ISAAC STONE FISH:
00:01:23
They are also quite worried about Taiwan, especially Japan. Japan is roughly 100 miles from Taiwan, its most southern island, and they also want to see the United States standing up to China. I think they're afraid of a US that's leaving its commitments in Asia, and that would be leaving the continent and their territorial integrity to Beijing. So they're going to want to see tougher actions from Trump than perhaps Trump is willing to do vis a vis China. And so with Taiwan and China at the forefront of what the US and other regional allies are looking at, what about North Korea and Russia? What might they be concerned about or wanting to see happen or not happen from this dialogue? North Korea just wants to get global attention. And so they would like to see an opportunity for them to slot in and for them to be noticed. And so it's still possible. It's very unlikely. It's still possible that they do something very provocative in the next couple of days to remind the world that they're there. Russia wants to see support for its position in Ukraine, and it's very unlikely that will come up publicly. But they would love to see Beijing say something about what Russia is doing in Ukraine and why Russia's war, in their mind, is just.
REPORTER:
00:02:42
All right. They may do something provocative in the next few days if that happens. Isaac, Stone Fish, we've got to bring you back. Thanks for being with us this Tuesday.
