individuals represent precise of the people he went on the stage for allies and partners and southeast asia and northeast asia and europe. let me tell you a little bit about our panelists we have with us. senior fellow the brookings institute of our products. i'm also joined by jonathan who is the chair in southeast asian studies. at brookings a senior fellow bird also joined by senior fellow here at the center on u.s. and europe. so, to get us started i like to turn first to how u.s. ally partners are thinking at the indo pacific and the incoming biden administration. either way, for all for audience members were going to be continuing with the special it's about 3:30 p.m. the stick with this right until then. so maybe biggest begin with you. how is india thinking about the u.s. role in the region. if you couldn't answer that question, maybe you could address the question he got from her audience from the national war college. he is wondering what changes you perceive under a biden administration? i think you might be muted. thanks much. >> thanks rush. i'm going to try to address that in

this 26-year-old runs an online clothing store targeting young consumers in southeast asia.he startup has 40 employees. it began making inroads into thailand last year. to cut costs, the company handles all its business by itself, from product design to developing its own app. >> translator: our clothes are cool but inexpensive. and that's our strong point. items priced lower than $20 are popular with young shoppers in thailand. >> reporter: last month, a popular thai influencer helped the company launch a discount campaign, promoting the products to followers in a ve stream. the retailer has more than a million customers with sales growing 30% evy month. the company plans to expand into more asian countries, including malaysia and indonesia. >> translator: we think more young entrepreneurs will set their sights on overseas markets and sell chinese products in member countries of rcep. >> reporter: china has moved quickly from the impact of the pandemic and is expanding its influence in trade. entrepreneurs have been quick to take opportunities, and their moves into promisin

100000000 people voted in local and regional elections with the worst coronavirus outbreak in southeast asia some health experts worried the large voter turnout could make things worse. campaigners are warning that 9 out of 10 people in nearly 70 poor countries will knock at the globe in 1000 vaccine next year the people's vaccine alliance says rich countries have bought out doses to inoculate their population several times over leaving others to miss out. while the philippine government says it will have to rely on $1000000000.00 loans and private donations to get enough vaccines jamila dog and reports from manila. general silver door is a covert 19th survivor he spent 2 weeks in hospital in a critical condition and he says he spent his life savings a few 100 dollars on medicines he's now without a job and despite reports a vaccine against coronavirus will be available early next year he's not confident his family will get access to them. you know i didn't even get any cash this entire time so i don't even think about seeing this something will get either a yes or no about the children that

elections it has the worst of it 19 outbreak in southeast asia doctors worry that a large voter turnout could make things worse just like washington reports. politics has long been a family affair in indonesia and circuit had this candidate is hoping to follow in his father's footsteps. good brown rock a booming rucka is the son of president joker widodo and is contesting the same mayoral race that kick started his father's political career is contesting his 1st election in unusual circumstances when some might be reluctant to go out and vote because of concerns about covert 19. right at the voting booth the safe comfortable and sterilized don't forget to wear your mask so i have a somewhat when president joke otoh was elected to the highest office many saw him as an outsider to the dynasties that have long characterized indonesian politics. now in his 2nd and final term with his son and some and will contesting the election analysts say president you coing may be setting up a dynasty of his own. president that he was going to be different he was the outsider he made it to the top of po

the chinese giants are all now in singapore and southeast asia.e you have a couple actuallyng on, you can bank,t the traditional they have a lot of resources. make investing you also sure that you need to address the markets correctly. especially in this emerging markets. if you bank population, all the cell phones and all that, those are very important. it is really built into the system. i think what is also very important is looking at the education. education with digitization, you kids,ing material to the areas and i think that's important. and all the telemedicine, tele-platform, these are major opportunities, especially in countries like indonesia, cambodia. i think that it is very promising prospect for eventual capitalist investing in southeast asia. just finish up on unity software. a big success for you there. let's plug about why you invested in that and what you look at now. 10 years ago and we started to do this, we are looking at the other side of the business. say let'se decided to do this in the tools and the product company and t

