clear path he has set forward about what is necessary to achieve peace and stability on the korean peninsula form of engagement the south korean government chooses, we will do this in close cooperation and in the framework we have all agreed on. if south -- if north korea wants to make meaningful progress, it is going to need to return to the six-party talks. there is a strong sense of shared approach that characterized our relationships from the first phase of our administration. we are very supportive of the measures that he takes. we know we are pursuing a shared goal. >> thank you. the gentleman all the way in the back. >> i want to ask you about china's will -- role. how satisfied you on their current effort to persuade north korea? >> from the outside of the administration, we recognize that china is an important factor in the effort to achieve denuclearization of the peninsula. we have had intensive discussions. i'm quite convinced that the chinese share are strong conventions -- convictions that a nuclear north korea would be an enormous danger to all and very destabilizing to the re

clear path he has set forward about what is necessary to achieve peace and stability on the korean peninsula. i am confident that, whatever form of engagement the south korean government chooses, we will do this in close cooperation and in the framework we have all agreed on. if south -- if north korea wants to make meaningful progress, it is going to need to return to the six-party talks. there is a strong sense of shared approach that characterized our relationships from the first phase of our administration. we are very supportive of the measures that he takes. we know we are pursuing a shared goal. >> thank you. the gentleman all the way in the back. >> i want to ask you about china's will -- role. how satisfied you on their current effort to persuade north korea? >> from the outside of the administration, we recognize that china is an important factor in the effort to achieve denuclearization of the peninsula. we have had intensive discussions. i'm quite convinced that the chinese share are strong conventions -- convictions that a nuclear north korea would be an enormous danger to all a

as well, peace and stability on the korean peninsula is a key interest to china.enter have strived to bring great understanding of north korea and of the problems surrounding the korean peninsula. the work we have done together so far to uncover north korea's history has been an ongoing success, throwing -- drawing significant attention. i am sure that the partnership will continue to contribute to the research and policy making communities of korea and the u.s. and others. let me thank you for coming to the forum. i hope all of you will find that today's proceedings are informative and stimulating. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> thank you very much, dr. park. my pleasure now to introduce the morning's keynote speaker, the u.s. deputy secretary of state, james steinberg. one year ago today, secretary of state hillary clinton swore him in as her deputy. at which time he took up one of the largest, most important, and most challenging portfolios in our government. happy anniversary to you after one year. i'm not sure this is exactly the best way to cele

tensions that contribute to global and regional instability, including denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the iranian nuke issue, and the situation in south asia. i particularly welcome the administration support for increasing military to military context of launches his context is essential. it builds trust, promotes understanding, prevents conflicts and fosters cooperation. and given my own visits to china in recent years, i know how important these relationships are. looking back at u.s.-china security cooperation under the previous administration, there's some positive steps but there is still much progress to be achieved. in the new administrator will continue to face play of challenges, and i remain concerned by trends and ambiguities regarding china's military modernization, including china's missile buildup across from taiwan and a steady increase of china's power projection capabilities. moreover, china's military budget continues a trend of double-digit increases at a time when china provides more and more of the loans that support the american economy. china's transparency on

security council resolution 1874 and its efforts to support the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. china is also developing emergency military capabilities allowing it to contribute cooperatively in the delivery of publy goods from peacekeeping and counterpiracy to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. we appreciate the positive experience of our two navies working in concert with the international community to combat piracy in the gulf of aden, and we are looking forward to building on these experiences. but we have concerns about the pace, scope and lack of transparency in china's military modernization. the people's liberation army is changing from a mass army designed for protracted wars ever attrition on its own territory to one developed for winning short duration, high intensity conflicts on its periphery against high-tech adversaries. weapons material to is a this are procured from both foreign sources and at an increasingly capability industrial and technical base. organizational and doctoral changes as well as technologies designed for anti-denial nuclear space an

are encouraged for the year-in security council in 1974 to support the nuclearization of the korean peninsula. also they are cooperating in delivering goods to humanity assistance to caster relief. we appreciate the positive experience of our two navies working in concert to combat piracy in the gulf of aden and we're looking forward to building on these experiences. but we have concerns at the pace, scope,s and lack of transparency. the people's liberation army is changes from a man's army on it's own it territory to one developed for winning short duration, high intensity conflicts on it's periphery. they are being prepared to foreign source us and increasingly cable trail base. organizational and doctrinal changes are developed as the design for anti-access, nuclear space and cyber space arenas. missouri -- modernization continues with the edition of more missiles, enhanced air, surface, and sea capabilities. over the last couple of years, china developed rolls and missions that go beyond the territorial it interest. we will continue to use military engagement to demonstrate u.s. commitmen

