japanese groups like are poe increasingly drawn to the potentially lucrative market in asia. a sister group was spawned in the indonesian cpa capital, gentlemjakart jakarta. it shows how far the influence is spreading. sea-a, is another group being promoted right now with four members from singapore and malaysia. their name comes from the initials of southeast asia, plus animae. >> the group is the invention of a major japanese talent agency, it plans to turn them into opinion-asian superstars. the group set its sights. new trends spread from here to neighboring malaysia and indonesia. so-called culture from japan has already taken root. so the promoter thought the group's anime and style would be a winner. >> i used to watch videos and i am very amazed and inspired. i feel like i want to do this too. >> reporter: the promoter wants fans to follow these ordinary girls on their journey to stardom. japanese agents typically use that strategy to build a loyal fan base. >> translator: in japan, it's important for idols to share their path to stardom with their fans. this concept

shift to asia, the pivot to asia. so while the document itself is very clear and a little more crisp on the other issues, i think it's been overmessaged and overplayed the shift to asia. that's having a real impact on european leaders' decisions. in some cases, it's a healthy impact, boy, is the u.s. not going to do everything all the time, everywhere, with and for nato, but also it's going to have some dell tairious impacts, is the u.s. going to be with us, the central and eastern europeans who are worried about a resurgent russia, will the u.s. be there for us, is the transatlantic link still very sound. these are some very important questions, healthy to debate them, but i think the u.s. needs to be very clear about what its strategic intent is and how it's going to underright write that in time. >> officials have repeatedly stressed that the article 5 commitment where any attack on europe would bring -- an attack on any member would bring the alliance to the defense of that member. should there be a specific numbe

defense strategy that will refocus on the asia pacific. the president cut the military budget as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's finances. the u.s. will strengthen its presence in asia in the face of cuts to other regions. military leaders say they want to counter the increasing strength of china. obama made the announcement in the first news conference at the pentagon by a u.s. president. the strategy took into account the end of the war in iraq and winding down of the one in afghanistan. pentagon leaders crafted the strategy in line with defense cuts of $450 billion in the next decade. obama says the u.s. will be able to ensure its security with a smaller ground force. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible, and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> defense secretary leon panetta made it clear the military will no longer be large enough for large scale ground campaigns. still, he

military strategy, with a focus on asia. and republican presidential race rolls on, with removing candidates moving on to the state of new hampshire. >> we're broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. this is "newsday." >>> hello. the two men found guilty of killing a black teenager stephen lawrence have been jailed for his murder. the sentences reflect the fact the two men were juveniles when they committed the crime 18 years ago. referring to the other suspects, the judge says he hopes the police will not close the file on the murder. scotland yard says that have received new information on the case, as we see in this report. >> steven lawrence's name has never been forgotten. today, finally, a public was handed down for taking his life. david norris and gary dobson were detained at her majesty's pleasure. they will not be released until late 2020's at the earliest. reached the end of the trial satisfied by what justice had delivered, to a point. >> the sentence that happened is may be quite low, but

will strengthen its presence in the asia-pacific region. some believe he is trying to counter the increasing strength of china. >> the united states will emphasize building the capacity of our partners and allies to more effectively defend their own territory. their own interests, through better use of diplomacy, development and security force assistance. >> panetta indicated that the u.s. will seek a larger role for japan and other allies. an expert on military strategy in the asia-pacific region says that role for japan may be in the east china sea and the south china sea. >> the major role that japan would play would be to shift its focus further south and it has an expertise in anti-submarine warfare and naval surface warfare. >> still, schmitt says the u.s. may find it difficult to ask its allies to do more as it cuts defense spending. so far the chinese government has given no official reaction to the new u.s. defense policy. but media coverage within the country has expressed caution. >>> a communist party is linked newspaper, the gl

and the russian empire and central asia. yet, rather than being concerned about an external enemy, the russians necessarily, at the early part of the 19th century, the east india company was much more concerned with its own internal security. what it sought to do was to stabilise its rule within south asia by stabilizing its frontier, and so the east india company initially gets drawn into afghanistan, as a matter of fact, in order to stabilize its home rule. >> host: when did the great game begin? >> guest: it -- if one subscribes to it it really begins -- there is some literature that says it begins in the early 18th and 19th century. other literature release sees the heyday in the late 19th century. once the russians established their own rule over the central asian emirate and will instead build the central asian railroad , but it is important to note that even the most hawkish british strategic thinker, when writing about the impending russian threat to british india marching through afghanistan, virtually all of them a