across southeast asia, one in three are new to the service due to covid-19.re,lace like 30% of new customers have become digitally literate. that means competition for talent. they will hire 200 people ahead of their launch in 2022. the second thing that is more damaging is rising competition for that revenue pool. that attraction that they have gained during this covid period is a sign of what is about to come. most of the transactions that fored with the banks is developing franchise positively. rishaad: what is the biggest thing against these banks for incumbents? cost base has got to be the biggest -- cost space has got to be the biggest. >> that is the common conception that it is about cost. u.s., look at china and the bank's biggest edge would lie in their ability to scale and go deeper into their plan base. ecosystem singapore's being a deep penetrating market, i think cost for these digital banks will be a key factor because they can bring down the cost, that also fuels aggressive competition on the prices in what they can offer. what about some of t

merger inhe biggest southeast asia.hat is being discussed would have the cofounder become the .hief executive so the two brands strategy is being considered. they might run separately for a period of time. this is ultimately aimed at becoming a public listed company. the final details are still being worked out. things are still up in the air. serves, is it involved in negotiations? what would a merger mean? what would the implications be for softbank? >> son is the world's biggest investor in ride-hailing. he has large stakes in you china, as well as operations in brazil. he has used his position so far to negotiate a number of cease-fire agreements. uber worked out their differences in china. and grab have come to an agreement in southeast asia. this would probably be the last big rivalry that would be coming to an end. we know he's been personally involved in the negotiations since at least january this year. getting frustrated by the animosity between the two companies, but it seems like they have made progress and

the vaccine is still in its final phase of clinical trials in southeast asia.he indonesian government said 1.2illion doses of the vaccine arrived from beijing onsunday. the country is scheduled to receive another 1.8 million doses next month. the government is ready to authorize emergency use of the vaccine as soon as its safety and efficacy are established. it also said it will prioritize health care workers in its vaccination plan. however, none of the coronavirus vaccines being developed in china have gained formal approval and their clinical trials are still ongoing. indonesia has the highest numbers of cases and deaths from the virus in southeast asia at over 580,000 and 17,000 respectively. >>> in japan medical institutions are straining to cope with clustered infections. group infections occurred at around 100 hospitals in november. more than three times as many as the previous month. two hospitals in the northern prefecture of hokkaido have been hit with more than 180 infections each. the governor is set to ask the self-defense forces to send nurses to

he could have built a coalition in his party to say, we're not going to wage world war iii in southeast asia because we're already doing pretty well there. we've got south korea going, we got japan going, we got the philippines going, we're containing china and taiwan, we're doing fine in asia. we don't need this fight. and i think he could have made that case to the american public. >> it really is a tragic story. let's move ahead a little bit. we're going to, for a moment, jump over the ultimate cold war era and president nixon and the soviet union, because i do want to get to ronald reagan. i want to talk about him. especially for the latter generation he is the president, i think, most associated, at least, with the end of the cold war, even though it didn't happen right on his watch. he's the president, of course, who told gorbachev to tear down this wall in berlin. he is often credited with winning the cold war. do you think that's true, and do you think that he is -- and maybe i know the answer to this and i should phrase it different. do you think that he is maybe the most important

i'm not suggesting that they weren't going to be consequences of walking away from southeast asia, but johnson was a good politician and he could've persuaded the american public, he could've built a coalition in his party to say we're not gonna wage world war three in southeast asia, because we're already doing pretty well there. we got south korea got, we got japan gone, we got the philippines got, we containing taiwan china. we don't need this fight. i think he could've made that case to the american public. it really is a tragic story. let's move ahead a little bit. we're going to forehead jump ahead richard nixon and his presidency and his relations. i want to get right head to royal reagan i think for the latter generation, he is the president most associated with the end of the cold war, even though it didn't happen right on his watch. he is the president who of course told gorbachev to tear down this wall and he's also often credited with winning the cold war. i know the answer to this and i should phrase it differently. do you think he's perhaps the most important cold war pre

this is a tech startup that has become the biggest company in southeast asia.lanning to issue 11 million depositary shares which would total $2 billion. the gains valued at $100 billion a share. up by more than 400% this year. come, ourstill to interview with the ceo of weevil brokeral, the chinese giving robinhood a run for its money by enticing retail investors to switch to its trading platform. that is just ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: robinhood is losing thousands of clients to a fast-growing rival. founded by an alibaba alumnus. the ceo told bloomberg how it is changing robinhood's head start. 2013.inhood started in we started to and a half years ago. there is a significant window where robinhood had a head start. there the trail blazers on zero commission. they opened up this market. we are basically following in the trail they blazed in doing it a little differently. >> that is what i mean. moremay move on to are concerning issue, which is the diplomatic environment between washington and beijing. isheard the s&p index planning to remove some of

