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singapore is the most ordered, structured society in south east asia, but tomorrow two of the world'sin the peace, try to forge a new path for a peninsula that for seven decades has only known conflict — and the fear of conflict. jon sopel, bbc news, singapore. and unsurprisingly, president trump has just been tweeting. he's said: joining me now is john nilsson—wright, senior research fellow for north—east asia at chatham house. good to see you. thanks for coming in. pleasure. we will soon know soon enough if a deal is in the offing. we're not going to know that really, are we? this is the first meeting of potentially many. both men of course wa nt to potentially many. both men of course want to make this summit a success. kim jong—un just by virtue of showing up and meeting the most powerful man on the planet will be able to claim that success. donald trump wants to present himself as the master of the deal, but what does success really look like for him? we've does success really look like for him ? we've heard does success really look like for him? we've heard mike pompeo saying am

in east asia, the second world war is still so raw it dominate headlines.w the countries of the region tell themselves their war stories really matters. but as memories of the war die away, what aspects of the conflict remain in focus and what's left out of the frame? i'm rana mitter, a literary historian of east asia. and i have come to tokyo to find out how japan tells itself the story of the war through its movies, movies that recreate the era of devastation that still shapes this country's relationship with the region and the world. this museum in central tokyo is a record of the everyday lives of wartime civilians. everything from preparing ever scarcer food to sheltering from american bombs. and it's that perspective on the face of japanese civilians that's at the heart of a recent surprise blockbuster. on its release in 2016, in this corner of the world seemed to catch some weight of public mood and became a big hit. it talks about a woman called suzu starting her married life near hiroshima. as the war comes closer to the islands, it brings food sho

species from south—east asia.he cub's parents were rescued from poachers in cambodia. 0bviously they are very happy because look at the little darling. we need the sun bear fax. john, do you love sun bear? the first time i have heard of one. we have full bloom something new today. this is it. it is starting today, we have had one day. lose and you are out, it is the first knockout stages today, it could be lionel messi's last game in the world cup, reynaldo's also. because they are retiring? well, they are both getting on. it is a big day of football. we are looking forward to it. we have heard from fifa that over 99% of decisions have been correct thanks to var. they've suggested that harry kane's treatment against tunisia prompted a clampdown on holding at set—pieces. he was wrestled to the ground more than once during england's opening

big questions, the security of north—east asia are at stake, no less. thank you very much.eaders' body language revealed about what they were thinking. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end for the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges, the screams of the crowd testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it's pretty neat. feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: north korean state media says kim jong—un has accepted an invitation to visit america, while donald trump has been invited to pyongyang. the us president has described tuesday's summit in singapore as tremendous. the north korea's leader again pl

and apropos of the post world war ii order, we took different approaches to europe and to east asia. the traditional hub and spoke system of alliances has served incredibly well. however, you know, we did knock out some of our own spokes, particularly in southeast asia in a way that we now are reaping the -- i wouldn't say benefits of but the conseences of. so, again, i think we took kind of a, you know -- one thing that we certainly could learn from that early world war ii era is that a more collective approach to international politics and to security is likely to be a more robust, you know, again, i think we're -- there have been consequences from us being the hub, so to speak in that the spokes, the tensions between korea and japan are possibly overblown in the popular mind. but the kinds of things that we have done to bring european nations closer together. the eu, for all its faults is a more robust institution and entity, analogious organization in asia. andfinally, i would say, look, i think it's very telling and probably a good idea to -- although those guys spend a lot of ti

and economically integrated east asia that was his plan and as far as it's going right now it looks like there could be openings in the declaration there were also they also alluded to connectivity questions that the chinese are very interested in connecting from china to south korea through north korea there is it's very interesting to connect to russian port for example that could be developed which would enhance china's strategic opportunities in the region so there's a lot to gain for a lot of people here but hopefully no one will lose sight of who should gain most and that should be the north korean people should be the north korean people once again you're seeing a live video images of a room at the hotel in singapore we are waiting for the u.s. president and north korean leader kim jong un to emerge through those double doors take a seat side by side and sign a declaration we will try to get you the information of what's in that dock liberation as soon as we know there are observers who are probably wondering this hour what concrete steps could potentially be included in such

