joining us now from seoul, janice mackey frere. let's talk a little bit about the air strikes in syria and how that's playing out in the korean peninsula. what message does that send to the korean peninsula and, more importantly, to allies and enemies across asia? >> well, it will certainly reframe the discussion that presidents trump and xi will be having on north korea. trump has now shown he is willing to use force as a deterrent in problem areas of the world. north korea has certainly been a problem. on a steady run of provocations over the past couple of months, and rex tillerson, when he was visiting the region, had telegraphed the fact that this era of strategic patience with north korea is over. the wild card now is what xi jinping will do with this. his government is seen as having the most influence with the regime in pyongyang. xi jinping is no fan of kim jong-un. the two have never met. at times the regime has frustrated china, even embarrassed china. but china does not want regime collapse in north korea. they see that