, mr. Schneider and then went to introduce each of them more fully in a minute. Despite the passage of 70 years since the end of the korean war, the canadian peninsula and security concerns from th
Century. Them for giving us the space this morning. I want to thank all of you for being here. In particular, center dan sullivan from alaska who i will introduce in just a minute. Let me tell you about our program. , we have years old this radical notion that even in washington, there can be an organization as resolutely nonpartisan. We have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. We meets are annually and aspen, colorado to discuss big ideas about american foreignpolicy and Global Leadership. Each year, we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. This book is available today, the book we are discussing today. Its called the world turning upside down america maintaining leadership in a dangerous age. We will discuss the book is morning and continuing with our friends, we will talk about major changes in how america looks at global trade position with Richard Danzig about the impact of technology on Global Leadership. We will continue with a conversation between forme
Tran thanh [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would like to call this hearing on worldwide threats to order. I would like to welcome our distinguished witnesses today, director of national intelligence, dan coats. Director Central Intelligence agency, mike pompeo. Director of the intelligence agency, general robert ashley. Director the federal bureau of investigation, chris rea. After the National Security agency, admiral mike rogers. And directed the Geospatial Intelligence agency, robert cardillo. Weve got along in front of us and i thank you all for being here. I know how forwardlooking this one occasion on an annual basis. Since 1995, this committee has met in open forum to discuss the Security Threat facing the United States of america. This has never been, nor will it ever be a comfortable conversation to have. The threats this country face are complex, evolving and without easy answers. Exist in multiple domains. They are asymmetrical and conventional. They can
Think we could have gotten a more diverse group. Not in terms of their interest, they all share that, but in terms of the wealth of experience we have both on the academic side and in policy from the people that we have on the stage today. I think their full bios are in your programs, but i will briefly introduce them in a minute. You know, often the beginning of any administration the first few months are very formative months in terms of the shape and the tenor, the relationships that emerge between a new head of state and all of its regular partners, all of its countries. In this particular case we essentially have two new heads of state, you know, President Trump here in the United States as well as president moon in south korea. So we are right now in this very formative period where the first few months, the first few interactions that take place actually play a very Important Role in the longer term relationship, the directions that are set between the moon and the trump adminis