they‘ re looking and and running in south east asia. d vietnam, they‘re looking at thailand, can they move across to south asia? india is one of the ones they're looking at there. those teams are out in the markets right now about the waiting alternative production sites. indeed, major headache for many asia—pacific ceos and they're trying to come up with contingency plans if we have a full—blown trade war between the americans and the chinese? that's right, but they do not expect it to end any time soon. a month or so ago everyone was hoping it will wrap up before we get to the mid—term us elections in november. that's now of the cards. it looks like both sides, china and the united states, arejust buckling down for a contest that will go into 2019. even if they resolve it in 2019, most ceos of large manufacturing firms are leaving the issue of changing their supply chain on the agenda. they think this issue of economic nationalism is with us in the long—term now. even if there isa in the long—term now. even if there is a resolution in

we've had four a into south east asia. we've ha d su ccess four a into south east asia. of artists, katy perry, celine dion, justin bieber, the rolling stones, just to name a few and we've developed tremendous confidence in bangkok as a strong entertainment market through that experience but at the same time we are acutely aware that bangkok is really lacking the kind of modern venue infrastructure that it means to serve that demand —— needs to serve that a man so we see big opportunity and we are confident that if we can bring these kinds of modern venues to the market that it will not only spur the attraction of more content, it will provide consumers in this market with experiences that a heretofore haven't had access to. market with experiences that a heretofore haven't had access tom lacks modern infrastructure as you say and over the last two decades the country has gone through some political turmoil — any worries on clampdowns or interference from the military government?” clampdowns or interference from the military government? i would say not particularly. of c

more on the story now with boston heartache our south-east asia correspondent you have covered me in march for many years also this case in particular for us thank you for joining us in studio these two journalists are now set to go to jail for seven years what do you make of this verdict and where do things go from here i think first of all on a personal level this is really tragic this verdict and i went to prison for seven years as we heard in the report they both have young families and were loans case his first daughter was only born a month ago and he's never had the chance to meet her so from that point of view that this is obviously very tragic but also from a broad a wider perspective if you look at the situation casts a light on the situation of press freedom and of the situation of human rights violations in mar in general and this is what these two reporters were working on they were uncovering evidence of atrocities that were that were committed in. against the muslim minority in the west of the country in rakhine state and now that's what they were in effect for decryin

europe,central asia and africa and the middle east, south east asia and india. upgrades to its ecosystem. welcome to the we continue to navigate china's belt and road initiative. we begin this program and mumbai, known as the gateway to india. not so welcoming to china's belt and road initiative. countries with massive economies accounting for more than one third of -- but with a long history of mistrust. think it's understandable india is nervous about having this giant neighbor growing so quickly. is nervousd india about this and doesn't want china to be planning the asia infrastructure. for india tontial benefit if china is financing good infrastructure projects around the region. >> amongst the neighbors -- that we canies become and the shift that can become highly indebted. they share a contentious border the question is should they be concerned about bri, i think they will be most concerned with countries that border them would have traditionally had their spare of influence -- their sphere of influence. port init was a bangladesh or a port intrigue longer

platforms, not just in the us, it is not all focusing on emerging markets with investments in south east asiaa are. to some extent, if china is going to be the regal are below is in power in the world as the us gets back, alibaba could benefit from it. have announced this week of launching a russian venture. they are becoming more global and get less us focused and they were not very us focused to start with. flextech a quick look at those markets now. some of them are open. —— lets take a quick look. the all 0rdinaries open. —— lets take a quick look. the all0rdinaries in open. —— lets take a quick look. the all 0rdinaries in australia higher and the nikkei extending on its gains on monday. also a weaker yen is open to propel those export reliance stocks. really taking their cues from wall street, we saw gains on wall street for the s&p 500 and nasdaq and that is on a little bit of optimism on potential more tax cuts from the trump administration and the dow ending flat. that is it for this edition of asia business report, thank you for watching. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour:

that is a disease currently sweeping through south east asia and europe. has seen a large—scale cull of pigs. it will cost more if the disease continues to spread. we have already seen the europeans banning imports from china and other countries, we will follow suit. imports, of course, the china from other countries are likely to benefit because of this disruption, china will have two supplement some of its domestic production with increased imports around the world, which will benefit particularly the european union, where a lot of those imports come from. how might this impact the chinese economy though? because as we know, they are the world's biggest pork producer, they already mired in this trade war with the us as well. so i do not think it will have a big impact because the agricultural sector is a very small section of the economy, but the previous disease outbreaks that we have seen, as you mentioned the outbreak in 2000 seven, also ped in 2011, both caused pork prices to jump by 2011, both caused pork prices to jump by over 260%, which had a big

