Daniel R. Russel: “If we succeed... in completing this agreement in the course of 2015, we will have... exported the values that Americans…”

We deter North Korea through a strong defensive military posture rooted in our alliances with South Korea and Japan.

do we think of economic engagement as a reward or are we using it as a tool to try to shore up these principles and these ideals

I believe that a withdrawal of the U.S. presence from the South China Sea would result in a tactical accommodation by the countries of Southeast Asia with China.

We entirely agree. And I think that as frustrated and unhappy as all of us are at North Korea's ability to continue to develop its missile and its nuclear programs, the scorecard of the administration shows very significant successes in…