A Fateful Partnership: China and North Korea

With Dan Gallington, Claudia Rosett, Ace Lyons, and Fred Fleitz:

ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS (Ret.), Former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the largest single military command in the world:

• Seriousness of the North Korean threat
• Importance of reversing the Obama era demilitarization of U.S. forces
• Bolstering Japanese missile defense

DAN GALLINGTON, Senior Policy and Program Advisor, George C. Marshall Institute

• Possible actions Donald Trump should take to deter North Korea
• Publicizing hard limits placed on Kim Jong-Un’s regime
• Disrupting Russia and China’s defense of Pyongyang

FRED FLEITZ, former CIA analyst, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy:

• Is a conflict with North Korea inevitable?
• The Trump Administration’s efforts to curtail North Korea and China
• President Trump’s visit to Poland
• Unethical investigation practices by the Intelligence Community

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Foreign Affairs journalist at Forbes.com, Fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum:

• The rationale behind North Korea’s strategy
• What policy options are available for the United States?
• China’s role in dealing with Pyongyang