the shift towards asia and the end of the era of u.s. global supremacy, you talk about the need to put a quote and large the concept of the west as a way of familiar reading the effects of this change. can you elaborate on what you mean that if we don't thought to pose a dire consequences could ensue. >> guest: it's not on the question of power. it's also a question of philosophical, ethical, moral content. if we are to have a world in which people eventually managed to cooperate to self govern themselves on a global scale, we have to have a world in which there is to some significant degree a universal political culture. and i do believe that all of its historical shortcomings and i'm scared and in my book and discussing the shortcomings because they have to be admitted, for all the shortcomings, the west does today represents the most except to go unworkable universally workable political culture, which is respect for others, self determination and constitutionally sound, respect the law and accept them for certain basic rules based on

the rise of china made the shift in focus to the asia-pacific region. there will be continued investment in high-tech weapons. america's military future is being watched closely in places like annapolis, md., a town with a history of training new recruits. in this diner, we found most of the regular is worried a smaller military between bigger risks. >> we are more likely to have terrorist activity. >> we cannot do this. >> why not? >> because of what china is doing. >> i do not ever think we should be spending trillions of dollars on more. -- on war. >> when the world's dominant power and its biggest military spender announces considerable budget cuts, it is not just towns like this that take notice. there are consequences for america's allies. what does that mean for nato? it is a question i put to britain's defense secretary, in washington to meet his counterparts. >> not all nato members have an equal level of enthusiasm to engage. in theory, we have access to very large numbers of deployable troops. it is about translating the theoretical capabilit

military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire on the philippines china. against the island nation for offering to station more american troops. this year is first the e.u. summit exposes deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to. that critics say is an affront to democracy. a very warm welcome from all of us here at r.t. moscow. syria's opposition has made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have valid of president bashar al assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying that he's lost the chance for a peaceful exit fierce battles between government forces and rebel fighters continue to rage on the outskirts of the capital and further reports in damascus the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya mark two. is seeing an increasingly civil conflict evidence treaty by the violence has broken out for the past couple of days. that's not being housed by the statement by one of the members of the main opposition body to syrian national council like the head said that aside and his fami

will strengthen its presence in the asia-pacific region. some believe he is trying to counter the increasing strength of china. >> the united states will emphasize building the capacity of our partners and allies to more effectively defend their own territory. their own interests, through better use of diplomacy, development and security force assistance. >> panetta indicated that the u.s. will seek a larger ro for japan and other allies. an expert on military strategy in the asia-pacific region says that role for japan may be in the east china sea and the south china sea. >> the major role that japan would play would be to shift its focus further south and it has an expertise in anti-submarine warfare and naval surface warfare. >> still, schmitt says the u.s. may find it difficult to ask its allies to do more as it cuts defense spending. so far the chinese government has given no official reaction to the new u.s. defense policy. but media coverage within the country has expressed caution. >>> a communist party is linked newspaper, the glob

and asia-pacific, an air sea battle. >> guest: it depends where and for what. we are obviously engaged by treaty to the security of japan. we are committed to navigation. i don't see a plan for war on the asian amendment either involving korea, china, japan or involving india, pakistan or china in some other fashion. >> host: you do say in your book that the u.s. should not allow itself to be drawn into wars. you said safer the security cheese with japan and europe but what about taiwan? obviously we are still somewhat bound by law and in 1979 the taiwan act. >> guest: i specifically addressed that issue in the book and i say look as a matter of common sense we have to face the fact that we as a country have recognized under president nixon and secretary kissinger the notion that both taiwan and china say there is only one china and we also have to face the fact that if we want to have a stable relationship with china we cannot indefinitely keep arming taiwan so they can remain separate from china, even though at the same time taiwan is increasingly with the ma

