It as a success to a certain extent. There is a modernization going on, but if you were to have predicted chinas capabilities based on their economic and Technological Base and assume they were rivals, one could imagine a world where they had built far more than they have. Certainly, far less than they are capable of. Absolutely, we want more interaction. But in some ways you have not seen the kind of actionreaction that you saw with the soviets. Working with questions of, how low can you go . Deterrence of load numbers. What is the minimal amount . A big debate. How you answer the question depends ons depends on how you answered some of the questions i laid out in my remarks. There are some people who think that we are that we have, you know reduced quite significantly a end we are going much lower. Might be from omatic. Others think we can go much further. Let me push back on something you said. Let me push back on something you said. When you said the clash was about economics, the
But there are lots of arguments. The one interesting surprise that we point out in the historical record is that the United States went to great lengths, greater lengths than we perhaps realized in the past, to keep its friends and allies nonnuclear van itd even its enemies. Countries ranging from west germany to japan to south korea and australia, italy and sweden, the list goes on and on. In fact, issued a willingness to work with its adversary, the soviet union, against its allies to accomplish it. The third important question is an age old one how much is enough . In other words, what are the fourth and strategy requirements for Nuclear Deterrence . And are they different than the requirement for assuring allies . Can a state achieve meaningful nuclear superiority, and if so, what are the benefits of achieving such privacy . This is a comics question, but during the cold war, there were two leading views. Many of the academic and think tank analyst, renowned thinkers like bernard b
For more information about this weekends Television Scandal visit us online at booktv. Org. Matthew kroenig is next on booktv. He says it is critical for the u. S. To take action against iran and its Nuclear Program and argues on the worst kind of diplomacy but the west should be willing to take military action if iran does not comply with the agreement it signed in november of last year. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Good evening. I and the International Program director for the world fair council of washington d. C. The World Affairs to a program, in 2013 and accord was signed in geneva, switzerland, the u. N. Security council, germany and iran. The agreement was a preliminary one that would set the path for more comprehensive deal on irans program and ambitions. Both sides seemed entrenched in their respective positions. However diplomacy and negotiation, conventional wisdom says, were the best way to resolve the crisis. As the alternative, a military strike would be catastrophic.
That are unknown to us or are barely knowable and definitely unable to be spoken about that are around us. This isnt as deep a question but it is a serious question. You all are all obviously very intelligent people say you had to known where you were hiking was near iran and iran is a special and friendly to americans. Did you not have a map or any sense of how far you have gone . No maam. But beforehand. I remember we were in solomon nia and i remember seeing it on the map. Its on the eastern part of ir iran of iraq but its not on the border. Some people said go to this waterfall so we went to the waterfall. I remember thinking we are near the eastern side. At one point during hiking and this is one of those thoughts that plague me in solitary confinement, i remember mentioning we are heading to iran totally without any notion that we were near it but just feeling like well we are heading east and near east and we talked. We talked about it for a moment and we were like no is probabl
Positive. He was really shocked. Then he asked me to manage his trip to iran to speak with president rafsanjani. Rafsanjani gave him Carte Blanche to go for Regional Cooperation system in the persian gulf. It was in 1990. It was not in 19 2000. It was right after the war. He was almost shocked. He came to washington and washington decline. Therefore you can see from the beginning the iranians have been seeking a type of Regional Cooperation. The foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995 he paid a visit to all the gcc countries. That time i was in Foreign Foreign Ministry and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with their neighbors. But gcc was not in position because of the u. S. Position, opposition. I really dont believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region which is the conventional understanding care. Iran has more Regional Cooperation with the neighbors including saudi arabia. Jeff, what i said about the u. S. Departure from the region, i never m