that is the case in east asia. the dynamic is also politically dynamic. part of the reason is that we have found a way to inculcate many of our political values among confusion and other kinds of east asian cultures in a way many people never expected. some people today do not even accept this as being the case. i think to look at this sayctively, you have to japan and south korea and taiwan are principal allies and strategic partners. societiesifferent before we started engaging with them on a day in, day out basis. the flourishing of an international political system that has certain characteristics , particularly the recognition of property rights in our founding documents. in engaging with competition with china, it is a good idea to look at yourself in the mirror and take advantage, be clear about your own strategic goals and try and get the tools and strategies you are going to use and employee to be heading in the direction you want. we have not done that either. in the process of coming to grips with the rise of china and the growth of chinese mili

the long run wit american troops from the korean peninsula so all of these things our allies in east asia took for granted for decades are now in play as a result of this diplomatic overture. robertwhat are other concessions that could be on the table? >> this is also something that china has wanted. china's diplomatic play on north korea for some time, which the u.s. used to reject out of time, was what they called a freeze for freeze, the u.s. would no longer hold what china considers to be provocative exercises in its backyard, in water china wants to consider as part of its -- we call it international waters and say that the chinese are overstepping. they say we're overstepping. that we would no longer do those exercises and in exchange for a freezen the chinese part on sanctions. and so essentially what trump d was to give the chinese the part that they have been seeking from us in stopping these exercises. which is not to say thathat isn't a prelude to potential concessions from north korea but we d't know that par yet. what we know is that he offered to give up somethi that the chi

japan will continue to play an important role in realising peace and stability in north—east asia, inunited states and the republic of korea. i'm looking forward to secretary —— working with secretary pompeo and the minister in the future. there we are, that press conference carrying on now between secretary of state mike pompeo and the theme of it was more aspirational than detail. they were talking about the endpoint that they want to get too which is a phrase often repeated, irreversible. the steps to get there, they didn't really go into. i think you can get a sense of the themes they have been talking about, particularly the concerns about south korea and japan because there we re south korea and japan because there were many references to the security guarantees offered by the united states to the region at the close co—operation that will continue between all the countries. i think we are going to get a question to the secretary of state any second now. but listen in. with all due respect, many details included in previous agreements. north korea pledged not to produce nuclear

it has sold out in south—east asia and $0011 has sold out in south—east asia and soon it will have tomarket, starting a northern mexico. —— starting a northern mexico. —— starting in mexico. didi is aggressively expanding internationally. it could be a long—term threat to uber. asian shares wobbling on friday as investors brace themselves for us tariffs against china. unsurprisingly, china stocks led the losses, with the benchmark shanghai composite index plumbing a 20 month low. japan's nikkei average and australian shares closed up 0.5% and 1.3% respectively. in tokyo, stocks rose largely thanks to a wall street rally — a record high for the tech—rich nasdaq index — and a weak yen against the dollar. meanwhile, here in europe, markets have opened in positive territory while the euro is flirting with two—week lows after a cautious european central bank indicated it would hold off hiking interest rates at least for another year. there was also news that the bank of japan was going to keep rates steady. supriya menon is senior multi—asset strategist at pictet asset management. so good

these are not small questions, the whole security of north—east asia is in question.he region with saying they. military exercises and now lifting of sanctions and that both presidents will visit each other‘s capitals. the worry is giving so much without getting anything solid or verifiable in return. on the sanctions, i think theissue return. on the sanctions, i think the issue of how that is being reported both here and in north korea speaks of the ambiguity and lack of detail that came with the signed agreement. this is the front page of the workers daily, the mouthpiece of the communist party in north korea, littered with pictures of yesterday ‘s meeting. it goes on as other state media does, that the president agreed to lift sanctions as long as their relationship advances to mutual benefits. that has been emphasised by state media in the north because sanctions have absolutely crippled the economy and is crucial to the regime, but they are loosened. the president made reference to the sanctions, what the factor of the nuclear weapons has lessened. mike pompeo sa