this is how the weekended here in asia today. chinese stocks pummeled in the longest losing streak now for years. europe's troubles continuing to discourage investors. investors ignoring the fall in the u.s. jobless claims which we got yesterday. instead they're focusing on the disappointing news, the white house is not considering a rumored trillion dollar mortgage refinancing scheme. we have rising french italian bond yields all adding to the gloom. banking stocks not surpriselily, leading the hang seng down, down by more than 1%. there was one bright spot, one sector outperforming today, chinese energy stocks having agreat day, after the chinese government raised the tax threshold on the amount of money earned from oil income. as you see, giving a boost to the big oil plays in china. charles? >>> okay, let's have a look back at wall street and the thursday session there. well, we had some gains there for the banks, jobless claims so it would appear were down. obviously there was jobs data which was quite updata. there's also s

here in asia, a quiet day. there was one big story rolling through the markets a little early this day and causing volatility early, too. china inflation numbers for december. the consumer price index down for the fifth month running, the good news. it's now 4.1% after a 4.2% showing in november. the bad news is, it's not as low as analysts had been hoping. this initial number came out, particularly the chinese markets went up into reaction. a little bit of number crunching, the markets went down. hong kong down by 0.3%. the trend remains in the right direction. inflation coming down, giving policymakers in beijing ever more room to boost growth if they feel they need to. >>> in india, the country's airlines are continuing to soar for a second straight session. kingfisher and spicejet rising sharply after a government panel agreed to let foreign airlines buy up to a 49% stake in local carriers. you see there, kingfisher, not surprising. it's been under a huge amount of pressure. some reports saying it's getting

you see this in asia. there's a difference between having influence and having people want to be led by you. the united states has the latter. so i am very optistic about the united states' position in the world going forward. and i think you do have to think about this in a, you can't think about this in a static way or in a one dimnsional way going forward. >> charlie: iran. where are we because you get the feeling that somethingbeyond threats are going on, become sanctions or clearly van impact. oil sanctions may have a deepening impact, there's covert action that's clearly had an impact. we don't know who is responsible but we have ideas about that. is there a sense that the iranians are feeling that and they really do want to have serious negotiations. >> i can't answer the last of the questions but i can address the lead up to it, if i might. i do believe that the ranians arfeeling a tremendous amount of pressure. when we came into office, there was really, iranian was internally no threat. it was on

one of the panelists said it's time for asia to help asia. i'm just wondering there where you are if there are any sort of fears of protectionism since asia really is where the growth is. are you hearing any buzzwords about people worried about that? >> it's a phenomenal question. you talk to stephen roach, he'd say the same thing. the protectionist concerns are coming from united states. we heard the state of the union address by president obama, they're less concerned about the protectionism in asia and more concerned of whether they can keep up the pace of 6.5% in 2012 to give the global economy the boost it needs while the united states is struggling to get 2% growth. they're watching the relationships between china, south korea and japan and whether we have the triangle of growth question can drive global growth from the east. >> john defterios, thank you very much. we will check in with you later on when "world business today" comes again. for the meantime, that's it from us. i'm pauline choiu in cnn hong kong. >> i'm nina dos santos. w

defense strategy that will refocus on the asia-pacific. the president cut the military budget as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's finances. the u.s. will strengthen its presence in asia in the face of cuts to other regions. military leaders say they want to counter the increasing strength of china. obama made the announcement in the first news conference at the pentagon by a u.s. president. the strategy took into account the end of the war in iraq and the winding down of the one in afghanistan. pentagon leaders crafted this strategy in line with defense cuts of $450 billion over the next decade. obama says the u.s. will be able to ensure its security with a smaller ground force. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is is going to maintain our military's superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible, and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> defense secretary leon panetta made it clear the military will no longer be large enough to conduct large-scale ground c

military presence in asia pacific far on the philippines something china called for sanctions against the island nation offering to station more american troops. this year's first e.u. summit exposes a deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to school were strict shouldn't critics say is an affront to sovereignty and democracy. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. syria's opposition has made a chilling a pledge to the country's leader. president bashar assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying he's lost the chance for a peaceful exit fierce battles between government forces and rebel fighters are raging on the outskirts of the capital and assad he's sarah furthur reports in damascus the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya mark two. it got a civil conflict on your house is just seeming to ramp up all the time will settlements like the ones that have been made by one of the most senior position figures in the syrian national council and not going to help the situation at all he said that

