Conflict on the Korean Peninsula
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-11-24/conflict-korean-peninsula
The U.S. has sent an aircraft carrier to Korea to take part in naval drills to begin this weekend in response to an attack against South Korea by the North. Four South Koreans – including two civilians – were killed when North Korea fired a barrage of artillery on an island in disputed maritime waters. The attack has provoked the gravest escalation of tensions between the two countries in decades. The conflict comes on the heels of worrisome revelations about North Korea's nuclear capabilities. What options the U.S. has to deal with the crisis and what's behind North Korea's actions.
Guests
Kenneth Lieberthal
senior fellow and director of the John L. Thornton China Center at The Brookings Institution; former senior director for Asia at the National Security Council under President Clinton.
David Sanger
chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, author of "The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power."
Michael Green
former special assistant to the president for national security affairs (2004-2005) and director, Asian affairs at the National Security Council (2001-2005). Currently he is the Japan chair and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also an associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University.
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Does China has any more leverage over North Korea than the US has over Israel's actions & policies?
Does China has any more leverage over North Korea than the US has over Israel's actions & policies?
I am listening and would just like to briefly say that the guests are sheltering the public from the fact that we are so inextricabley bound to China that the entire exercise of complaining about a country that they want to continue to thrive and grow is point less. This may be the first inkling of how erroded our influence has become, we can no longer demand anything from Asia.
How concerned should I be about my 23 year old daughter who is teaching in Seoul? Are there or do you expect any travel advisories to S Korea? I am planning to visit her next week.
Diane,
My daughter is presently teaching English near Seoul. Do your guests think I should encourage her to return home - now - until this situation calms?
Thank you
This is a regional conflict that ultimately must be resolved by the nations in that region. I do not see, how American diplomacy since the war has brought them closer to any stable accommodation. Perhaps, the regional powers would be forced to find a solution, if the U.S. disengaged.