The Asymmetric Threat Posed By Iran

With Sam Faddis, Peter Pry, Robert Charles and Gordon Chang

SAM FADDIS, Former CIA Ops Officer, Spent twenty years as an Operations officer in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe., Former Candidate for Congress, Senior Subject Matter Expert at Axon/Lockheed Martin, Author of Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA (2009):

• Implications of rising tensions on the Persian Gulf
• The current “shadow war” with Iran
• How the U.S. should respond to Tehran’s aggression

PETER PRY, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and Director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, both Congressional Advisory Boards, Served on the Congressional EMP Commission, the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission, the House Armed Services Committee, and the CIA:

• The vulnerability of U.S. electric grid to EMP attacks
• Why U.S. adversaries’ prioritization of critical infrastructure is significant
• How President Trump can better protect our grid

ROBERT CHARLES, Former Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in the Bush Administration, Author of Eagles and Evergreens:

• Iran’s engagement in asymmetric warfare against the U.S.
• Dissecting the continuing  anti-Trump conspiracy
• A review of Jared Kushner’s Middle East Peace Plan

GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, Latest book: Losing South Korea (2019):

• What is China’s existential challenge?
• How Xi Jinping is weaponizing rare earth minerals in U.S.-China trade disputes
• The increasing totalitarian character of China’s current regime