On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director, Roger Zakheim, sits down with Dr. Kiron Skinner who previously served as the Director of Policy Planning at the US Department of State and is now the Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy. They discuss Dr. Skinner’s work as an editor on the book Reagan: In His Own Hand, and they analyze the changing policy landscape with emerging challenges posed by Russia, China, and others.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director of Scholarly Initiatives, Dr. Anthony Eames, sits down with Dr. Tom Karako who serves as the Director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Aaron Bateman who is an Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. They discuss the 40th anniversary and legacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative laid out during the Reagan Administration, and its implications on America’s modern day missile defense capabilities.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director of Scholarly Initiatives, Dr. Anthony Eames sits down with Dr. Melvyn Leffler who is the Edward Stettinius Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia. They discuss Dr. Leffler’s new book entitled, “Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq.”

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Kristen Soltis Anderson who is a pollster, speaker, commentator, and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America. They discuss the changing landscape of Republican policies and politics. They also focus on the 2024 presidential election and what it means for the future of conservatism in America.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Mr. William Isaac who served as the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 1981-1985. They discuss the ongoing federal budget and debt crisis and the role that the FDIC plays in protecting American’s financial security.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Mr. Stephen Hadley, who served as the 20th United States National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush. They discuss Mr. Hadley’s new book entitled, “Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama”, and ongoing foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Paul Miller, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. They discuss the rise of Christian nationalism in America, the tension between Christian nationalism and traditional liberalism, and how this movement stands at odds with our fundamental American values.

On this episode, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Tong Yi, a Chinese human rights advocate, participant in 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square, and survivor of a Chinese labor camp. More recently, she testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Rachel Hoff and Tong Yi discussed her activism and courageous personal story as well as the human rights situation in China today and how the United States should address the CCP.

On this episode of Reaganism, host Roger Zakheim, Director at the Reagan Institute, speaks with Giselle Donnelly, Senior Fellow in defense and National security at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Giselle and Roger discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, American foreign and defense policy towards Ukraine and Taiwan, and the challenges facing American national security.

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger Zakheim, Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute, speaks with Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, about the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia’s continued bombardment and illegal occupation of Ukraine, and what America’s role is in helping Ukraine fight back against the Putin regime.