Mark Helprin

MARK HELPRIN, a prize winning novelist and Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins Frank for a full show to discuss Russia’s dangerous reassertion of its power in the Middle East, as well as China’s desire to expand its sphere of influence. Mark contends that while the United States military has been downsizing, Russia and China have been displaying their power in symbolic gestures towards the West. Weighing in on Iran, Egypt, and North Asia, Mark explains the pressing need for greater American influence to serve as an effective deterrent to hostile nations.