this is also reflected in the region. we were disappointed by the presidents decision to withdraw from the transpacific partnership, in agreement between 12 nation's back cover 40% of the global economy. president trump took the views that the tpp was not in the direct national interest of the united states. washould be noted that this a policy position adopted by both presidential candidates, it indeed, most nominees. australia respectfully disagrees with that position. it comes down to an interpretation of national is toots that we feel narrow. the tpp was about more than trade. expression of the close engagement with the region and the strategic leadership of the united states. australia remain supportive of the tpp principles who will continue to strive for high quality trade agreement, which in this case has set a new benchmark for trading rules. we believe there are many benefits for the remaining 11 countries and we continue to discuss future options. our views are well known in washington. we are assured that the

this is a regional problem, and we work with regional neighbors. recently spoke with the deputy prime minister of malaysia and discussed the matter with him as i did with the singaporean -- who visited australia recently. >> another issue dominating debate during the session has been political donations, particularly those from foreign sources. there's been great concern here >> there's been great concern here about some politicians drawing too close to chinese donors. >> thank you, mr. president. >> my question is to the leader of the government, senator brandis. our third recent reports that on the day china signed off on the agreement -- senator, was this conflict of interest raised to cabinet before or after the cabinet's deliberations over the china free-trade agreement? and if not, doesn't this just reinforce the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog? >> the attorney general rechting -- representing the prime minister, senator brandis. >> pity, he doesn't need any coaching from your. -- coaching from you. sorry, that was off the record

in especially in the manner region. but at the same time we have seen that the new policy was waiting in ankara. due to the changing comment in the domestic governor and this time it was concept in this period, was judged by the critics again as this time that turkey had to turn back to the previous route. meaning this was policy more cautious one. and less ideological one. we have seen a third one one coming up. after a period of living a little bit out of relation, normal life, with russia and together with israel, and one issue was also coincided with turkey's operation. the previous judgments had something again we have seen that turkey has been somehow accused of having another towards the split in russia so all of these kind of judgments was mostly focused on two points. one factor was bringing down the conduct of foreign policy to one person. meaning previously it was this time, this was our president erdogan. and also it was associated with the explanation of the mainstream of muslim identity and so as to my ans

region that the united states intends to remain the cornerstone for peace and stability in our region. i have not seen signs that the interest of the united states in our region is any less committed than past administrations. while we have the closest of relationships with the united states, there are two policy areas where we differ, and this is also reflected in the region. we were disappointed by the president's decision to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership, an international trade agreement between 12 nations that covered around 40 per cent of the global economy. president trump took the view that the tpp was not in the direct national interest of the united states. it should be noted that this was a policy position adopted by both presidential candidates, indeed most nominees. australia respectfully disagrees with that position. it comes down to an interpretation of national interest that we fear is too narrow. the tpp was about more than trade. it was also an expression of the closer engagement with the region and the strategic leadership of the united states. australi

in regional trade negotiations. our perspectives also different in relations to climate change. the g20 meeting in hamburg resulting in a new affirmation from 19 of the world's leading up economies of the central commitment made through the paris agreement. all 19 nations, including australia believe the paris agreement is a solid basis on which to make progress in reducing the impact of global greenhouse gas emissions. president trump's announcement that the united states will withdraw from the agreement was disappointing. given that the u.s. would meet its commitments. the withdrawal was more than symbolic. the united states is one of the largest carbon emissions. the fact that it has rejected international cooperation, with 197 nations signing the paris agreements, with 153 benefit case in's sends a negative message to many other nations. while these decisions give succor to the isolation theory, or the view that it is waning, i do not subscribe to other. the relative economic and military power of the united sta

to the other part of this region without metro and because this region is the only region, sorry this subway is the only subway which encompassed more than one state. it emcompasses three. therefore we are bipartisan because there's no other way to be. the transportation network requires it. and this resolution does in fact -- does in fact show it. this resolution is quintessentially important because it creates a safety commission. now, along with other members we see metro at least two different ways. we see it of course in light of our own constituents. t makes it hard for entire neighborhoods to be created, entire parts of the region to be connected, it is promoted economic -- it has promoted economic growth. but the metro, far more important than any of our individual jurisdictions, is the importance of metro to the federal government. you may have heard the figure 40%, almost half of the federal employees get to work through metro. when there is -- when metro has a snow day, the whole region shuts down. we're in this congress by ourselves. if the metro has a snow day, nobody can