could've built a coalition in his party to say that we are not going to wage world war three in southeast asia because we are already doing pretty well there. we have south korea going, japan going, the philippines going. we are containing china and taiwan. we are doing fine in asia. we don't need this fight. i think you could have made this case to the american public. >> it really is a tragic story. let's move ahead a little bit. we will jump over to the ultimate cold war era with richard nixon and the cold war and his relationship with china and the soviet union. i do want to get right to ronald reagan. i think he is the president most associated with the end of the cold war even though it did not happen right on his watch. he is the president who told gorbachev to tear down this wall in berlin. he is often credited with winning the cold war. do you think that is true? do you think that he is maybe the most important cold war president? >> i will break the hearts of at least half the audience. the answer to that question is no. ron reagan does not get credit for ending the cold war. i'm sor

these factors now mean that vietnam is the only country in southeast asia on track for growth this year the international monetary fund says that vietnam's economy is expected to grow 2.4 percent. as a result the government has poured money into new roads and bridges creating new jobs the infrastructure is necessary because vietnam's manufacturing sector is booming many american companies like apple have shifted production from china to vietnam to avoid tariffs due to the ongoing us china trade war vietnam's exports to the us increased by 23 percent in the 1st 3 quarters of the year as consumers bought more laptops and other home office equipment many of those products made in vietnam. and finally coronavirus restrictions on the prospect of a new deal bracks are on the minds of many brits this christmas but seems a lot of them are seeking comfort in festive tradition the british christmas tree grow as association and yes that's a real business group says tree sellers have taken off this year in particular among 1st time buyers who see it on the especially popular of bigger and fuller tr

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100000000 people vote in local and regional elections with the worst coronavirus outbreak in southeast asia some health experts are worried a large voter turnout will make things worse. the mining giant rio tinto is being told it should be a compensation for the destruction of sacred indigenous heritage sites in australia the company blew up caves despite warnings of their cultural significance and australian parliamentary inquiry has been investigating the company's actions in the pilbara region as well as the fines the government is also considering stopping mining in the area nicola gage is joining us from camera what more did the report say nicola. well the report had 7 broad recommendations the main was one was if the government does approve these recommendations that rio tinto media in the area where these sacred caves were destroyed and puts together negotiates a restitution package with the traditional one as it was pretty it didn't mince its words when it came to rio tinto though it said that its actions here were inexcusable and raise significant significant issues with the cultur

administration was secretary clinton and secretary gates and then we have a bit of a focus in southeast asia. and that we were on their heels they had the opportunity and to throw their weight around and then to have a focus and a shift to say they are really trying to undermine our influence and position in east asia. >> general mcmaster did you have a different moment with those hubs associated with china and into south asia so obviously and then to follow the shift because that is discernible and then to be more aggressive. and then to cover this in the book in the conclusion how there was a recognition. it is the largest military buildup with a hundred percent increase since the mid- nineties. and it's around bob's speech the stakeholder speech with a responsible stakeholder and also laid out so there's a chance china will not be a responsible stakeholder so those who are aware and trade trying to raise your bills they came to a head us 2017 in connection with the south china sea and going back to the financial crisis of 2008. because when they saw the financial crisis and then to be mor

smallpox is a disease which is rampant in southeast asia. this was a tongass problem, to vaccinate a highly vulnerable population of 70,000 against smallpox. and it was effective to do it immediately, to do it in extensively. our party came to tonga in march 1964 in response to a request from the government. there were five of us from the u.s., for physicians and a equipment specialist. we were going to evaluate a new rapid and inexpensive means of getting smallpox vaccinations. working together with a team of tongan medical personnel, it would begin immediately in new cologne, the capital city, population 20,000. we plan to immunize everyone here within a few days. the instrument that would make it possible is a device that can deliver injections as fast as you can pull the trigger. you ensure that you are getting the proper amount of vaccine under the skin. it is operated by a foot pedal you press and then pull the trigger. the models equipped with a new feature, and enter durable nozzle for giving injections into the superficial layers of