is asia immune from the crisis in the eurozone? >> i'm no asia expert but going across several times a year it's clear to us at the end of 2011 there was increasing concern as the european banks, for example, came back home and didn't lend into the wide ranging economy, then that would act to slow asian growth. the 0 other thing, of course, you have a real event inside the system and trade credit, for example, wants to dry up. not say iing this will happen b wants to happen that we'll see a repeat of 2008 global trade turned down and particularly for germany and japan, for example, they saw major downturns in gdp numbers. asia is exposed. >> now in terms of where we are with the european position here, until maybe a couple of months ago the markets, in my opinion, foolishly kept believing in the magic bullet, fairy dust, whatever. some big bazooka or small bazooka, are the market settling to the fact the silver bullet is not there? is th is going to be a long, grinding process. but, also, i think the breakups scenario -- the eurozo

would need a more reliable ally in the asia pacific region so the philippines is reeling to lend its hands to today are broken for the kind of particular security concern the us is having in the asia pacific region i have already noticed there's tremendous pressure from the pm within china asking and urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all doing that to trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. it's so good to have you with us you're watching r.t. and still to come on the program deadline in d.c. u.s. occupiers refuse to move despite threats of a vixen and arrest. the purpose of this was to unite in this space so they want to arrest one of us after arrest all of us visible message of opposition and defiance from protesters camped out in two national parks. plus london prepares to welcome the world it's a limp dick efforts to ensure safety you seem to be falling short of the gold st

of the world which for some time to come was centered in the far east and to some extent southeast asia. >> let's talk about that in a moment but i would like to hone in more on this question of the west and enlarging within days. during the cold war period, the west was more or less a concrete thing. you have formal alliances, defense treaties. do you mean that the west should be enlarged in this sense in some sort of a structure or power block or much more of a conceptual expansion of the value systems that you are referring to? >> guest: it's something else altogether. in a sense it is all of the things that you mentioned in the beginning that it doesn't just have to be one of them in other words i don't envision the west being compulsive. everybody. but i do think that nato is needed and so some parts of the west can be united in an organization that enhances the security and gives recognition to the importance of security. he wouldn't have the west based on the financial and economic arrangements. but again, not necessarily to the same degree for all parts of the west. think of the

is stepping mistry return to asia refocusing its military and security deployment in the middle east in asia pacific targeting china in iran as the primary security concerns now at the regional level the philippines also see that the recent changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr martin to you and to call mr asian was successful we were elected there means beijing and taipei would have more stable relationship expression in terms of economic integration across the strait in the coming years and the philippines knows that the u.s. would need a more reliable ally in the asia pacific region so the philippines is reeling to learn it sounds too good to be are broken for that kind of particular security concern the us is having in the asia pacific region i have already noticed there's tremendous pressure from the pm within china that ask urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all doing that to tr

military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire on the philippines as some in china call for sanctions against the island nation for offering to station more american troops. and this year's first e.u. summit exposes deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to the fiscal restrictions that critics say is an affront to sovereignty and democracy our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is. a fierce battle is unfolding at the u.n. security council where discussion is underway on a new resolution on syria western and arab diplomats are launching a major offensive to overcome russia's strong opposition to a text calling for president assad to go it also doesn't rule out the use of foreign force. is monitoring developments in new york for us marina what exactly are the sides not seeing eye to eye on. well bill the reality is that russia has maintained a position on syria in which it believes that both sides of the conflict need to come together in dialogue and russia has said that it will not support any use of force into syria

too often when we say asia-pacific the pacific gets short shrift. for us, in my view, one of the ways that we can demonstrate an improving relationship, one is to increase the number of people who study in china but another way is actually to destitution allies areas where we work together where we actually corporate on the ground. that is going to be difficult. lots of hurdles but if we are persistent we can get progress on these particular issues. i have no illusions that the chinese have many questions right now about the american role in asia, but i would simply say that our strong role in asia is not the new-found dynamic. we have been a key and central pleasure -- player in the asia-pacific region for decades. we also try to point out to our chinese friends if you looked at the last 40 or 50 years coming in many respects they been some of the best in chinese history, and that is largely due to the hard work and innovation and determination of the chinese people. i have been -- we have state lawless a piece of stability of was that prosperity w