current defining trends who are the winners and losers and how is this volatile and very dangerous region changing and is american influence on the decline. cross talking the shifting sands in the middle east i'm joined by my guest so i mean nate are in beirut he's a middle east analyst and in erbil we have joe lauria he is an independent journalist right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to you first joe my introduction was very very broad. from your standpoint and you're in iraq right now what what are the most important trends affecting the middle east because there's so much going on right now unfortunately particularly the united states it's overshadowed by what i call fake news i want to do real news on this program here joe your thoughts well how is the middle east changing go ahead it's very easy to get lost in all the details like this so friendly complex particularly in syria i think the overall if you're looking for a really big picture you have to look at us. relations and in that in the subtext of th

in the region. and the area around turkey as well as the polarization that we are witnessing. and the last few years at least. and in this regard, we know that so many areas, especially regarding to our party's conduct of foreign policy as having these two areas onward and it was the widest institute in two. generally like the first series was 2002. and roughly 2013 and this was the. that was mostly labeled or described as the foreign-policy was the conduct and it was right under the base meeting islamic rallies, and also an attack on erdogan and it was circumspect load of action in opera on foreign-policy has both problems in the region as well as beyond. >> on the second. for the second place conduct of foreign policy, it was also matched with the change of things that had efforts both in turkey as well as in the region and beyond. and in the region, it was just justified right after the level of springs and so the concert revolutions that led this revolution returned from sprinting for the winter

but to a different players with different regional powers that opening them up. for instance you have russia getting a big role in syria especially in the last two years iran united states of america and. to a lesser extent saudi arabia so this is a new order. by the. powers and of course i forgot turkey that is a compact of the regional powers on the scene for us. and the name of the game today is fighting the. core issue is who will be policing. this the areas of influence that will be controlled by each of the. word that we have already mentioned so what's at stake today. you. define the balance of power for years. to come in joe it's very interesting in looking at syria here with the end of dash i saw islamic state it seems to me that there's a lot of jockeying position for what could possibly be could be some kind of peace settlement. in your mind here is you know we had tillerson the secretary of state saying if i can quote foreign policy tillerson ready to let russia decide assad's feat i mean that is a remarkable statement considering the flip flop flip f

so you mentioned or in the discussion we mentioned that the region is an important region and i, from the lawyer's perspective, say that none of equity the court are with clean hands. i would offer to say that stability is important, security is important and in your testimony i'd like you to repeat what you said about engaging so that we can encourage the stability and i understand the list has now been in essence pared down to about six of the divans. but how would it be best for us to effectuate that engagement where all the parties recognize that there are elements of their policy dealing with terrorists and that should be eliminated? sure, i think the most important thing met brought up is mo you being a good starting point. saying the united states will hold him off to one standard and applying that standard across all the becomes fishery to us in terms of dealing with the overall challenge. and also it helps to alleviate this crisis amongst them. having also in terms of dealing with stability and dealing with the region, it is hammering home the point that we do not want to spe

this is a regional problem, and we work with regional neighbors. i recently spoke with the deputy prime minister of malaysia and discussed the matter with him as i did with the singsporian -- >> another issue dominating debate during the session has been political donations, particularly those from foreign sources. there's been great concern here about some politicians drawing too close to chinese donors. >> thank you, mr. president. my question is to the leader of the government, senator brand. our third recent reports that on the day china signed off on the agreement -- senator, was this conflict of interest raised to cabinet before or after the cabinet's deliberations over the china free-trade agreement? and if not, doesn't this just reinforce the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog? >> the attorney general rechting the prime minister. >> pity, he doesn't need any coaching from you -- sorry, that was off the record. senator, you should know better to ask about cabinet deliberations. the deliberations of cabinet are never the appropriate

powers and of course i forgot turkey that is a compact of the regional powers on the. road and the name of the game today is fighting the. core issue is who will be policing. this. the areas of influence. by each of the. two we have already mentioned so what's at stake today. you. define the balance of power for years. to come in joe it's very interesting in looking at syria here with the end of dash eisel islamic state it seems to me that there's a lot of jockeying position for what could possibly be could be some kind of peace settlement. in your mind here is you know we have tillerson the secretary of state saying if i can quote foreign policy tillerson ready to let russia decide assad's fate i mean that is a remarkable statement considering the flip flop flip flop flip flop that we keep hearing from washington on syria i mean do you take killer since words at face value because i mean i thought it was interesting but i mean what's what are these guys going to say tomorrow go ahead joe. no i do not want his words at face value i don't think they know what the hell t