well stage and represents i think a change in many respects in the international environment in east asia. first of all u.s. president was willing to meet with a north korean leader but secondly i don't think that sort of meeting could have occurred without the facilitation and support of south korea and president in which has been who has been the most active supporter in trying to put these two together . who would have ever thought of the two men who were exchanging barbs harsh words over the last year once would come together shake hands and agree on move forward to as a future many in this region feel that the summit taking things itself is a success and the president mungy in as well as miss kim your job the sister of mr kim jong un played a very important intermediary role in bringing this summit to hand we can see that president mourn reported constantly back to washington and share information with tokyo in order to have a quite a nation between the u.s. and its allies and miss keep your job also passed messages from her brother to the western allies and especially to press the m

no i don't think so i think china is major factor in east asia china was a major factor is a major factor and we remain a major factor in the coming years and decades or so i'm sure it's this fact cannot be changed and therefore china does not worry or fall deep yaki have in our efforts fall with united states as a matter of fact china wants to create a situation where the united states and deep dark it can be friends rather then and emits because what china does not want is to have hostility on the korean peninsula chunk of those not want to have a war of confrontation on the truth of this is so long as there is peace and stability on the curb in this era china fed with its war then otherwise so don't get china wrong in what china wants i think china does not have us that fish vested interest in the instability on the tour import insula just on the contrary china wants to promote a situation where our d.p. r. k. owl and the united states can become friends ok then and i'm its point scott what does it mean for the americas does it considered a the general sentiment that trump is good at d

range under this protective umbrella in east asia. i have not read through some of wasdetails yet for what signed. i would be surprised if donald trump and the u.s. signed any agreement that would reduce, at this point, the troop presence or that security umbrella over east asia. and two seemne focused on having a new era of relatis. some of the language is about plans for further negotiations. led by secretary of state mike pompeo. "a relevant high-level north korean official at the earliest possible date." the remains of prisoners of war. we are slowly getting details of the signed communique, piece of paper. can we step back, we are going to listen to the president, president trump on this historic day. president trump: our relationship with north korea and the korean peninsula is going to be very much different situation than it has in the past. we both want to do something, we something,ing to do and we have developed a very special bond. get back to haslinda amin. thise drilling down into signed document? no further details. whe

was certainly well stage and i think a change in many respects in the international environment in east asia. first of all u.s. president was willing to meet with a north korean leader but secondly i don't think that sort of meeting could have occurred without the facilitation and support of south korea and president in which has been who has been the most active supporter in trying to put these two together time who would have ever thought of the two men who were exchanging harsh words over the last few months would come together shake hands and agree on move forward who has a future many in this region feel that the summit taking things itself is a success and the president mungy in as well as miss kim your job the sister of mr kim jong un played a very important intermediary role in bringing this summit to hand we can see that president mourn reported constantly back to washington and share information with tokyo in order to have a quite a nation between the u.s. and its allies and miss kim your job also passed messages from her brother to the western allies and especially to press a moon

forward for the united states north korea summit to open doors toward peace and stability of the north east asia north korea abounds with rich natural resources north korea has a diligent to work force if north korea is willing to take steps toward the right direction north korea can see a bright future ahead for itself japan based on the japan north korea appeal and the un declaration is prepared to settle the unfortunate past to normalize our diplomatic relations and to provide economic cooperation japan wishes to play the role as much as possible donald i value highly highly strong commitment to world peace and prosperity in closing i wish to add that japan stands ready to make every effort to assist to for the success of u.s. north korea summit thank you. appreciate it. so we'll take a few questions if we can start. mr president on the subject i have a question for the prime minister's lot on the subject of north korea how far are you willing to go in terms of economic security political guarantees with him are you willing to move down the road toward normalizing relationships normalizing re