in the military and southeast asia dropping its personnel and the extraordinary bombing. this is not the straightforward that said i don't know enough to describe that to each and every case. certainly, we have examples from these different collections and the different opportunities we've had to work with north korea to now we have gone to sites that appear to be prepared. also at sites they have taken us to. and they were turned over and singapore. we found sites in the early 2000's. and there are some remains there. the u.s. mission does not seem very straight forward to straightforward to the other cultures and societies. it seems very concerned about a drop in the bucket. to the large number of people that were killed in their country and being so concerned that you hold up all of the other political progress until you satisfy this one element is very hard to translate and understand. it is embedded in the larger geopolitical challenges. is contingent about them providing all of this information. how do i get all of these things done. how do i solve the mysteries for

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vote in local and regional elections in tunisia is experiencing the worst covert 19 outbreak in southeast asia recording more than 580000 cases and 800000 virus related deaths some health experts awarded a large voter turnout will make matters worse the election has already been delayed once because of the growing infection right well just of washington joins us now live from south. just to just tell us what's happening there where you are. can you can imagine even in normal circumstances these elections are logistical challenge let alone in the midst of covert 19 but here we do see that there are some thank you protocols in place trying to seek out a state who have sanitizer and. compulsory in this area but there is no concern from doctors that a large turnout could lead to a spike in infection. there has been as we've been saying you know increase and infections in indonesia experiencing the worst covenant outbreak of the 19 outbreak in the region want to sort of precautions will generally as the country take taking . hoping for the most a lot of the restrictions that all the countries exper

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to their problem or low income laborers who give access in its ability to contain the virus in southeast asia over the past few months the philippines is seen as the worst performing country and many here fear it will also find itself on the bottom of the list for the vaccine jim duggan al-jazeera manila. a hunter explains the a dire situation in beirut. it has been a difficult fight and the battle is not over and even when the vaccines arrive it's not expected to be a quick solution according to doctors there is a community infection the positivity rate is high the number of critically ill patients is high as well and this is one of the main public hospitals in beirut that has been treating coronavirus patients and the public sector really has been the gluck that for decades there it's still fun the ill equipped ill equipped and underfunded really cut the public sector so they've been struggling and only recently the private hospitals which really have been the backbone of the health sector in this country have started to treat corona virus patients so it's a difficult task and now we're hea

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much of a trade agreement is not china driven it is way below the standard trade agreement the southeast asia nations are moving forward it's extremely important to them i hope it can overcome against the trade when it comes to southeast asia with access to the market is such a powerful tool without causing too many distortions and in the geopolitical standpoint. so we will have this debate with the the market circles. we have never been in the economic competition with a strategic military a competitor they are trying to erode the advantages the questions that we are debating is how much government intervention is necessary in the markets when it comes to critical supply chains and military use technology. that is off the shelf but if we go too far with too much government intervention and then there are problems. it's at a moment right now where there will be government intervention in the marketplace and that's how i would put it and put our intellectual energy and focus on what and where and for what and for what purposes. >> you partially answer this, because it's a question the father o

function everywhere without the need for a large infrastructure behind let's say in the jungle or in southeast asia on a small island. is. the goal is to be able to test many people quickly and cheaply to stop chains of infection and to do this worldwide even in regions that do not have a well developed infrastructure. started producing large numbers of tests within a few weeks working together with a family business that usually supplies the automotive an electrical industries. this causes this theme of discipline you know the whole system can now be scaled up so we're able to produce $300000.00 units per week for farm act. so that is the moral summation put into it the more economical the whole thing also becomes in terms of production. the tests only cost a few euros a fraction of the more common p.c.r. test that can only be evaluated not a tree. at munich airport all the passengers have now completed their coronavirus rapid tests and after a few minutes they get the results back. reliability is between 95 and 98 percent and we're currently verifying dashed by retesting each sample with a p.c.r.

