as effectively pivoted in terms of policy to the endo pacific for some time we have a strong in the pacific strategy. that mentions, but the end to pacific is not review the most important and dynamic region in the world in terms of the economy in terms of impact on us, security, etc, etc. and yet, at the same time, we are strongly support in ukraine and the current more than russia is putting there. and we are continuing to support our european allies and partners on the continent. and we'll continue to do so. i think the idea that we can only do one thing or the other i think is a bit um not correct. i wouldn't say that if it can be only one reason or the other and, and frankly, you know, again, i think one of the reasons that you see native interested in the under pacific and under pacific partners interested in nato, is because what happens in these 2 regions is increasingly seen to affect the other regions. so what russia is doing in europe is affecting in the pacific. what, what china might do in the endo pacific can affect europe. so one way or another, a us focus in both regions, re

pacific, in effect, europe. so one way or another, a us focus and both regions remains important as we're not going from the us institute of peace. thank you so much for those insights. create speaking to you. thanks. i are here living in the northern hemisphere. chances are you spend today trying to find ways to escape the sweltering heats large parts of europe. north america and asia are currently experiencing a record of braking heat waves. and it's not a one off last month was the hottest june ever measured on this planet. for now, it looks like the heat is eager to stay and people young and old, are struggling to keep their cool 51 degrees celsius in counting. people in mexico has northern states of bad california. i used to sewing temperatures in the middle of the summer. but this time they exceeded the average readings by nearly 10 degrees, making new records, and bring in more hardship. my age, it's very difficult. i'm 72 years old and i've lived here for 50 years or less. how do you deal with the heat?

. alliance structures across the indo-pacific._ indo-pacific.d on that point, the joint _ indo-pacific. and on that | point, the joint statement indo-pacific. and on that - point, the joint statement also that it would institutionalise security cooperation, so is this the biden administration's way of trying to trump proof it is that your policy? you way of trying to trump proof it is that your policy?— is that your policy? you could no even is that your policy? you could go even beyond _ is that your policy? you could go even beyond trump - is that your policy? you could i go even beyond trump proofing. i think this is an attempt to institutionalise relationships which could be subject to political whims in many countries. we have a president is south korea very favourably disposed both to the us alliance but also to try l defence co—ordination. that might not be true with the next president of south korea so, yes, this is a nod to domestic politics in the us, where president trump is famous for questioning the value of us alliance relationship

the pacific fleet is my homeland. so that it thunders, so that its victories the whole world knew his success. and here, on distant shores, the pacific fleet reliably preserves our country’s status as a great maritime power, won by our ancestors in countless naval battles. over 320 years of existence of the russian navy. the ships of the tekhyan fleet are currently solving their problems not only in the operational zone of the fleet. they solve problems in the mediterranean sea, they solve problems in the baltic sea, so it is an honor to serve in the tegan fleet. we simply cannot do without a fleet, realistically neither in what era we couldn’t do without a fleet, everyone ’s eyes are burning, starting from the great weser, everyone wants war with russia, that’s what... and this propaganda came to this, the philosopher lepnis proposed russia, sweden to seize, colonize, and what’s interesting is that it was oleg, not without reason nicknamed the thing, who in the first treaty between russia and the greeks established t

especially when it comes to nato in the indo-pacific.ow, it is worth remembering where we were at when he started his secretary back in 2021. the pandemic was raging, autocrats were emboldened nato wasat divided. our alliances and partnerships across the indo-pacific were frayed. so the biden/harris administration came into office determined too restore american leadership. and to invest in the greatest fighting force on earth and to reinforce the global network of allies that makes us stronger and safer. we've shown american leadership today nato is larger than ever and to invest in the greatest fighting force on earth and to reinforce the global network of allies that makes us stronger and safer. and that is exactly what we have done. we have shown that american read -- leadership gets results for the american people. just look at our most important alliance. today, nato is larger than ever. stronger than ever, and more united than ever. over the past three and a half years, we have seen a historic increase in annual defense spending a

the end our ticket in the pacific regions.g involving security challenges depends on integrating collaborating closely with the allies and partners. because president roosevelt's words hold an enduring truth. those who cherish freedom and peace must stand united. progress will not always be swift the past five years have taught us anything, it is at achieving a stable, just and prosperous world requires the work of all of us. our alliances and partnerships are our greatest strengths. together we will continue to build a safer more peaceful world. thank you note for trick questions. hooks thank you both, gentleman the first question come from associated press. >> thank you. thank you mr. secretary. russian and chinese embalmers were off alaska yesterday at work you to talk to us about what threat you think that growing cooperation is she with the u.s. in particular to the allies and asia who were very concerned with this growing activity. for you mr. chairman, the president himself expressed some disappointment in the aid it wa

