Melik Kaylan

MELIK KAYLAN, co-author of the new book “The Russia–China Axis: The New Cold War and America’s Crisis of Leadership”:

Segment One:

•  Long-term consequences of the world's failure to take note of Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008
• Why did Pres. George W. Bush decide to treat Russia as an ally?
• Putin's ongoing quest to regain territory lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union
• Russia vs. NATO

Segment Two:

• China's move into America’s backyard via domination of the Panama Canal and other valuable resources
• Communist China's return to old dynastic territorial ambitions
• The intertwining of the U.S. economy with Russia and China that makes treating them as enemies complicated

Segment Three:

• Russia and China's expansion of old empirical spheres of influence in central Asia
• The continued growth and adaptation of the Russian and Chinese military arsenals despite the end of the Cold War
• Plans for a new alternative reserve currency to the dollar—backed by Russia and China—that would devastate the U.S. economy

Segment Four:

• The dangers of losing track of historical geopolitical rivals
• Is America a major combatant in the "War for Ideas"?
• How Middle Eastern conflicts are diverting American attention from Russian/Chinese subversion