forces operate out of korean peninsula. and mike, you were the main architect of the concept of strategy of flexibility. so i'm wondering, when do you think the pentagon would like to apply the concept flexibility 100% to u.s. forces in korea? and if afghanistan's situation is being deteriorating, do you think that there is u.s. forces, there's some possibility, some forces in korea will be dispatched to afghanistan. thank you. >> you want to take that hypothetical? [laughter] >> given that i had the strategic flexibility rose pinned on me, yeah. when would we apply -- when the the u.s. government apply strategic flexibility 100%? that seems to -- your question seems to apply when would we leave in entirety. i don't think that's the case. that was never the thought behind strategic flexibility. the idea of strategic flexibility -- it's a double-edged sword, if you will. yes, you might pull some forces out of korea to meet another contingency, another contingency that the u.s. has to deal with somewhere else in the world. bu

the individual and organizational skill sets necessary to better deal with instability on the korean peninsulathis is a bit of a bank shot. such cooperation will be useful in and of itself because we are cooperating on the international level but also be useful real experience that would translate into save lives should we ever need to kill the house to the the operations in korea. on the one hand there would be a value in taking the cooperation to the strategic level and developing a whole alliance approach to stability and free construction operations. the u.s. approach as a whole of government approach and interagency approach. of iraq has taken a similar approach in its internal or unilateral planning efforts from north korea. if the allies believe that this missionary, that this area of cooperation warrants the expenditure of resources, then drawing on both of the systems to develop a generic if he will whole alliance system to deal with, to assess, to plan, to implement stability and we construction operations would go along way to fill critical gaps in both our mutual understanding of h

during today's presentation you should be inspired to devote your studies even more so to the korean peninsula you will be happy to know that we have korean language classes starting next month, february 1, and there is a flyer by the front door with basic information about that. but just let me know if you would like to find out more. that being said, let me introduce our speaker today. he is a well-known, among occur in followers -- among the korean follow words. he was the director on the executive committee on korean rights and washington did -- in washington. he is a professor an instructor at american university and university in seoul. and he is a research fellow at stanford university at the asia- pacific research center. with that being said, please will come out just today, peter beck. thank you. -- welcome our guest today, peter beck. thank you. [applause] >> i would really like to thank the korean embassy for putting this together. thank you for an ice cold weather to not make me miss this place too much. i also wanted to thank the korean embassy, because because of this event, i w

ability to discuss issues of mutual concern, whether they be regional, global, challenges on the korean peninsula or issues relating to climate change that there is i think very clearly a relationship that's developing with new players across the pacific. and i'm quite confident about the direction ahead. so i think it's important not to overblow what these challenges that we face and put them in a larger context and to recognize that our alliance is bigger than any one or two issues. and also appreciate that in the midst of very real challenges that we're facing it takes place within a context of cooperation and coordination. and in many respects is unprecedented. yeah, hi. nice to see you again. >> we're coming back from melbourne today. >> i'm rested. yeah. >> if you look at it that way. since -- have you ever seen so many questions asked about the alliance and the 50 years it's existed and do these questions mean that the alliance will fundamentally change? will this be the biggest reshaping of the alliance? >> this is nothing in comparison to what we faced in 1995, 1996. let's keep in mind a

during today's presentation you should be inspired to devote your studies even more so to the korean peninsulaou'll be happy to know we have korean language classes starting next month. they're starting february 1 and there's a flyer right down the front door which has a little bit of basic information about that or just let me know if you'd like to find out more. that being said, let me introduce our speaker today. he's a well known among korea followers for a long time he was the executive director of the u.s. committee for human rights in north korea in based here in washington. he's also known or still is a columnist for the weekly chosen in the korea herald and also a professor and instructor at american university in your university in seoul. he is the 2010 and tech research fellow at stanford university at the asia-pacific research center. so, with that being said, please welcome our guest today, peter beck. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, adam. i'd really like to think the korean embassy for putting this wonderful gathering together. i'm really happy to see so many old friends. i k

peninsula. how is the administration likely to react to this? guest: with distrust and disbelief and probably see it as some kind of rhetorical trick. i have great difficulty trusting the north koreans with something like that. however, if i were the assistant secretary dealing with north korea, what i would do is grab it and try to run with it and say, ok, you are all saying this. let's get to the table. let's see if we can get you back to the nuclear nonproliferation regime, let's see if we can get you to agree to certain restrictions. look, put your money where your mouth is. that being said, i do not trust this as a great breakthrough, but more of a rhetorical move, the end of which i am uncertain. but i would still use it for a way to try to get more cooperation. host: the reason climate change meeting tell you anything about diplomacy? guest: a message there is that it is very difficult to get all the nations of the world to agree on anything at resembling an environmental package, climate change. there were modest achievements, but very limited. the most significant aspect is that obama went, but obama said week, the united states, are pledging to try to reduce our emissions