so i think you also have to see it in terms of subbing the interest of those in the pacific countries in europe, atlantic security, united states is stretched as never before, perhaps between these 2 terraces. and so there's, there's obviously a need for nathan pop as of america. they're in the pacific palm as the have a higher degree of mutual understanding and perhaps coordination. now as in the name suggests, nato's focus is been north atlantic go onto pivot to the end, the pacific region, meaning less attention, can be paid to europe. it will actually a pivots, then you would have a point, but i think that's probably not the best way of describing it. so understanding is, i think it's rather more enlarging nato's horizon of understanding its place in the world. and also, as i say, it's about the interests and priorities of some of those countries in, in the pacific. and i suppose formatting a reformatting that relationships with european and your logic security. it's not just about what's in it for a night. so it's also about what's in such a pot of south 3. 0, straight. yeah. usu

american allies to the indo pacific are strong. our country is starting to prioritize this part of the world and are planning -- in our planning and clumsy. the region and -- planning and policy. the region and the world and economic prosperity are at risk because of the growing threats from the chinese communist party. recently, there was a particularly dangerous incident between china and the philippines, a u.s. treaty ally near the second thomas shoal in the south china sea. china's maritime militia continues to engage in reckless and dangerous actions to intimidate neighbors in ways that can easily spiral out of control. these kind of a scenarios about keep observers in a list of indo pacific security up at night. taiwan just had another robust and vibrant election. the straight between taiwan and china remains the biggest flashpoint on earth. it has increased critical the community understand the why and how of deterring any hostile chinese action against the island. today's lecture is a perfect person to explain to us why tai

and the pacific high held. and mallards well the rains when they come come so heavily the seeds will wash away before they sprout. and men began filling sandbags and building -- around their homes and finally the pacific high. we and broke and the rains came. and once and raging it as it should have two months ago it rained all day friday the 11th of january all day saturday, sometimes most of the day and sundays. dawn burst into a blue sky, lazy with the fleecy clouds that follow a storm, yet like a green fuzz, the gray hillsides, the rag sprouted and pushed its way through the cold ashes like a promise of springtime there would be food now the hungry deer in the high hills there would be tiny roots now holding back the soil against the next to malibu because man who knows so well how to organize for his own destruction and also how to again as i mentioned this morning, one of the great things about this job is being able to have some of the nation's best historians here and

vital to the end of pacific tomorrow. we have a meeting of the cloud with the us, japan, india, australia where enhancing trial out on cooperation with korea, building on the camp. david's summit were also strengthening the try level partnership between japan, the philippines in the united states, a secretary in austin. i will next go to manila for all of us philippines, 2 plus 2 or we're exploring japan, cooperating on august on advanced capability projects. and of course, we welcome prime ministry casita as well as other in the pacific partners, the nato summit earlier this month. that's the 3rd time that japan is attended along with korea, australia and new zealand. and what we're seeing here is something that i think is a truly new and important in the work that we've done. as i said, building a bridge between our atlantic partnerships and alliances and our under pacific alliances and partnerships. it's a reflection of the fact that security in both of these critical theaters really is indivisible, inseparable prime m

this measure is aimed , among other things, at ensuring security in asia-pacific region.s moment , 15,000 sailors, parade participants, and the crew of 200 ships are listening to the supreme commander-in-chief. in contact with st. petersburg, the bases of the northern, pacific, baltic fleets of the caspian flotilla, as well as the syrian tortus. black sea troops are currently on combat duty to protect the southern borders and perform tasks as part of a special military operation. many naval crews are bravely fighting in the hottest areas of the line of combat contact in the special military operation zone. just like their greats ancestors defend sevastopol and other black sea and azov ports. the military delivers devastating blows to the enemy and destroys him. behind every medal, order, title, there is a personal story of the husband. staunch sailors, their commanders, brilliant naval officers, for whom the main thing has always been and remains duty, honor, dignity, and devotion to the fatherland, the fate of the daring, the ability to lead, responsibility for the entir

the honorary guard greeted the commander of the pacific fleet and invited guests. admiral viktor liina addressed the participants in the parade with a congratulatory speech: the current generation of pacific ocean sailors continues the work of older generations, improving their military skills. and maritime training, as if by to the smirno team, seven ships, two new generation corvettes, a small anti-submarine ship, a missile boat, a base minesweeper, a submarine, and a coast guard patrol ship were frozen in golden rock bay. primorye border guards traditionally occupy an honorable place in the television column. this year's naval parade was led by the corvette sharp, which only joined the navy last september. most recently , a multi-purpose ship as part of a detachment of the pacific fleet. returned from russian-chinese naval exercises interaction. on the one hand, warships in the center of vladivostok are a familiar sight; this is, after all, the main base of the pacific fleet, but local residents and tourists rarely get to see what is called in full parade. navy

