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Newt talks with Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., about President Trump’s four-day, three-nation visit to the Middle East this week. President Trump's visit marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, focusing on economic engagement and regional security. During his trip, Trump announced multi-billion dollar deals with Gulf nations, including a major order for Boeing jets from Qatar, signaling a strong U.S. commitment to the region. The President’s visit also included lifting sanctions on Syria and meeting with Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. The Trump administration's renewed diplomacy with Iran aims to forge a more comprehensive and lasting nuclear agreement, amidst ongoing regional tensions. Berman highlights Trump's transformational approach, prioritizing economic opportunities and strategic partnerships over traditional nation-building efforts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Constitution does not spend a lot of time detailing foreign policy powers.  We know the president can appoint ambassadors, negotiate treaties and use executive agreements in our relations with other governments.  But beyond that, what is the role of the presidency?  What are the checks and balances with the other branches?  What do we mean when we say foreign policy is an “inherent” power?  To walk us through this complex power, we are pleased to have Dr. James S. Robbins as our guest this week.  Dr. Robbins is Dean of Academics, Institute of World Politics ; Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council; and Former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

James S. Robbins, Dean of Academics, IWP; Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council; Former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 50th anniversary of Vietnam

Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield, Stefanie and Dr Craig Thayer, Dr Paul Hall, and Ron Greer With guest, Dr. Jim Robbins from the Institute of World Politics Friends, it is always a great honor and pleasure to have Dr. Robbins with us. As Jim shares , we will be discussing the issues and events happening in Washington and around the world with President Trump and his administration! ( www.iwp.edu ) Dr. Robbins is an outstanding historian and Dean of Academics, IWP( Institute of World Politics) ; Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council ; Former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Jim is a man of Faith in God and love for our Country. He has the ability to hear and descerne the root of a question and the heart of the person asking!

The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Tom Kent returns to the Cognitive Crucible to share his concerns related to the United States recent withdrawal from international broadcasting. Topics include: US soft power, abandoning pro-democracy initiatives, impact on international relations, international broadcasting structure inefficiencies, and language services cost and logistics Recording Date: 25 Mar 2025 Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #10 Tom Kent on Striking Back #105 Tom Kent on Persuasion in the Developing World #177 Tom Kent on How Russia Loses US agency for Global Media (USAGM) Link to full show notes and resources Guest Bio: Thomas Kent teaches and consults on Russian affairs, journalism, and the problems of propaganda and disinformation. President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty until 2018, he now teaches at Columbia University and consults for governments, NGOs, and news organizations. He is a senior fellow for strategic communication of the American Foreign Policy Council and an associate fellow of Slovakia's GLOBSEC. Previously, he was Moscow bureau chief for The Associated Press, head of AP's international news coverage, and editor for standards and ethics. His first book, Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation, was published in 2020, and his second, “How Russia Loses,” in 2023. He is now working on a new book, on the propaganda lessons of the Ukraine war. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

Dr. James S. Robbins is a national security columnist for USA Today, Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council and a former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Organized, violent attacks on Tesla for political reasons fit the legal definition of domestic terrorism under US Code & Leaking of Trump Admin war plans to Atlantic reporter, what that means for national security and the varying opinions discussed. Having dialogue is a good thing, perhaps seeing under the hood not so much.

The Department of Defense has less than six weeks to submit a plan for the “Iron Dome for America”, President Donald Trump's concept of a mostly space-based missile defence shield. The DOD is reaching out to industry for ideas, but what should the technology priorities be? Laura Winter speaks with Roger Lenard, a NASA and DOD consultant, and a Strategic Defense Initiative veteran, who led the classified Timber Wind Nuclear Rocket program, and the Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile (LEAP) program; and Peter Garretson, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, and co-Author of the book “The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy”.

In this episode Richard Pater speaks to Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President at the American Foreign Policy Council. The conversation was recorded as part of a live media briefing following Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with President Trump. They discuss a range of regional issues including Trump's plan for Gaza and his likely approach towards Iran.  Ilan is an expert on regional security in the Middle East. In the past he has consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency as well as the US Departments of State and Defence. An author and editor of a dozen books has been called one of America's "leading experts on the Middle East and Iran" by CNN.

This week President Donald Trump issued an executive order called “The Iron Dome For America”, which calls for a space-based missile shield. This order is expected to have huge ramifications for arms control in space, technology development, and the U.S. Space Force, should the U.S. Congress fund what would be a technically challenging and expensive program. Laura Winter speaks with Joel Mozer, who retired from a decades-long career in government service after serving as the first United States Space Force Director of Science, Technology and Research; and Peter Garretson, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, and co-Author of the book “The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy”, but after a special Space Threat update from Hector Falcon, Watch Center Director, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

GOOG EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine, looking for a negotiation  it cannot likely survive... 1940 UKRAINE CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR9-915#UKRAINE: Concessions on the table? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute915-930#ROMANIA: Unstable, fearful. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute930-945EU: FRANCE: Limited growth. #SCALAREPORT: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache. 945-1000SYRIA: Search for chemical weapons not yet destroyed. Andrea Stricker, FDD SECOND HOUR10-1015SYRIA: : Gunplay Syrian National Army vs YPG. Jonathan Spyer: 1. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/assad-falls-thanks-to-a-weak-tehran-iran-proxy-network-paper-tigers-more-defeats-will-follow-36d1d3fe 2. https://thespectator.com/topic/bashar-al-assad-fell-syria/ 1015-1030IRAN: Maximum pressure restart. Richard Goldberg: 1. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/12/09/how-to-bring-back-maximum-pressure-on-iran/ 2. https://nypost.com/2024/11/12/opinion/stefanik-will-bring-trumps-america-first-agenda-to-the-un/ 1030-1045 #PA: 89 year-old Mahmoud stalls. Yoni Ben Menachem: 1. https://arabexpert.co.il/en/2024/12/02/14497/ 2. https://arabexpert.co.il/en/2024/11/27/14455/ 1045-1100 LEBANON: Litani River. Maj. Gen. (Res.) Gilad Ach: 1. https://www.jns.org/eruption-of-a-dam-an-idf-reservist-fights-hezbollah-in-lebanon/ 2. https://www.jns.org/watch-idf-troops-in-gaza-rescue-wounded-under-heavy-hamas-fire/ THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 SYRIA: What does Turkiye want? Cliff May, FDD 1115-1130 #MRMARKET: DOGE can work. Veronique DeRugy, Mercatus Center 1130-1145 POTUS: Legacy of the 46th. Conrad Black, National Post. 1145-1200 CENTRAL ASIA: Where the uranium ore is found. Svanta Cornel, American Foreign Policy Council.  FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 1/;2:  #HOTEL MARS: Beersheet 1 and Beersheet 2 on the moon. : Amir Notea, David Livingston. 1215-1230 1/;2:  #HOTEL MARS: Beersheet 1 and Beersheet 2 on the moon. : Amir Notea, David Livingston. 1230-1245 RUSSIA: Rouble still sinking. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution 1245-100 am LATIN AMERIXA: MERCOSUR reawakens. Alllison Fedirka, @GPFutures

CENTRAL ASIA: Where the uranium ore is found. Svante Cornell, American Foreign Policy Council. 1900 CENTRAL ASIAA FROM INDIA POV

PREVIEW: URANIUM: CENTRAL ASIA: Colleague Svante Cornell of the American Foreign Policy Council explains how the Biden Administration has discouraged development in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan uranium mines. More later. 663 Asia

American Foreign Policy Council's Ilan Berman gives us the 101 on the past, present, and possible future of the Iranian regime, Middle East geopolitics, and the potential for Starlink as a tool to topple authoritarian regimes.   ·      What do the Iranian dissidents want from the United States? ·      Is the Iranian regime at a tipping point? ·      The changing demographics in Iran ·      How 1979 changed everything ·      The CIA boogeyman ·      Recapping U.S. – Iran historical relations ·      “They've had a gun to Israel's head for a while.” ·      What's the Iranian regime thinking now? ·      The cold-hearted rationality of Middle East politics ·      Why Iran might fast-track development of a nuclear bomb ·      Three scenarios for a post-ayatollah Iran ·      Why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps isn't going away ·      How Elon Musk's Starlink could transform geopolitics ·      China's race to dominate space-based digital connectivity ·      Africa's population boom   Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as well as the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and has also provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Follow him on X at @ilanberman.

➡️ If you enjoy this podcast and you want to help to make its existence possible, join our community of geopolitics enthusiasts on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics Sign up to my upcoming geopolitics newsletter: https://station-zero.beehiiv.com/subscribe Thank you Conducttr for sponsoring the podcast. Take a look at Conducttr's services and its crisis exercise software at: https://www.conducttr.com This is a conversation with Michael Sobolik, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and an author of the book Countering China's Great Game. And in this interview, we talk about China's grand strategy - and what it actually looks like. We discuss what are China's geopolitical ambitions and why their origins go back way further than most people think, how does China uses the Belt and Road to increase their influence and why it often shoots itself in the foot doing so or why China is in danger of an imperial overstretch and how does Taiwan fit into its global vision. 

Dr. James S. Robbins is Dean of Academics at the Institute of World Politics. He is a national security columnist for USA Today and Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council. Dr. Robbins is a former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in 2007 was awarded the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He is also the former award-winning Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at The Washington Times. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and other publications. He appears regularly on national and international television and radio. Dr. Robbins holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and has taught at the National Defense University and Marine Corps University, among other schools. His research interests include terrorism and national security strategy, political theory and military history. Dr. Robbins is the author of five books, including The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero, This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive, and the critically acclaimed Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point.

45 years ago this month, followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini seized the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. Last weekend, regime supporters in Tehran celebrated that blatant violation of the most basic international law by rallying outside what used to be the embassy building. Over the decades since, the threats posed by the regime that came to power, the misleadingly named Islamic Republic of Iran, have not diminished. What should be America's policy toward Iran?Host Cliff May asks Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and author of a new “special report” entitled: Navigating the Iranian Opposition: A National Security Briefing for the United States.

45 years ago this month, followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini seized the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. Last weekend, regime supporters in Tehran celebrated that blatant violation of the most basic international law by rallying outside what used to be the embassy building. Over the decades since, the threats posed by the regime that came to power, the misleadingly named Islamic Republic of Iran, have not diminished. What should be America's policy toward Iran?Host Cliff May asks Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and author of a new “special report” entitled: Navigating the Iranian Opposition: A National Security Briefing for the United States.

Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield, Stefanie and Dr Craig Thayer, Dr Paul Hall, and Ron Greer With Guest, Jim S Robbins, Historian, Dean of Academics, Institute of World Politics Dr. Jim Robbins “Institute of World Politics” on Raising Expectations! Join us on Election 2024 evening with our special friend Dr. Jim Robbins of the Institute of World Politics in Washington DC. As Jim shares , we will be discussing the issues and events that have transpired and helped direct the 2024 election across the nation culminating on Election Day-tomorrow. Dr. Robbins is an outstanding historian and Dean of Academics, IWP; Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council; Former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Jim is a man of Faith in God and has the ability to hear and discern the root of question and the heart of the person asking! Tune in on, Facebook, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and, Amazon Podcasts at, 6:00 pm Pacific 8:00pm Central 9:00 pm Eastern Pastor Joe Joe Schofield Dr. Paul Paul Hall Stef Stefanie Shaw Thayer Dr. Craig Craig Tank Thayer Pastor Ron Ron Greer

FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Herman Pirchner is the president of the American Foreign Policy Council, which was founded back in 1982 in Washington to provide some well thought out perspectives on foreign policy questions. In 1982, Herman was the president of the American Foreign Policy Council, and today more than forty years later he remains as the president of this important and distinguished group. Herman has held other significant positions as well, senior Senate staff, and as director of the national security team advising former presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. The AFPC, the American Foreign Policy Council, also publishes a great deal of material from is senior fellows and senior management in the form of monographs and books and shorter papers for briefings. Herman has hosted hundreds of delegations from foreign countries to come to the United States to meet senior American political leaders. And likewise, he has sent these senior American political leaders to foreign countries to meet with their peers. He did this for quite a few years in China, and likewise in Russia, and has done it for the last 10 years in Ukraine, a country with which he is very familiar, and to which he has traveled often. Herman has also written a good deal. Two of his books particularly pertain to the topic. One was a work in 2004, which shows the kind of prescience that Herman exercises or possesses, Reviving Greater Russia: The Future of Russia's Borders with Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Ukraine. He is also the author of Post Putin: Succession, Stability, and Russia's Future, which is also available in Russian and Ukrainian. Stephen Bryen has also held senior Senate staff positions, including for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and he has excelled in both the private sector and the government sector. For many years he was one of the senior civilian employees at the Department of Defense, a position in which he gained the highest award given by the Department of Defense to civilians, not once but twice. I am speaking of the Distinguished Service Medal. Dr. Bryen is particularly expert on technology and strategy, and as such has been contributing to other Westminster shows on China, Japan, Taiwan, as well as on Russia and Ukraine. I should also mention that he was the executive director of a grassroots political organization, the head of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, and in the Pentagon he served as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy. Dr. Bryen is also a frequent contributor on foreign policy matters in his own column, which appears usually a couple of times weekly, in which he gives his sometimes unique perspective on the burning questions of the day, including Russia and Ukraine, so we are delighted he is also back here with us to further debate the future of Ukraine.

THE FORD GOVERNMENT TURNS TO A FAMILIAR EXPERT AS PART OF PRIMARY CARE STRATEGY Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion. Former Federal Liberal Health Minister Jane Philpott has signed on with Ontario's Doug Ford PCs to try and fix primary care. Listeners share their stories of the challenges they face in accessing primary care in Ontario. WHAT SENIORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ACCESSING HIGH-DOSE FLU SHOTS & UPDATED COVID-19 VACCINES Jane Brown is joined by John Papastergiou, a professor at the University of Toronto and pharmacist and owner at Shoppers Drug Mart, as well as Dr. Alon Vaisman, Infectious Diseases Physician at the University Health Network (UHN). Are you 65-plus and have questions about getting the high-dose flu shot? Or maybe you want to learn more about this year's updated COVID-19 shots. Our guests fill us in on what you need to know. FRENCH FRY POLITICS AND U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION JUST WEEKS AWAY Jane Brown is joined by Brad Polumbo, a conservative commentator and editor-in-chief  & Co-Founder of BASEDPolitics, and Larry Haas, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. On Tuesday, it will be two weeks until the U.S. Presidential election. How tight is the race as of late and where are the candidates at with their respective strategies?

PRC: . CCP subsidies in America. Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-ev-battery-plant-michigan-democrats-china-rcna169407 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-trade/2024/09/09/moolenaar-defends-a-scaled-back-china-week-00177906 1930 Shanghai

GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonght in Ukraine and Russia as Moscow says it has launched a counter attack on the Kursk Salient... 1918 Ukraine CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 - #Ukraine: Russia counter attacks Kursk Salient. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 9:15-9:30 - #9/11: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 9:30-9:45 - #France: Memories of Alibaba rise and fall. Simon Constable, WSJ 9:45-10:00 - #RUSSIA: The new Shadow Fleet of Eswatini and Friends. Michael Bernstam, Hoover SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 - #MARKETS: No EXPLANATION POSSIBLE. Brett Arends, MarketWatch 10:15-10:30 - #PacificWatch: #Wildfires rising. @JCBliss 10:30-10:45 - 1/2: NATO: #EU: America and the Europe First policy to preserve the allies. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution 10:45-11:00 - 2/2: NATO: #EU: America and the Europe First policy to preserve the allies. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 - PRC: CCP subsidies in America. Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and author of "Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance", @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 11:15-11:30 - #PRC: The debate and China policy. Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 11:30-11:45 - PRC: Credit market chaos. Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research and author of new book, "China's Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants", on Collier's report "China's Bond Frenzy" @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek 11:45-12:00 - PRC: Theater nukes: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on Fisher's piece on China's nuclear superiority in Asia. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 - #NewWorldReport: MEXICO: AMLO'S LAST PLAY. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:15-12:30 - #NewWorldReport: Maduro supremacy. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:30-12:45 - #NewWorldReport: Bolivia sinking. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:45-1:00 AM - #NewWorldReport: Amazon unprotected. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

PREVIEW: PRC:  GOTION: Conversation with Michael Sobolik of American ForeIgn Policy Council and Gordon Chang re how BEIJING subsidies China owned American companies in critical industries. More tonight. 1935 

Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, joins James Poulos to discuss China's plan for global domination and the Chinese Communist Party's influence in the U.S. Sobolik explains how America can fight back in this cold war. With Xi Jinping's dangerous plans to claim economic and military supremacy, will Trump be able to salvage the remains of our broken country and restore it to its glory days, or will Kamala's administration send us into World War III? They also discuss the inner workings of the power play between the U.S. and foreign countries like Russia and why America needs to up its defense to preserve our safety and freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of DISINFORMATION WARS, host Ilan Berman speaks with Col. Peter Garretson, AFPC Senior Fellow in Defense Studies and former chief futurist for the U.S. Air Force, regarding China's recent strides forward in space internet, and what it might mean for the unfolding “great power competition” between Washington and Beijing.   BIO: Peter Garretson is a Senior Fellow in Defense Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council and a strategy consultant who focuses on space and defense. He is the coauthor of Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space and the host of AFPC's Space Strategy Podcast. Prior to joining AFPC, Col. Garretson spent over a decade as a transformational strategist for the Department of the Air Force, where he served as a strategy and policy advisor for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, as Division Chief of Irregular Warfare Strategy Plans and Policy, and as the Chief of the Future Technology Branch of Air Force Strategic Planning. As an instructor of Joint Warfare at Air University, he laid critical foundations for the future of American and allied spacepower, initiating the Schriever Scholars (America's premier program to develop space strategists), the Space Horizons Task Force (America's think tank for space), and developing the rationale for a U.S. Space Force.  He taught courses in war theory, joint planning, and national security implications of artificial intelligence. MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: — Richard M. Harrison and Peter Garretson, The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy (Praeger Security International, 2023), https://www.amazon.com/Next-Space-Race-Blueprint-International/dp/1440880808/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UFE24YXJ64RY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U5jc8fFfd3tUDF3jfbDynL9Nuq9BLl_DkRXTRmNuvtM76WLNhBJZaoe0LEhH22OR8D_kBygP0ixcMFkPOGTkc1oBimuINW2JB20AeEYleaWJNzMgO-S-zrz2EEtnDy1NnoxVCNxzUTBDnCNN0Peg2OjrzjVZtN3LlliApM3LuFnUTGrhiRdcBHpx1sf6ahlcExyjdN2OH56fXcxfoyN4tLDnSrzVpGoyQvZ1JgxF0Dw.XqO3ZsBLh237M-t_eWtecmX8EF7h1Jfrq6IyoMNBlrg&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+next+space+race&qid=1725217225&sprefix=the+next+space+race%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1.  — Peter Garretson and Richard M. Harrison, “Reacting to Major Space Events at or Below Geostationary Orbit - After Action Report 1,” AFPC Special Report, July 5, 2024, https://www.afpc.org/publications/special-reports/reacting-to-major-space-events-at-or-below-geostationary-obit-after-action-report-1. 

FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Michael Sobolik, author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance and Senior Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, joins the show to talk about China. ▪️ Times      •      01:38 Introduction      •      04:29 Belt and Road     •      07:54 The Beginning      •      13:12 Chinese imperialism     •      20:50 Mackinder's math     •      25:19 Nazi geostrategic thinking     •      28:21 Spykman and BRI     •      31:42 Imperialism is not a relic     •      35:43 Countering China     •      40:40 Tracing BRI back to Beijing      •      46:55 Keeping Taiwan safe Follow along  on Instagram Find a transcript of today's episode on our School of War Substack

#PRC: Alarm bells East Asia. Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance,. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill  https://apnews.com/article/japan-philippines-defense-agreement-south-china-sea-dcfbf97a165f1d42e874a8bce97fb880 1905 Russo Japanese War

“The fact that America's foremost geopolitical adversary controls an app that about 170 million Americans use regularly means that the CCP can leverage the app to influence the political debate of Americans, and ultimately … degrade the integrity of our democracy,” says Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and the author of “Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance.”In this episode, he breaks down why TikTok is a major national security threat and how America can outmaneuver the Chinese Communist Party in the new U.S.–China Cold War.For years, America has been playing defense, he says.“To win cold wars, you have to go on the offensive to figure out: What is my adversary's strategy? Where am I strong? Where are they weak? And how do I move the competition to that terrain?”Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow in Indo-Pacific studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to outline the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy strategy and explain what American officials should do to combat it. You can find Sobolik's book, Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance, here. If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.

#IRAN: The Iran-China Trade. ILAN BERMAN, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL 1925 Persia

Is America in a new Cold War with China? If so, who is winning? One of the defining features of the 21st century has been the intensifying competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. As the two superpowers jockey for global influence, China threatens to dislodge America's longstanding role atop the international order.At the heart of this struggle lies the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, a massive infrastructure and investment project that has become the centerpiece of China's foreign policy. The BRI is often portrayed as an economic venture—China is seeking to create new markets for its goods, stimulate economic growth in its less-developed regions like Africa and Latin America. But the BRI has increasingly come under scrutiny as a geopolitical gambit designed to expand China's power and undermine American leadership.As policymakers in Washington grapple with how to respond to China's growing assertiveness, our guest today offers a provocative thesis: America is losing this new cold war, and it needs a bold strategy to turn the tide.Evan is joined by Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. His new book, "Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance,” calls for the U.S. to take new approach that would exploit the BRI's weaknesses, such as its reliance on unsustainable debt and its tendency to breed corruption and local resentment, while simultaneously strengthening U.S. alliances and providing alternative models of development assistance. Michael also hosts the "Great Power Podcast," AFPC's show about global competition and U.S.-China relations. You can read a critique of Michael's book here.

VICTORIA COATES JOINS DAWN LIVE - FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP - UPENN ALUM...  Hundreds of college students have been arrested across the country over violent anti-Semitic protests, with Columbia University and the NYPD unable to guarantee the safety of the school's Jewish students. And that's not even mentioning U-Penn President Liz Magill's prior resignation over her anti-Semitic congressional testimony. But all isn't lost. Victoria Coates—U-Penn alum and former deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump—is joining the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Free Speech Alliance to push back against the assault on freedom of expression on college campuses. Toward the goal of creating brave spaces for open dialogue, she led an in-depth conversation on contemporary national security issues ranging from Russia, to the CCP, and the conflict in the Middle East.  America's national security and the crisis in the Middle East What's happening at universities and how to restore freedom of speech and civility on campus. Pennsylvania's role in securing America's energy future and the danger posed by the Biden administration's sweeping new energy regulations.  Former deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump, Victoria Coates is Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. With decades of experience as a national security advisor in Congress, federal agencies, and the White House, Coates leads the Davis Institute in designing and promoting policies that prioritize the security of American citizens while protecting our interests around the world. In 2007, Coates left academia to become the director of research in former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's personal office. Coates then joined then-Governor Rick Perry's primary campaign for president as senior advisor. In 2013, Coates became senior national security advisor for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). In the Senate, Coates oversaw planning, strategy, and communications for Cruz's participation in writing the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).   When President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Coates joined his transition team for the National Security Council staff, eventually becoming special assistant to the president and senior director for strategic communications. Coates assisted in establishing the NSC communication strategy, coordinated NSC policy related to the Middle East Peace Process, and supported the development of the December 2017 National Security Strategy. In 2019, Coates was promoted to Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, overseeing the Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran and initiating the negotiations for the Abraham Accords. In early 2020, Coates transferred to the Department of Energy to advise Secretary Dan Brouillette on national security issues and act as his personal representative in the Middle East and North Africa. At the conclusion of the Trump administration, Coates became the director of middle eastern programs at the Center for Security Policy, then a distinguished fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.   Coates holds a bachelor's degree from Trinity College, a master's degree from Williams College and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, all in art history.   Tune in weekdays 10 AM - 12 PM EST on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app!

Space Power: “The Biggest Enemy to National Security Are Continuing Resolutions” The latest edition of the “State of The Space Industrial Base Report”, a unique take on space and national security, has just been published jointly by the U.S. Space Force, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Laura Winter speaks with one of the authors and the editor of the report, Steve “Bucky” Butow, the Defense Innovation Unit's Director of the Space Portfolio; and Peter Garretson, a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and co-author of the book “The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy”.

China expert Michael Sobolik returns to the podcast to discuss America's new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party. Michael outlines the CCP's strategies – imperialism, the Belt and Road Initiative, and weaponizing America's own free speech – to displace the U.S. as the leading global superpower. Michael shares a strategic vision for how America can defeat the CCP by exploiting their own vulnerabilities and building upon our alliances with friendly East Asian neighbors like Japan and Australia. Michael Sobolik is the author of the just-released book “Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance.” He is a Senior Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. He previously served as a legislative assistant for Senator Ted Cruz, drafting legislation on China, Russia, India, Taiwan, North Korea, and Cambodia, as well as strategic systems and missile defense. Find him on X at @michaelsobolik and listen to him on Great Power Podcast.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.  You can apply that old adage to every aspect of life.  Have we prepared for the threats coming from China?  Because those threats are real.  The Chinese Communist Party has it's eyes on global domination.  How do you feel about that?  You should care.  And Michael Sobolik of the American Foreign Policy Council wrote a book that can tell you all you need to know: “Countering China's Great Game.”  He joins Michele for a preview.  Please care...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.  You can apply that old adage to every aspect of life.  Have we prepared for the threats coming from China?  Because those threats are real.  The Chinese Communist Party has it's eyes on global domination.  How do you feel about that?  You should care.  And Michael Sobolik of the American Foreign Policy Council wrote a book that can tell you all you need to know: “Countering China's Great Game.”  He joins Michele for a preview.  Please care...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Senate now having to consider a House bill that would force the sale of TikTok or ban the app in the United States, it's time to get the truth on why this social media platform is not like Facebook or Instagram or others. Jeff is joined by foreign policy expert Michael Sobolik of the American Foreign Policy Council to discuss what TikTok is, how the Chinese Communist Party is able to influence control over it, and by extension gather information about people and spread propaganda favorable to the CCP and its global strategy. Find Michael's book here: https://a.co/d/c9MmPLx Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Greg McBrayer Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/theamericanidea

Space Power: 2025 Space Force Budget Slashes Launches, Reduces Buying Power By 5% Congressional inaction coupled with core inflation, have resulted in the first reduction in budgetary buying power for the U.S. Space Force for FY 2025, placing research and development at risk. Effects could be far reaching, as the youngest military branch is the biggest consumer of commercial space products and services. Laura Winter speaks with Peter Garretson, a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and co-author of the book “The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy”; and Sam Wilson, a senior policy analyst for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation.

In this episode of DISINFORMATION WARS, host Ilan Berman speaks with AFPC Senior Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies Michael Sobolik about the new push in the U.S. Congress to limit the reach of TikTok, China's wildly-popular social media app.  Bio: Michael Sobolik is Senior Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC, where his work covers American and Chinese grand strategy, regional economic and security trends, America's alliance architecture in Asia, and human rights. Michael also serves as editor of AFPC's Indo-Pacific Monitor e-bulletin, AFPC's review of developments in the region. His analysis has appeared in The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, The Hill, Jane's Defence Weekly, The National Interest, National Review, Newsweek, Providence, and RealClearDefense.  He is the host of Great Power Podcast, which examines America's geopolitical strategy toward adversaries like China and Russia. Michael is also the author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance, forthcoming from the U.S. Naval Institute Press later this Spring. Pre-order your copy today!

Newt's guest is Herman Pirchner, president of the American Foreign Policy Council. They discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Pirchner shares his insights on Russian President Vladimir Putin's motivations and strategies, highlighting Putin's desire for territorial expansion and power. He also discusses the impact of the conflict on global geopolitics, particularly the potential implications for other countries if Putin is successful in Ukraine. He emphasizes the importance of providing Ukraine with adequate weapons and support to resist Russian aggression.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRIAN COSTELLO, Technology Executive and Entrepreneur What happened to Angela Chao? Has China become "uninvestable"? Is the House Select Committee on China doing a good job? How China has "bought" Washington through Wall Street ILAN BERMAN, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, Associated Faculty, Missouri State University's Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Twitter: @ilanberman Three "levels of crisis" the Iranian regime is trying to solve Did Iran order the October 7 attacks by Hamas? Israelis that have been displaced by both Hamas and Hezbollah Where does Hezbollah fit into Iranian strategy?

Tik Tok is often called digital fentanyl or a Trojan Horse.  Why can't Americans see how dangerous this seemingly benign app is?  Author Michael Sobolik, Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies for the American Foreign Policy Council, joins Michele with the argument for banning TikTok.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tik Tok is often called digital fentanyl or a Trojan Horse.  Why can't Americans see how dangerous this seemingly benign app is?  Author Michael Sobolik, Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies for the American Foreign Policy Council, joins Michele with the argument for banning TikTok.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1045-1100: When the war comes.  Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. .Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://ilanberman.com/27456/israel-and-hezbollah-are-headed-toward-a-new-war 1900 Jerusalem

#PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH: #ISRAEL: Excerpt from a conversation with Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council re the threat  of Iran ordering Hezbollah to launch its tens of thousands of missiles ato commence an apocalyptic war in the North.  Ilan Berman answers carefully. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/2817800/israeli-military-strikes-hezbollah-airstrip-iran/ 1895 Beirut Railway

SHOSHANA BRYEN, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center Ongoing coordination between Iran and Hamas Was there an “intelligence failure” in Israel? How the Ukraine war and Israel war help “boost” China How is Israel handling the safe-keeping of their citizens during attacks from Hamas? ILAN BERMAN, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, Associated Faculty, Missouri State University's Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Twitter: @ilanberman How Israel has “crossed the Rubicon” China's “strategic partners” in the Middle East The Trump administration's impact on the Israel-China relationship Aftermath of the “day of Jihad” BILL WALTON, Host, The Bill Walton Show United States investments that are supporting the Chinese military Why do the “big three” U.S. investment companies put money into China? How much money does China have invested in the Israeli economy?

Sebastian talks to Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, about Iran's role in the Hamas attacks on Israel, how Iran has infiltrated the United States from D.C. to academia, and what a second Trump term must do to eradicate the menace of Islamic terrorism once again.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#RUSSIA:  Ilan Berman- Ilan Berman is senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit dedicated to supplying expert analysis to those who make or influence U.S. foreign policy and to assisting world leaders with building democracies and market economies. He heads the Council's Future of Public Diplomacy Project. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 https://ilanberman.com/27147/russia-is-settling-in-for-a-war-of-attrition https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4167422-us-should-snap-back-un-sanctions-to-counter-irans-drone-and-missile-exports/ Photo:  1900 Peter No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow