desire united states shift some of the center of gravity of strategic focus from the middle east and south asia more towards asia. there is a recognition that these challenges we are facing in the middle east are extraordinarily important but the truth is the 20 first century, much of the history of the 20 first century will be written in the asia-pacific region. it is going to be important for the united states to step up our game there and that is what we are determined to do going forward. i say that in the context of a strong commitment across the political aisle. one other point. it is the case that oftentimes we use the term asia-pacific but the truth is it is the second word in that that gets short shrift. if you look at the last 20 years where we have profoundly walked away from some of our enduring strategic moral political commitments in the pacific ocean arena, one of the things we have been attempting to over the course of the last couple years is to work with new zealand and australia and other countries to support them and put more capacity in the pacific where even small investme

war, washington's inability to adjust to a politically complex, multiethnic religiously-divided south asia has hobbled the american effort from the start. by marrying its war on terror to the political agenda of the use beck northern alliance of the 1990s, it set itself against the traditional rulers of afghanistan, the pashtuns, setting the stage for the traditional conflict it now endures. from a purely american political perspective, claims that the u.s. is repeating vietnam are valid. what america did in world war ii in korea it did in vietnam, and what it did in vietnam, it's doing in afghanistan. but from the respect of an afghan elder whose family has been humiliated bien a night tame raid, the united states is repeating russia's vietnam, and that's a distinction that needs to be understood. the sow yet defeat -- soviet defeat in afghanistan and the collapse of the soviet union filled the islamic right wither fervor. while the united states could walk away from vietnam, bruised but with its world status unaffected, the same could not be said for afghanistan and pakistan where the un

the foreign on western hemisphere and on the middle east and south asia. we are joined today by the chairman of the subcommittee, chairman mack of florida. i'd also like to welcome the ranking member tierney, raking member ackermann for the ranking member angle today. i thank you all for being here today. we are examining the administration's policy for national security threats abroad through the use of sanctions. since the 9/11 attacks americans have invested over trillions of dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, americans have died in operations during freedom and iraqi freedom. another 44,266 have been injured. these numbers have risen dramatically since the current president took office in 2009. 33,000 troops in afghanistan by the fall of 2012. this will leave hawksley 67,000 troops behind to watch is twice as many when the president obama entered office. because of this great thing to do based on facts, not because it's the convenient. while the combat terrorism and middle east, middle east, we must not neglect that we face

and south america, they're in africa, all over south asia. >> do you think there's a sense of mission creep and the mission being to be number one in the plan set in. >> i don't think that's their objective. they're doing it for their own national economic reasons. they're developing resources for them, they do it wherever there's oil and minerals and in latin america. >> what do they want to whitewash? >> they've got a huge population to support. they're doing things out of their own national interests. they're not necessarily doing it to tweak us, although that's -- >> global power. >> they're never going to be a leader because they never have followers because the self- interest is so naked. there's no idealism or purpose there that anyone can get beyond. >>> say that, but i know of a phd students who are over here, from china, and they used to stay here. they don't stay here anymore. they go back to china. >> parts of the reason is we don't let them stay here. >> i don't think that's the reason. i think the reason is -- that the future is in china! >> china is succeeding where the

all the state media summed up my work there is high treason to the self-proclaimed republic of south asia hasn't been under george's direct rule since nine hundred ninety two michel psychist really repeated many times that the republic had to return to georgia and he promised to settle the situation through diplomacy suitable going to disarm we don't need a war and their pals in an ascension people don't need one either there is a force that wants the defeat of the georgian and a peasant in a city and people are i promise they won't let it happen on the much. but in the early hours of august the altering repeated showed symbolic from georgian territory in the morning troops were sent into the republic. it was the start of a military operation described by saakashvili of the introduction of constitutional order in the turret tree south to set. if the i was woken up by a little noise everything was rolling and shaking we men outside was screaming and crying and it was as if all of us had landed in hell after a volcanic eruption and everybody stayed awake throughout the night the noise never

