Episodes
Monday Feb 18, 2013
Monday Feb 18, 2013
With General Jack Keane (Ret.), Michael Davidson, Reggie Littlejohn, and Gordon Chang Remember Afghanistan? What will become of U.S. investment in its stability? Retired Four Star General JACK KEANE describes the consequences of our flawed policy in Afghanistan in stark terms. Former CIA Clandestine Services officer MICHAEL DAVIDSON gives his take on the snubbing of new Secretary of State John Kerry by his Russian counterpart, arguing that Putin and his fellow-KGB alums are purposely making a show of their displeasure with the United States. What can we believe about human right's news on China's one child policy? REGGIE LITTLEJOHN of Women's Rights Without Frontiers deciphers the reporting from the reality. GORDON CHANG of forbes.com predicts that despite the lack of demographics sense China's One Child Policy makes, the regime will keep it in order to maintain control. Based on China's growing aggressiveness, Chang also believes that once sequestration goes into effect, shortly after it will be reversed for the Pentagon in order to meet its military needs in East Asia.
Monday Feb 11, 2013
Gen. Jerry Boykin, Sebastian Gorka, Adam Kredo, Gordon Chang
Monday Feb 11, 2013
Monday Feb 11, 2013
LT. GEN. JERRY BOYKIN, former US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, explains why he doesn't support Chuck Hagel and John Brennan's nominations. Hagel does not take a firm enough line on Iran, and Brennan fails to understand that fundamentalist ideology is what motivates terrorists. Boykin also forecasts the "hollowing out" of the military from sequestration, and talks about the death of the American ethos that no soldier, dead or alive, is left behind. From the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, SEBASTIAN GORKA critiques the lack of understanding that we have about the ideology that drives our enemies in the war on terror, and references the Cold War ideological battle as a frame work for how to win a war of ideas. ADAM KREDO, a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, explains how sequestration will "hollow out the military," and illuminates the reasons why the vote on Hagel's nomination was delayed. From forbes.com, GORDON CHANG takes a tour through Asia explaining how the weakening Chinese economy and disarray in the political system is creating a formula for war, how many countries in Asia are devaluing their currencies, and how Chinese cyber-warfare is costing America millions every year.
Monday Feb 04, 2013
Victor Davis Hanson, John Bolton, Michael Rubin, Gordon Chang
Monday Feb 04, 2013
Monday Feb 04, 2013
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, of the Hoover Institute, postulates why Obama is changing over 65 years of American foreign policy to remove the US from its preeminent place in international relations, and explains the reasoning behind Obama's progressive move to cut defense spending to fund entitlement programs. AMB. JOHN BOLTON, former US ambassador to the UN, analyzes the fallout from Chuck Hagel's Senate hearing, and explains that nuclear deterrence won't work against an enemy who believes that such destruction would lead to paradisaical glory. MICHAEL RUBIN, from the American Enterprise Institute, explains how Egypt is on the brink of becoming a failed state, how Turkey is not an American ally, and how Al Qaeda has planted its roots in the Syrian rebellion leading to disastrous consequences for Israel no matter the outcome of the current conflict. GORDON CHANG, from forbes.com, interprets the war-talk coming from Chinese officials, combined with recent increased isolation in Tibet, and aggression over disputed islands as a warning to America of China's desire for a war in the near future.
Monday Jan 28, 2013
Roger Noriega, Stephen Hunter, Claudia Rosett, Gordon Chang
Monday Jan 28, 2013
Monday Jan 28, 2013
ROGER NORIEGA, from the American Enterprise Institute, explains the effects that upcoming immigrant legislation will have, interprets Venezuelan vice president Maduro's assassination claims, and critiques current negotiations between Colombian authorities and narco-terrorists. STEPHEN HUNTER, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the upcoming The Third Bullet, offers exclusive insight into the creation of the conspiracy theory in his new book, and condemns the politicians that "pirouette on the political platform" raised from the tragedy of the Sandy Hook shootings. CLAUDIA ROSETT, the journalist-in-residence at Foundation for Defense of Democracy, analyzes the still resounding lack of clarity that Hillary Clinton's Senate hearing left for the American people, and the "pass the buck" mentality that has prevailed in the administration through the whole affair. GORDAN CHANG, columnist at forbes.com, exposes the inclement threat that North Korea's rapidly advancing missile program will have on the US and her allies, and reports on the UN conference that has led to China demanding more than $100 billion a year from the US to clean up their pollution.
