this was that idea of ordering east asia around japan in the center. japan leading this united wall. once the war broke out in 1941, an america, most people called the pacific war in japan it was often referred to as the war for asian liberation. now as it tushes out, this new order was every bit as oppressive as any old order had been. in theory it hoped to liberate them from western imperialism but in practiced japan moved to the nation under the guide of liberation and simply replaced any western that had been there. been the tokyo trial came around they played a central role in the allied argument against the war crimes suspect. the point being if he stayed on trial he had not been removed to the mental hospital, not either broken down in the middle of court or deceived my grandfather by faking it, he would have received the harsh possible punishment. the best comparison we can make is to the nazi alfred rosenberg after the turn nuremberg trials was hanged. so the book really waves back and forth. talking about the lives of these two men as they ad

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staying with the tensions in east asia. a japanese politician of filipina didn't sell to a corner and now was probably putting its foot in his mouth in a calm and that seems to imply a comparison between the women who were forced into or sexual slavery rather do and will work too and come in costume. it's a crazy japanese do yes i should win on thursday lawmaker such unit condo said that he sees no reason why japan still has to be responsible for the comfort women. when there are currently fifty thousand korean women working in the industry. the previous day in aid to u s president barack obama encouraged all world leaders to demonstrate a degree of sensitivity to store cool concerts. north korea is gearing up to upgrade its missile capabilities according to the leaders and the mrs of satellite images of its main launch site. johns hopkins university's us korea institute report on movements that indicate expansion of these hindsight in front of me. the institute said on its thirty eight north market the modifications should

dos was that idea of ordering east asia around in the center. once the war broke out in 1941, in america most people caught at the pacific war. in japan it is often referred to as the work for asian liberation. a component of the ideology of where the so the boat really weeds back from forest, talking about the lives of these two men as they approach and dance for the climactic historical encounter. the structure has appointed to that it reduced the amount to be of world war ii down to just two individual lives. we often talk about the war and often write about its history through these very broad lenses in part troops. you know, army against army, nation against nation. in truth, it is the individuals who populated those armies and nations they really were to deciding account occasions on the battlefield, and this case just often. their lives and personal histories are everything is found in influential. now, so, i traveled the united states, needing veteran passer with my grandfather, learning everything i could about combat psychiatry. and i

>> i was traveling and writing in india with kathy in south east asia for 18, 20 years, and spent time in reporting to correspond for the guarding of in the times newspaper. now we write books that would make documentary films in that part of the world. and we've been passing through mumbai two days before the attacks happened in 2008 when the whole city was basically held hostage. and unlike 9/11 were lots of great books were promulgated like leaning tower and books from other great writers, mumbai didn't see the books that really summed up the tear. and kathy and i were determined to do justice to what happened in 2008 and put together what we hope is a tribute to the heroes of mumbai and an explanation for what that kind of terror really means. >> so did you return while the speech was going on or did you come back later? how did you cover this? >> we, basically we always wait until the story has died down. we are the last people to the story. so we came back a long time after to interview people. went to the hotel and went to pakistan, and also to the agency's there and also to the

entered the world war reluctantly despite all the nation's past efforts at trying to achieve peace in east asia. went hand in hand with this larger regional asia peace, the concept that japanese were taken by that sort of in the end, and in effect abused, but it was quite useful at the time as well, and useful to make them believe that they were fighting for the right cause. so, i think that narrative was quite strong and who would want to die for the wrong cause? so you want to believe that and if you are ordinary citizens without much access to full information, about the china role or japanese imperialism, i adopt think it's hard to imagine how appealing that narrative might have been. >> a kernel of truth, too. it's true that, up like nazi germany, japan was fighting a war against other imperial powers, and george canyon was one person who actually criticized the u.s. diplomacy in retrospects' said they should have recognized japanese interests more than they did, and you could -- the whole problem stems from the fact that since the middle of the 19th 19th century, when japan was rather for

it's a time when the united states want the to allies in north korea, north-east asia to work together. both in terms of interests. of course, china itself was very much involved in this, having a dispute with the islands. they are to be designated as japanese territory, something that beijing will be upset about. >> still ahead - going nuts for a peanut. we'll tell you why the prices a soared in senegal. and the flipside of virtual currency. the u.s. arrests operators of a bitcoin exchange that it says help people buy drugs. >> hello again. top stories on al jazeera. a special session of parliament in ukraine. leaders reached on agreement during a meeting with president viktor yanukovych. >> two men accused of atrocities in the bosnia war is due to appear in children's court -- in the criminal court. >> mohamed morsi is back in court. security is tight outside the courthouse at the khyber police academy where he's facing channels of an if as gaol break -- charges of a massive gale break. >> 97 people were left dead in northern mainly -- nigeria. gunman attacked a church. they took peo

