Episodes
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Michael O'Hanlon
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Friday Nov 14, 2014
MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow, Director of Research, and Co-Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution:
PART ONE:
- Grading the U.S. nuclear deterrent force in terms of maintenance, moral, reliability, and safety
- Various geopolitical issues that prevent a nuclear weapon-free world
- Urgent security concerns amid an ill-maintained American nuclear arsenal
PART TWO:
- Dangerous unknowns surrounding Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities
- Will an Iran nuclear deal reset the norm on the international sanctions regime?
- Secret underground nuclear facilities that show continued Iranian deceitfulness towards the IAEA and U.S. intelligence
PART THREE:
- Putin's push against the bounds of the Ukrainian ceasefire to undermine NATO
- Possible U.S. military options in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression
PART FOUR:
- The role of the "Asia Pivot" in current and future U.S.-China relations
- Rick Fisher’s three phases of China’s projection of military power
- The need for a national consensus on immigration policy in lieu of presidential executive action
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