The Militarization of Space

With David Goldman, Michael Pregent, Kyle Shideler and Peter Huessy

DAVID GOLDMAN, Author of How Civilizations Die, Best known for his series of essays in the Asia Times under the pseudonym Spengler:

• Prospects of the U.S.-China trade deal
• The significance of the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting
• How the U.S. can confront Iran

MICHAEL PREGENT, Visiting fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, Executive Director of Veterans Against the Iran deal, Embedded with the Peshmurga in Mosul ’05-’06, Worked to malign Iranian influence in Iraq as an advisor to Iraq’s security and Intelligence apparatus:

• Escalating tensions on the Persian Gulf
• Iranian backed militias recent aggressive attacks against U.S. interests
• How the U.S. can effectively counter Iran

KYLE SHIDELER, Director of CounterIslamist.org, Former Director of the Threat Information Office at the Center for Security Policy, Former Director of Research and Communications at the Endowment for Middle East Truth:

• Dissecting the death of Morsi
• The genesis of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Why the MB must be designated a terrorist organization in the U.S.

PETER HUESSY, Director for Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Former Senior Defense Consultant at the National Defense University Foundation, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council:

• Prospects for the upcoming Xi-Trump meeting
• Why Trump must reestablish deterrence
• Implications of Russia and China’s militarization of space