carsten leakage out the liver disease hepatitis is a worldwide problem especially in africa and in south east asia many patients don't even know that they are infected until the liver goes on strike how you can prevent hepatitis and when you can treat it this is what i'm going to talk about today with dr you get here at the sherry t. in the limb welcome to in good shape. if you have elevated liver enzymes go see a doctor because many problems can be treated. appetite is a b. c. d. e. there are different kind of viral agents causing the liver disease and some of them are quite harmless our liver can deal with it but especially in hepatitis b. and c. the disease is really really dangerous because over time it destroys all liver. gabi vinton has been through a lot she was diagnosed with hepatitis c. her liver had become irreversibly damaged she was fortunate to get a transplant although only after an agonizingly long wait. couldn't enjoy life at all i was just living one day to the next hoping that i'd survive. it the name hepatitis is derived from the greek words for liver and inflamed some forms of

of a multilateral process directed at creating it lasting mechanisms for peace and security in south east asia. of the korean peninsula is one of the tasks we should lead to national community faces today when it comes to the international security and i mean nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction unfortunately on this path we see more and more obstacles mounting. there is a lack of progress when it comes to education of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and the creation of the middle east the. nuclear weapon for you so they have been coupled with a unilateral withdrawal of the us from the joint comprehensive plan of action which violates the resolution twenty two thirty one and iran fully complies with all its obligations we'll do our best preserved. the deal approved by the u.n. security council all these negative dead ensues i also assume within the walls of the obviously w as a cyclical secretary it. has been transferred into an instrument for. the federal resume. which can possibly the independent professional status of the structure as well as universal character of the

internet type of market, especially as alibaba becomes a global player, moving into europe in south east asiad a couple of weeks ago, china is going to start taxing global income for people who spend more than 183 days a year in china. now, most of jack ma's welcomes offshore because his companies have gone public in hong kong or the united states. i would not be surprised if he is doing this so he can spend more time in hong kong and other countries outside mainland china in order to reduce his tax burden. when i talked to a lot of the wealthy people in the last week, lots of them talked about moving to hong kong and spending 182 days or less on mainland china in order to reduce their personal income tax. with its enviable living standards and comprehensive welfare state, sweden has for decades been held up as a beacon of social democracy. but elections this weekend could see a far—right party win a fifth of the vote. from stockholm, jenny hill sent this report. today we fight. and it's a battle for the soul of this country. as they recreate sweden's past, populists fight the establishment f

are plans for at least seven more including bang the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand. much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing an agreement to purchase power from that project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite being wheeled out soledad has no standout guideline of safety procedure that late in cares about the police when the dam breaks you know. the warnings his stand the road access to roach to a problematic involves. the lao government sa

are plans for at least seven more including being the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing an agreement to purchase power from that project the l . tricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite loud so days no stand out guideline save the procedure that in case of backup who you know live in the dam break you know. the warnings the stand the road access to roads to a problematic in laos. the lao government says harnessing the

internet type of market, especially as alibaba becomes a global player, moving into europe in south east asianounced a couple of weeks ago, china is going to start taxing global income for people who spend more than 183 days a year in china. now, most ofjack ma's welcomes offshore because his companies have gone public in hong kong or the united states. i would not be surprised if he is doing this so he can spend more time in hong kong and other countries outside mainland china in order to reduce his tax burden. when i talked to a lot of the wealthy people in the last week, lots of them talked about moving to hong kong and spending 182 days or less on mainland china in order to reduce their personal income tax. sean ryan, great to have your thoughts on this. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, cleaning up our oceans. the first attempt to remove decades of plastic pollution starts in the pacific. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 1

are plans for at least seven more including being the government wants to become the battery of south east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off some. running an agreement to purchase power from that project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite loud so days no stand out guideline save the procedure that way in case of backed up you know when the dam break you know. the warnings his road access to road to a problematic. the lao government says harnessing the energy of the meko

