Episodes
Monday Sep 09, 2013
Norman Podhoretz, John Yoo, James Acton, Gordon Chang
Monday Sep 09, 2013
Monday Sep 09, 2013
NORMAN PODHORETZ explains his article in today's Wall Street Journal, outlining how President Obama is subordinating the U.S. to the dictates of the international community, where he says it has no interests as a nation.
JAMES ACTON, a senior associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, connects lessons learned from a failed attempt to rid the world of chemical weapons to nuclear disarmament, as well as argues the position of an international agreement of nuclear weapons reduction.
JOHN YOO, former Deputy Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, analyzes the process for Congressional approval of a strike on Syria, focusing specifically on the constitutional implications.
GORDON CHANG talks about his piece in the New York Times, giving a backdrop to specific incidents in China recently.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Robert Zarate, Henry Sokolski, Andy McCarthy, Gordon Chang
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
ROBERT ZARATE, policy director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, explains his ideas as a signatory of a letter sent to President Obama last week, urging Congressional approval of a strike upon Syria.
HENRY SOKOLSKI, Executive director of the Nonproliferation policy Education center, analyzes US intervention in Syria and what it would take to truly rid the world of chemical weapons.
Monday Aug 26, 2013
Victor Davis Hanson, Claudia Rosett, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang
Monday Aug 26, 2013
Monday Aug 26, 2013
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, analyzes current events in the Middle East, including the Syrian chemical weapon attacks, Israel's status, the ongoing violence in Egypt, and Turkey's relationship with the region.
CLAUDIA ROSETT, journalist in residence at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, examines the situation in Syria and the lack of a UN response, as well as the absence of Samantha Power at this critical time.
HAROLD RHODE, of the Gatestone Institute, talks about Turkish Prime Minister Erodgan's statements about democracy and ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, US support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and US involvement in Syria.
GORDON CHANG, of World Affairs Journal and Forbes, discusses China's aggressive nature with the territorial grab in the Pacific Ocean and the creation of a new anti-satellite satellite.
Monday Aug 19, 2013
John Bolton, Rosemary Jenks, Gordon Chang, Grae Stafford
Monday Aug 19, 2013
Monday Aug 19, 2013
JOHN BOLTON, former US Ambassador to the UN and senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute, explains why the US government should back the Egyptian military and oust the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as how the NSA audit is not proof that the NSA is abusing American citizen's rights.
ROSEMARY JENKS, of NumbersUSA, takes a deeper look into the issue of immigration and what comprehensive immigration reform would mean for the country.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes, examines "China's dream"and how it wishes to be dominant once again, the Chinese military and its aggressive actions, and China's secret stimulus to its economy.
GRAE STAFFORD, of the Daily Caller, investigates the technology and weapons the U.S. has been arming the Syrian rebels with and how arming these rebels could led to a dangerous situation in the future.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2013
Andrea Boland, Roger Noriega, Steven Bucci, Gordon Chang
Tuesday Aug 13, 2013
Tuesday Aug 13, 2013
Representative ANDREA BOLAND reflects on the efforts she has made to protect her native state Maine and the the rest of the country from growing EMP threats.
ROGER NORIEGA, of American Enterprise and Inter-American Security Watch, looks south of the border at the upcoming visits of John Kerry to Brazil and Colombia, power loss for President Fernandez of Argentina, and Mexico's war against narcotic drug king pins.
STEVEN BUCCI, US Colonel and Director of the Allison Center at the Heritage Foundation, examines US relationship with Russia, US Military budget cuts, sexual assaults in the military, and the threat of an EMP strike.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, addresses the conflicting reports on the growth of the Chinese economy, as well as looks into the relationship between North Korea and Cuba.
Monday Aug 05, 2013
John Bolton, Gordon Chang, David Sater, Robert Springborg
Monday Aug 05, 2013
Monday Aug 05, 2013
JOHN BOLTON, former US Ambassador to the UN, reflects on what the Al Qaeda threat that has prompted the closing of US embassies and missions in the Middle East and North Africa shows about President Obama's foreign policy failures in that region over the last five years.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, exposes the flaw in the administration's plan to strip Lajas Air Force Base, a base strategically located in the Azores Islands, of most of the base's personnel, making it a ghost base and subsequently allowing Chinese power to move in and threaten the region and the United States.
