Welcome back.
The Shangri-la Dialogue came to an end... this past Sunday... with defense officials
from the Indo-Pacific...
acknowledging...
the current challenges... to regional security...
including North Korea's persistent provocations... and... tensions between China and the U.S.
For more...
I have Professor Kim Young-jun ... from the Korea National Defense University.
Professor Kim... welcome.
I also have Professor TERENCE ROEHRIG ... at the U.S. Naval War College...
LIVE on the LINE.
Professor ROEHRIG... it's a pleasure... to have you... here.
1-1) Professor ROEHRIG... before we delve... into... the security summit...
could we start...
with a few words... from you... with regard to...
North Korea's latest display of defiance...
this past Sunday...
when it fired... multiple ARTILLERY SHOTS... between 8 and 11... in the morning?
What...
do you suppose... is... the intention...
behind...
these persistent acts... of provocation?
1-2) Professor Kim... what...
do you believe... were...
some of the highlights... of this year's regional security forum?
2) Professor Roehrig...
what are your thoughts...
with regard to... the highlights... of the latest Shangri-la Dialogue?
3) Professor Kim...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shared... a rather sobering speech... about the state...
of global security... claiming... that "Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow".
How do you respond?
4) Professor Roehrig... staying with Mr. Kishida's keynote speech...
some pundits claim... his emphasis... on the threat of nuclear weapons...
was more striking...
than his warning...
about possible regional conflict in East Asia.
What are your thoughts?
(Kishida touched upon the threat of an impending nuclear test by North Korea... while asserting
Russia's invasion of Ukraine had raised...
the possibility of nuclear weapons DEPLOYMENT... which could prompt other nations... to focus
on boosting their own arsenal.)
5) Professor Kim... on the subject of North Korea...
Kim Jong-un has vowed... that he would use "power for power"... against threats to his
country's sovereignty.
What do these words...
tell you... about prospects... of denuclearization...
here on the Korean peninsula?
6) Professor Roehrig... given the status quo... what would be a feasible way... of addressing
nuclear tensions...
here in this part of the world?
Should we demand a complete surrender of all existing weapons... or should we simply seek
a VERIFIABLE HALT in the development of new weapons?
7) Professor Kim... over in Singapore this past weekend...
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin drew attention... to an "alarming" rise... in the number of
"unsafe and unprofessional encounters"... between Chinese aircraft... and sea vessels...
with those... of other countries.
How do you interpret such hostile encounters?
(Some believe one fateful accident may escalate into a full-blown confrontation.)
8) Professor Roehrig... addressing the Shangri-la Dialogue... virtually...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conveyed... a carefully crafted response... to
a question about Taiwan's potential fate... by claiming... diplomacy... and punitive sanctions...
only serve... as "pre-emptive" efforts... to stop wars... and... that
they serve... little purpose...
ONCE war begins.
Do you agree?
9) Professor Kim...
Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup... and his Singaporean counterpart...
((Ng Eng Hen...)) signed... an UPGRADED defense agreement...
on the sidelines... of the security summit.
Generally speaking...
how do you assess... the Yoon administration's efforts... to boost collaboration...
with its regional partners?
10) Professor Roehrig... looking ahead...
what
is your outlook...
with regard to global security... and the ROLE of platforms...
like the Shangri-la Dialogue... in seeking peace and stability?
11) And...
Professor Kim...
do you suppose...
last month's YOON-BIDEN summit set... the
right tone... for
future productive collaboration?
All right