. >>> asia is learning a by lesson from europe's credit woes. a multinational body to supervisor conditions in asia began full fledged operations on tuesday. it is expected to function as an asian version of the international monetary fund in case of a monetary crisis. >> reporter: the ceremony held in singapore today marks the inauguration of the macroeconomic and research offices. the body is formed by 13 countries such as the members of the association of southeast asian nations as well as japan, chi nab and south korea. in the wake of the asian monetary crisis in 1997, the 13 countries established a multilateral currency swap arrangement in order to make funds available to debt strapped nations during periods of financial turmoil. amro analyzes economic data and decide whether or not to implement currency swaps. it also has the right to advice members about accepting imf improvement plan if it says any problems in the financial or monetary policies. however, the u.s. usa was uneasy with the idea of asia having its own monetary supervising bo

commitment to asia. whit johnson has details. >> reporter: despite protests back home, filipino officials were in washington this week negotiating a deal that could allow the u.s. to rotate ships and additional commandos through stations in the philippines. as the pentagon starts scaling back operations in europe and the middle east, army chief of staff said friday that u.s. forces in the region will be strengthened despite looming budget cuts. >> we will increase engagement with allies and new partners in the asia-pacific region, home of seven of the ten largest armies in the world. >> countries in east asia are very worried about increasing chinese influence, reach and perhaps even aggression. >> reporter: cbs news national security analyst juan zarate says fear of china has some asian nations turning back to uncle sam for protection, especially in the south china sea. an economic shipping hub where china has laid claim to disputed territory. >> there is a sense that we need to be there to serve as sec

military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire on the philippines china call for sanctions against the island nation offering to station more american troops. this year's first e.u. summit exposes deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to a fiscal restrictions that critics say is an affront to suffering and democracy. global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow. syria's opposition has made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have found of president bashar al assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying that he's lost the chance for a peaceful exit fierce battles between government forces and rebel fighters are raging on the outskirts of the capital damascus and that's exactly where sara firth is joining us now live here on our feet sara so with this uncompromising threat from the opposition it looks like the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble what happened in libya. well there's certainly an end to the need phase of the crisis here in the country you're seeing an increasingly civil conflic

military strategy that will rebalance towards asia pacific region out of what they call necessity the chinese ministry of defense fired back chinese ministry defense spokesman said the following we hope that the united states will flow with the tide of the era and deal with china and the chinese military in an objective and rational way will be careful and its words and actions and do more that is beneficial to the development of relations between the two countries and their militaries so are the actions as far objective and rational or are the two setting up for a new cold war joining me to discuss this is dr thomas pm barnett chief ad less for wiki and contributing editor at esquire magazine thomas thanks so much for joining us tonight and you recently wrote a piece where you you basically laid it all out you said welcome to obama's cold war with china so why do you think it's got to that point where you can call it that. well i think the election year dynamics in the united states certainly courage a certain demonization of the chinese if you're having trouble fixing infrastructure

as i made clear in australia we will be strengthening our presence in the asia pacific. and budget reductions will not become a big expense of that critical region china and the us now two of the biggest world economic powers and we see somewhat of an arms race going down now with the two countries the us pumping billions into new weapons to do to deploy to the region here's a look at some of the this is a fighter jet lockheed martin is working on it it integrates advanced cell technology isn't sensor systems with supersonic speed and then there's this you're looking at a sketch of the most expensive piece of military equipment ever to be created the first of the navy's next generation of aircraft carriers nearly three football fields long weighs more than one hundred thousand tons of equipment to cutting edge nuclear reactors and defense missiles so those are just a couple of the new toys the u.s. is getting ready to unveil but they're not the only ones upping their arsenal let's take a look now at what china has in the works this is a g. twenty stealth fighter jet the