syria, egypt, iran, we all know what is going on there, he will also likely talk about china and east asiamember they want to have a rebalance, and towards east asia, although that's not going quite as smoothly as they had hoped. overall, it is expected to be a wide speech, and the president walks into this now a lame duck, nervous democrats afraid they may lose the senate, come november in elections there, they have many democratic seats that are defending in red states won by mit romney. the house of represents expected to stay republican. so a number of political and policy cross currents as the president walked into the chamber this evening and it is bound to be a fascinating speech. >> speaker of the house says the plan may work, but raising the national wage would hurt low income workers in the long run. still it is unlikely the president will pack away from the issue. >> hi, stephanie, you know raising the minimum wage is a theme that is really percolated throughout the obama years in the white house. let's go back to 2013, he proposed the idea of increasing the minimum wage for fed

it's great treat to his enviable to take the st it's the strongest rate in south east asia. doors and kosher meats to that but so too the countries of the assets like its mining resources agra fort st and height or electricity. this is the man turned to dan in the east of the country close to the border with vietnam the project is the free to the partnership between the lao government and a group of friends that i invest is backed by key to teach giant edf the dam provides twenty percent of the country's electricity the rest is exported to thailand. these four units week also sees the heat's produced two hundred and fifty megawatts of power we sell to taiwan. twenty five percent of our electricity is destined. on the other five percent is produced by swiss ball machines. we called it a of it they can produce thirty five megawatts. here you can see we've got twenty one megawatts from lois oh nine hundred and eighty megawatts fertile field. edf is the principal shareholder of the dam. despite the country's oil infrastructure the french electricity company favorite now it's mos

. >> markets like the middle east, ai asia pacific and europe have fueled growth. baker hughes, the world's third largest servicer saw a 27% increase in revenue growth. the other big growth areas, europe, africa and russia. saw revenue increase 18% from its middle east and asia operations as well and halliburton up 13% in the same region. all of that compared to low single digit growth in north america. why is the international market so strong? less competition and mild regulations mean more offshore drilling and offshore drilling means biggest profit margins. >> if you look at international capital spending, it's 70 to 75% of spending and the revenue is 50, 45% north america. it's a reflection of the investment they made in recent years to catch up with the mismatch. >> it's not adds if they are abandoning the energy boom, they peg those rrnlgs as key to their growth going forward. in the return to cash in on the energy revolution, the stocks overseas shouldn't be overlooked. i'm morgan brennan. >>> activist hedge fund third point capital is taken a stake in dow

south korea, are working to the to better understand how tiny, but dangerous particles, move around east asia. they're tracking pollutants known as pn 2.5. they launched a joint study last year as the air in chinese cities worsened. this year they plan to simultaneously monitor the levels, and composition of the pollution in their countries. sciences in japan started taking observations with a device they installed on a rooftop. last year they found traces of neodimian in the air. japan does not mind the rare earth mettle. scientists determined that levels went up after readings rose in beijing. one of the world's largest mines is 600 kilometers northwest of the chinese capital. it produces rare earth metals. the composition of these metals is similar to substances found in the air in beijing. >> translator: focusing on the neodimmian may help us understand in detail how the pollution crosses over to neighboring countries. >> the scientists will conduct their research for two weeks in winter and two weeks in summer. >>> jobs are still not coming back in europe. ron madison is following that s

south korea are working together to better understand how a tiny but dangerous particles move around east asia. they're tracking pollutants known as pm two point five. the lunch they launched a joint study last year it has the ear in chinese cities worsened this year they plan to simultaneously monitor the levels and composition of the pollution in their country's scientists inside to my japan started taking observations with the device they installed on a rooftop last year they found traces of neo damien in the year japan does not mind the rare earth metal. the scientists determined that levels of new damien inside time i went out after reading this rose in the chain. one of the world's largest mines is six and a km northwest of the chinese capital. he produces rare earth metals. the composition of those metals is similar to substances found in that here in bg. focusing on denying it to me and may help us understand in detail how the pollution crosses over to the neighboring countries scientists will conduct their research for two weeks in winter and two weeks in summer. the ongoing anti gove

