Mainstream media now center on whether its time to rethink capitalism after decades of thought right from the labor outsourcing joining me now is angus mcneil hes the chair of Britains International trade select committee as well as being on the u. K. S National Security Strategy Committee and the s. N. P. Shadow spokesperson for the environment and Rural Affairs analyst thanks so much for coming back on before we go into the iraq other issues surrounding this debacle are your only National Security Strategy Committee what implications for defense of the realm given that karelian is in charge of certain facilities around britains Nuclear Deterrent in scotland and a naval base well that the tentacles of cotillion seem to be what they are there tarmac in the past a company that i was a very weird if i did a degree in Civil Engineering they built some of the floating docks. And they would undoubtedly be still be. Delivering for the ministry of defense its a concern in defense as to its a
A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me at nike air and gets happy with it. While south and north korean officials are meeting for a third time in the space of just a few days to discuss peace efforts that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag at the upcoming olympics meanwhile the western allies of the nine hundred fifty s. Korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the Current Crisis with a seemingly different approach. The Pressure Campaign will continue until north korea takes decides to do nuclear eyes i think. Is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure it is not the time to pressure or to revert career the surest path to peace is to keep threatening north korea into submission after a long and challenging meeting thats the best the value of a group could come up with the purpose of our meetings today is to improve the effectiveness of the maximum Pressure Campaign and co
Now its time for newsnight with evan davies for three decades, weve persuaded ourselves we dont need to fight other countries that war had changed, it was all about insurgents. Well, is it time to change our minds . Russia, ithink, could initiate hostilities sooner than we expect. And a lot earlier than we would in similar circumstances. I dont think it will start with little green men. It will start with something we dont expect. Britain is set to have a new Strategic Defence review this year. The generals are making the case for more money. So tonight, well take a good look at what our defence is for. And well hear a view from the us, too. What do they think our money should be buying . Also tonight they say attack is the best form of defence, which explains why the ukip leader is out to fight his rebellious colleagues. I shall respect the next steps in the constitutional process, and will therefore not be resigning as party leader. We tried the men in grey suits, perhaps its now tim
I will post some questions to the group. We will say the last part of our we will save the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience save the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience. Let me quickly introduce our group. We have the Principal Assistant deputy administrator at nsa, where he runs the defense program. Anita is the acting system secretary of state from the bureau arms and control. I am very pleased that we could gather this group here and we are looking forward to this discussion. We will start with entered option and go with the following order we are going to start with greg, then we will go to phil, anita. Greg, over to you. Greg what i thought i would do in my brief remarks is give you a little more insight into the approach that 3 departments took in conducting the Nuclear Posture review over the last year. It will emphasize what general hyten said. Which is consistent with the National Defense strategy. This is a
From. [inaudible] its my pleasure to moderate this discussion with a group of folks who are prime movers in the development of the nature posture review. I will introduce them in a moment. We are not calling this a panel. Each group will give us five or ten minutes. We will get some conversation for the group going. Most of you know the group and let me introduce rob the Deputy Assistant secretary for defense for Nuclear Defense policy. Greg weaver is strategic director for staff j5. He runs the Defense Program shop and anita is the acting assistant secretary from the bureau of arms control. Im very pleased we can gather this group and we are looking forward to the discussion. As i said we will start with introductory remarks from each of our guests and then we will go in the following order. Well start with greg and go to phil, anita and rob has asked to clean up today. Thats what well do. Greg over to you. Thank you. When i thought i would do in my brief remarks is give you all a lit