great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by price water house coopers llp. - [narrator] next time on great decisions, international trade has transformed the way we live. the question of how open markets should be to competition can lead to intense political debate and occasionally war. since world war ii the us has been a stanch supporter of free trade, but support is ebbing and calls for protectionism are emerging. international trade, next time on great decisions. (relaxed music) ♪ >>> welcome to our viewers around the world. in tokyo. and you're watching nhk "newsline." >>> japan's foreign minister said it would be unacceptable if south korea were to altardeal over a deal over those referred to as comfort women. seoul criticized the agreement wednesday. >> translator: if by any chance the agreement were to be changed the relationship between japan and south korea would become unmanageable. >> japan

[announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] the 1960's in latin america was an era of political revolutions. the reverberations of which are still felt today. - latin america was really defined, the 1960's by the cuban revolution. there was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the united states. - it was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, between democracy and authoritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. it was an era of military coups everywhere from central america down through brazil and argentina. - there were movements not just in latin america, but in other parts of the world in the 60's and 70's to bring more left progressive government into power and in reaction to that, military dictatorships took hold in much of the southern cone and brazil. - [narrator] inspired and at times supported by cuba, a half dozen nations saw political revolutions in the 1960's al

great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by price waterhouse coopers llp. (dramatic music) - [radio host] a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. that bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. - [narrator] the seeds of nuclear proliferation were sown when the us attacked hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. it was mankind's first exposure to a weapon that would forever alter the calculus of war. - the introduction of then called atomic weapons in 1945 had a very significant impact on geopolitics. at the time, i think all leaders were aware that this was something qualitatively different, they weren't sure what it meant. when one plane can inflict the same level of damage that it previously took thousands of planes and maybe multiple raids by thousands of planes to inflict, i think everyone realized things would be different. - the ending of world war ii brought victory but it also brought a whole set of complicated issues, that is, what would war

announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. - [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. for centuries it has been a focal point of both trade and war. - afghans are very proud people, and because of our strategic location, we have been resisting the super powers. we have fought ghengis khan, tamerlane, alexander the great, the british, the soviet union. so really the idea of accepting the dominance of another country, is not in the gene of the afghans. - afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires because it's a very rugged, dry generally, typography. neither the russians, nor the british, nor the americans, have been able to, for a significant period of time, subdue afghanistan. and, it's not that you can't do it, it's what costs are you willing to incur. - [narrator] the costs were too high for the soviet union when various ethnic groups united as the mujahideen to drive them out of afghanis

great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by price water house coopers llp. - [narrator] next time on great decisions, international trade has transformed the way we live. the question of how open markets should be to competition can lead to intense political debate and occasionally war. since world war ii the us has been a stanch supporter of free trade, but support is ebbing and calls for protectionism are emerging. international trade, next time on great decisions. (relaxed music) ♪ host: welcome to"in good shape." coming up -- loss of vision -- can a corneal transplant help? neater nails -- tips for fingernail care. and alzheimer's -- what happens in the brain, and can it be treated? and here's your host, dr. found out that one in two germans is afraid of getting alzheimer's disease. and i guess in your country, this is quite the same. which is quite astounding, because i frequently read some news about alzheimer's, like an herbal tea which improves brain function, or some secret fo

cliff young leads poll ster for thomson reuters. thanks so much for being with us . where do the polls stand right now? we know they can go up. they can go down. what's the situation as it stands right now in. >> it's always a rough one. the polls have actually been all over the place. some have shown moore up by ten, others have shown jones up by ten. we have mower up by two. this is remarkable in as of itself because alabama is a very red state. indeed no democrat has won at the state level in the last 30 years. the average victory for republican around 25 points. very much a nailbitter because mower is a controversial figure. we're going to hear flurry doug jones in a second. being at the white house, what's inre moore was a guy at the white thus distanced themselves from. you would never guess that judg ing upon the fullen dwors ment donald trump has given him since. he has come around emphatically towards roy moore. if mower were to includes that would be seen as a very clear rebuke to the p particularly as my friend there said in such fervent eventually conserv

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