role in central and south asia, and how does pakistan fit into that process.so let me begin with the issue of how pakistan fits into the afghan war. and let me note this particular slide is drawn from the time i spent working with general mcchrystal and the team that was developing the strategy that was recommended to bruce and others in washington. pakistan fits into a set of problems that are ones we will or will not solve in the course of the afghan war. one is whether we can defeat the insurgents tactically, and there we are making, i think, very significant progress. another is whether we can eliminate their control and influence over the population which is more problematic. at this point in time, the idea of creating an effective nato approach with integrated isaf approach is moot. it isn't going to happen, departing caveats are not being reduced. we are seeking to build up an effective afghan national security force. those of you who have seen the papers over the last few days probably realize that there is a major gap between 2014 as a date and the fa

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handmade gowns unique and precise in the traditions of their parents who lost women in north or south asia try to get married to wearing national wedding costume this one for example is a perfect copy of what price two hundred years ago and it looks just as good today but the detail here is handmade and it takes more than a month to get a dress like this for the big day. craft work like this runs in the blood of the people in north assassin from dressed in pride since used for office workers to love those costumes for the top stages in russia one of the workshops for some petersburg's prestigious marine ski or bryn bali theater is based here in one of the narrow streets of latika us. this i do belong to the russian conductor give me thirty thousand people for two years at the beginning careers but now we do everything independently and bring the finished costume to the theater. for a region enclosed by towering mountains north is that his presence is. way beyond this rural buddhist traditions the translator broad's and delight the travelers who come here our close our team continues to exp

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this would require the operations in south asia alongside a continual scatting of the horizon to counter el pais presence and prevent its expansion, too other field and feeling states. an effective strategy will come when the technical elements of the systematically destroyed and weakening enemy capabilities. the equally critical broad strategic imperative of breaking the cycle of terrorist insurgence recruitment and replenishment that have respected lee sustained al qaeda and fuelled its allies in yemen and somalia as well and the operations would be a critical element of this approach. this will also have the ability in the post nation capabilities to a greater and more sustained extent than currently exists. it would be dangerously precipitous at this time to declare a total victory. the hopes of renewal and regeneration in the aftermath of bin laden's killing rests upon its continued access to the geographical sanctuaries and safe havens that the movement has always depended on and accused the basis with which to plot and plan international terrorist strikes. only by depriving al qae

anyone including the russians the european union and the united states in terms of having a stable south asia so briefly are you hopeful of that happening i. no no i'm not and i think we saw just recently with the capture of osama bin laden inside of a bout of bad what that showed was that we don't have call real cooperation from the pakistani government and we've also seen pakistan now bringing relationships with china so what does this mean for in terms of u.s. russian european union and indeed relationships continued tensions and if we don't if we as as an international community don't really put some pressure on pakistan to to have them as a cooperative partner in stabilizing that area it's going to be a nightmare for everybody and this should scare everyone to death a sobering prospect live from the u.s. capitol afghan war veteran to. thank you. it's and he has called for an immediate cease fire in libya to allow humanitarian aid to be brought into the country the appeal comes after they too admitted to a blunder that resulted in the deaths of civilians including children i spoke to inve

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if they're still kept in their minds was no question or russia calls up the republic of north to south asia. it's been almost three years those below but the signs of the struggle remain and it's not only abounded houses and devastated residential areas but also a significant number of people that still have no place to call home and to discuss the small i'm now joined by to do it no beach and instructor adds the institute of civilization here and lets you go cross thank you very much for joining me so if you do it it has opri family had been touched by the refugee problem i can see there are lots of people here and with a good cause that's a full moon this problem very well because they have friends and for looted so it's hard to see because so here after they are in school to with this so to say it's here in georgia in two thousand and eight for example my family has relatives a family of three they had to stay with those were a year before they managed to settle down here find jobs schools a place to live so you can see the pope will still exist all right and what is the main challenge d