if europe stops buying iranian oil, iran will have to sell asia more oil. and, again, a lot of countries will keep buying iranian oil, but perhaps at a reduced price and so iran's oil revenue could go down. >> does iran have the capability to make good on its threat to close the strait? >> it has some decent military capabilities, but it's really no match for the u.s. navy in the persian gulf. iran has developed some asemitic navel capabilities, has a lot of small fast boats, some decent anti-ship cruz missiles based on chinese technology that has also developed on its own. so it could impede traffic through the strait of hormuz for a short amount of time, most likely. can it close the strait of hormuz? no. >> what's the likelihood they're going to make good on their threat to attack a u.s. warship, especially a u.s. carrier because that would seem to be a poor choice on their part? >> iran doesn't want a direct conflict with the united united states. it wants a manageable state of attentions where oil prices go up, iran showed that it's strong to its domes

and south asia to asia per se. it is also about diversifying our engagements in asia more generally. we have a number of bases and facilities in northeast asia. are looking to do more in southeast asia. the president announced that he was in australia and parts and determination to have marines trained and stationed in northern australia. it is also the case in terms of operational concepts, the linkage between the indian ocean and pacific and how to design strategies, operations and training routine that reflect these new strategic realities is really the challenge of the next phase of american strategic thinking. >> interesting. and that same region of course, one country -- one oteri with the we've had almost no contact with burma and extraordinary developments have occurred with the sushi and being released from house arrest, forming a party, sort of the democratization process. she herself was asked whether the power behind the leader, the military still running things. i guess i would ask for your outlet. do

the government deficits are less there are several reasons to like asia and jardine is just all over the region in the businesses you named and quite a few other businesses as well. >> tom: real quick though, it's got some property exposure and there has been concern about asia property price, perhaps too high? >> there have been periodic concern about asia property prices but jardine has more than 20 consecutive years positive earnings and i think it will weather the ups and downs quite well tses last time we saw you was the first of july, last summer. you had four picks beginning with newmont mining, well done. cliff natural resources, this has been hit by about 24%. you also liked lieu cade ya, a conglomerate of sorts off by more than 20% an johnson & johnson down 3%. dow still like any of these four given their performance? >> i actually still like it each and every one of them. >> what about the previous trio we mentioned. you have positions in those as well? >> yes, we do. >> a sherk fan, receipt it be noted here tonight with our friday market monitor, john dorfman, he joins us

would need a more reliable ally in the asia pacific region so the philippines is reeling to lend its hands to it to the american airline for that kind of particular security concern the u.s. is having in the asia pacific region i have already noticed there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking and urging the chinese government to top of a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all doing that to try to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. now to another region that's the focus of intense american interest the u.s. senate lawmakers have released a plan for a new round of sanctions targeting iran's energy sector the bill aimed at choking funds used by to iran to allegedly develop nuclear weapons will be mulled over on thursday but while washington shows no sign of easing up on to iran iran's foreign minister has welcomed the extension of the i.a.e.a. mission in the country a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors may

is having in the asia pacific region i have. tremendous pressure from the pm within china asking and urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all doing that to trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow and still to come deadline in d.c. u.s. occupiers refused to move despite threats of eviction and erast. the purpose of this was to unite in this case so if they want to arrest one of us they have to rest all of us a visible message of opposition and defiance from protesters camped out into a national park. but as london prepares to welcome the world it's a live picture but to ensure safety you seem to be falling rather short of the gold standard. quarter past the hour here in new leaders at the first summit of two thousand and twelve were all smiles with the existing tensions were clear to say

all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

an interest in asia and the pacific region. and given the reduction in the defense budget as mandated by the congress and as we move to a more nimble defense posture we have... cannot overlook the pacific... area pacific region and given the hot spots that are now within asia, whether north korea, afghanistan and elsewhere we need to put more focus on that region. >> rose: so they want people to be more involved in that region so they're not dependent on china or at the mercy china. >> well, they are strengthening thei relations, economic and strategic relations with china at the same time. they want stronger relations with the united states. so it's really not a matter of the united states coming back into the region. the united states has always been part of that region. >> i understand that. but at the sa time everybody... was it dr. kissinger who would constantly remind you that china has always been... the u.s. has always had a china policy. u.s. hatz always had an attention to that region and it's not new and therefore if