but analysts are saying that the currency of south—east asia's biggest economy is actually going to continueeen since the depths of the asian financial crisis, way back in 1998, rupiah sliding to 20 year lows. analysts say the nation's trade deficits and reliance on oil render ita deficits and reliance on oil render it a somewhat vulnerable to those emerging market to sell off so it has been triggered by the turmoil in turkey and argentina that you speak of. rupiah down 6% in the past three months, that is even as the central bank has been intervening to try to pf°p up bank has been intervening to try to prop up the currency in the bond markets to help halt the sell—off. bank indonesia has raised interest rates watcher times since made to stem this but analysts saying watch this space, it will continue because the country has a trade deficit and that reliance on oil imports. thank you. markets in asia digester and what we we re markets in asia digester and what we were talking about and it is on the minds of global investors, in regards to emerging market currency. we have no direction from

joining me from bangkok is our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head.ace for the former prime minister. it is dramatic. although the investigators are taking theirtime, dramatic. although the investigators are taking their time, to the frustration of some of those who had hoped that the stunning election victory of the then opposition would bring a very quick investigation into imdb, actually it is proceeding ata into imdb, actually it is proceeding at a fairly steady pace. this is the third time mr najib has faced charges. he has already had seven charges. he has already had seven charges against him on two previous occasions. the previous ones were in relation to an alleged siphoning off of $10 million, relative to the amount involved, quite small, involving a subsidiary of 1mdb. this is the first and he is facing charges relating to be very well reported appearance of some $630 million in his own personal bank account. it has always insisted that that money was a gift from saudi royalty. and in recent daisy has posted documents on his facebook page,

east asia. dozens of people are known to have been killed as winds of up to 125 miles an hour brought heavy rain and ripped buildings apart. our south jonathan head's report begins in the philippines. after the deluge. the shrieking wind was bad enough, but heavy rain brought landslides to the northern philippines, burying vehicles, houses and people. the rivers are also dangerously swollen. here, rescuers managed to pull a mother and child to safety from theirflooded home. the storm has passed on, but everywhere it's left a trail of destruction. people are returning from evacuation shelters to find their homes in ruins. or, as for this man and his family, swept away completely. there's nothing they can do but to pick up their possessions. "we don't know where we're going to live," he told me. "our house is gone, and we'lljust have to go anywhere we can." you've only got to look at the state of this school roof to see just how powerfully destructive this storm was. all this damage is a really heavy blow for communities which have got very few resources, and where government help is sparing and slow at best. as we left his town, a go

now been moved from their homes in southern china as typhoon mangkhut battered its way across south east asiasperate details of how mp tobias ellwood battled to save police officer keith palmer who was stabbed to death in the westminster bridge attack. and coming up on the bbc news channel, simon yates' victory at the vuelta a espana means british cyclists have completed an unprecedented clean sweep of the three grand tour titles. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in an interview for the bbc‘s panorama programme theresa may says the only alternative to her approach to the brexit negotiations would be leaving the eu without a deal. the prime minister also criticised plans by brexit—supporting members of her own party to try to resolve the irish border issue. in response, the former foreign secretary borisjohnson has criticised her approach to the border question and said it could lead to brexit being a "total write—off". our political correspondent iain watson reports. a brief moment of semi—relaxation for the prime minister and her husband at chequers, her country retreat. ye

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the middle east but also business and would respect sort of dollar a lot of countries in there are deciding to trade in their local currencies china is trading in the yuan than most of south asia in east asia so it's a recurrent theme all over the world the more the u.s. pushes or rather more trump pushes against institutions and countries the more it seems to go against them you know we go back to new york with you i mean we're going to in the second part of program i want to talk about syria but i work come hourly mention it it is quite interesting and i'm glad you have a historical perspective here we had we have now a deal that turkey and russia made visa v. syria to deal with and we'll talk about the as three hundred but that deal was made with a member of nato in russia without the united states involved that is something new we haven't seen something like that before so you even within the alliance the united states is not being able to control all of its members go ahead in new york . right preterperfect well i think that you that have taken place right now. or frankly anybody. they realize that international law or they are in that location so what the turks are worri

are plans for at least seven more including being the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing and agree. meant to purchase power from that project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realized that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite being. sold there is no standout guideline save the procedure in case of back up you know when the dam breaks you know. the warning system roared access to roche through a problem at the. the lao government says harnessing the ener

