Episodes
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
With Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, Gordon Chang, Michael Rowan and Michael Pregent
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017
ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (Rt), Served as Senior U.S. Military Representative to the UN:
- Why strength is essential for diplomacy
- How to reconsider South Korean defense options
- Dangers of Iran’s interregional bridge
- Recognition of a Sovereign Kurdistan in Iraq
GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, and The Daily Beast Contributor:
- Developing hard-liner economic policies from the Trump Administration
- President Moon’s ‘sunshine’ policy towards the North Koreans
- Beijing’s’ overseas expansion into Africa
- Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s death
MICHAEL ROWAN, Columnist, Author of “Threat Closer to Home: Huge Chavez and the War Against America:
- Maduro’s elimination of the Venezuelan Parliament
- Caracas’ dangerous support and Hezbollah
- Why the U.S. must stop buying Maduro’s oil, gasoline, and bonds
MICHAEL PREGENT, Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Senior Middle East analyst, Embedded with the Peshmerga in Mosul ’05- ‘06:
- Status of the sectarian divide after the fall of Mosul
- The U.S. military role in the conflict between Iraqi Sunni and Shiites
- Growth of the Iranian influence in the region
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