Correspondent for the washington post. And graham allison, the Douglas Dillon professor of government at harvard. Welcome to both of you. And, let me start with you what has been discussed a great deal now in the lack of good options for the administration. Anne yeah, i mean, there really are basically no options that have not been tried before, unless you want to go the military route, which trump has pointedly not taken off the table. But which is so, so fraught and so unlikely as to really be kind of functionally moot. Any conventional strike against north korea risks either an overwhelming conventional response that would undoubtedly kill south korean civilians and could in danger really thousands if not millions of people, or north korea, since it does possess Nuclear Weapons and the ability to deliver them at short range, could choose to use them against south korea, japan, u. S. Ships, u. S. Forces stationed elsewhere in asia. So, a military response by this administration is re
Correspondent for the washington post. And graham allison, the Douglas Dillon professor of government at harvard. Welcome to both of you. And, let me start with you what has been discussed a great deal now in the lack of good options for the administration. Anne yeah, i mean, there really are basically no options that have not been tried before, unless you want to go the military route, which trump has pointedly not taken off the table. But which is so, so fraught and so unlikely as to really be kind of functionally moot. Any conventional strike against north korea risks either an overwhelming conventional response that would undoubtedly kill south korean civilians and could in danger really thousands if not millions of people, or north korea, since it does possess Nuclear Weapons and the ability to deliver them at short range, could choose to use them against south korea, japan, u. S. Ships, u. S. Forces stationed elsewhere in asia. So, a military response by this administration is re
New york city, this is charlie rose. Jeff good evening. I am sitting in for charlie rose who is traveling. We begin with north korea. On tuesday, pyongyang announced that they tested a new intercontinental Ballistic Missile, one that analysts say can reach alaska. North koreas leader kim jongun says the launch was a fourth of july gift to the United States. The Trump Administration said the u. S. Would use the full range of capabilities at our disposal against the growing threat. But experts warn the options available to washington are few and risky. Joining me now from washington, the foreignpolicy and politics correspondent for the washington post. And graham allison, the douglas dillon, professor of government at harvard. Welcome to both of you. Anne, let me start with you, and what has been discussed a great deal now in the lack of good options for the administration. Anne yeah, i mean, there really are basically no options that have not been tried before, unless you want to go the
Should recognize three administrations have failed to do that. Glor we continue with a look ahead to the g20 summit in hamburg, germany and President Trumps meeting with russian president putin. Were joined by nicholas burns, former undersecretary of state for george w. Bush. When you look at meetings like this, and this is the first meeting the two leaders will ever have had, the primary, i think focus should be establishing some kind of Effective Communications between them, so that in the future if there is a crisis or even on money dain issues, they can communicate effectively on behalf of their own two countries. But these summits are always grated by other countries in this case americas european allies and they will be watching to see if the white house spokesperson sean spicer says ukraine was raised. If President Trump doesnt raise ukraine, there is going to be a liance because those countries are depending on us to support them on that issue. Glor we conclude with the directo
Should recognize three administrations have failed to do that. Glor we continue with a look ahead to the g20 summit in hamburg, germany and President Trumps meeting with russian president putin. Were joined by nicholas burns, former undersecretary of state for george w. Bush. When you look at meetings like this, and this is the first meeting the two leaders will ever have had, the primary, i think focus should be establishing some kind of Effective Communications between them, so that in the future if there is a crisis or even on money dain issues, they can communicate effectively on behalf of their own two countries. But these summits are always grated by other countries in this case americas european allies and they will be watching to see if the white house spokesperson sean spicer says ukraine was raised. If President Trump doesnt raise ukraine, there is going to be a liance because those countries are depending on us to support them on that issue. Glor we conclude with the directo