up until the late 19th century teeth when broke in japan and still are in some parts of southeast asia but in most parts of the world most of us want to have white teeth the brighter the better this is why we brush bleach like there's no tomorrow when we use baking soda lemon juice sage and you but it's not helpful and it's damaging your teeth but is there anything that can help you yes watch an extra part. is good about oral hygiene but there's one thing that still bothers him. i think my teeth are fine on the whole but they could be a bit whiter that would be nice as i do smoke and drink coffee or think of. all kinds of products claiming that whiter and brighter. thinking of having my teeth bleached but then friend said it wasn't good for the gums that some patients burned their goals. 'd many people think shiny white teeth is something to strive for the social media world is full of young women praising and promoting products that claim to deliver that result. the allegedly active agent in many such items is activated charcoal the paste certainly doesn't look very appetising and. it

up until the late 19th century teeth well rogue in japan and still are in some parts of southeast asia but in most parts of the world most of us want to have white tees the brighter the better this is why we brush and bleach like there's no tomorrow when we use baking soda lemon juice sage and you but it's not helpful and it's damaging your teeth but is there anything that can help you yes wash in extra part. a little high so is good about oral hygiene but there's one thing that still bothers him. and i think my teeth are fine on the whole but they could be a bit whiter that would be nice as i do smoke and drink coffee i thought of. all kinds of products claim they make our teeth whiter and brighter place for. medicine i was thinking of having my teeth bleached but then friend said it wasn't good for the gums and that some patients burned their guns. many people think shiny white teeth are something to strive for the social media world is full of young women praising and promoting products that claim to deliver that result. the allegedly active agent in many such items is activated cha

we've seen this in southeast asia, who have been far more successful in controlling the virus.know this virus is transmitted with aerosol. masks reduce transmission. the next question is from vivian. " if you have antibodies for previous strains of the virus, do they protect you from the new variant?" interesting question. the short answer is yes, they do. the extended answer is when someone is infected with any virus, not only the antibodies, but any of the responses raised. white blood cells. there are other components of the system, so even if the antibodies are having valid responses, other components would act and neutralise the virus. so, but... but we don't know yet how long and last. that is something we don't precisely know but based on other experiences, the likelihood is that the antibodies would remain at least for 18 months. the next question is from charles. "as the particles are heavier than air, they will ultimately end up on the ground to be distributed on people's feet. whereas dust, they will get blown around by vacuum cleaners and particularly hand dryers an

uggest we're going to havee1 a rotatio 61%1e stocks, back into emerging market, back into southeast asia >> small and medium-sized companies because covid created an enormousÑiómarket anomaly between what i would sky asfá a stay-at-home and leave your hom stock.f there are others interesting fo investors as well and we highlighted some of those.o >> does that suggest, then, that technology and then there's technology there are the stay-at-home parts of technology, whether it's apple computer or zoom or microsoft with teams and so on and so forth and there are the chip makers and lots ofe@,hings. does that suggest these stay-at-home stocks are going to have relative underperformancee vis-a-vis some of those other cyclicals that you e1xdentione whether it's financials, industrial, materials, et cetera >> right so what you're saying is also important, right for technology leaders, companies that provide services that aree going to have sustaid growth, 20%, 30% a year, many years to come, those companies are going to do just fine. not all the tech stocks fall into that category at@p

this is what must end if peace is to be achieved in southeast asia. we are in favor of constructive negotiation among the nation's concerned and among the leaders of lay yaups alayoffs and castro's police. he said he would pattern his government after that of the soviet union. here he tells it in his own words have signing the bill. >> it is a temporary pilot basis. this will be a pool of trained men and women, private institutions and organizations to help foreign companies meet their need. we are sending americans abroad to do the job. we're going to put similar emphasis on men and women with skills in teaching. i'm hopeful that it will be a source of satisfaction for meshes and a contribution to word peace. >> kennedy implemented his plan with a food for peace program. they sent tons and tons of foods to nations who need new strength to remain independent and free. kennedy's year long emphasis of his policy to to nations to help themselves. >> in washington at the headquarters of the united states they told them about one of their most ambitious an