-- indo-pacific. i was wondering if you could touch on what you see the air force's role in south america and africa? sec. dalton: great question. thank you. we are globally engaged, air force and space force. i would say that on those two continents it's principally about enabling our partners in security cooperation relationships. as they're interested in pursuing specific air frames or space cooperation opportunities perhaps in some cases. you know, i will note, i know this has been in the public domain, one area that we are closely watching as a government is the p.r.c.'s space cooperation in certain parts of south america and other parts of the world in terms of their sites and some of the private sector and university collaboration that might have dual use that is concerning from the space force and broader d.o.d. perspective. michael: back here, yes. yes, sir. questioner: good afternoon. my name's kevin with global taiwan institute. i have spent quite a lot of time in okinawa as well. i'm very

southern korea, japan, that is, the asia-pacific region.ow, almost all leading western politicians, even people who are in difficult, i would say, political relationships with each other, those who are competitors, let's say joseph biden and donald trump, they recognize that the asia-pacific region has become a major center world confrontation. russia's war against ukraine is, by and large, a peripheral conflict for the united states and other western countries, but what is happening in the pacific ocean is valid seriously and that's why, by the way, many people would like to put an end to the russian-ukrainian war as soon as possible, and donald trump talked about this, by the way, to focus on this main danger, and of course we should talk about it all out loud, because nato is not just a defense alliance for europe, it is an alliance that includes both the countries of north america and the united states of their... point of view, one might say, looking at the pacific ocean and concluding their own military alliances with countries such a

has the most in the pacific. that's the quad, that's the trilateral with japan and south korea mending fences is bringing the philippines in. it's working with tylan, with vietnam with india. >> check my india, japan, austria, whether you are talking about european allies. yurachek might africa or south america. people are looking for strong partnerships and when we step up people preferred to deal with us. china has a really bad reputation in these countries. is that correct? >> look, i would say a job like mine probably a job like yours there's lots of stuff that could get you down. but i will tow the thing that is encouraging me everywhere i have gone is the demand signal for american engagement is high. even though they have doubt sometimes i some time since you walk into the meeting with a leader he is trying to size up are these guys committed are they going to be there? if you are able to show them you're going to engage with sincerity and you are not coming alone your work with other agencies in the u.s.

how navy day is celebrated at the main base of the russian pacific fleet. report by sergei antsigin. despite the changeable weather, it has been raining from time to time in vladivostok since the morning. celebrations in honor of navy day began on time. moriks, and not only russian ones, lined up on the military pier. shortly before the holiday , we went on a business visit to the main base of the pacific fleet. a rare boat, a base minesweeper, a submarine , as well as a coast guard patrol ship. primorye border guards traditionally occupy an honorable place in the television column. this year's naval parade was led by the corvette rezkiy, which only joined the navy last september. most recently, a multi-purpose ship as part of a detachment of the pacific fleet returned from russian-chinese maritime interaction exercises. accordion ships in the center vladivostok, on the one hand, is a familiar picture, it is still the main base of the tikhotian fleet, but watch. called in full dress, local residents and tourists rarely get the chance, navy day is the most s

he was only recently accepted into the pacific fleet. aviation took to the skies. there is a field kitchen on the shore for everyone. also today is an exhibition of military equipment. well, in the european part of our country the last preparations for the celebrations are underway. a few hours remain until the parade in dagestan in the ranks of the car'. army aviation crew on a k-52m helicopter attacked the ezhevaya force stronghold vysu is in the zone of responsibility of the north group of troops. they fired s-8 and whirlwind missiles at given coordinates. having used the weapon, the crew performed an evasive maneuver from enemy air defense and returned safely to the departure airfield. in the kherson region, a unit of unmanned aviation of the airborne forces from the dnieper troop grouping, loitering ammunition. destroyed the us-made m-777 howitzer, as well as a warehouse with enemy ammunition on the right bank of the river. the operators guided the projectile to the target, observers recorded a direct hit. the enemy's fortifications, together with the infantry