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role in central and south asia? how does pakistan fit in that process? let me begin with the issue of how pakistan fits into the afghan war. let me know to that this particular side is drawn from the time i spent working with the general mcchrystal and the team that was developing the strategy that was recommended to bruce and others in washington. pakistan fits into a set of problems. there are ones we will or will not solve in the course of the afghan war. one is whether we can defeat the insurgency tactically, and there we are making, i think, very significant process. -- progress. at this point in time, the idea of creating an effective nato approach, an integrated approach, is moot. it will not happen. countries are departing. and we are seeking to build up ineffective afghan national security force. those of you who have seen the papers of the last few days probably realize that there is a major gap between 2014 as a date and the fact that the particular buildup can occur between 2016- 2018. one of the problem of finding a way of creating an effect

north korea proliferates ballistic missiles to south asia and africa. why would north korea be so successful? because there are so many countries to want to weapons of traditional western countries will not sell to them the have to give them from robe states central african republic lot of blanche of tea 54 tanks two years ago and they were caught taking shipment by the south african navy. why would they want to do that? three years after the war? all-white are they still manufacturing the tanks? because that is what the russians did and they want us to hold the tanks because they know people will still buy them. it is a buyer's market in seller's market and is working out well for them but there's more. north korea also proliferates to the non state actors. terrorist groups. dprk provided weapons and training to the tigers write-up until of the issue i get army drove them into the sea. i thought this was an interesting way to fight the counter insurgency knowing that it could kill the bad guys. my hat's off to them. the number three and supplied the ti

my name is walter andersen and next year i'm going to be heading the south asia program here.wers to important questions regarding pakistan's premier military organization, and i have a few myself. let me throw them out and hopefully the speakers will answer them and we can get to them in the questions and answers. first is what is the nature of the relationship with of the isi organizations like the afghan taliban of mullah omar, the haqqani network? and related to that is is manly to gather information or involve support including operational support. second, if they're our relations with the militant groups, at what level of the isi are these links maintained? and to what extent do offices who are tasked with working with jihadis face a choice between loyalty to the military and loyalty to the cause? still another related question is whether the chief of army staff's appointment of the close confidante was the general as the head of isi resulted in any changes of the mission of the organization, and the larger issue is whether the isi needs to be reformed. and fourth is doe

subcommittee, the foreign affairs committee, and the foreign affairs committee on the middle east and south asia. we are joined today by the chairman of the subcommittees, chairman connie mac of florida, and chairman steve chabot of ohio. i want to welcome ranking member tiernn yerks and i think you all for being here. today we are examining the administration's policy to confront throats abroadly the use of sanctions. they focused tapings on the middle east. americans have invested over a trillion dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, 6,072 americans died in iraqi freedom and new dawn. another 44,266 injured. in afghanistan alone, these numbers rose dramatically since our current president took office in 2009. wednesday evening, president obama announced to withdraw 33,000 troops from afghanistan by the fall of 2012 leaving approximately 67,000 troops behind which is twice as many when the president obama entered office. while i support a withdrawal must be rooted in prudence, and not politics. because it's the right thing to do based on the facts and nos because it's c

fighting in a local comfort in kashmir indeed most of his military career has been involved in south asia, india, pakistan, afghanistan. that in recent years he has relocated his operation to the pakistan/afghanistan border area. that tribal territory of north wuzeerstone and from there he developed close relationship with the afghan taliban and al qaeda. he has risen through the ranks of al qaeda quite dramatically in that time. rising to that position, as you say. essentially the operational chief. the man whose job it was to implement al qaeda strategy. that is to decide on targets to dedicate resources and, ultimately, carry out these operations and take lives. he has been essentially quite successful at doing it to the point where he has been talked about since the death of osama bin laden as a possible replacement as the leader of the whole global al qaeda network, t.j. >> phil, what dowe know about these strikes, these drone strikes. we know they do take place, oft oftentimes, u.s. officials are very quiet about them, but pakistani officials have been quiet about them, critical of

