Reaganism

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Doug Cameron a reporter who covers the global aerospace and defense industry as well as the airline sector in The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. They discuss Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the National Defense Industrial Strategy, emerging technologies, and the future of warfare.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Matthew Kroenig who serves as the Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council and with Dan Negrea who serves as the Senior Director of the Freedom and Prosperity Center at the Atlantic Council. They discuss Dr. Kroenig and Mr. Nagrea’s new book entitled, “We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War.” This book provides a blueprint for Republican policy makers to engage with and win the great power competition with Communist China.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Gavin Wilde who serves as a Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. They discuss Russian interference in U.S. elections, continued Russian cyber espionage and attacks on American institutions of democracy, and the outlook on the 2024 election and its security.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with former Member of Congress, the Honorable David Dreier who now serves as the Chairman of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation. They discuss former Rep. Dreier’s work in founding and leading the new Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation which seeks to construct a permanent memorial on the National Mall to honor fallen journalists. They also look back on Rep. Dreier’s time serving in Congress, in particular, during the Reagan Administration, and what it was like working directly with President Reagan.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Edward Keefer who is a Historian in the Historical Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense. They discuss Dr. Keefer’s newest volume, in a 10-part series documenting America’s Secretaries of Defense, which focuses on Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger who played a pivotal role in the military buildup during the Reagan Administration.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Robert Greenway who serves as the Director of the Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation. They discuss the Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Index of U.S. Military Strength and the findings’ implications on U.S. foreign policy, defense spending and military readiness.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Congressman Carlos A. Giménez who represents Florida’s 28th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. They discuss his origins as a firefighter in South Florida, his pathway to public service in Congress and how the U.S. House is approaching the most pressing national security and foreign affairs challenges facing American today.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with the 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy, and former Acting Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Thomas Modly. They discuss the overall U.S. naval force structure including the 355 ship fleet, and what we need for today’s challenges. They also touch on Modly’s career in the navy and his new book entitled, “Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy.”

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Pro-Democracy Hong Kong dissident Frances Hui who serves as the Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. Frances discusses her democracy activism which she has been involved in since her teenage years and what the ongoing fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong entails.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Dr. Rana Siu Inboden who is a senior fellow with the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin. They discuss China and its human rights abuses, and China’s attempt to co-opt US liberal international human rights regimes and institutions to promote its illiberal human rights agenda.