modern era took a frightening and twisted description. far from the two fronts of europe and the pacific ocean, the nuclear scientists of america, england and canada continued their research in science. oak ridge in was the first proposed area for research. "the government forcibly sius acres of land in this area worth $3.5 million to carry out its research. later, under 3,00 acres were added to the area. a thous families had lost their land under the influence of the government's behavior. complaints and legal procedures of these citizens against the government did not reach any conclusion though. finally, people complain to their congress representatives, but the congress investigation could not challenge the government." government's decision, some of these families had lived in these properties for generations, but they had to vacate their land within two weeks according to the military order. the army did not pay the families or more than 47 per acre, the villagers had no choice but to sell their hand. oakridge nuclear research was mostly theoretical from then on. it seemed the jewi

this measure is also aimed at ensuring security in the asia-pacific region. region.oday, i especially want to note that many naval crews are bravely fighting in the hottest sections of the line of combat contact in the zone of a special military operation. just like their great ancestors, they defend sevastopol and other black sea and azov ports, deliver devastating blows to the enemy, and destroy their military facilities. devotion to the fatherland, the fate of daring, persistent sailors, their commanders, brilliant naval officers, for whom the main thing has always been and remains, duty, honor, dignity, the ability to lead, responsibility for the entire inextricable heroic path of our legendary navy, of which the people of russia are certainly proud, dear comrades, today the baltic is hosting warship parades vladivostok, severomorsk and kaspiysk, as well as the native assyrian tartus. the fleet is honored throughout our large country, this is a convincing recognition of its greatest services to the homeland, its reliability in protecting our national interests. o

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as australia, such as new zealand, are trying to find their partners among other countries of the pacificin, and here is what in this background means ukraine, as far as ukraine can be in the center of attention in principle. we will talk about it with hanna shelest, director of the foreign policy council's security studies programs, she will join us soon. anna was alone at the summit in washington, she was so civil there. a delegation from ukraine, where there were politicians, where there were experts, where there were people who have been engaged in the euro-atlantic integration of ukraine for a long enough time, and this is also such an important moment, because nato is also an opportunity for communication between representatives of civil societies who want security to their countries, because, of course, the main meaning of the north atlantic alliance is precisely security, it is precisely the need to prevent. war on the territory of the european continent, on the territory of north america, on the territory of the asia-pacific region, that is, these are big and very broad ambitions

in the pacific, america was able to defeat the japanese forces and the palua island. naval battles between america and japan in the pacific ocean ended one after another in favor of the americans. far from these battles in the seemingly calm but quiet deserts of los alamos, nuclear scientist had come to the conclusion that they had to conduct an experiment and detonate the first bomb for test. before carrying out that experiment, germany was captured in april 1945. war. europe was over, but japan was still resisting in asia. the managers wanted only a controlled fision of plutonium, but openheimer insisted that a full-blown nuclear explosion was required. its code name was trinity. trinity means jesus, god, the father, and the holy spirit. it was a central core of christian beliefs, but did the jewish scholars of the manhattan project mean a christian trinity? j. robert oppenheimer in a letter to general groves mentioned poem by richard slater dun, which started like this: batter my heart, the person to god. apparently openheimer did not intend to specify the reason f

in vladivostok , the commander of the pacific fleet walked around the parade line of ships in zolotoy rok bay. in addition to russian anti-submarine ships, missile boats and submarines, the military also took part in the review ships from china and vietnam. report by ksenia kolchina. the holiday in vladivostok consists of two parts. the first is a static parade. seven ships lined up in the kelvator formation in golden rock bay. at the head of the column is corvette rezki, the youngest ship in the pacific fleet, and it has already proven itself to be an excellent member of the fleet. so in the recent russian-chinese exercises. maritime interaction 2024 he played a key role. hello, comrades, military marines. at this point, the commander of the pacific fleet viktor liina has already walked around the formation of ships on a boat, greeted all the crews and congratulated the sailors on navy day. today, on the last sunday of july , our country celebrates a truly national holiday: navy day. every sailor in our country waits for and honors this holiday; it is dear to everyone who loves the s