DAVID SATTER, of the Hudson Institute, analyzes Russia's response to hold onto Edward Snowden and its impact on a policy "reset," the threat assessment of Snowden, and his self-image as a human rights activist.
ROBERT SPRINGBORG, Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, examines a paper written by the current leader of Egypt, General Abdul Fatah Al-Sissi, that dissects Islam and its compatibility to democracy, as well as looks at how the current leader is different from his predecessor in terms of his lack of desire for a transnational Islamic agenda.
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Zuhdi Jasser, Carina Tertsakian, Gordon Chang, Roger Noriega
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Dr. ZUDHI JASSER, of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, gages the crisis in Egypt and how the violence occurring now against members of the Muslim Brotherhood is actually fueling their cause and legitimatizing them further in the country. Dr. Jasser also probes deeper into the dangers of the White House keeping company with radical Islamists and people who have known ties to radical apparatuses, like Huma Abedin.
CARINA TERTSAKIAN, senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Africa division, digs deeper into the background of the M23 Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as sheds light on the atrocities that are occurring in the DRC and what, if anything, is being done to help the region.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, gives his insight on several different important issues critical to national security, including EMPs, where the U.S. stands with North Korea and the upcoming trip of Jimmy Carter to North Korea to negotiate the release of American Kenneth Bay, and what impact this visit could have.
ROGER NORIEGA, of InterAmerican Security Watch, examines the threats from the south of border-- namely, the North Korean vessel stopped in Panama containing missiles.
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Zudhi Jasser, Carina Tertsakian, Gordon Chang, Roger Noriega
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Monday Jul 29, 2013
Dr. ZUDHI JASSER, of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, gages the crisis in Egypt and how the violence occurring now against members of the Muslim Brotherhood, are actually fueling their cause and legitimatizing them further in the country. Jasser also probes deeper into the dangers of the White House keeping company with radical Islamists and people who have known ties to radical apparatuses like, Huma Abedin, to influence foreign policy.
CARINA TERTSAKIAN, of the Human Rights Watch, digs deeper into the background of the M23 Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as sheds light on the atrocities that are occurring in the DRC and what, if anything, is being done to help the region.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, gives his insight on several different important issues to national security including; EMPs, where the U.S. stands with North Korea and the upcoming trip of Jimmy Carter to North Korea to negotitate the release of American Kenneth Bay, and what impact this visit could have.
ROGER NORIEGA, of American Enterprise Institute, examines the threats from the south of border; namely, the North Korean vessel stopped in Panama containing missiles.
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Dick Brauer, Charles Crawford, Gordon Chang
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Monday Jul 22, 2013
Col. DICK BRAUER, of Special Operations Speak, gives some insight into what his organization is trying to achieve by bringing to light the Benghazi tragedy and how the government failed all the Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, who died during the events that unfolded that day at the American consulate in Benghazi.
MARK LANGFAN, creator of an original 3D topographic map of Israel, discusses how the landscape of Israel means that refuse water from the Palestinian territory is flowing--often untreated--into Israel's water supply.
British Ambassador CHARLES CRAWFORD talks about an article he recently wrote, That Obama 2009 Cairo Speech in Retrospect, that examines the approach the Obama Administration has had towards Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood and the failure in the President's outlook.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, analyzes the meaning behind the election of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the implications it will have on Japanese foreign and defense policy, and from there the effects this will have on their relationship with the United States.
Monday Jul 15, 2013
John Bolton, Steven Groves, Jim Woolsey, Gordon Chang
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Former US Ambassador to the UN JOHN BOLTON examines the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the meaning of democracy. He also takes an in depth look into the upcoming appointment hearing of Samantha Power as the next UN Ambassador.
STEVEN GROVES, of the Heritage Foundation, turns his attention towards the United Nations and the new Disabilities Treaty the international organization is urging the United States to sign and what this signature would mean in terms of American sovereignty.
JIM WOOLSEY, Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, analyzes Saudi Arabia’s aid to Egypt and its negative opinion of the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as discusses alternative fuel sources and the threat of an EMP attack either by natural or man-made methods.
GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, investigates the recent actions of China in both a military and economic context and gives his analysis on why the Chinese government were so quick to condemn the now viral you tube video of a 12 year old Egyptian boy who spoke of the need for a constitution and freedom in Egypt.