Escalation in the Far East

With Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman, Rick Fisher and Russ Dallen

GORDON CHANG, Columnist for The Daily Beast:

• Deployment of third U.S. carrier strike group to the Korean Peninsula
• Pyongyang’s rumored upcoming sixth nuclear test
• China’s response to Moody’s downgrade

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of “Economic War Room” on the Blaze TV, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Moody’s Downgrade of China’s debt
• Origins and function of Bitcoin
• Terrorist use of Bitcoin

RICK FISHER, Senior Fellow of Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center:

• Chinese advancements in stealth detection
• U.S. and Chinese arms race for superior computer technology
• Escalation in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines

RUSS DALLEN, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune:

• Goldman Sachs’ purchase of Venezuela’s State Oil Company’s Bonds
• Russia’s attempts to acquire American and Venezuelan energy assets