,. >> rose: an to the feuft the region. >> the future of the region, ultimately, ultimately our sunni arab allies and partners are absolutely right to demand that iran stop its mall ianed behavior in the region. absolutely. >> rose: and the only way to do that is to be able to punish them for what they are doing? i mean sanctions is obviously worked in terms of bringing them to the table. is it sanctions or is it some other military action and show of force. >> so i-- so if it were up to me and not up to me but if it were up to me, i would push back against their proxies in the region. right, in a covert way. so that you don't empower the hard-liners in the process. so it's' not seen. >> proxy in the region being hezbollah, praimly. >> right. >> they did the fighting in syria. >> hamas didn't do that. >> the support to, the support to the-- you take on some of those. and raise the cause but do it in a way that doesn't empower the hard-liners. i think the other thing you do is with europe, absolutely critical you do this with europe, is you sanction them in a way that hurts. you sancti

so you mentioned or in the discussion we've mentioned that the region is an important region. i from the lawyer's perspective say that none of them in the court of equity are there with totally clean hands. i would offer to say that stability is important, security is important. in your testimony i would like you to repeat what you said about engaging so that we can encourage the civility. i understand the list has now been in essence paired down to about six of the demand. but how would it be best for us to effectuate that engagement where all of the parties recognize that there are elements of their policy dealing with troererrorists that should eliminated? >> sure. i mean i think that what you -- the most important thing -- and matt's brought this up a couple of times during the hearing, the question of the mou, setting a bar for everyone to meet, on the question of terrorist financing i think would be valuable. the qatarys are a problem, the urk ae had its issues. so holding them off and saying the united states will hold them all to one standard and applying that standard

all the states in the region are violent extremism. turkey is of course no exception in terms of experiencing the radicalization and ethnic-based radicalization. most people from outside turkey only focus on the religious radicalization, radicalism. by taking into consideration the rise of the isis network in turkey, but when you look at the other cases, especially the pyd in turkey, we the riseso talk about of ethnic radicalization in the context of pkk. turkey,also not only in in the context of the pkk. we are also facing an institutionalized rise of ethnic radicalization in turkey that affects also social contexts of turkish politics. to last one, with regards thategional politics affect turkey's security and foreign-policy, is the pressure on the borders. with you look at a rock and syria, for example, the syrian situation became very complex. it is divided into five different sections or geographical zones, and many non-state actors are operating in this geography. when you look at iraq, the results are border issues. in this cont

we want stability in our region, we want stability within the countries in the region. we do not want turmoil in the countries in the region and we have shown in our support for the people of iraq, in our support for the people of syria and in our support for the people of kuwait when they were invaded by saddam hussein. >> rose: several things about that influence. the german intelligence says for example that you still have great desire to have a nuclear cape bill fee. >> we do have a nuclear capability. but we have foregone the threatened option. >> rose: did you do that because of the pain of sanctions. >> no. we did that long before the sanctions started. i believe the sanctions were misguide and misplaced -- >> rose: conventional wisdom is by everybody that you were hurting by sanctions that you were willing to come to the negotiating table. and if you take the sanctions away we'll agree. >> charlie, i presented a proposal to the french, the britts and the germans, on march 23rd, 2005, before all these sanctions were presented. at that time i was ambassador here a

bund lers throughout the region to al-qaeda and syria in particular. the first big test will be to populate the domestic designation list just created by qatar's amir and to put people on that list. the u.s. just signed an mou on counter terror financing with qatar. it created new authorities. these need to be implemented in full. qatar has a history of past counter terrorism laws in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014. they were either not implemented or not implemented in full and so therefore this time we have -- >> we are going to break away from this event to take you live to capitol hill where senate republicans are talking about the health care bill debate. >> but none of us believe it actually replaces obamacare. neither does the freedom causes. and i need assurances that if i vote for the skinny bill, it will not become the final product. it will be the vehicle to have a conference between the house and senate where we can consider a true replacement. if i don't get those assurances, m