and as you mentioned it has gotten worse and we actually spoke with the head of the traffic's south east asia division and she told us that the number of sales has gone up since they begun the study back in two thousand and sixteen and so the sales illegal in many cases they are and thailand prohibits the sale of some of these animals actually half of the speeches that traffic found being sold on facebook they fall under his laws it's illegal to sell them on the other hand. mostly protect species that are native to the country and they don't really focus on known native species even when these might be protected under international conventions and so a lot of these animals which might be endangered but are not native to thailand they end up falling into this legal gray zone and it's not illegal to sell them strictly speaking in thailand even if this violates international agreements so many of these cells taking place on facebook what are they doing about this well facebook has clear rules that forbids the selling of any on him or any of the most parts but it also has over two million users s

are plans for at least seven more including being the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand. much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing an agreement to purchase power from that project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite loud soledad is no standout guideline of safety procedure that way in case of back up you know when the dam breaks you know. the warnings the stand rod access to wrote to a problematic involves the lao government says harnessing the e

other agencies, but we do not know when the next syria will erupt or the next crisis in africa south east asia have so the numbers to be flexible and adaptable to be changing circumstances on the ground but it should be robust. >> look at that. and look at what we did with customer, we used new jersey where a lot came and that was a great success in the way we responded to that which we would not have predicted. we do not expect it was going to have but we did respond very well. >> to your point, i am sorry i can see your name, there is a statutory requirement that the president has to fill that number, or seeing that now so would that not provide enough padding for adaptation of the number? >> the caps are guidelines, there is a maximum number and our regional criteria. this president can exceed or not meet the caps. in the last fiscal year, i believe it was five or six regions that were designated, the united states did not meet the caps for any of them except for european where we exceeded it. you can think about what message that sends. the regional caps according to the 1980 refugee law a

services like netflix and digital platforms like youtube, pakistani dramas have reached far beyond south—east asiaes, i think it's really heart—warming. baaghi, which was loosely based on the life of the late social media star qandeel baloch, is one of several drama series to tackle misogyny and pakistani society. it notched up record ratings and also helped change perceptions of liberal women in the country. if you really want to know the impact that baaghi has had, just go on youtube and read people's comments, they are actually apologising, because they are the same people that really vilified her, that turned her into some sort of villain. gender discrimination is not the only controversial theme television producers are addressing. udaari received global acclaim for covering the sensitive issue of child abuse. i do understand that we are supposed to entertain people, but it is sometimes good to entertain them as well and i think udaari gave a lot of strength to all the women who were, i don't know, dealing with whatever kind of empowerment they were not getting. not everyone is convinced that

are plans for at least seven more including being the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing an agreement to purchase power from the. project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and won't need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite being. sold there is no standout guideline safety procedure that like in case of backup police when the dam breaks you know. the warning system and the road access to roads to a problematic involves. the lao government says harnessing

if the united states of wished to protect laos or south east asia, mcmillan said, please go ahead. we won't criticize you at the u.n., but don't expect us to help you. now this is what makes this meeting important and interesting, and tells you so much about why leaders matter, or individuals matter. kennedy refused to give up. he was not going to walk away. he sought to persuade the 67-year-old mcmillan to change his mind. how do we know this? because we have the british and the american versions. the british versions are a little bit more substantive of what was said to each other. he wanted mcmillan to accept that british military engagement in laos is necessary with the -- necessary, if the country was falling apart, was a strategic imperative for great britain. when you think about individuals in a summit, not that there might not be a summit soon involving individuals, you should think about the worldview that they bring into the summit, that is if they have a worldview. mcmillan, who fought in world war i and had been seriously injured in a battle in 1960, hated war. mcmilla

can you give me any information as to the status of negotiating with countries in south east asia? what are you hearing about four issues and possibly concerns? i understand negotiations are delicate, but if you can give any kind of information to this committee, i would appreciate it. >> senator, i would be happy to talk with you privately. of enormous amount groundwork has been done. >> that was a no. >> we're not quite ready yet. >> i understand. mr. commissary, you were also a nebraskans. -- were also a nebraskan. it's important that the people have a seat at the table during these negotiations. we want to make sure egg is there and is at the front of any agreement. can you talk about existing negotiations and new free-trade agreements? other called each internationally to create a heads up on things. i think that ambassador light .azard could talk as needed our team has been hard at work. lay -- been -- begun to this has to be a two-way street, otherwise it is not a productive relationship. i think you will find that we are right there, echoing those same countries. >> i would

