Episodes
Monday Nov 10, 2014
Dan Gouré
Monday Nov 10, 2014
Monday Nov 10, 2014
Dr. DAN GOURÉ, Vice-President of the Lexington Institute:
PART ONE
- How the rise of Russia, China, and Islamic State have shifted the geo-political playing field
- The Obama Doctrine’s dangerous consequences for international security
- A comparison between the weak Western response to Hitler in the 1930’s and Putin's ongoing invasion of Eastern Ukraine
- Salvaging the future of U.S. alliance relationships
PART TWO
- Sequestration's endangering of U.S. security in a time of Islamist totalitarian expansion
- Analysis of the degradation of the American military’s readiness and ability to project peace through strength
- America’s “near peer competitors” on track to surpass U.S. military superiority
PART THREE
- An atrophying of the defense industrial base, including private contractors
- Risks of relying on foreign adversaries for critical military hardware
- The Ex-Im Bank’s crucial export financing of the defense industry
PART FOUR
- The unilateral dismantling of the U.S. nuclear forces
- Can the current U.S. nuclear arsenal still serve as a quality deterrent?
- Risks of banning the military from using antipersonnel land mines
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