The Bear and the Dragon

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With Claudia Rosett, Amb. Roger Noriega, Col. Thomas Snodgrass, Gordon Chang

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Journalist-in-Residence at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Potential for the U.S. conceding to Iran, the right to enrich uranium to meet the November 24th deadline
• Iranian construction of ballistic missiles to serve as delivery mechanisms for a nuclear warhead
• Predicting a U.S./Iranian nuclear deal using the hindsight of the U.S. lead negotiators prior work with North Korea
• Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper as the intermediary for the release of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller from North Korean custody

Amb. ROGER NORIEGA, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute:

• Latin American nations granting Venezuela membership to the United Nations Security Council and bringing Cuban representation to the upcoming Summit of the Americas
• Claims of the Cuban government engaging in human trafficking of doctors
• Russian strategic bombers taking provocative actions in the western hemisphere
• Havana protecting North Korea from an ICC allegation of humans rights abuses
• Mass graves in the Guerrero state highlighting the current security challenges in Mexico

Col. THOMAS SNODGRASS, retired USAF military intelligence officer and strategy instructor:

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s declaration of ‘volcanic’ jihad and his threats to Shiite Muslims and the Saudi royal family
• Roles of Qatar and Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State
• A failure to recognize the reach of the global jihad

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• Recent Asian Summit meetings highlighting the Russian/Chinese alliance
• Military, climate, visa, and tariff agreements struck between Washington and Beijing
• An energy alliance with China financing Russian aggression in Ukraine
• Recapping the three phases of Chinese military modernization