this is what must end if peace to be achieved in southeast asia. are earnestly in favor of constructive negotiation. among the nation's concerned and laos, whicheaders of can help laos back to the and ay of independence, genuine neutrality. > mr. kennedy's first setback came when fidel castro crushed an exile attempt to liberate cuba. cuba's move toward communism refuge housands to seek in. atlanta, women protested against castro's jailing of husband who him. to oppose castro's police quickly put down such protests. at year indiana castro proclaimed himself a marxist pattern that he would his government after that of the union. one of kennedy's bold new programs was the peace corps. he tells its purpose in his wn words after signing the bill. >> i've today signed an executive order providing for he establishment of a peace corpas on a temporary pilot basis. it will be a pool of trained men overseas by the u.s. government or to private nstitutions and organizations to help foreign countries meet their urgent needs with skilled manpower. we'll send a

on unicorns and companies in southeast asia are clearly not focused on being a unicorn. they're focused on building a sustainable business that they can run for a longer period of time and to have a very different idea about how to use technology not build it themselves. >> and that whole not building it themselves fits in with this trend we've been seeing with shopify and commerce and stripe. so many companies that are looking to provide that platform like experience. we just talked to shift a couple days ago to smaerl businesses so that they can compete with the bigger ones. >> the side ecosystem you're seeing a lot of big companies grow out of. reminder, the digital transformation we've seen sped up this year, it's far from over you're going to be having a lot more players come on to the cloud, create new things interesting that when it comes to subsaharan africa, nb hfacebk has competition there. they're making a lot of strides in upping the market share outside of north america could see more competition from our cloud players when you get into the regions >> yeah.

what opportunities do you see in southeast asia? christina: good morning. he southeast asian region. we are looking at the fourth-largest economy of the globe. observeingly, we can that in the past few years the internet literacy and usage has been booming. there are already over 400 million internet users in this region and the growth rates will continue. the percentage of penetration of internet users is skyrocketing. the people spend online in this part of the world is already the highest across the globe. are a lot of technology applications that are suitable for this marketplace. the techbelieve uprising and the young population with an average age below 40 is very promising in terms of production, consumption , and cooperation opportunities with other parts of the world. hong kong exchange has been positioned to serve this market as a total solution. on a day talked to you when we see increasing pressure from chinese tech giants -- being kicked off u.s. listings because of little pressure from washington. does that invite opportunities when it comes to

vote in local and regional elections indonesia is experiencing the worst covert 19 outbreak in southeast asia some health experts are worried a large voter turnout will make matters worse nobody bothered about the money. the united arab emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait in the us of a saudi arabia and else progress had been made on minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve the dispute saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed land air and sea blockade on qatar 2017. british prime minister boris johnson is expected to meet with the head of the european commission later on wednesday to try and reach a last minute compromise on a future trading relationship with the e.u. they go she says have been unable to agree on a number of key issues with just 3 weeks until the u.k. leaves secure a p and single markets. a curfew has been imposed in iraq's northern city monday a province after at least 5 people were killed in anti-government protests kurdistan is reeling from a longstandin

their problem or low income laborers to give fair access in its ability to contain the virus in southeast asia over the past few months the philippines is seen as the worst performing country and many here fear it will also find itself on the bottom of the list for the vaccine jim duggan al jazeera manila. has taken over life to the house of commons where the u.k.'s prime minister gore's johnson is facing questions same pollens before travelling to brussels for talks let's listen in. to see the 1st part. received yesterday it's a huge cash left and i want to thank everybody who's been told with that mr speaker i would say it's like you in the house but in a great. detail you don't withstanding the fact that i'm so isolated ringback. mr speaker a year ago the prime minister stood on the steps of dotting street and promised the country these were his words how to write talking about. trying to tell this house not go. ok so i i i'm delighted to welcome the right the right honorable gentleman is on the point of exxon and it is going to end and i wish him all the spiritual i wish him all the best a

hope the administration can overcome the bipartisan turn against trade because when it comes to southeast asia the access to the market is such a powerful tool without causing too many distortions with a country as big as china to be important from a geopolitical standpoint we can do better in terms of the comment for hr i think we will have this debate particularly with the free market circles ai and elsewhere we are in an economic competition we have never been there with a strategic military competitor and trying to erode our advantages know question but the questions that we will be debating her how much government intervention is necessary in the markets when it comes to critical supply chains with military use technology. survey go to forward too much intervention then obviously all kinds of problems but it is a moment right now so that's why would put it to put the intellectual energy and focus of what and where and what and what purposes. >> you have probably answer this but it is a question the father of an outstanding up and call her one - - up and coming student and her dad asks whe

