The following speech was delivered on December 3, 2014 at the Chatham House in London
Ladies and gentlemen,
In just a few days, we will say farewell to 2014 and greet the new year. From my standpoint, this year may be recorded as one of the most eventful years in the post-Cold War era, fraught with difficulties – Syria; Iraq and ISIL, Israel and Palestine; Iran; Afghanistan; Ukraine; and the Ebola outbreak, just to name a few. Northeast Asia was going through turbulent times as well in an unprecedented way.
A plethora of problems erupted simultaneously, even while we were …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
