on this now we can cross the line to gregory illich a member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute chief you're very welcome to the program what's your take on the sanctions can be effective. it depends on what you mean by effective if you're thinking in terms of a dialogue no if anything that makes dialogue even less likely than before but if you're mean effective as far as imposing a collective punishment on the entire north korean population and bringing about the economic collapse of north korea then i may be affective unfortunately the u.n. sanctions authorities are calling me and made sure that the only increase the likelihood of a conflict or increasing tensions at the very least well i was i was actually looking at by thing in terms of the missile program to try and force north korea into at least stalling it if not ending it in terms of that will not be likely know in the aftermath of this. you know quite the opposite you have to look at why is north korea on a fast track with all the testing program it's because it feels threatened the trump inspiration is has a belligere

the war games in exchange for a freeze of pyongyang's missile tests greg realit from the korea policy institute believes the exercises are a provocation but these are mainly current puter relations road and physical exercise of however one of the simulator simulating war with north korea that's a provocative. step in the. right on north korea of the united states. idea of diplomacy through prior threats and. not the former through it all through with the pairing of. threats have it work north korea there for more threats that are needed backwards way of thinking of the military exercises come off of north korea earlier said it would hold off on strikes handing the next move to washington and let's just take a look at our the recent crisis between pyongyang and washington has unfolded. stand together. in the months and years ahead with the people of south korea. this is a very dangerous situation because. what has happened in the past when north korea has actually attacked. it has always been that it is attacked south korean military or naval targets honestly if it is attacked american forces i

halt to the games in exchange for a freeze of prongs missile tests grigory at its from the korea policy institute believes the exercises are provocative. these are mainly based simulations rather than physical exercises however what are they simulating a simulating war with north korea so that's a provocative. step in itself so it's right on north korea the story stuff the united states it's very. idea of diplomacy is to apply threats and pressure and more pressure that's not the plan with you at all so this fits in the pattern of they feel that threats haven't worked in north korea therefore more threats that are needed it's a backwards way of thinking. other military exercises come off the north korea earlier said it would hold off on strike citing the next move to washington going to how the crisis between playing in america has been unfolding. stand together. in the months and years ahead with the people of south korea. this is a very dangerous situation. what has happened in the past when north korea has actually attacked and as always being the chick is attacked south korean military or nav

to the games in exchange for a freeze of pyongyang's missile tests roguery at its from the korea policy institute believes the exercises are a provocation but these are mainly current puter relations for the physical exercise of however one of the three waiting for simulating war with north korea for the third. vocative. step in itself right on north korea to store stuff the united states. idea of diplomacy is to apply or threats and pressure and more pressure that's not the plan with you at all so this fits in the pattern of feel that threats haven't worked in north korea therefore more threats that are needed backwards way of thinking now the military exercises come off north korea said it would all go off on strikes handing the next move to washington let's remind you of how the recent crisis between pyongyang and washington unfolded. stand together. in the months and years ahead with the people of south korea. this is a very dangerous situation because. what has happened in the past when north korea has actually attacked. it has always been that she is attacked south korean and minute she'll

from the korea policy institute believes the exercises or a provocation these particular exercises coming up are substantially computer simulations to involve thirty thousand military personnel from the united states and south korea as well as other nations including the united kingdom and australia but these are mainly current puter base simulations rather than physical exercise of however one of the simulator simulating war with north korea so that's a provocative. step in itself right on north korea of the united states. very. idea of diplomacy is to apply or threats and person does not perform with you at all for with the pattern of. threats haven't worked in north korea therefore more threats that are needed backwards way of thinking. the military exercises come off north korea earlier said it would hold off on strikes handing the next move to washington let's just take a look now how the recent crisis between shelling and washington has been unfolding . to stand together. in the months and years ahead with the people of south korea to both preserve their freedom i don't think you kn

