Episodes
Monday May 06, 2013
Caroline Glick, Zuhdi Jasser, Gordon Chang, Roger Noriega
Monday May 06, 2013
Monday May 06, 2013
CAROLINE GLICK, an American-Israeli Journalist and Senior Fellow for Middle East Affairs of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy sheds light on the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and provides an overview of the motives behind these strikes. DR. ZUHDI JASSER of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy makes a case for finding allies within the Syrian opposition as well as explains the traps involved. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com discusses the potential for a “nuclear breakout” within the next five years as it becomes more and more likely that South Korea and Japan will attempt to acquire nuclear weapons of their own. ROGER NORIEGA, Former US Ambassador, dissects in great detail how the dictatorial regime in Venezuela manipulated the recent election with the help of Cuba. He also measures the resolve of the opposition and the outlook moving forward.
Monday Apr 29, 2013
Clare Lopez, Roger Noriega, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Gordon Chang
Monday Apr 29, 2013
Monday Apr 29, 2013
CLARE LOPEZ, former CIA officer and Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, walks us through the traps of realistic contingencies in Syria. ROGER NORIEGA of InterAmerican Security Watch warns that the new president of Mexico is making a “short term pact with the devil” that allows narco-traffickers to continue their work in exchange for a decrease in violence. Chairman of the US House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs DANA ROHRABACHER makes the case for why the US should stay out of the conflict in Syria, arguing that there is no side that the US could support that would not turn against it in the long run. GORDON CHANG, writer at Forbes.com, reports on the breaking story that North Korea is essentially creating a hostage situation by refusing to allow some South Korean citizens to leave the demilitarized zone between the two countries—a move that Chang believes points to North Korean threats being more than mere rhetoric.
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Roger Noriega, Dr. Henry Sokolski, Gordon Chang, Richard Fisher
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs ROGER NORIEGA analyzes the presidential election that took place in Venezuela yesterday, expressing doubts that Chavez’s hand-picked successor, who won by a “razor thin” margin, had legitimately claimed victory. Dr. HENRY SOKOLSKI, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, critiques the U.S. government’s response to the North Korean threat, and argues that an effective measure against the corrupt regime would be to go after its ability to get hard currency through illegal means, such as by trafficking drugs, people, and exotic animals. What tools of foreign policy does the U.S. have in the financial category to deal with North Korea? GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com lays out the strategic landscape in Asia and clarifies where the Chinese really stand in relationship to North Korea. Can Chinese military power be measured accurately? With strategic deception as a pillar of Chinese military doctrine, beliefs of Western policy makers are subject to great confusion. RICHARD FISHER of the International Assessment and Strategy Center brings expertise to bare on the matter.
Monday Apr 08, 2013
Amb. John Bolton, Michael S. Smith II, Col. Dick Brauer, Gordon Chang
Monday Apr 08, 2013
Monday Apr 08, 2013
Ambassador JOHN BOLTON pays tribute to the great Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, whose legacy has never been more relevant to today’s U.S. foreign policy.
MICHAEL S. SMITH II, co-founder of Kronos Advisory LLP, explains why trying terrorists such as Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law in American criminal court hurts counter-terrorism efforts.
Colonel DICK BRAUER joins explains the mission of his group Special Operations Speaks, which recently sent a letter to Congress from 700 former special ops veterans calling for a real inquiry into Benghazigate.
GORDON CHANG breaks down the essentials of the state of play with North Korea and the meaning of diplomatic actions.
Monday Apr 01, 2013
Kevin Freeman, Michael O'Hanlon, Adm. Ace Lyons, Gordon Chang
Monday Apr 01, 2013
Monday Apr 01, 2013
With Kevin Freeman, Michael O'Hanlon, Adm. Ace Lyons, Gordon Chang What can the Cyprus banking crisis tell us about U.S. vulnerability in cyber and economic warfare? Center for Security Policy Senior Fellow KEVIN FREEMAN explains how what we see in Cyprus gives us insight into a piece of the global threat matrix. MICHAEL O'HANLON of the Brookings Institute and co-author of Bending History, discusses the good, bad, and ugly for a post –U.S. Afghanistan. Admiral ACE LYONS, former Pacific Fleet Commander, discusses the North Korean and Iranian threats, both nuclear and cyber. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com describes in great detail the state of the North Korean regime.