deterrence based on them play an essential role in security in the north east asia south korean seem to be generally positive about what they saw in singapore they believe it's a step in the right direction but with something is significant is joint military exercises with the u.s. being given up soon want to know what north korea will do in return at the moment that seems to be very little if anything at all similar deals have been done before and the failed only concrete change north of the border will convince most that things are different this time wayne hay al jazeera sole well meanwhile the two koreas have held their first high level military talks in more than a decade south korean military leaders crossed the demarcation line on to the northern side of the border earlier on thursday and it is expected that they talked about that announcement from donald trump that he was about to end joint military exercises with. might compare the sexiest faces. in the chinese capital shortly where he's expected to meet the president xi jinping our correspondent florence louis is there for

anything that could transform security in east asia and beyond kicks off in just a few hours on the ground in singapore where the i'm president of summits between u.s. presidents don't trump and the north korean leader of king jungle and also on the program on the americal describes president truman's failure to endorse last weekend's g seven joint statement as sobering to reiterate the european union's determination to retaliate against us terrorists and spain comes to the rescue of migrants on a boat in limbo in the mediterranean sea in these new right wing interior minister delivering on a campaign promise and block the vote from entering italian ports. thanks for your company everyone well we start off with this week's headline events that historic summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's supreme leader kim. joel in preparation for tuesday's landmark talks face to face talks in singapore are in full swing president trump has met with singapore's prime minister the only at a working lunch you have to mars event happens they will be the first time a sitting u.s. presi

anything that could transform security in east asia and beyond kicks off in just a few hours steve album is on the ground in singapore putting on the president of summits between u.s. presidents don't trump and north korean leader kim jong il and also coming up spain comes to the rescue of migrants on a boat in limbo in the mediterranean sea elease new rating interior minister delivering on a campaign promise a glock the boat carrying miners again pregnant women from entering a telling point. with. little rock it's great to have you along everyone well we start all of this broadcast with this week's headline event that historic summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong il and the latest twist in the drama filled lead up to choose day's talks trump has said he will be lee. singapore early on this because negotiations on getting rid of north korea's nuclear weapons have more quickly than expected well the abrupt changes from schedule came shortly after secretary of state mike pompeo had seemed to lower expectations for the meeting in the meantime the two

look at what is going on in north—east asia.he korean summit coming up, a huge security concern. japan is rightfully concerned about the fact that if us troops leave the demilitarised zone, that would be very bad for their security and economic prosperity. so they have other things... so, that is why when macron says together we are bigger, perhaps, but they all have different views. and one more thing, we do not look at it much, but look at what president trump is all about, trade deficits. among all those countries, germany has a big trade deficit, japan does, others don't. i would be worried about divide and rule games, which donald trump could do if he played its mark among the g7 countries to bite thank you very much indeed. -- countries. let's stay with the subject of trade tensions. china's massive telecoms equipment company, zte, has won a reprieve in the us after it was banned by the trump administration from doing business with us companies. but not everyone's happy. let's get the latest from sharanjit leyl and our asi

i come from the middle east, iran, and in asia, in the middle east, culturally, as we are raised as youngeven tell us there are things we should or shouldn't do, certain things that are appropriate for girls, and certain things that are not. they create these fears in us that we can't do some things, we're not good enough, we are not capable, we're not smart enough, and i'm here to tell you, all those beliefs are false. if anything, i think we can do things much better. i've seen it happen over and over again. what about some of the challenges of being out in space, the practicalities of having to go to the toilet, for instance, this is a huge challenge, as you say, only 50—odd women have been up there? absolutely. living in space is very different. you do everything different from brushing your teeth, going to the toilet, how you prepare your food. 0n the space station there are no refrigeration, no showers. it is different but one thing i have learned being in space is your bobby reid lee adapts quickly. after a few days you learn how to fly around instead of walking around. the environ