the war games in exchange for a freeze of pyongyang's missile tests gregory edits from the korea policy institute believes the exercise is a provocation but even mainly current puter relations rather than physical exercise of however one of the simulator simulating war with north korea so that's a provocateur of. step in the. right on north korea of the united states. very. idea of diplomacy of replier and person. and a performer through it all for with the parent of. threats haven't worked in north korea there for more threats that are needed backwards way of thinking. those military exercises come off north korea earlier said it would hold off on strike citing the next move to washington just take a look at how the recent crisis between pong and washington has been unfolding. stand together. in the months and years ahead with the people of south korea. this is a very dangerous situation. what is happened in the past when north korea has actually attacked. there's always the take is it time for south korean military naval targets. honesty to attack american forces i mean there would be retaliati

earlier we spoke to gregory illich member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute and richard baca regional director of the anti waltz a coalition about the new sanctions thinking in terms of dialogue no if anything from expire log even less likely than before but if you mean a factor of a clear imposing a collective punishment on the entire north korean population and bring about the economic collapse of north korea then i may be a factor of course unfortunately but if you want sanctions or thoughts recalling the inmates are. the only increase the likelihood of a conflict or increase the tension is at the very least very unfortunate actually the un security council has passed this resolution and i think you'd agree misplaces the blame for the tension and the korean peninsula every year hundreds of thousands of south korean and tens of thousands of u.s. troops participate in military maneuvers in korea that are openly aimed at regime change in north korea they're rehearsing for regime change it's clear to anyone who's at all objective that north korea's nuclear program is mean

potential war with the north r t we recently spoke with christine on the co-founder of the korea policy institute about the significance of these war games i mean look at the camino that you're exercises that are raised between the u.s. . these are the largest in the world they involved be one of their aircraft carriers simulating asian a preemptive strike on earth and that would to capital it's regime and so you know i don't think that north korea is paranoia is not justified it is because they feel that their regime and their country sovereignty is a threat and it's the i think that's where the conversation needs to go is what are we going to do to assuage the reality that the u.s. is truly not about regime change. for more on this let's go now to. he's a senior asia pacific international relations policy specialist at the institute for china america studies there rob good to see you today just as we thought the volatile rhetoric was calming down we thought quiet for the last week or so now north korea has unveiled this incendiary video along with more threatening rhetoric out of pyongyang this

of war tensions on the peninsula marty recently spoke with christine on co-founder of the korea policy institute and founder of women across the d.m.z. regarding the upcoming drills let's take a listen oh without a doubt in south korea polls all indicate that the south koreans would like inter korean reconciliation and dialogue but they want war that they feel terrified by trump's. callous tweets threatening me a potential crisis. that would impact the south korean people first and foremost and so i would say that south korean is elected. overwhelmingly picos his pro peace pro justice pro transparent government stance but that they were tired of ten years of time hawkish policy that had maintained a hard line against north korea but there is a need to resolve the longstanding conflicts including a brain war so that the militarization of northeast asia doesn't continue with the peace that it is and that we're seeing you are mysteries like none other i mean if you look at the. military spenders and or half are in. in northeast asia the united states china russia japan south korea at and now north

korea. george bush came in with his of evil. at that point, instituted a first strike nuclear policy against north korea and destroyed the trust andiations. we need to go back to that. it is like the cold war. we need to learn those lessons. the instincts are to fire up the missiles and bring in more of them. missile defense system, it is like we are taking the regime change paradigm from the middle east and we are trying to apply it on the korean peninsula. if you think it was a disaster in the middle east, now, add nuclear weapons. this is not going to work. we are heading towards a mushroom cloud right now. this is not your regime change in the middle east, which has been catastrophic enough. this is on a nuclear dimension now. koreanen the new south thaaddent is against the missile system. he called for immediate negotiations with north korea. what happened? goodtein: it is a question. the people of south korea are disturbed by this. there are strong demonstrations going on against him. it feels like he has betrayed -- people because he was initially, as president, he did and he has done a real turn around since his summit wit