if peace is to be achieved in southeast asia.e must construct negotiation among the nations concerns and among the leaders which can help them back to the pathway of independence and genuine neutrality. >> reporter: the first setback came when castro crushed exile attempt to liberate cuba. cuba's move toward communism's cause thousands to seek sanctuary in united states and latin america. in havana, women protested. castro's police quickly put down such protests. finally he proclaimed himself's marxist-leninist he would pattern his government after that of the soviet union. one of kennedy's bold new programs was the peace corps. here he tells the purpose in his own words after signing the bill. >> i today signed an executive order providing for the establishment of a peace corps on a temporary pilot basis. the core will be a pool of trained men and women sent overseas by the united states government or to private institutions and organizations to help foreign countries meet urgent needs for skilled manpower. we are sending americ

at the right temperature indonesia has the highest number of cold in 1000 cases and deaths in southeast asia. in other news voters in ghana heading to the polls to pick their president and members of parliament the main presidential contenders are not the incumbent and the man he replaced 4 years ago john dramani mahama both have signed a pact saying they'll accept the officially declared winner on the trees has more from a crop return no decision for a civil war here in the capital and for work with here across the regions people are turning out in numbers some people have been a polling stations i was before called open so it's very encouraging for porno and . officials are talking about a possible increase in the number of people coming to vote in polling stations in the later part of the day i would expect the numbers to go higher by the afternoon . venezuelan president nicolas maduro is claiming victory in congressional elections that have been boycotted by the opposition his rival says he is still the leader of the national assembly regardless of election results iran's top nuclear sci

the obama administration, secretary clinton, secretary gates and we started to have a foc in southeast asia. by 2009, 2011 when it was acting, it h assessed that we re on our heels because of the financial crisis, they had an opportunity and they sta today throw their weight around in the south china sea,ast china sea. think that really -- we began have a focus but we should have really stuck back then and say, they are trying to undermine o influence and our position. >> as national security adviser, i spent across middle east and across asia, as a professional mitary officer and as a student of international relations, i had followed, you know, the ashift in the -- the shift in reform movemt when it was discernib that china was going to be more aggressive. i think you can go to george w. bush administration and dan covers in the book that this was a military competition. i think it is the largest military buiup in history. 800% increase in their defen budget since the mid-90's. so i think the defense perspective was maybe a little bit ahead. do i think theurning point is around bob zelek'

this is what must end if peace is to be achieved in southeast asia.are earnestly in favor of constructive negotiation. among the nation's concerned and among the leaders of laos, which can help laos back to the pathway of independence, and genuine neutrality. >> mr. kennedy's first setback came when fidel castro crushed an exile attempt to liberate cuba. cuba's move toward communism caused thousands to seek refuge in the united states and latin america. in havana, women protested against castro's jailing of husband who dared to oppose him. castro's police quickly put down such protests. finally at years end, castro proclaimed himself a marxist leninist that he would pattern his government after that of the soviet union. one of kennedy's bold new programs was the peace corps. here he tells its purpose in his own words after signing the bill. >> i've today signed an executive order providing for the establishment of a peace corps on a temporary pilot basis. it will be a pool of trained men and women sent overseas by the u.s. government or to private ins

and it is popular among so many people from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. and isis did not go away. that's where al qaeda used to be after 9/11. and then it exist with afghanistan or boko haram or to establish this presence in africa so well do terrorist attacks but then to prosecute them and put them in jail but they are still dangerous and now there's more terrorist attacks in syria than iraq. for from the shia perspective and then basically to copy the extremist. and to be very successful and then successfully with these countries and with a lot of treasure and money it seems politically with the nonstate actors and then word moved to support the side. and then and then the southern peninsula. i think we have violent extremist groups. and with those powers and to terrorist organizations and then it makes it even more. from that perspective with the white supreme missy one --dash but they are copying this for the experience and how they were and who have their own g hard. and then the italian. and the russian side. but then they come back for that decisio