you can understand why, one domestic report says south east asia's internet economy could be worth $200ing in the copresident who joins us this morning. . good to have you with us what has changed? since the acquisition, we have had many of our latest technologies and products embedded into our local young adapting to the ever-changing it'll class. i think that is something that has changed. >> you talked about how it is the leader in the e-commerce space. give us a sense of the growth you've seen so far. it is a private company, no numbers. give us a sense of how fast it has had. >> we are anticipating very fast growth in all markets. >> double-digit? high double-digit? >> definitely, yes. we are enjoying and seeing the same growth to continue. because we are continuously challenging the status quo and our product, to a depth to the local news of the market. >> are you intending to invest in a big way, to scale, to grow the company further? >> so anything is up for discussion and open. as we mentioned about the new initiatives we want to bring to the market, like logistics is one of th

victims from north korea, south korea, philippines, east asia, australia formed an alliance and helped build an international understanding that war time sexual violence constitutes crimes against humanity. further more international human rights organizations including the united nations established international standards for restoring the human rights of the victims and survivors. >> interpreter: what the survivors and i have learned through this experience the importance of collective effort, global collaboration opens the door for restoring human rights and remembering the victims and survivors. the global community will remember the pan-asian efforts your city put together successfully to install the women's column of strength. the council will never forget the efforts of the san francisco board of supervisors and the san francisco residents. thank you very much. >> president m. cohen: thank you. congratulations. >> she brought a small replica of the peace statute as a gift from korea to each one of you. thank you very much. >> president m. cohen: congratulations, thank you. mada

it has been ardently the most this table is a force in the middle east and south asia. we welcome to hudson institute mr. brian hook, senior policy advisor, secretary of state, mike pompeo, and recently named special representative for iran. mr. hook will lead the iran action group to coordinate the state department's pressure campaign. previously, he founded the international strategic consulting firm in washington dc , held senior positions in the george w. bush administration, assistant secretary of state for international organizations, senior advisor to the united nations special assistant to the , president for policy, and counsel in the office for legal policy. before that, he practiced corporate law. please join me in thanking him for his service and welcome him and rebecca, i colleague here at hudson who has written widely security threats, especially proliferation and missile defense. i want to thank her and him for the time they are spending. thank you both. >> thank you for joining us this morning. i would like to thank my friend for being here and to share

he is dead today in 2018 then you will have g-letter hotties with south east africa and asia.he would have taken that. so talking about the revelation aspect of this that was a strategic disaster but one of those principal reasons we didn't take seriously enough the sunni g-letter hotties even as they say it. the first time they build a caliphate in iraq they actually say in 2006, he was a loyalist and declared the islamic state of iraq. that we are laying the cornerstone of the caliphate they did not take it seriously. through 2012 as the advisor for president obama. with that terrorism policy with that delusion with june 2113 years later to the day that isis said what? >> that is the power of the revolutionary movement. but don't undersell this revolutionary ideology. and for what they are trying to do. one of the biggest misconceptions about al qaeda but that was the principal interest. everything that you can accumulate absolutely. and then to say this is an important thing with this anti- american ideology. but what do they say? >> with all these different areas. y-letter

monsoon season for both east asia and south asia and japan is particularly borne the heavy brunt that's where it's actually increased the number of typhoons that have hit japan has increased since about two thousand and four they've had four every year and this year this is the fourth one that's given them a direct impact it's the strongest one that's actually hit them for twenty five years when it hit we had gust of wind one hundred seventy two kilometers per hour so really very strong and when it was in the open ocean we had when wave heights there were eight meters high now the highest we've seen near land has been nearly three but even so that's a pretty large influx of water from the sea there and the japanese a whirl no not me for being very well prepared for all sorts of natural disasters but i mean this is just been one thing after another they were relatively well prepared they do ask for an evacuation but it's not mandatory one of the best countries in the world is cuba they have a mandatory evacuation system and a very low death count as a result of that japan is good. there

the asia pacific business and political decision makers head to russia's far east for a major economic forum with iran helping the for between north and south korea. and insight into europe's immigration issues outspoken interior minister talks exclusively to r.t. . that would live news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow on world news this hour. america's national security advisor is warning syria of a tougher response if it dares to quote use chemical weapons again britain and france will support the move this comes as the u.s. announces plans to stay in the country as well. as washington's policy on syria. the syrian conflict another drawn out affair with the u.s. only digging itself in deeper but as the newly appointed representative for syria engagement stated there's no hurry so an open ended presence in syria is the new reality despite donald trump's call to get us personnel back home will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it. surprise surprise plans on syria once again aren't panning out as expected let's roll back to the beginning of. the syrian uprising seemed simple washing

