With Mark Helprin

MARK HELPRIN, Novelist, journalist and conservative commentator, Former Senior fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Latest book Paris in the Present Tense (2017):

• Is the ‘peaceful rise of China’ plausible?
• Implications of Xi’s long-term aspirations  

(PART TWO):

• The strategic impetus behind what China is up to
• Dangers of Beijing’s advancing capabilities
• Prospects of China controlling the Pacific

(PART THREE):

• Why we must increase our military spending
• Significance of restoring US manufacturing capabilities to support defense industry

(PART FOUR):

• Putin’s investment in nuclear weapons
• Why the US must improve deterrent capabilities