. >> chairman mullan has been doing that. >> i think the first thing we have to do is we have to have some serious discussions. we need to know what it is that they want. and i'm not sure that that is very clear right now. what are their regional security concerns? why do they consider this important in the long run? what might it take to prevent them from going over the brink? i don't know the answer to that, and i think, i'm sure washington doesn't know the answer to that, because they haven't been in conversation. so you need to have the discussion first. >> when it comes to international pressure, what are some of the other disarmment prioritys? everybody looks at curbing nukes. what are some of the other prioritiess? >> currently the nuclear weapons issue is front and center on the table. and that's good. not only with the new agreement between russia and the united states but with the review conference next year, and also with the agreement in the conference on disarmment in geneva on may 29th, the first agreement in 12 years gsh well done. >> yea! all a new program of work, tha