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
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 administrations. So we thought it was very important to
Korean alliance. The center for stratic and International Studies hosted this hour and 15 minute event. Well, welcome back from your break. Im michael green. Im the Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair here at sic and a professor at georgetown and like victor cha, a veteran of the long forgotten bush administration. This panel is going to look at our alliance in the context of northeast asia. The previous panels touched on bilateral defense issues, on ways to deal with the rising threat from north korea. Those issues will come back in this panel, but what i hope we can do for the next hour and 15 minutes is provide the larger geopolitical context within which were now working. The north Korean Nuclear challenge cannot be divorced from the larger geopolitical memory and vision for the future of northeast asia. And we are confounded, we are obstructed in our effort to find a diplomatic solution by the fact that there are different ideas in North East Asia about what the regions
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