. >> woodruff: next tonight, the deadly and gruesome end to a civil war in south asia.ay suarez begins with some background. and a warning: some of the documentary material includes disturbing images. >> suarez: it's been just two years since some semblance of peace returned to sri lanka, once famed for its tea and beaches. for more than 25 years, beginning in 1983, a civil war raged in the north and east of the tropical island nation off southern india. militant members of the tamil minority, the so-called "tamil tigers," fought a guerrilla war for independence against a government run by the sinhalese majority. the tigers were accused of dozens of suicide bombings in the capital, colombo, during the 1990s, and human rights groups reported atrocities by both sides during the conflict. the u.n. has reported at least 40,000 civilians-- more than half the toll for the entire war-- died in the final months of the fighting in late 2008 and 2009. now, britain's independent television news has charged that sri lankan government forces herded thousands of tamil civilians into

foreign policy in the middle east and south asia. >> i want to start with you john nagl. what do you want to hear from the president tomorrow in terms of immediate reductions. >> i actually think the most important thing the president can say is it has long term secure interests in afghanistan and in the region and that we are going to be committed with troops for a number of years to come. >> a number of years. >> for a number of years. in fact it's actually more important than even the pace of this draw down as important as that is. >> all right. ms. bennis what do you want to hear. >> i want to hear our security interests did not involve hundreds of thousands of troops and contractors there, that the president has listened to the 64% of the american people who say that the war is not worth fighting and we should get out right away. that means as long as it takes to get on planes and get them home. >> i want to hear what the transition phase is. this speech is the beginning of a transition and it signals that. but many people in government who are running this policy, m

role in central and south asia, and how does pakistan fit into that process. let me begin with the issue of how pakistan fits into the afghan war. let me know this particular slide is drawn from the time i have spent working with general mcchrystal and the team that was developing the strategy that was recommended to bruce and others in washington. pakistan fits into a set of problems that are once we will not solve in the course of the afghan war. one is whether we can defeat the insurgents tactically. i think we are making progress. the other is whether we can limit their control and influence over the population, which is more problematic. the idea of creating an effective nato approach is moot. it is not going to happen. they are not being reduced. we are seeking to build up an effective afghan national security force. those of you who have seen the papers over the last few days probably realize there is a major gaps between 2014 as a date and the fact that that particular build up cannot occur before 2016-2018. we have the problem of finding a way of crea

time that the united states shifts the gravity of our strategic focus from the middle east and south asia more towards asia. i think there is a recognition that these challenges facing in the middle east are extraordinarily important. the truth is the 21st century -- much of the history of the 21st century will be written in the asia-pacific region. it's going to be important for the united states to step up our game. that's what we are determined to do going forward. i say that in the context of a strong commitment across the political aisle. if i could just make one other point to that, you know, it is the case that often times we use the term asia-pacific. but the truth is it's the second word in that that gets short shrift. if you look over the course of the last 20 years where we have profoundly walked away from some of our enduring, strategic, moral political commitments it is in the pacific ocean arena. one the things that we have been attempting to do over the course of the last couple of years is to work with new zealand, work with australia and other countries to support them an

time that the united states shifts the gravity of our strategic focus from the middle east and south asia more towards asia. i think there is a recognition that these challenges facing in the middle east are extraordinarily important. the truth is the 21st century -- much of the history of the 21st century will be written in the asia-pacific region. it's going to be important for the united states to step up our game. that's what we are determined to do going forward. i say that in the context of a strong commitment across the political aisle. if i could just make one other point to that, you know, it is the case that often times we use the term asia-pacific. but the truth is it's the second word in that that gets short shrift. if you look over the course of the last 20 years where we have profoundly walked away from some of our enduring, strategic, moral political commitments it is in the pacific ocean arena. one the things that we have been attempting to do over the course of the last couple of years is to work with new zealand, work with australia and other countries to support them an

korea also proliferates ballistic missiles and conventional weapons throughout the middle east, south asia and africa. why would north korea be so successful? because there are so many countries who want weapons that traditional western countries like our own will not sell to them. they have to get these weapons from rogue states, eg, central african republic bought some tanks of the north koreans two years ago and they were caught taking shipment by the south african navy. why would they want to buy t53 weapons after three years after the korean war. they wanted to buy their tanks because that's what the russians supplied them with 30 years ago and the north koreans wanted to sell them the tanks and built the tanks because they know people will still buy them so this is kind of a buyer's market, seller's market it's working well for north korea and the nations that want to buy their stuff but wait, there's more. north korea also proliferates to nonstate actors. that is terrorist groups. dprk provided weapons and training to the demil tigers right after the army drove them into the sea and