Monday Mar 25, 2013
Robert Zarate, Reza Khalili, Claudia Rosett, Gordon Chang
Monday Mar 25, 2013
Monday Mar 25, 2013
ROBERT ZARATE of the Foreign Policy Research Institute raises several questions about Sec. Def. Chuck Hagel's recent announcement to renew the Bush administration's commitment to ground based missile interceptors in the U.S. which the Obama administration cut back in its first term. Will sequestration allow the plan to follow through? Was the cancellation of long range ICBM interceptors in Europe in fact the more important element of the announcement as it is a strategic step backward and a concession to Russian power in the region? Former Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp member and CIA agent REZA KHALILI reports new intelligence on a covert Iranian nuclear site, nuclear material, and weapons capability including numbers on weaponized grade Uranium that would seem to exceed stated Red Lines of the United States. World renowned investigative journalist, CLAUDIA ROSETT, explains the meaning of the strange death in London of a Russian Oligarch who had fallen from the grace of the Putin regime. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com breaks down the nuclear threat matrix between the U.S. and China based on new reports of the China's Carrier Killer 12,000 mile range missile.
Monday Mar 18, 2013
Riki Ellison, Stephen K Bannon, Emmanuele Ottolenghi, Gordon Chang
Monday Mar 18, 2013
Monday Mar 18, 2013
In light of Secretary Hagel’s announcement to enhance missile defense for the first time under the Obama administration in response to the North Korean threat, the chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, RIKI ELLISON joins Frank for a detailed assessment of our current missile defense capability. Breitbart News Executive Chairman STEPHEN K. BANNON discusses his promotion of diverse viewpoints on national security among the Uninvited conservatives at CPAC 2013. Dr. EMMANUELE OTTOLENGHI of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies outlines the issues and consequences of engaging Iran without calculating for strategic surprise. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com covers the power change in China and their role in arming North Korea.
Monday Mar 11, 2013
Cliff May, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, Paul Kengor, and Gordon Chang
Monday Mar 11, 2013
Monday Mar 11, 2013
With Cliff May, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, Paul Kengor, and Gordon Chang. President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies CLIFF MAY analyzes US/Afghanistan relations, Iran's imperialistic goals, and Syria's continuing collapse. ELISABETH SABADITSCH-WOLFF, free speech advocate and president of the ACT! for America Austrian chapter, reports on her experiences at the recent conference held by the UN Alliance of Civilizations, an organization working closely with the OIC to limit freedom or speech supposedly in the name of religious acceptance. Professor PAUL KENGOR of Grove City College reflects back on the importance of Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" speech 30 years later, and explains the importance that it still has today. Namely, that like communism, radical Islamism is committing evil and democracies should not be afraid to point it out. GORDON CHANG, from forbes.com, explains how China is playing double games between the US and North Korea and how they are hoping to force the US out of Asia to intimidate Japan into surrendering contested territory.
Monday Mar 04, 2013
Jack Murphy, Michael Davidson, Barry Rubin, and Gordon Chang
Monday Mar 04, 2013
Monday Mar 04, 2013
With Jack Murphy, Michael Davidson, Barry Rubin, and Gordon Chang. What ties does CIA Director nominee, John Brennan, have to what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 that resulted in the death of an U.S. ambassador? JACK MURPHY, former US Army Ranger and author of Benghazi: The Definitive Report, answers this question, and reports on the situation in Benghazi since 9/11. Continuing the Benghazi discussion, former CIA officer and author of newly released novel Incubus, MICHAEL DAVIDSON explains what the CIA was doing at their annex in Benghazi on 9/11, and how Russia is arming Iran. Director of the GLORIA Center, BARRY RUBIN reports on the Islamization of the Middle East as opposition parties in Egypt promise to boycott upcoming parliament elections, Turkey’s Prime Minister makes anti-Semitic comments, and the rebel groups in Syria are overwhelmed by extremists. GORDON CHANG, from forbes.com, explains how the Chinese government has knowingly been distributing Chinese manpads to hostile state and non-state actors, how China perceives President Obama’s “open hand” policy as weakness, and reports on Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s recent visit to Washington.
Monday Feb 25, 2013
Zuhdi Jasser, Robert Mazur, Jonathan Shanzer, Gordon Chang
Monday Feb 25, 2013
Monday Feb 25, 2013
President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, ZUHDI JASSER, discusses how John Brennan has never acknowledged political Islam as a threat and reports on the situation on the ground in Egypt where some anti-Muslim Brotherhood groups perceive America as abandoning values of democracy. ROBERT MAZUR, author of The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel, reveals his experiences working undercover investigating Mexican drug cartel money laundering that led him to write his book. In The Infiltrator, he exposes the businessmen and bankers that clean and transfer billions of dollars worth of dirty money worldwide according to the will of drug-lords, terrorists, corrupt politicians and tax-cheaters. In this exclusive interview with Frank, Mazur talks about the need to identify the individuals in the banking community responsible for these crimes and prosecute them. Vice President of Research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, JONATHAN SHANZER explains how US sanctions on Iran have been ineffective because the regime has been creatively pushing its money through Europe instead. GORDON CHANG, from forbes.com, emphasizes the severity of Chinese cyber-warfare, citing Chinese military attacks on the New York Times, and explains that Obama administration's efforts to cooperate are ineffective because the Chinese perceive them as weakness.