Mark Helprin

MARK HELPRIN, bestselling author of “In Sunlight and in Shadow”:

• A macro look at the current progressive-liberal view on war
• The Administration’s failure to distinguish between rational and irrational actors in the international arena
• A historic analysis of the new Islamic conquest

PART TWO

• How the direct threat of “civilization jihad” is systemically eroding American values
• Updates on the battle for Kobani, Syria
• Evidence of civilization jihad in the previous efforts to construct a mosque at Ground Zero

PART THREE

• A recurrent and existential threat posed to mankind by emerging pathogens
• Russia’s long historical memory and Putin’s writing of the newest chapter of Russian aggression towards its neighbors
• Economic dependence as a means of domination for ambitious nations

PART FOUR

• The atrophy of the American military industrial base in the post-Cold War era
• The additional risks associated with a reduced military capacity for crisis management stemming from budget cuts
• Confronting the ideology of retrenchment in a more dangerous world