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he warned that china runs the midst of playing the will of baltimore in east asia by spiking and honest race. he wrote that china's leaders are refusing to engage and on line and hence they will stop invoking the distant japan's military isn't. he was replying to an article last week by chinese ambassador new show me the relative peace in the same news paper comparing japan's military isn't to voldemort. he was criticizing prime minister on the visiting yes condi shrine the shrine honors japan's war dead in sin and that includes leaders convicted of war crimes after world war two the japanese defense minister has discussed some of japan's challenge is that the prime minister of india it's an audio data and that the new delhi with mamaw and singing and dancing met behind closed doors. japanese officials disclose some of what was said. they reported on monday that said japan has exercised restraint. he cited china's maritime presence in the region and its establishment of an air defense identification is down in the east china sea singh said he understood what prime minister abbott has ca

they noted that he is here visa requirements pushed up the number of visitors from south east asia the ants decline also helped encouraged by the latest in a prime minister shoes on they instructed relevant cabinet ministers to work out a new action plan if they'd been given the opportunity to host the twenty twenty olympics and paralympics in tokyo this should help promote tourism. we'll try our best to achieve a new goal of twenty million visitors each year by that time the government plans to improve access to downtown took of from narita airport the four sides in four languages and provide better internet connections. with the new show weather conditions being reported around the world in recent months. your logical officials in japan are also noticing a difference they say the amount of bias in the sea at all costs. in december was the smallest in more than forty years the water in the northern part of the season he begins to freeze the late october by mid january on a slow start to reach the shores of hokkaido carried by a northerly winds. but officials at the meter logical agenc

well like a positive contribution to the peace and so the state of the korean peninsula and north east asia. referring to the political situation in the dprk. the south korean president said the country is making preparations for all possibilities before my a and b i a basketball star dennis rodman has left the ageing for the bpi came with a team of retired boss to pull players to mock the dprk of these is the size. this will be robin's fourth trip to the bpi capital dprk capital pyongyang. he and his team are all fellow format in the eyes dogs will hold boss the bulgarians one hinge on ones but study which is believed to form on wednesday grossman says he will not interfere in the country's politics. andy says he just wants deny the fact is that while it too in describing him as just an honest guy. on previous visits walkman spent time joining in as a guest of kin. he says he has a genuine friendship with him. chinese was quite care of the show long roll of the snow dragon may be unable to break itself free from the antarctic ice pack. the tropical sun was expected to cost through the area

he said it does not contribute to peace and pop ration in east asia. in june of last year south korean president park geun-hye asked chinese leaders to build a monument while on a visit to beijing. >>> china's economy is once again showing some momentum. biz team ron madison is here with more on that. ron? >> investors have really been waiting for those numbers to come out, gene, to get more sense of direction about where the chinese economy is headed. so officials there have tallied up their figures or economic growth and come in slightly above expectations. the figure is higher than the target of around 7.5%. china's national bureau of statistics say gross domestic product grew by 7.7% compared with a year earlier. nhk world has more from beijing. >> chinese consumers have opened up their wagates. they've spent more on big ticket items such as cars and helped drive growth of gdp to beat the target. the recovery of the global economy benefited. the people who keep track of gdp say they're on the right course. >> translator: the data show that china's

it does not conjure be to peace and cooperation in east asia. in june of last year south korean president packer that chinese leaders to build the monument was on a visit to beijing aye aye aye aye aye. three major south korean credit card firms have been getting floods of inquiries after that personal information of over one hundred million customers was leaked that number is twice the country's population representatives of the company's apologize for the leak in a joint news conference in seoul on monday south korean prosecutors say the movie the day include credit card numbers expiration dates and names and phone numbers of some one hundred five million cardholders. but prosecutors say an employee of an information security company assigned to the credit card firms sold the data after copping them onto a memory stick. officials of the credit card firms say there's no possibility that the leak has caused any damage. they doubt the personal identification numbers and security pros on the cards are in hand the president of china says he will go