in a manner that was preserving regional peace and security.thank you mister president. >> i think the representative from egypt and now give the floor to the representative from italy. >> thank you mister president. it should be condemned in the strongest possible terms conducted by the dprk. this latest provocation consumes once again that the north korean regime continues to pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programs . (violation of the security council resolutions and therefore in open defiance of the international community. >> the last launched heading and intercontinental range is particularly worrisome. >> equally worrisome is the fact that the dprk claims to have reached a subjective of acquiring intercontinental ballistic missiles . the advanced nuclear capabilities by the dprk is undermines our collective security. >> the dprk's escalation and subsidizing activity pose a clear threat to international security and the global nonproliferation regime. we call on the dprk to take immediate steps to abandon its provocative illegal

regional security mechanism should be full. we remain fully committed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we reiterate our solidarity with the people living under the dprk's threatening behavior. we again call on the dprk to reengage in meaningful dialogue with the international community. in the meantime, sweden will stand united with council members in condemning any action that jeopardizes international peace and security. i thank you, mr. president. >> i thank the representative from sweden for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative from egypt. >> mr. president, at the outset i would like to thank mr. jenca for his briefing. we stress once again that the situation on the korean peninsula continues to be one of the main challenges of the nonproliferation regime. egypt expresses grave concern at the continued escalation and tension on the korean peninsula, as a result of the dprk nuclear program, which represents one of the main sources of threats to international peace and security. we call

and in waysproduce ratios of a e region -- in the region that are unfavorable to nato. this is not a question of what russian forces look like against nato in general, but sencenarios that could cause nato trouble in the region. there have been a lot of western concerns both in the region for nato officials and here in washington. we will hear more about those from the panel, so i won't go into great detail, but let me mention a couple. but not dramatic, frequent is that this may be preparation for some kind of direct military action. i understand the reason for this. it has happened before. there was an exercise which followed very quickly by interventions in the borders, in 2007. the same thing happened in the georgia war in 2008. having said that, i think direct military action personally is very unlikely. i don't think russia is looking to start a war with nato. but i do worry about two other things. implausible is less is incidents along the border, provocations, poking around the region. as a result, possibility of accidents. you know, we are going to need to be c

in the region. they will tell you whether it's the egyptians or the israelis or even others, they will tell you that it was the qataris and the turks that forestalled and ended the conflict. they continue to negotiate on behalf of hamas and i think that they probably in doing so, probably led to the loss of many, many more lives. >> gentlemen, time has expired. chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. cook, for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. my opening remarks, i talked about this news story about the north koreans working on the world cup and figures, that i read, 3,000 any article who talked about the possibility of whether they could be militarized. and this is a scenario that is kind of scary. we talked about the fact that we have our largest military base right there. which is as you said, insane. can you just comment on that possibility, where this is another dimension and another threat to this. because every week it seems that we have to re-evaluate, which is the num

>> so you mentioned that the region is important. from the lawyer's perspective say that none of them in the court of equity have totally clean hands. fire with said that stability and that is important but to engage so to encourage that stability so in essence to be pared down so how does this effectuate that engagement with all of the parties that should be eliminated?. >> so to set one bar for everyone there is a long history there so to hold them off to one standard that is the beneficiary to us and helps to alleviate the. so that hammers home the point that day have the monks themselves those that threaten their stability whether that is isis zero or extremism that is rather like to see the relationship >> so any interjection would you view that as a positive fact?. >> i would have the standard that congress applies to everyone. >> it might have the fastest or the 90-mile an hour ferrari. >> so to emboldened one over the other to be in the region with the administration to be with the president of egypt i have a very strong comm

thus significantly fanning the flames of tension in the region and beyond. it is a grave threat to maritime and air security with no notification or warning regarding the launch. this is a densely populated region with one of the most traveled air spaces of the world. yet again, the security council's credibility has been called into question. >> indeed, in spite of all sanctions and measures taken against it, the dprk has hardly abandon its nuclear ambitions. it has gone as far as listening to security council's credibility regarding its illegal nuclear programs.in this manner, it is continued to flout security council resolutions and appeals meaning that the council must take action. we've made continued appeals to the dprk to come back to dialogue and announce provocation. sanctions could go hand-in-hand with dialogue in a discreet manner as mentioned by the various resolutions around the country. by way of conclusion, and since there is no military solution to the problem in north korea on the peninsula, my country would like to reiterate the importance

