shoulders with islamists to discuss the latest display of civil unrest joining us here on oxy james corbett a political analyst with a special interest in the arab uprisings good to see you over a year since egypt's revolution toppled the previous regime crowds again demonstrating on to rear square do tell us what's driving all of them to the streets this time around. well thank you for having me on i think there are two answers to that question and there's the obvious one and the subtle one so the obvious one is what's happening in egypt right now he's of egypt we have a understandable anger spilling over into the population about the presidential electoral commission this is an earlier this week to discount the pain of the twenty three candidates amy so-called free and democratic elections for the president of egypt in the upcoming elections so there's obviously. a lot of people and i think that this is just. a logical extension of that but the less on the less little level we have what's happening in egypt recently the international community and i think there is a large outside interest

out of more analysis on this now let's talk to james corbett the editor of the independent news website the corbett reporter thank you for joining us on our team today the u.k. and the u.s. both increasing their presence in the region but is it a coincidence this is happening do you think in china's backyard. well not only is this not a coincidence i think this must be a perfectly predictable result of the shifting of the focus of american attention and the attention of much of the world to the asia pacific region as secretary of state hillary clinton was saying last year at the apec conference that asia pacific was going to be increasingly the focus of the world's attention in the twenty first century as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and and even india and other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think with that comes the attendant attention from the militaries of the u.s. and the u.k. and other countries that i think are obviously looking to get through some form of economic war games here but if i may north korea a

the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard well for more on the story i'm joined by james corbett editor of the credit report an independent news website based in japan and james thanks for being with us once again also defense minister insists there are no u.s. military bases in the country and they're not in the plan so what is the cooperation about here. well as i understand it that wasn't exactly what was said by defense minister smith i think the phrase that was used was that it was a long term prospect for it the giving of the cocos islands for any airstrip for unmanned aerial vehicles by the by the use of the us but certainly i think one has to take what the defense minister is saying there with a certain grain of salt because there's no doubt whatsoever that the that the nexus of the asia pacific region in terms of a military seriously strategic armenian staging base for the us is going to be australia in the future i think it's really just a question of what what terms that arrives at and how it's introduced to the public so i think they're probably not i'm unveiling a li

spectrum with secular activists rubbing shoulders with islamists old joined in a common cause james corbett a political analyst with a special interest in the arab uprisings told me just a bit earlier it's the lack of democratic prospects that's driving many people to the streets. at the moment it seems to be teetering between either the continuation of the ruling military junta and they're obviously trying to assert their authority with a recent decision to. any of the presidential candidates including the muslim brotherhood preferred candidate from the from the elections or brotherhood of course also quite popular because a lot of discontent with the way that they've been handling things i think in either event it seems to be a more autocratic outcome which is why there is only a very small sliver i think of of opportunity a window of opportunity for the egyptian people to insert themselves into this and to to make sure that it doesn't go in one of those autocrats autocratic directions . meantime a political analyst a doctor some a fallacy says that a lot of egyptians are just disappointe

singapore all in china's backyard some experts predicting a conflict a flare up soon journalist james corbett explains why asia pacific nations are choosing to side with the us are not china. groups that believe that they can they can benefit from this and they are likely to side with whoever is going to be. really perceived to be is going to be eventual winner in this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional evil so it's for example little on cyber weapons and all of the other tools in warfare that are being deployed i mean the aerial vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously the dominant player here and a lot of governments will go. with the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of us policies they'll certainly go along with it in order to get certain kickbacks on the diplomatic side. are the whole of use has long been so short scourge and the u.k. with the number of deaths from liver disease growing almost every year the british government now wants to introduce a minimum price for alcohol but wi

all countries in china's backyard some experts predict a conflict could flare up soon turtles james corbett explains why he's at the civic nations are choosing to side with the u.s. and not try to. it's a case of real politic and i think that there are certain governments that believe that they can they can benefit from this and they're they're likely to side with whoever is going to be the be and who are going to every day perceive to be is going to eventually reach this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional we will put assets for example let alone cyber weapons and all of the other tools of warfare that are being deployed to undermine the real vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously the dominant player here and in that a lot of. governments world will she can flip the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of us policies they'll certainly be all on with me for it in order to get certain kick back some kind of diplomatic so it's. coming up our interview looking at the unhealthy makes the euro

all in china's backyard where some experts predicting a conflict could flare up soon journalist james corbett explains why easier pacific countries are choosing to side with the u.s. . it's a case of realpolitik and i think that there are certain governments that believe that they can they can benefit from this and they're likely to side with whoever is going to be. everything perceived to be is going to be eventual winner in this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional medieval assets for example little insider weapons and all of the other tools of warfare that are being deployed in unmanned aerial vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously dominant player here and and a lot of governments will will shake hands with the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of us policies they'll certainly go along with it with it in order to get back some of the diplomatic sort of. alcohol abuse has long been a social scourge in the u.k. with the number of deaths from liver disease growing almost every year the br

the flare up soon journalist james corbett explains why asia pacific nations are choosing to side with the us and not with china. it's a case of realpolitik and i think that there are certain governments the believe that they can they can benefit from this and they're likely to side with whoever is going to be the eventual or they perceived to be is going to be a wrench a winner in this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional naval assets for example let alone cyber weapons and all of the other tools of warfare that are being deployed in the real vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously dominant player here and a lot of governments will. be cute with the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of the u.s. policies they'll certainly go along with with it in order to get back some of the diplomatic sort of. this is artsy new bill for internet security is finding greater support among u.s. lawmakers and it would allow with hans the information gathering to combat cyber attacks on terrorism afrai

shrieks of the rhetoric on that's their wishful thinking actually that's the thing the puppy ask of james corbett to editor of the colbert report news website explained to us at r.t. why the asia pacific nations a siding with the u.s. and not with china. it's a case of realpolitik and i think that there are certain governments that believe that they can they can benefit from this and they're likely to side with whoever is going to be. seems to be is going to be eventual winner in this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional naval assets for example little on cyber weapons and all of the other tools of warfare that are being deployed an unmanned aerial vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously dominant player here and that a lot of governments will she cute with the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of the u.s. policies they'll certainly go along with it in order to get facts on the diplomatic side of. this is our team from moscow coming to you live my name's kevin hague's rejection of palestinian r

tokyo they've warned north korea that it must scrap its satellite launch plants james corbet editor of the news website the corbett report says although kyung yells neighbors are worried about the planned satellite launch situation is not worth a military. really threatening people in a region with its satellite launch and it is something that would seem to necessitate some sort of response whether a military response is really necessary well that would only come into play if for north korea was really doing some sort of suicidal attack or they were actually going to use this as some sort of cover for launching a surprise attack on south korea or something ridiculous like that which would obviously be suicide for the regime so i couldn't imagine that that would be the case but i would be the only situation developing from this that i could think would be some sort of massive military intervention or the need for a military presence in the region intertwining of the economies is an interesting feature of all of this that makes that the idea of outbreak military confrontation i think less likely and to a certain ext