.>>> still to come, diplomatic activity moves at a rapid pace throughout east asia, the changes that next week with president trump. ♪ ♪ ♪ down where the summer and the late nights last forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i feel most times we're high and low ♪ ♪ high and low ♪ if i had my way, never let you go ♪ ♪ never let you go enhance your moments. san pellegrino. tastefully italian. boasting. overselling his achievements. making false claims. as lieutenant governor, he skipped many of his duties, saying the job was "so dull," he only shows up to work at the state capitol "like one day a week, tops." the same gavin who, as mayor, "spliuring a massive oil spill and "jetted off.. to hawaii." gavin's not gonna work... as governor >>> the historic summit between president trump and kim jong-un is set to take place just over a week from now, over the weekend, jim mattis met with u.s. allies in singapore ahead of the summit, more on that meeting and the latest come out of north korea. >> reporter: making some big changes ahead of the summit with president trump, getting rid of the top three military comma

for decades conducted several times a year there a major part of washington security structure in east asia but now donald trump says they're provocative and a waste of money games of course of fortune you know we're spending a fortune every number of months we're doing war games with south korea. which is costing we're flying planes in from warm and we're bombing empty mountains for practice. suspending the drills is a concession that came as a surprise to many and in japan there's concern it may weaken security in the region and what does the waters do up there is my understanding that u.s. troops based in south korea and japan maintain an important role in the safety of this region she could runs into. and seoul newspapers criticized that the teeny clear eyes ation agreement was missing three important words complete irreversible and verifiable but the south korean government called a summit a success. as did trump after landing back in the u.s. he tweeted that north korea was no longer washington's biggest and most dangerous problem and that the world can now sleep safer. thank you so m

asia. if i i heard about that one moe time, and what did we do? we were stuck in the middle east, socially reengineering our own military, doing all the stuff with obamacare. radical charges on courts but we never did pivot to asia. in fact, china got stronger and stronger and stronger. mike has written an entire book about this. now we are cautiously optimistic that he is at the table. kim is at the table because he's out of money. his people are starving. he wants legitimacy. he wants legitimacy on the world stage. who knows if he's going to be able to denuclearize or has the appetite for it but he's going to do something. it's going to be a gradual delocalion for a gradual lifting of sanctions, don't you think? >> i'm going to be the debbie downer. someone has to do it. history screams at us to be cautious. i think the trump administratio administration, we are going through the steps, trying to see with the north koreans are going to do. even if kim jong un does agree to some sort of denuclearization, we know the north korean playbook. cheat, lie, break the agreement, paralle

in a similar way in east asia, there's some concern that the united states is going its own way, even if it means compromising the traditional relationships, maybe even with the japanese in the region. while there is great hopefulness, i think everyone certainly expects and hopes that good things will come out of this discussion. there's concern at the same time about the american poss youtube vis-a-vis our traditional friends and allies in the region and around the world. >> lindsay, the timeline is long, and you've been watching this as we look at north korea going back to, what, 1992, 1993, and further beyond. we went to the six-party talks. we're now in a hopeful space potentially. i think most world leaders would like to see something positive. . where are we in the timeline? we're in 2018. we're going to have june 12th on the timeline. what will it read? >> i actually think that the date that we ought to all be paying attention to right now is june 13th, not june 12th. >> okay. >> we've all been talking about the summit and what happens at the summit. really, the hard work begin

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again meeting at the coast from seoul security in east asia and beyond kicks off in just a few hours on the ground in singapore for the president at summits between u.s. presidents don't try and north korean leader kim jong il and also on the program despite off a safe haven to the migrant ship stranded in the mediterranean after its early unbolt sometimes one. of the shocks from back along the tribes to the path of damage off the double trouble kids out of the g seven zero to try to should be a circus of a european union's determination to fight us trying times. must be coming to life of ramadan muslims might not be able to breach during daylight hours with on the streets of old delhi to find all sorts of tasty treats ready to enjoy a substitute. i feel girl welcome to the program. preparations for tuesday's historic summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's supreme leader kim jong un and singapore are in full swing as in trump met singapore's prime minister at b.c. and known as a working lunch if tomorrow's event goes ahead it will be the first time a sitting u.s