i will need to sit down with the leaders of east asia and try to ensure that they can be both a forward looking. but also come to grips with some of the difficult historical issues that are still relevant issues that plague the region traumatized by japan's wartime conduct extra sensitive to any hint of japanese militarism. but they comes in the form of naval maneuvers territorial disputes in east china sea all visits to a shrine made the call that leaves us officials have become more sensitive to the us are looking for when it's to make a mess it's crystal clear to the japanese cooking stations in the dc!il addressed. front and center there's going to be a lot of changes in the next month or so. it is december trip tsa can eat well kinda fast anniversary of his election. all they said the puppets of my visit today is to uphold the full the souls of the world and how my administration has pledged a one year to review the pledge that japan is that the wage floor again the translation of a factions drowned out his plans. many analysts say his subsequent offer to meet the chinese and south

growth opportunities as domestic consumption sacks they're trying to do deals with finals in south east asia latin america and other emerging economies. japanese finance officials say the current account balance long that deficit with the second straight month figures released by the finance ministry show the deficit came to about five point eight billion dollars in november the result was mainly due to the trade balance. officials reported an increase in exports of automobiles and other goods. but it wasn't enough to offset rising energy imports. the trade deficit came at more than twelve billion dollars. a weaker yen pushed up the valley of imported crude oil and liquefied natural gas which are priced in dollars exports in november rose more than seventeen percent while imports surged by just over twenty two percent from a year earlier. us stocks fell sharply on monday on investors' concerns over the american economy and that's after a federal reserve official showed support for penny back on economic stimulus. despite a weaker than expected jobs report on friday. the dow jones industrial

korea shuffling foreign minister yoon young stayer rinds in washington to courtney policies in north east asia after tensions are running high over territorial disputes rising nationalism and north korea's weapons programs the heels of a massive snowstorm in the western united states race is brett white lightning cold wave that it's worth texas and temperatures plummeting to the lowest in twenty years. the stars and more next month. apartheid era sets might think enduring sick here in korea what it's all i need to pay them some limping so much for joining us. we begin with present its new year's press conference on monday morning which not only held significant weight since it was her first since taking office last year but also because it offered unprecedented openness into the new stations major policy goals of joining us now in the studio or items presidential office correspondence was in jail and dr congo professor of law at university of foreign studies while concert program but today let's start with you and give us a rundown oppressive typing hands in the key policy goals for twenty fou

across south east asia. taiex is down. straits down. we will take a break.ill ask what went wrong? the top currency picks are not going according to plan. a lot of these emerging market it andies are feeling we will give you the prices when "on the move" returns next. ♪ >> around the asia-pacific. jakarta and hong kong is falling near 3%. casino stocks are increasingly nervous. the safety means that gold is on llion.se as is bui tokyo is having its lunchtime break. b is looking at what is really going on. >> it started on wall street on friday. it went to the european session. let's take a look of what is happening. the asia-pacific is down nearly 2%. a four-month low for stocks across the region. the key concern is emerging the markets. it started in argentina with the government a devaluing of the peso. that coincided with disappointing manufacturing numbers out of china raising a whole host of questions about the strength of emerging markets. investors are asking is it limited to just a few markets or are there broad-based concerns? in the why you see gol

east asia and south asia accounted for 45% increase in joblessness. >>> the state of new york plans toect at laguardia airport. new yorkers would say it is about time. the $3.2 billion project, includes a main terminal, with new restaurants, terminal and free wi-fi. that is the latest from fox business, giving you the power to prosper. lori: well the olympics will be here before you know it and there's this. "cool runnings", the sequel. the jamaican bobsled team qualifying for two-man competition. finances could prevent them from attending the team needs to raise as much as $08,000 to be able to compete. got to have a jamaican bobsled team. they first completed in the olympic bobsledding in 1988 calgary which inspired the movie. it has been 12 years since jamaica had a qualifying sled in the olympics. that is great story. adam: budweiser did at one point. with the opening ceremony, just two, 11 days away there is new concern about safety not only for athletes but spectators. fox news's jonathan hunt has the latest for us. >> reporter: adam, these reports are being taken very seriously.

in the chinese speaking world in the south east asia and in asia is cool in the asia pacific but not only nature and to russia can serve as a breach of four. taiwanese go he did demonstrate to you or the floating western and eastern european and add some i'm going to sign you know under development for making production on russian territory which can be exported them how old were two european countries for it yet we need to take another break on the program will be back. fans. sells. steve. the welcome back to the world and feel that while the on post we will or will continue our conversation with mr vaseline go for maths geek who's the representative of moscow type a coronation commission on economic cultural cooperation mystical mosque he would understand there was something you know significant though was signed and came to own up to over sixteen in the year two thousand thirty and that was the aviation agreement between russia and taiwan can you tell was a little bit about the significance behind the agreement. even till evening meal remains commercial in nature. of course that h