from china's state owned banks, catching the attention of potential customers from california to south east asia. >>chovanec: they've been offering very attractive financing terms around the world to people who hire the chinese to come in and build things. that may end up boomeranging and harm china's banking system but in the short run it generates a lot of business for chinese companies, and some ways they're subsiding exports, or subsidising business for chinese companies. >>reporter: for some, high speed rail is an icon of china's rise as a global economic power; though others lambast it as a debt laden, extravagant indulgence. china is clearly building for tomorrow's needs, at today's prices. and along the way, it's stealing a march on the rest of the global railroad industry. >>reporter: tourism and construction are two of spain's major industries, before the crisis hit theyaccounted for a quarter of gdp. both took a serious knock when the recession took hold, contributing to the country's rapid decline. we took a trip to spain to see how the two sectors are faring today. >>reporter: this

it has fabricated on a consolidation in both south asia and beyond. the greatest successes and pakistan but at indeed since 2004 every major terrorist attack from the u.s. a european allies has affiliated from al qaeda or affiliate's. most of those of originated in pakistan. although there is the international owned jihadi contingents along with the indigenous allies plan local and regional and international terrorist operations of a global scale. of the field the thoughts originated from yemen and the peninsula is no less serious were more ambitious. mouse surprisingly eighth section have expressed concern from international terrorism even a greater threat to u.s. security. american and european intelligence officials from the global ambitions and the radicalization recruitment capabilities, all the incidents represent the fruition of the strategy on multiple fronts. according to the campaigns of critical operational fear where they provide new opportunities for are excited to extend the reach. countries such as pakistan in somalia and yemen figure p

obviously, our capacity as middle east and south asia where we devote most of our energy and time. having to be in the region there recently in saudi arabia is obviously very concerned at this time about iran exploiting the so-called arab sprig or whatever terminology one prefers that they see themselves as being encircled, whether it's yemen, egypt, it has close relations with iran, bahrain and we saw the saudi reaction they are. there's certainly a man is flexing its muscle and they really do welcome and command my fellow chairs were talking publicly about this venezuelan connection with iran because it's a great concern. it shows the iranian threat is really global in nature. and obviously can't saudi arabia, a lot of oil there. the most resources in the world at this time, i ran this tech in her third depending on that she's deep. the point i take to get to at this point is oreo is a commodity on the world markets and what we pay in the united states is a set date by that supply. and so, our interest here whereas we do import iranian oil and it affects the pricier, e-mail, depe

scribing policies our country is that they don't particularly know anything about our stance south america asia eastern europe. that i mean absolutely and this is so that's the point that i brought up with. the governor of carstens as you know is what you also have going on is tim geithner openly supporting the guard and it looks like the u.s. is ready to cut a deal with the euro will give you look start look gart you let us keep on to that deputy managing director number two position it's going to be vacated or that's the . term ends in august so they want to hang on to that number two position so i think that's exactly what you'll see you'll see a. european in a little guard at the helm and you'll see another american at the number two spot which means you can expect the same shenanigans on the part of the i.m.f. going forward and that's just as history as surveyor pain has always held that position and you think it's a bit more of the same that was raj as she founder and president of the capital thanks for being on the show. now drones in many ways have become the symbol of america's undiscl

persecuting policies for countries that they don't particularly know anything about first hand south america asia eastern europe do you think. i mean absolutely and this is go that's the point that i brought up with . the governor of course this is you know what you also have going on is tim geithner openly supporting the guard and it looks like the u.s. is ready to cut a deal with the euro rogue if you look sharp look articulated deputy managing director number two position it's going to be or that job which he is term ends in august so they want to hang on to that number two position so i think that's exactly what you'll see you'll see zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero from european and look at the helm and you'll see another american at the number two spot which means you can expect the same shenanigans on the part of the i.m.f. going forward and that's just as history as serving your pain has always held up position and you think is going to be more of the same that was rajkot she founder and president capital thanks for being on the show now