he is now president of the asian society policy institute. victor cha, koreafor international and strategic studies, president of the nsc during the george w. bush administration. how do you think people in the region are reacting -- countries in the region are reacting to this ratcheting up of rhetoric taking place in the last couple weeks, by north korea certainly, but also by the trump administration in a fairly unusual way? >> i think there are probably two things going on in the minds of the region at the moment. one is that the general perception of the united states which they see as more uncertain in its general strategic behavior than has been the case in the past. secondly, on the question of the north korean scenario in particular, obviously people are on je objectively anxious about what's changing because of all that north korea's done. but increasingly they start to see the language that starts to build the problem into a crisis. then you start to enter into discussions about crisis management. that's when i think people become particularly anxio

policy institute. victor chow is the korea chair for the center for strategic and international studies.in, let me start with you. how do you think people in the region are reacting, countries in the region are reacting to this ratchetting up of rhetoric that has taken place over the last few weekes by north korea certainly but also by the trump administration in a fairly unusual way? >> i think there are probably two things going on in the minds of the region at the moment. one is that general perception of the united states which they see as more uncertain in its general strategic behavior than has been the case in the past. secondly, on the question of the north korean scenario in particular, obviously, people are objectively anxious about what's changing and that's all because of what the north kor n koreans have done. but recently, they begin to see the language which starts to build a problem into a crisis. and then you start to enter into discussions about crisis management, and there's when i think people become particularly anxious. that's the mood i pick up. >> victor, do you t

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system >> that's the letter >> joining us for more on north korea, former australian prime minister and president of the asia society policy institute a new piece on north korea in the financial "times." mr. prime minister good to have you with us. this is a huge roblem. michelle just outlined there is a whole other economy existing even if sanctions are imposed, they get their money from other sources. very difficult to sort of shut them down. >> exactly i've never been of the view that sanctions work with north korea. i think that it makes everyone feel good politically. you go off to the u.n., the security council passes a resolution, we get tougher and tougher, but the bottom line is these guys are up 10, 20, 30 years experience of getting around them. and so i the key question is what other leverage can be deployed to get them to change their behavior >> you don't think china has power or influence, or do we have -- >> no, they do they're unprepared to use it >> unprepared or unwilling >> unwilling but what i'm saying is that china asked this question. for a moment put ourselves in their position they're thinking about country

institute of international studies. and we have scott snyder, director of the program on u.s./korea policy for the council on foreign relations. yes, thank you. jeffrey, let me start with you. you wrote this article nearly a year ago now. ominously warning, quote, north korea's nuke program is way more sophisticated than you think. this week's news that north korea has militarized the nuclear warhead and holds a bigger status than first thought, i imagine that did not surprise you one iota. the question is, why didn't the government seem to know what you were spotlighting in december 2016? >> well, all the evidence was there. the north koreans would repeatedly say this was their goal and show off all the pieces and release pictures and videos. at the end of things, the north koreans were crystal clear this is where it was heading. i think what happened was even though the warnings were clear, we don't know what to do about it. when you don't have a plan, it is far easier to come up with something not real or not going to happen than it is to just admit that you're rutterless. >> moments ag

korea, financial institutions, a power they did not have before. there is diplomacy, diplomacy they can undertake, and there are military options, but right now there is no proof whatsoever the united states is undertaking any policyicating military action or preemptive lee terry action. there are things we could see we have not seen. sarah: what would we see? are you concerned this could be a real war? we might not see those options educated -- executed on the u.s. side, but what about north korea? michael: there are another eyes on north korea in terms of satellite data, geo-intelligence that we could see if they were going to do something. one of the developments in north korea is the missile program in the last few years and the use of global missiles. they are more to detect, but we have -- more difficult to detect, but we haven't eyes. -- have enough eyes. we could see service deployments from the u.s.. this would not be kept as a secret. this is something we would see through open channels. sarah: what do you make of the north korean announcement they plan to hit around long -- around guam? they mentioned four rockets they would send that way. does it sound feasible? michael: it is a technology they have te

korea it cannot be an end in themselves but rather an instrument to get the country into constructive talks earlier we talked to gregory illich member of the advisory board of the career policy institute and richard becker regional director of the antiwar arts a coalition about those new sanctions. thinking in terms of a dialogue no if anything that makes dialogue even less likely than before but if you're mean effective as far as clear and co with a collective punishment on the entire north korean population and bring about the economic collapse of north korea then i made a baby effective unfortunately the u.n. sanctions are thought to call me and make sure that the only increase the likelihood of a conflict or increase of tension is at the very least very unfortunate actually the un security council has passed this resolution and i think could misplaces the blame for the tension on the korean peninsula every year hundreds of thousands of south korean and tens of thousands of u.s. troops participate in military maneuvers in korea that are openly aimed at regime change in north korea that they're rehearsing for regime change it's clear to anyone who's at all objective that north korea