when it comes to military expansion, and this applies not only to china but japan, asean in east asiagion as a whole, it's important to enhance transparency of military capabilities. on the question of military power it's important to be managed properly while ensuring transparency. >> mr. prime minister, you know that there is around the world now a controversy. i was wondering what your reaction was to the idea suggested by the u.s. ambassador that it is inhumane. >> translator: the dolphin fishing that takes place in taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods. we hope you will understand this. in every country and region there are practices and ways of living and culture that have been handed down from ancestors. naturally, i feel that these should be respected. at the same time, i am aware that there are various criticisms. i have also heard that they are making major improvements in their fishing methods. both the fishing and fishing methods are strictly regulated. >> mr. prime minister, thank you ve

new this morning, researchers have discovered three new species of mammals and the south east asia region first species is a bala tube- nosed, based on two specimens collected in a low land evergreen forests and thailand. the new species as the shape teeth and, color of a dog. researchers of prince of songkhla university also confirmed the 2010 discovery of fossil anin khao kao cave that belong to an extent that species. the species is named chutamas honor dr. juthama satasuk, prince of-- head of prince of songhla university's research team. and lastly, a new species of the flying squirrel genus biswamoyopterus was found in laos. it is the first species of mice grow on southeast asia. it measures a little over 42 in. from head to toe. were coming up on at 6453 hear the big stories we are working on for you this morning. a high-school graduate from belmont has been arrested while attending pence state university. police were investigating a marijuana crop operation in the pennsylvania department of 19 year-old vlad miftakhov when they found a bomb and bomb making materials inside a suitcas

he is particularly known for his work in tokyo, japan but also south east asia, north korea and secret nuclear weapons program and got his start working in the economics arena and the business pages of "the new york times." david will moderate from the podium and will pose a set of questions to our panelists, and let me just quickly introduce them. in no particular order, maybe the order in which they are sitting starting with bruce riedel, who is a senior fellow director at our center for 21st century security and intelligence. we also have vanda felbab-brown, a senior fellow also in the center for 21st century security and intelligence, focusing in particular on afghanistan today but also on illicit networks around the world. steven pifer is senior fellow with our center for euros and europe but also drugs arms control and nonproliferation projects are tamara wittes is the director of the saban center for middle eastern policy and also a senior fellow who will cover all the first things going on in that part of the world. suzanne maloney is a senior fellow at the saban center, runs a

built in to foreign interventions you can see it wherever this happens whether in the middle east africa asia or anywhere the result is poverty and misery suffering they've never improve the lives of the people of the people have the right to run their own country a president karzai if he represents the afghan people should be demanding that reparations be paid to the people of afghanistan for the so many crimes that have been committed there for all the people killed for all the lives lost for all the poverty and misery created by u.s. intervention and those reparations shouldn't come from ordinary working class americans it ought to come from halliburton it ought to come from general electric and all the military contractors that made so much money off of the destruction of the people in afghanistan and so many other countries in the world and. take a closer look at this debate and dropped the document allows fifteen thousand u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan mostly to support local forces the catch is that the you are still wants its soldiers to carry out attacks and raid afghan homes whi

i think you have a lot of geopolitical risk and tension both in the greater middle east and in asia and in the pacific. .. whereas in the middle east i think it both a lack of interdependence and you have a lack of any kind of a credible security energy. i think there still is a security guarantee for the gulf, for the straits, but the saudis, the others do not believe that, they have a whole conspiratorial view about iran and iranian relations. the middle east has not come close to hitting bottom yet. and that i think 2014, we are already seeing a refocusing of jihadists pressures into iraq. i think that will continue. lebanon is on a very, very, very fragile tilt. this also spreads out into turkey. and so i think the middle east region is one where extraordinarily concerned about. i just wanted to throw these ideas out there as a big themes we can come back and talk about a lot more specific in the key with a. thank you very, very much. >> mark, your turn. >> thanks a lot. thanks to give me the opportunity to participate in what really is the third joint look at the dangers pressing a