american soldiers went to war in the pacific ocean. some soldiers went to europe, humanity experienced the most terrible war until that time, kind of war that was a direct product of modern times. the japanese also had a myth similar to the jews for the creation of the world. in the oldest japanese legends, the world before creation was nothing but formless matter. something called chaos, the silence rained in the time of turmoil and disorder. suddenly the sound rose and particles began to move. the movement of particles created light, thus light was placed at the highest place in the world, and below it were particles that first created clouds and in heaven. the japanese concept of light, and then cloud had a strange similarity with the jewish concept of light and then water. the movement of particles and japanese mythology led to the creation of light energy. the cloud was formed and under that was heaven. in the modern era, this myth took a frightening and twisted description. far from the two fronts of the pacific ocean, the nuclea

good for sure talk space force and satellite deadly nuclear modernization and definitely making the pacific with general brown's positive agile conduct employment that he proposed pushed is chief of the air force before becoming chairman and thenes the conventional technologies that you modernizing for precision strike in the region let's begin also good with people i know is a concern of yours as well as job and you got about 500,000 active duty airmen women in the national guard active and reserved human about another 10000 and the far smaller but still important space force and i would t you describe the state of readiness in the state of morale and recruiting retention just the people side of things before we get into the hardware. >> absolutely itself we have to get people was right in order to be able to cover operational objectives really job number one to ensure that our airmen and guardians have the capabilities to the women in the training that they need to be able to make it pleasing challenge can tell you is that when i had an opportunity to get out to the fields to me with some

you have spoken a bit about the pacific and the ukraine. i was just wondering if you could talk a little bit about what you see as the marine corps's role in south america and africa? >> sure. we cut our teeth in the wars. nicaragua. we have a presence in south america. u.s. marine corps forces south based in miami is fully engaged in south america, argentina, brazil. we do a regional amphibious exercise. we are doing multiple exercises across central america. in africa, i cut my teeth in liberia as well, so we always have a view that is dedicated to the mediterranean and it can come out of the mediterranean and cover the west coast of africa. which is where most of the challenging nations are or most of the violence is. what i would say is, we are still fully committed to both the african continent and south america. our marine corps forces south, based out of miami, employs units from the east and west coast a rotational basis. our marine expeditionary units and our work in djibouti cover down on the african continent. thank you. and i li

it certainly was jefferson appoints meriwether lewis to find a route to pacific. lewis as sort of a friend of jefferson who'd worked alongside jefferson for many years, is also from the same part of virginia, right? jefferson is from albemarle county and its surrounding area. he says, hey, you got some time, you got a couple years because i'd love to see if you can find a water route to the pacific. and lewis says, why not? i'll take it on, but i'd like to have a second in command. and he asks william clark to to fulfill that role. clark is part of a family of noted soldiers and explorers his brother, george rodgers. clark was a famous participant in that northwest indian war that we talked last class. and so clark kind of has a pedigree of this. i would say clark slightly more capable of the two. also, poor meriwether lewis just kind of fumbles and bumbles into. one or two disasters. the most famous of these is when he's down, kind of in that part of idaho there he drops down there, he's out hunting one day with another of the expedition, who is very near sighted

you spend time in the indo pacific in taiwan, every trip has a europe leg or indo pacific leg. talking about the challenge of prioritization, when you look at the enablers, with the article 5 scenario, that support in the indo pacific. >> as i mentioned we have two hot wars in a hot zone. the pacific theater is even more treacherous than the european theater but they are tied together. what i remind my colleagues, you can't say russia gets a pass but you are anti-communist china. german xi met with letter put now the beijing olympics and forged this unholy alliance together and guess who else, the ayatollah, kim jong-un, who resupplied the russian military, china. why aren't we facing china? we should. but china is a threat in the pacific as well. i would argue that if you look at our military in terms of gdp if you go to early 1980s reagan, we are far less and far behind then we were back then. our military is overstretched and overburdened which is why europe has to help take care of itself so we can also look at what happens in ukraine happens in taiwan. 90% of advanced semi

with the indo pacific. short of invoking that treaty, which notice talked about so far are the more things the u.s. can do quest within the administration? i see some people say the eye should start providing naval escorts for the philippine supply ships. what you think about that? is that going too far? >> just on the point of the mutual defense treaty it would make clear it applies to public vessels at the south china sea. china well understands our view of the application mutual defense treaty should that line get crossed but that is important points of who we believe is a stabilizing point and what we've reinforce a publicly to the prc and appreciates that. secondly consultant very close at the philippines. this of the decisions they should lead and how to most effectively sailors on board and other provisions they need to continue to fulfill their mission. we will do what is necessary with the philippines to see to it that happens. in terms of specific concepts of operations the way the united states t