and it essentially starts with rule in that region by the ottoman empire, rule in that region by the egyptians, role in that region by the british colonial powers, and then rule in that region by northerners situated in the postindependence government at khartoum. but the reason why i wanted to bring it together is that all of those powers who ruled that region had one central principle in mind, and that central rentable was that the region of the south, which is now south sudan, was to be only a region for the extraction of natural resources, was to be only a region for the extraction of human resources, was not to be cultivated, was not to be integrated, was to be isolated and was not to be developed. and that is essentially the beginning of the struggle that they had which essentially made it a place designated for plunder. and successive governments in postindependence khartoum made that very clear. one of the things that happened in the history, specifically around the second civil war in sedan versus the south, obviously, was they designated it something that they termed in ara

as well as lower regional actor is most powerful than others, as well as there's no regional contrast come security architecture or a system that could stabilize the crisis. because this is what we ended up. so talking about people demands about democracy, talking about where we are here about the radicalism come we're talking about isis, daesh. [inaudible] we would be just writing on the flames of isis and iraq or syria, elsewhere, but we might be facing with this radicalism next round. thank you so much. >> one stop with the most difficult gulen extradition. first of all, and getting into territory here as well as government policy territory where my knowledge base is weak, but from what i've seen of this, first of all, gulen steak and use government to court several times on cases including his claim to be a permanent resident that it would have thought would've been easy to beat down, but his lawyers were very effective beating the u.s. government. the department of justice doesn't like to lose cases. of have history of losing them with him. they will be very, very careful. in ter

to to talk to one another rather negotiation table or in a more regional outlook of. of talks and i believe that this is what we are witnessing no kind of. an ongoing effort to do. yes the water of. all the possibilities lying ahead for renewal of some kind of political process now mr sze you're being very very cautious in the way you you phrase. whatever progress may have been achieved but i think and i've seen a number of israeli arab publications coming out with have learned suggesting that the united states was back in the middle east do you think that's really the case to the extent of americans being able to call the shots in the region as opposed to just sending a couple of ad wars or taking a couple of pictures in front of the wailing wall what does it really mean to be back in the region as far as israel is concerned well it requires a. genuine effort to reassemble what we refer to as to quartet. america russia the e.u. and the united nations in order to have a more coherent. international approach to resolving to be horribly israeli conflict in general and t

we want stability in our region, we want stability within the countries in the region.e do not want turmoil in the countries in our region. we have shown that in our support of people in iraq, in syria, and in our support for the people of kuwait when they were invaded by saddam hussein. charlie: several things about that influence. the german intelligence, for example, said that you still have great desire to have nuclear capability. mr. javad sharif: we do have nuclear capability, but we have forgotten a nuclear weapon option. charlie: did you do that because of the pain of sanctions? mr. javad sharif: no, we did that long before the sanctions. i believe the sanctions were misguided misplaced and did not achieve an outcome. charlie: the wisdom of almost everybody is that you were hurting so badly from the sanctions that you were willing to come to the negotiating table, to take the sanctions away. mr. javad sharif: charlie, i presented a proposal to the french, the brits, and the germans on march 23 2005, before all of these sanctions were presented. at that time i wa

nterests and regional order? >> i focus on a region where favorability ratings have been low for a long time and you see slight increases under obama when he is elected after the cairo speech but after that, the expectations weren't met, we see a drop and in some cases in several countries favorability toward the u.s. was lower under obama than it was in bush's final year. shadi: which is an important point to emphasize because it's hard to process, how could that be? but even in the case of, say, jordan, it's only a 1% increase but u.s. favorability went up 15% under 2015 to trump. so you know, pretty much the same. but it shows that at least in places where there's strong anti-american sentiment that's been there for a long time, do people really care that much if trump was elected? they might not like him but for them, their lifelong experience with u.s. policy is a very negative one and they're very skeptical that anyone can really change that. i think the obama years really underscored that point because aga

thatou here in the region u.s.rship is not there beyond , what happened at riyadh, beyond the effort against extremism against , isis. yousef: i think in the trump administration we see a level of engagement we have not seen in a while. charlie: the president says he wants to do some of the things that she doesn't want to do things other people say is necessary in syria. there has been one airstrike because of the use of sarin gas. foref: there is a role regional countries to step up. charlie: that is what everyone wants. yousef: some have stepped up. to sorte things we have out in yemen, libya, syria. charlie: take of the united arab emirates, what participation has your country had in the syrian civil war? yousef: we were there in the beginning. led by a air sortee female fighter pilot. charlie: you were involved, right? yousef: in the beginning. we have more assets in yemen and we are trying to reach a political deal in yemen. charlie: what does that represent? yousef: very important. it represents a reconciliat