china has militarized islands in the south china sea, and now all of health east asia is within reachong-range bombers. part of residencies plan is for china -- president xi is plan is for china to be a top rate military by 2050, and president xi is no longer bound by term limits on his presidency. we must see the world as it is. that is why the national defense strategy explicitly recognizes that we have returned to it era of great power of competition. we must prepare. the air force meet the threatse as nation with our most basic unit, the squadron. our operational squadrons are the power of air force, the clenched fist of american resolve. today we have 312 operational squadrons, 142nd fighter squadron important organ is sitting alert this morning ready to intercept any aircraft that threatens america's northwest. the rough riders at the 7/45 strategic missile squadron are maintaining our nation's nuclear deterrent at mina air force base in north dakota today. the 36th in the squadron, the dakota air force base is providing forward-based tactical airlift in japan and throughout the

iran has been arguably the most destabilizing force in the middle east and in south asia. threatening americans, our allies, our interests, from israel to syria to iraq to afghanistan, iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american service men's. hudson institute has worked to offer strategic policy recommendations for addressing the iranian regime and the threats is poses. today we examine the threats posed by iran's missile proliferation. we welcome to hudson institute mr. brian hook, recently named special representative for iran. mr. hook will lead the iran action group to coordinate the state department's pressure campaign on iran. previously he founded an international strategic consulting firm based on in washington, d.c., held senior positions in the george w. bush administration, senior adviser to u.s. ambassador to the united nations, special assistant to the president for policy in the white house chief of staff's office, and counsel in the office of legal policy at the justice department. before that he p

stephen: corridors that stretch from china through central asia europe, to the middle east, south africa the world's most unchartered economic territories. >> defaults can always happen, infrastructure is a risky business. stephen: a project that will have cost china and its partners trillions of dollars unfinished. >> these countries need infrastructure and at the end of the day, money will drive this process forward. ♪ stephen: hello, i'm stephen engle. welcome to a look at how the economic future of the world's oldest continuous civilization is evolving. a new dynasty being both from beijing on the foundations of a project that is china's one belt, one road initiative. fast trains are one of the symbols of modern china. so too is the pace at which they are being built. top speed, more than 300 kilometers per hour. and rightly or wrongly in the eyes of some perhaps, a reflection of china's belt and road ambitions. >> contrary to other people's misconceptions, it is not a program dominated by china, it is a program by which china works with other countries come working with internationa

i do not see a success success on the horizon in the middle east and south asia until we can figure it out. just a few things on this. the whole point here is the populace of america they decided a couple of timeses that we don't want to have a large footprint in the middle east or different areas. we have to worry about spending as much money but here's the problem there are costs to that. i don't know what the right answer is.e all i know is that there are high cost to american involvement and entrenchment overseas. but there's also cost to the lack of americanos commitment. you can blame the u.s. for launching the iraq war in 2003 and not opening the door i was a foolhardy decision to do that. you can blame the u.s. for getting out in 2011. the one trick ben rhodes has his he likes two-point back to 2003. you have to play the hand even given. and by 2011 you decided you were to try and undo the 2003 decision to invade iraq. have to play the hand you been given. what were talking about in afghanistan now is the same commitment we had been there for 17 years. what we can do. be there

we have to figure these things ut, and, i do not see success on the horizon in the middle east, in south asia until we can figure it out. >> i don't think success is anywhere close but i want to say just a few things. really, the whole point here is that the political elite of merica, the populace of america, the americans, as michael said, a couple of times, footprint nt a large in the middle east or in these different areas that limits casualties, we don't have to as many americans being killed. that's a big factor. we don't have to worry about spending as much money. big factor. here's the problem. there are costs to that right? part of what makes us i don't know exactly what the right answer is. a lot of people say we just have to do this, this, and this. know.'t all i know is, yes, there are igh costs to american involvement and american entrench. entrenchment. you can blame the u.s. for launching the iraq war in 2003 opening the door for iran and also opening the door for isis and al qaeda. to do that ision right? you can also blame the u.s. for getting out in 2011. like to say this. th