alliance as well as the deterrence based on them play an essential role in security and a north east asia. exercise that detail will be discussed between the united states and ok any case we understand that any exercise is contingent upon d.p. ok action tours did new craze ation we will soon understand that united states maintains its commitment to defend our allies and japan u.s. security commitment and u.s. forces in japan poster remain unchanged in any case we would like to maintain close contact with them since these issues may also affect the security of japan in the region japan continues to seek to normalize its relations with north korea in accordance who is to. ok declare its creation complete comprehensively resolving outstanding issues. such as nuclear missile and abductees issues as well as the settlement of unfortunate past japan will continue to play an important role in realizing peace and stability in east asia in close coordination with the united states and are ok i am looking forward to further working with secretary pompei or and minister can go far in the future thank

military stationed in south korea play vital role in east asia's security. john: but back on the ground after his flight home om the singapore summit, donald trump was on twitter again. "there is no longer a nuclearre that from north korea," he said.t, and aving criticized his f predecesso beingea outplayed, themr. trump has signed is just as e as any that have gone before, and he appears to have givmuch more. across asia and beyond, there is a atnse of people wondering on earth just happened. rather tn concern, though, rprise iseijing the one of delight. china has long argued for a suspension of the military exercises, although you wonder whether it ever thought it would get it. at a stroke, old geopolitical s certaintve been turned upside down. in the south korean capital, there are those who back donald trump's faith in kim jong-un. "we need to show trust and," believe in himhis woman oys. the u.s. secretarystate has now arrived in south korea before heading to china. some ithis region will want a lot more detail before they are convinced this really is a

in the world whether it's in east asia south africa or in the caribbeans wherever there are challenges and the response for football and you have to take all of this into account and of the same time if to keep your line and do things because if you go for the lowest common denominator you don't do anything we don't want personally is a key word travelling the world to experience different ways of passion would have been surprised. of is it's really the passion of existing countries which i would never have expected like we have now through the enemy's national team on the frontier fleet arrived second in the asian cup and the way they celebrated the team when it came back it took them five hours from the airport to the city center roof millions of fans and in the streets. that has been just just an amazing experience and. speaking to be enemies people who look what we can imagine is countries like vietnam on springs was pleased and that states exactly did that the level of football generally all over the world is growing the passion for growing. in world cup just because of how do wha

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for the united states north korea summit to open doors towards peace and stability of the north—east asia direction, north korea can see a bright future ahead for itself. japan, based on the japan north korea john yang declaration is prepared to settle the unfortunate past, to normalise our diplomatic relations and to provide diplomatic... —— pyeongyang. donald, i value highly strong commitment to world peace and prosperity. in closing, i wish to add that japan stands ready to make every effort to assist you for the success of us you north korea summit. thank you.” appreciated. so, we will take a few questions. go ahead. mr president, on the subject of north korea, how farare on the subject of north korea, how far are you willing to go in terms of economic security, political guarantees with kim jong—un, are you willing to move down the road towards normalising relations with north korea as the prime and is there suggested he was willing to at some point? cuties das, you said la st some point? cuties das, you said last week that you might sign a peace deal to end the war, where are you wi

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he is the director of the east asia non-proliferation program at the institute of international studies there. he has been warning the first step towards spa s peace is to our expectation. welcome. given that you are talking about lowering expectations, how do you analyze what happened after the joint communique? was that better or not as good as you expected? >> i didn't lower my expectations quite far enough. what the joint statement says on the issue that i care about, reducing the threat from north korea's nuclear weapons, is really just a reaffirmation of the statement that kim jong-un made to president moon, which uses this word denuclearization. i think it's probably very important to say that that word denuclearization does not mean disarmament. i think the two parties are as far apart as they have ever been. >> jeffrey lewis, there has been a roundup, if you look on all the instant analysis over the last several hours since this happened. there is quite a lot of skepticism about precisely that point and another point, which is the halting of the war games. let me press you on t

they resent president obama have it to east asia. they are against that. anything that strengthens that are reinforces that they are against. so it is mixed now. at time, some of the chinese officials are a little bit more wary, or think north korea is too much of a liability to them. >> host: you talked about iraq, the iraq war and one way to deal with the rogue state, did the u.s. deal with iraq in the correct way? >> guest: that's a very controversial question. many people think the war against iraq was an unnecessary war. it was done under false premises because there was no nuclear weapons found. on the other hand, the united states rid the world of a very bad character. a man who spread terrorism. he stabilize this region. he did make weapons of mass distraction at one time. then he stopped for a while. to be truthful, once the sanctions were relaxed in the tension was office saddam hussein, he was going to probably return to weapons of mass distraction. the other ingredients i have argued is that saddam hussein's removal was one of the necessary pre