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of the region is sectarianism.tries like iraq, lebanon, guilty --he only one the mainly guilty party is iran. michael: this is one of the points most people don't understand. they think it is us, they think it has always been there, always in the attention. the iranians he hader in the region has made it much worse. --o be in yemen, cities and went to templees together. charlie: that's what happened in iraq> michael: absolutely. there is a trick here that is a needle that is hard to thread. i think president obama was on tough line toe manage and president trump might be on the other, and here is the trick is there is a real struggle going on in iran between the hardliners -- i don't call them moderates, but centrists. leader and supreme solo money and running, and all of the people with him -- charlie: the president is a centrist? michael: absolutely. charlie: the guard and supreme leader? you could see it in the debates between the candidates, you could see the tension and frustration one side with the other abou

is an important region. i from the lawyer's perspective that none of them in the court of equity are there with totally clean hands. and i would offer to say that stability is important. security is important. and in your testimony i'd like to you repeat what you said about engaging so that we can encourage the stability. i understand the list has now been in essence pared down to six of the demands. but how would it be best for us to effectuate that engagement where all of the parties recognize that there are elements of their policy dealing with terrorists that should be eliminated? >> sure. i mean i think that what you -- the most important thing -- and matt brought this up a couple of times during the question of the mou being a starting point. setting one bar for everyone to meet on the question of terror financing would be i think very valuable. because there is the -- the kuwaitis shall the qatarys pourl there is a long history therein a. ufrmt aes also had issues holding them ---en a saying the unite

this is a great concern for the region and indeed for the world. sweden condemns the latest test in the strongest possible terms. we once again called the dprk k to see cell development of its ballistic missile. and to take immediate steps toward the programs complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement in accordance with relevant security council resolutions. the continued unity of the security council in the face of the dprk k blatant violations of this council's resolution is of utmost importance as is the effective implementation of relevant implementation of all countries. sanctions remain insufficient and highly inconsistent. we reiterate that all member statements to their utmost in this regard. there is no military solution to the situation on the korean peninsula. there's an urgent need for redouble for to build confidence and avoid further escalation and take steps to prepare for a peaceful situation. almost come to this end and we welcome a peaceful situation through dialogue. tensions have risen in recent months and the problem fo

i think more generally for investors looking into the region, into the wider region, this kind of geopoliticales cause unease. i think that it can be offset by economic developments, but as we discussed with yousef, those are not likely to be seen this year. to that extent, it is difficult to get motivated about buying into the region at current levels and in the current environment. yousef: we see a lot of downside pressure on crude oil, which is he still -- which is key still to the saudi eco-story. 2017 forecast, nine dollars per barrel to $51 per barrel. where you see the crude traded -- where do you see the crude trading go? >> we went positive on oil prices in january 2016 when prices went through the floor. our expectation is that prices would rebound to $60. that has not happened. we got into the 50's and we have come off sharply since. the market is telling us what -- is what tracy alluded to earlier, and that is that there are now alternative sources of energy. the electric revolution is worrying some investors. we saw out of volvo recently, they intend to be all electric by 2019. da

the region. and abiding by the principles of peace, stability, equality and cooperation in line with a shared goal of prosperity and development in this region. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: indeed, asia pacific is growing to become the new center of power. crucial in the formation of a new world order. as senator john mccain put it when he spoke here, quote, the united states recognizes much of the history of the 21st century will be written in the asia pacific region. and that's an unprecedented era of peace and security has enables hundreds of millions of asians to lift themselves out of poverty and transform the economies of the region. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: i tend to agree and i welcome all nations, including the united states, to play an active part in showing the principles of maritime safety and security on the basis for respect of international law. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: we appreciate the support by the u.s. administra

there is a willingness to be more engaged in the region and an understanding that regional stability is one the mosty important things we can do for economic prosperity in our own internal security here in the united states. his willingness to be more engaged and hopefully we can fight them but that what that means. >> we thank you very much, senator, for your terrific t discussion of this issue. obviously, your serious attention that you are givingri this problem that we are considering and identifying opportunities for getting ahead of the crisis. thank you very much. god bless you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> will ask our other panelists to join us in. [inaudible conversations] i think we'll get started. we don't have a lot of time but we have a lot of knowledge on this topic. to me start this week i have dramatically reduced your bios. it is not to suggest that these are not amazing a compost people but i think we better get to the questions. marlena is a professor. she focuses on national security, illicit networks, transactional organized crime, counterterrorism and