Dan Gouré

Dr. DAN GOURÉ, Vice-President of the Lexington Institute:

PART ONE

• How the rise of Russia, China, and Islamic State have shifted the geo-political playing field
• The Obama Doctrine’s dangerous consequences for international security
• A comparison between the weak Western response to Hitler in the 1930’s and Putin's ongoing invasion of Eastern Ukraine
• Salvaging the future of U.S. alliance relationships

PART TWO

• Sequestration's endangering of U.S. security in a time of Islamist totalitarian expansion
• Analysis of the degradation of the American military’s readiness and ability to project peace through strength
• America’s “near peer competitors” on track to surpass U.S. military superiority

PART THREE

• An atrophying of the defense industrial base, including private contractors
• Risks of relying on foreign adversaries for critical military hardware
• The Ex-Im Bank’s crucial export financing of the defense industry

PART FOUR

• The unilateral dismantling of the U.S. nuclear forces
• Can the current U.S. nuclear arsenal still serve as a quality deterrent?
• Risks of banning the military from using antipersonnel land mines