may may know that list told the director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute dr richard bipes dr good to see you thanks very much the program in a recent article you argue that kim jong il's policies are at the root of the north's current economic predicament a predicament has begun on a day for many years because. well the regime has been given clearer opportunities to change in the sense that kim jong il traveled around tyner he's probably aware of what progress that south korea and other east asian countries have made in the past few decades in terms of arising there condom experience prosperity and so on but they his regime has chosen not to pursue that route presumably because he was concerned that an economic liberalization would risk political over his asian and weakening of the can have its control so they've chosen political domination saying that tall tall tyrant system even if the cost of prosperity and often the starvation of his people and the majority of them of the majority those sanctions initiated the course of the us . not the sanctions probl

now this is the hudson institute dr richard. dr good to see you thanks for being on the program in a recent article you argue the policies are at the root of the north's current economic predicament a predicament as we go on the deeds of many years because. well the regime has been given clearer opportunities to change in the sense that kim jong il is travelled around china he's probably aware of what the progress that south korea and other east asian countries have made in the past few decades in terms liberalizing their condom a variant prosperity and so on but they his regime is chosen not to pursue that road presumably because he was concerned that an economic liberalization would risk political liberalization and weakening of the his control so they've chosen a little coal domination and sustain a tall tall tarion system even if the cost of prosperity and often the starvation of his people the majority of the majority of those sanctions initiated the course of by the us. right it's not that sanctions are the problem the pro

tree analyses the hudson institute the u.s. things being on the program the pakistani foreign minister says that the country will fight the war on terror on its own terms and conditions is that what this report it really all about you think. well put it into context but we've had several of these friendly fire incidents and. it's difficult for pakistani leaders now that it's at them as a democracy rather than a military government to not respond to popular antagonism pot that are still at the towards the incidents and so what they've done this time as opposed to previous occasions is shut down both supply or doors keeping them close. the bonn conference on as we're covering afghanistan they've announced that they're reviewing their entire set of relations with nato in the u.s. and so in that context this time it's coming up and from nato as point of view this might not be that bad i mean the worst scenario is that those supply lines don't open at all and that would put nato i mean nato as you know it's been bringing some suppli

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