that's one of the mysteries of the contemporary middle east and south asia.why does pakistan have the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world? why are they producing more bombs and the indians by double or triple? is there some external partner who they have a commitment to? on this issue there's a lot of smoke, there's very little fire that anyone has seen, but if you ask my bottom line i think they're probably have been discussions between the saudi and the pakistanis, and the saudis have a pakistani commitment to provide a bomb and you can take a pakistani commitment to provide a bomb to the bank and cash it for probably nothing. >> okay. let me turn down to steve. steve, we've heard we don't have a whole lot of leverage in egypt. we don't have a lot with the saudis. shirley with president putin we are awash in it. so you've written a couple of different essays -- surely. but the two areas where we are of most concern, apart from the immediate question of the olympics, of course, is the ukraine, and whether or not putin will play or will foil the pres

you are president of asia pacific and the middle east for scotia bank. was fascinated to learn that you are the largest canadian bank operating in the asia- pacific. >> we have been here for 50 years. we are in 12 different countries. it is a big part of scotia banks growth globally. >> it is interesting to see a the asia-pacific so central to your strategy. i think china is at the center f all of this. talk about anything we might expect in the year ahead in terms of acquisitions. >> we have three branches and we have our new ships in china. doing it is the fastest growing retail market in the world. it is a market everyone has to focus on. we are focused on organic growth. we are looking at organizations that fit within our shortage and make sense. interest in one bank. >> i'm sure that you would like to expand in china. i'm sure you've gotten a lot of the bank lately about here in hong kong. what can you tell us? that is the kind of lender that you would be interested in to tap into in the china market in a more meaningful way. >> i cannot comment on

regions and drawing a contrast because i think you have a lot of geopolitical risk in the middle east and asiaand the pacific. and fundamentally with the interdependence and a focus internally, placing an enormously constrained enrollment on the likelihood of conflict escalating with the world. and whereas in the middle east i think that we have both a lack of interdependence and you have a lack of any kind of a credible security guarantee and i think that there still is a security guarantee in the saudi arabians and the others do not believe that they have a whole conspiratorial view about the uranium relations in the middle east has not come close to hitting the bottom yet. and i think in 2014 we are already seeing a refocusing of jihad as pressures into a rock and i think that that will continue in lebanon is on a fragile tilt and it also spreads up into turkey and so i think that the middle east region is one that we are extraordinarily concerned about. we can come back and talk about a lot more specifics. so i thank you very much. >> i think the council council for giving me the opportuni

look at east asia and middle class grown in china and india. that's largely because of capitalism. what all the popes have warned about from john paul to benedict to this pope unregulated capitalism that focuses only on profit without considering the moral person and dignity. >> has to have morality attached to it all right, mr. wallace, last word. >> you have to humanize the market by focusing on the dignity of the individuals and common good and stewardship. the pope says he took saint francis name because is he a man who talked about the poor and peace and the creation itself. the poor and vulnerable and peace and the creation are values often missing in places of power. like washington, d.c. and that's why his voice is so important to all of us right now. >> all right. gentleman gentlemen, thanks very much. mr. wallace has a new book out called on god's side. next on the rundown, christie vs. hillary for president in 2016 according to some polls. take a look at that later, who are the pinheads of the year gutfeld and mcguirk and your humble correspondent have our selections com

who came from all over mexico and all over the world, in fact -- from europe, africa, the middle east, asianited states -- to participate in the celebration on one hand of 20 years since the zapatistas said goodbye to nafta and you liberal economic policies, but also to celebrate all of the things the zapatistas have achieved in those 20 years in terms of constructing an alternative form of autonomous self-government in the territory they control. very festive. there is a huge amount of evidence in chiapas. >> i want to turn to another clip, explaining why the indigenous people of chiapas rose up. then we hear from another speaker. weredigenous and mexico considered worse than animals. as if they were objects, rocks, plants, something they can or cannot be. so with the injustice busbee was indigenousat the must do is fight. the concept of dignity. it is not something understood in the head but something by which you live and die, something felt within the chest, within the essence of the human being. >> we have never had these rights. freedom of expression, the right to organize, the freedo

and i had, you now, siblings from south asia from east asia.who's black would get called the "n" word at school and we'd talk for hours. and then my sister frankie who's blind would chime in an hour into a conversation about race and be like, "wait, quincy's black?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's great. >> no one told her what color i am. >> jimmy: she doesn't know how to deal with ethnicity. what's the difference? yeah, absolutely. but then -- that's hilarious. but then you went to school, law school at 16. is that right? >> yeah, i went to college at 11. i don't remember it. i was so young, so drunk. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no you weren't. >> but yeah, no. then i went to law school and you know, in part law school is the refuge for people that don't know what the heck they want to do. >> jimmy: yeah. >> but also it prepare me to go into public service which i felt strongly about. and i was at the state department for a number of years. worked for hilary clinton, was in afghanistan for a few years. >> jimmy: that's amazing. you got it together,