Monday Jan 21, 2013
Barry Rubin, Joseph Wood, Robert Zarate, and Gordon Chang
Monday Jan 21, 2013
Monday Jan 21, 2013
BARRY RUBIN, Director of the GLORIA Center, points out the reality of the upcoming Israeli election that the mass media is failing to grasp--namely, Israelis are voting much as they always have, but this time around the far right is better aligned. Ret. Col. JOSEPH WOOD, former advisor to Vice President Cheney, discusses the responsibility that France still feels towards its ex-colonies in Africa, including Mali. Wood also talks about the French government's attempt to limit religious extremism within its own borders, which recently led to the creation of an observatory of secularism. On the day of President Obama's second inauguration, the Foreign Policy Initiative's ROBERT ZARATE reflects on what steps Obama took during his first term to press forward with his goal of "Global Zero," and offers up predictions of what Obama may do in the next four years. Forbes.com writer GORDON CHANG, recently returned from a trip to India, describes the fear he encountered repeatedly that the U.S. is increasingly taking Pakistan's side over India's. Secretary of State nominee John Kerry's past statements regarding Pakistan have only served to further unsettle Indians regarding the direction the U.S. is heading.
Monday Jan 14, 2013
Matthew Boyle, Peter Huessy, Clare Lopez, Gordon Chang
Monday Jan 14, 2013
Monday Jan 14, 2013
MATTHEW BOYLE, an investigative reporter with breibart.com, talks with Frank about President Morsi's recent demands of the Obama administration to release 'The Blind Sheik' from federal custody, and how the new administration's nomination of Chuck Hagel will effect this and other security decisions. PETER HUESSY, the president of GeoStrategic Analysis at afpc.org, explains the 'Ground Zero' program that would eliminate the US's nuclear program, and Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel's history of nuclear arms reduction. CLARE LOPEZ, Senior Fellow with The Center for Security Policy, discusses Iran's rush towards nuclear weapons, and the clandestine methods that they employ to obtain information on the US. GORDON CHANG, columnist at forbes.com, discusses the vast gap between Chinese and American nuclear doctrines, and how China can no longer hide their nuclear missile testing.
Tuesday Jan 08, 2013
Roger Noriega, Gordon Chang, Dean Popps, and Andrew McCarthy
Tuesday Jan 08, 2013
Tuesday Jan 08, 2013
AEI scholar ROGER NORIEGA discusses what the chances are of Hugo Chavez recovering in time for his inauguration, and predicts what impact his likely death will have on U.S.-Venezuelan relations. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com talks about India's desire for the U.S. to take the lead in confronting China in the region. Chang also explains why Bill Richardson's trip to North Korea will be detrimental to U.S. sanctions on the country. Former Acting United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology DEAN POPPS discusses the disastrous consequences of China's acclamation of American-made lithium ion A123 battery technology. ANDREW McCARTHY chats with Frank about Obama's choice of John Kerry and Chuck Hagel for Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, respectively.
Wednesday Jan 02, 2013
Diana West, Jim Hanson, Phyllis Schlafly, and Gordon Chang
Wednesday Jan 02, 2013
Wednesday Jan 02, 2013
DIANA WEST, author of Death of the Grown-up, discusses the changing culture within the United States that has resulted in a lack of interest concerning the insider attacks in Afghanistan. Former Special Forces operator JIM HANSON talks about the effects of sequestration and his opinion on what sort of Secretary of State John Kerry might make. PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY, founder of the Eagle Forum, discusses her new book No Higher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom. In it, she argues that Obama is trying to make it so that there is no higher power than the federal government. Frank also questions her if Obama's war on religion is a smaller piece of a "war on the Constitution." GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com reports on visit today with the Dalai Lama, the most recent Chinese crackdown on internet freedom, and India's position towards China.
Monday Dec 17, 2012
Gordon Chang
Monday Dec 17, 2012
Monday Dec 17, 2012
Gordon Chang of Forbes.com talks at length with Frank about what's happened in China over the past year. Topics include the "Underground Great Wall," the power change and Bo Xilai controversy, and China's assistance to various enemy nations, including North Korea.
Monday Nov 26, 2012
Claudia Rosett, Dr. Neil Kressel, Matt Boyle, Gordon Chang
Monday Nov 26, 2012
Monday Nov 26, 2012
With Claudia Rosett, Dr. Neil Kressel, Matt Boyle, and Gordon Chang Journalist CLAUDIA ROSETT explains that the UN is siding with the terrorists in the case of Hamas vs. Israel. The UN has ignored Hamas's increased attacks against Israel and has even pressured the Israelis to work with Hamas to resolve the conflict. Professor DR. NEIL KRESSEL talks about his new book which looks at the growing antisemitic rhetoric within the Muslim community. With the growing Islamist influence within Europe and the Middle East, is the Jewish faith in danger? Journalist MATT BOYLE analyzes the growing connection between drug cartels in Mexico and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah. He explains how these terrorists are using the drug routes to enter the US in return for providing weapons and money to the cartels to wage their drug war. Asian analyst GORDON CHANG looks at China's new aircraft carrier, that can actually land an aircraft. He sheds light on what this development means for regional stability; as well as the growing anticommunist sentiments within the country.