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policy institute. >> up next on c-span, and look at threats to u.s. democracy posed by russia as part of the annual political on conference. north korea has said it will take revenge on the u.s. because of the u.n. sanctions. later, we will bring you the security council meeting that voted on sanctions against north korea. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. tuesday morning, national review's columnist discusses the truck presidency and the republican party legislative agenda. legislativefrom the congress on human rights discusses the truck era. then, the opioid crisis. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> next, actor and filmmaker rob reiner sits down with author and former speechwriter david frum to talk about threats to u.s. democracy posed by russia. this was part of the recent politicon conference in pasadena, california. richard: those of you who are of my age -- and i see a couple out there, not too many.

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institutions if south korea, are those acts of war? >> in my view, some of those acts may well constitute an act of war. there's no definition as yet. no policy about what is an act of war. the attack on sony by north koreans reportedly. perhaps should have prompted a more aggressive response by the obama administration, if there were a defined policy about what constitutes an act of war. >> i want to also briefly ask you, you are a member of the judiciary, obviously this raid on the manafort house has now been revealed. it happened back on july 26th. what does it tell you about the progress and where mueller is in this secret investigation, the fact that they went before dawn and had a search warrant approved by a judge? that tells you that there is probable cause of something. >> that pre-dawn raid is really a stunning development. it's a law enforcement tactic, as i know, as a former united states attorney, the chief federal prosecutor here as it is used in the most serious investigations, dealing with a target or a witness who is uncooperative and untrusted and a judge would demand clear, persuasive evidence of probable cause that a crime

korea unleashing a nuclear bomb on the u.s. is low. >> that's not just an act of war, an act of suicide. >> reporter: he's part of the sanford's university's hoover institution, a study for the public policy. he says even if the missiles could reach across the pacific ocean the north koreans. mastered how the warheads would survive re-entry into the atmosphere. >> how close are they to figuring it out? >> somewhere in the range of a 6 or 7. >> reporter: in the event of a nuclear attack, san francisco's department of emergency management or dem has scenarios worked out. >> the more likely scenario for us is not that of a nuclear attack about you're talking about radiation, it's that of a dirty bomb. >> reporter: which is a much more small scale attack. d.e.m. says it's important for all residents to sign up for alerts on their cell phones which will alert citizens of any shelters in place. >> that includes what messages we're sending out to the public. it is things like, hey, go into the shower, take a shower, but don't use shampoo, because the radiation will likely stick to you more if you use shampoo and conditioners. >> reporter: in case of a nuclear attack seek shelter, in a concrete b

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korea, warning that the us is prepared to ta ke warning that the us is prepared to take action. joining me now is matthew cottee, research associate in nonproliferation and nuclear policy at the international instituteis still a war of words or is it something more worrying? i think it's still a war of words at this stage. inflammatory rhetoric isn't helping the situation, but both sides still understand that any kind of military conflict is of no interest to anyone whatsoever. you say that, but the trouble is, in kimjong—un and president trump, these statements have a habit of possibly becoming fa ct. have a habit of possibly becoming fact. this is the concern, that this rhetoric or the war of words all the bluster, that it could lead to some kind of misunderstanding, some misperception on both sides. kim jong—un could face some kind of military attack and would maybe decide to pre—empt that foot on the other side, criticism trump's rhetoric being empty may prompt him to try to prove his worth. intelligence leaks suggesting north korea is hold of a nuclear capable weapon. it doesn't matter if they have only happened, we will not know for sure unless you find it. true. a lot of us working in the fie

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