that's one of the mysteries of the contemporary middle east and south asia. why does pakistan have the fastest growing arsenal in the world and producing more bombs than the indians by double or triple? is there some external partner who they have a commitment to. on this issue, there is a lot of smoke, very little fire, but if you ask my bottom line, i think there have been discussions between the saudis and the pakistanis and the saudis have the commitment to provide a bomb and you can take it to the bank and cash it for probably nothing. [laughter] >> ok. let me turn now to steve. steve, we don't have a lot of leverage in egypt. we don't have a lot with the saudis. surely with president putin, we are awash in it. so you have written a couple of different essays in here, but the two areas where we are concerned is the ukraine and whether or not putin will play or will foil the president's large objective at the beginning when he came into office in 2009 of truly bringing down the number of nuclear weapons around the world and you don't seem terribly optimis

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that's one of the mysteries of the contemporary middle east and south a asia. -- south asia. why does pakistan have the fastest growing arsenal in the world and producing more bombs by double or triple? is there some external partner who they have a commitment to. on this issue, there is a lot of smoke, very little fire, but if you ask my bottom line, i think there have been discussions between the saudis and the pakistanis and the saudis have the commitment to provide a bomb and you can take it to the bank and cash it for probably nothing. [laughter] >> ok. let me turn now to steve. steve, we don't have a lot of leverage in egypt. we don't have a lot with the saudis. surely with president putin, we are awash in it. so you have written a couple of different essays in here, but the two areas where we are concerned is the ukraine and whether or not putin will play or will foil the president's large objective at the beginning when he came into office in 2009 of truly bringing down the number of nuclear weapons around the world and you don't seem terribly optimistic about the cha

emerging market pied pipers, hong kong, singapore, south korea, taiwan, hey, the four tigers of east asia. thailand, a tiger cub was trying to get in on the action, but it got too overheated. and its currency, the thai bhat got clobbered. the contagion quickly spread to four tigers which were reduced to a bunch of tabbies. guess what, you can't see the decline. going into the asian financial crisis, the s&p 500 stood at 865, a year later emerged at 1,098, 27% gain. i'll take that any day of the week. but a lot of people didn't take it because they panicked about a currency that they'd never heard of. and now, when you see this, it's pretty darn funny, isn't it? final tribute to emerging market lunacy, the russian ruble collapse of 1998 where the stocks and bonds of that newly capitalist nation had way too much vodka to drink! and the rotgut annihilated their markets. once again, i'd been urged to get involved shortly before it went bust. others who hadn't lived through my turkey experience followed that advice and their panic brought the s&p down from 1,174 to 1,096, a 6.6% decline. but a

alliances in the middle east -- for a lot of countries in asia, in the pacific -- they really raisedquestions on the reliability of the durability of security guarantees and where is this all headed? this uncertainty about the u.s. role -- what is the obama administration strategy? what are its priorities? i think this was reinforced on the trade side, with all of the buildup around the transpacific art and are ship, closing the transpacific partnership. the administration saying it is tradess' role to get promotion authority -- which flies in the face of all of the prior experience where administrations of gone and made requests and made compelling cases. i have worked on the hill when we did the u.s.-canada-mexico. president clinton set up a war rome in the white house -- war r oom in the white house. there has been nothing of this. the second theme here is u.s. external uncertainty. the second big driver is china internal. is new chinese leadership very focused on reforming domestically, getting china to a more sustainable economic policy. that issomething stunning to me. in the l

o one of whom is an expert on south east asia. another is the greatest turned up on japan. of the third. it is more of a journalist on international relations but will probably of focus on our portfolio of trying to develop relations with india and i a single do a little bit of everything including of course the cross strait relationship. will everyone anyone is in taiwan has to be focused on that as well yes and we'll just add that this of course is the time of change in policies in teaching positions for many of the leading countries in the region including the united states. as us continues to heal fine sway in asia pacific where some of the opportunities you see but how one to be the presence of more active role in the regional issues where you know i know wary of taiwan's role in that sense in. policy cedar has been rather limited its not undergo commensurate with sent me this great economic strength is its great achievements in technology and um. i sang in the past taiwan is perhaps when someone did inward looking. i only say that taiwanese people among the most self