mr. haassn't see any fundamental changes there. the future will be the asia-pacific and that will be the most decisive part of the world. president xi attending a military parade and believe in the south china sea. the fact is part of their trade discussion is a new china and a new military expansion. mr. haass: using the consolidation of political power at home and we are seeing china much more assertive in on policy. we are seeing the time of economic aid with political and strategic institutions and china militarizing the south the of the islands in the south china sea and seeing china more assertive across the board. the question is how do we respond to this china and keep this relationship more or less on keel at the same time we pushed back. tom: for the council on foreign relationships research, i'm taking the first week of february. beyond the expansion south china sea. richard haass with us, we will come back with important conversation on russia as well. adams helping us this morning