so it is very destabilizing if you confine yourself just to east asia. and look beyond that, to the middle east, what it could mean for middle eastern players and watching this happen and watching the precedents that can be set. i think it's troublesome for the world. >> you brought up the middle east, i need to ask you, given it's totally relevant right now. given that the united states, the big powers, and iran came to an arms control agreement in 2015 and the president of the united states has pulled the u.s. out of it, which may kill the deal because of sanctions and secondary sanctions, et cetera, how risky is that? >> i'm not an expert in this. when you go in you can have a lot of arguments, do you want to do this? do you not want to do this? but way way or another mr. obama decided to do this, together with the chinese, the russians, and the europeans. and he did it in a way that didn't get congressional sanction. i mean, he didn't need congressional sanction. so the jcpoa is not quite a treaty, which means it can be undone without congressional s

about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive cooperation in the denuclearization. a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and pretty are in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing four palestinia

theolitics in other countries, in canada, in germany, in france, and in many of the countries in east asia, as well, esident trump is wildly unpopular there. there is an enormous political imperative, actually, to these fellow allies and worrs lea to stand up to donald trump. these countries don't like donald trump to smack around insult tders, to prime minister of canada when he's hosting a major global summit. the politics are good for justin trudeau to say, you know, in a polite, canadian way, screw you, mr. president. and think that trump hasn't fully thought through, what does itean to b america alone, that's the word i keepearing from allies and people in europe when i've traveled there cently. robert: these are not isolated issues. you have the president going after china on, tra $50 billion in new tariffs as he's negotiating with north korea. >> absolutely simultaneously the trump administration is asking ina to go on a limb and continue enforcing sanctions against north korea and presumably prod north korea along to make the deal that is outled in that page and a half agreement to

about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive corporation in the denuclearization. a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia is accused of meddling in trump's election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. well the sh

world order i'm joined by my guest john merrill in washington he is the former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war also in washington we have michael flanagan he is president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman and to new york we cross to george samuel lee he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london and author of the book bombs for peace all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate michael let me go to you first here i think it's pretty fair to say after five hundred days in office we're beginning to see what an american first foreign policy is under donald trump so my question to you is america first under trump compatible with the post world war two liberal order that the united states herald into into being and is in two thousand and eighteen a significant date for that order that appears to be well changing if not breaking down go ahead michael. thank you peter

more now from michael bristow, the bbc world service east asia editor.wo very different images of the world. one, the g7 summit, basically fell apart. disarray, disorganisation. disagreements between the participants. and then you have the meeting in qingdao, led by president xijinping of china, which seemed very cordial. everyone got on, everyone was smiling. really, two very different, very stark, contrasting images. in fact, many people have pointed out, they have taken photographs of those two images and put them side by side. one tweet, the people's daily, this is the chinese communist party's main newspaper, putting those contrasting images side by side. just to sort of hammer home the idea that china is perhaps better suited to lead the world than the americans and president trump. for the last few years, china has been increasingly muscular in the world. it's pushed itself onto the world stage, it wants to change world rules, the way economies and trade are dealt according to how it thinks they ought to be run. particularly since last year, since

world order i'm joined by my guest john merrill in washington he is the former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsula the origins of the war also in washington we have michael flanagan he is president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman and to new york we cross to george samuel lee he's a fellow at the global policy institute of london and author of the book bombs for peace all right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate michael let me go to you first here i think it's pretty fair to say after five hundred days in office we're beginning to see what an american first foreign policy is under donald trump so my question to you is america first under trump compatible with the post world war two liberal order that the united states herald into into being and is. two thousand and eighteen a significant date for that order that appears to be well changing if not breaking down go ahead michael. thank you peter i t