The UN makes its first moves to nominate South Korea's Ban Ki-moon as its new Secretary
General, a significant choice in terms of his possible diplomatic influence
with North Korea. Meantime, the global community reacts to North Korea's claims to have conducted
its first nuclear test. Diana Nyad guest hosts.
Korean Nominated as Secretary General as Defiant DPRK Conducts Nuclear Test
Credits
Guests:
- Ian Williams - UN Correspondent for The Nation
- Joseph Cirincione - Ploughshares Fund - @Cirincione
- James Lilley - Former US Ambassador to South Korea and China
- Thomas Kilgannon - President of Freedom Alliance
- Paul Kennedy - Professor of International Security Studies at Yale University
- Gareth Evans - Co-Chair, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect