International Relations Episodes
Foreign policy
Jan. 23, 2025
The Israel Hamas War Ceasefire: Will it last ? Talking with Michael Pregent
The Israel Hamas Ceasefire came into effect January 19, 2025. Yet Israel 🇮🇱 originally rejected a similar deal months ago. Will the new Trump Administration seek to cut a better deal for Israel and the US at the expense of I…
Jan. 20, 2025
Is Greenland in Play ? Talking with Professor Zhiqun Zhu.
President -elect Trump has offered to acquire Greenland 🇬🇱 from Denmark 🇩🇰 because of its mineral wealth and strategic location. Will this move to expand the US borders become a key foreign policy goal for the new administr…
Nov. 14, 2024
New Zealand charts its' own course. Talking to Dr. Patricia O'Brien
NZ revamps its foreign policy, concerned about its strategic security.
June 4, 2024
A Mediterranean Union: Boosting the security on NATO's Southern flank. Talking with noted geopolitical strategist Alp Sevimlisoy, CEO of his Defense Representation Company, defending Atlanticism.
The Mediterranean Region needs to enhance its security arrangements in light of the changed geopolitical status quo.
May 17, 2024
Soul by Soul. The Evangelical Mission to spread the Gospel to Muslims. Talking with author Adriana Carranca.
Pentecostal Evangelical missionaries head to Muslim countries to spread the Gospel.
March 21, 2024
Australia and the AUKUS Pact. In conversation with Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia.
The US and UK will furnish nuclear submarine technology to Australia to provide 8 nuclear attack submarines through the 2040s.
March 18, 2024
Atlanticism versus Eurasianism Redux. When Worlds Collide. Talking with Alp Sevimlisoy.
Western Democracy versus Authoritarianism.
March 7, 2024
Will Mexico elect its' first Woman President ? Talking with Professor Tony Payan.
Mexico’s presidential election is June 2nd: the two front runners are women. The new President will be inaugurated October 1, 2024.
Feb. 14, 2024
Sweden, Turkey, Nato and the $23 billion F16 deal. Talking with Dr. Rich Outzen.
Sweden’s 20 month struggle to join NATO: what Turkey 🇹🇷 won.
Jan. 10, 2024
Britain's growing diplomatic presence in California. Talking with Tammy Sandhu, Consul General of the United Kingdom in San Francisco.
Growing policy collaboration between California and the UK through the efforts of the British Consulate General in San Francisco. Influencing policy on on cutting edge issues like AI, Climate Control, Alternate Energy.
Dec. 26, 2023
Remembering Henry Kissinger: the last of the great architects of Chinese American relations. Talking with Dr. Andrew Scobell
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s national security advisor and SoS, led the effort to normalize relations with China which had been frozen since 1949. Even out of office, he continued to be an influential thought leader in C…
Dec. 9, 2023
Henry Kissinger and China: One man's legacy. Talking with Professor Mark Storella of Boston University
Henry Kissinger’s opening to China: a geopolitical strategy that continues to unfold with global consequences.
Nov. 23, 2023
India as it is: Talking with author Daniel Markey, Senior Advisor on South Asia, at the United States Institute of Peace.
Dan Markey discusses his Foreign Affairs article about the growing strategic relationship between India and the US.
Nov. 21, 2023
Does China's CCP see the US as an existential threat ? Talking with Matt Turpin, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Has a Cold War between China and the US begun ?
Oct. 19, 2023
The 5 Eye Intelligence Chiefs meet in Silicon Valley to combat Chinese tech espionage. Talking with Dexter Roberts.
The intelligence chiefs of the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US had a public meeting at Stanford University on Tuesday to warn Silicon Valley and the global tech community, that China has mounted an unprecedente…