Reaganism

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Dr. Jerry Hendrix who serves as a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute. They discuss the current state of America’s naval supremacy in the Indo-Pacific in contrast to the mounting challenges posed by Communist China.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Kate Odell who is a member of the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal. They discuss the changing environment on the political right including substantive policy shifts happening at the Heritage Foundation and other centers of political thought and advocacy.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with national security expert Michael Allen who serves as the Managing Director and Partner at Beacon Global Strategies. They discuss the ongoing war in Israel, the renewed struggle against global terrorism, and how America’s national security and defense posture is affected by this conflict.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with his colleague, and the director of the Reagan Institute’s Scholarly Initiatives, Dr. Anthony Eames. They discuss Dr. Eames’ latest book entitled, “A Voice in Their Own Destiny: Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s.” Topics covered include Soviet totalitarianism, public diplomacy, the Reagan-Thatcher relationship, and Nuclear policy in the 1980's.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute’s Dr. Janet Tran sits down with Virginia’s Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera. They discuss the Commonwealth of Virginia’s honest assessment of their education system and what these lessons mean for education policy across the country. They also discuss the quest for excellence and equal opportunity, data informed decision-making, innovation and student achievement in education.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Sebastien Lai and Jonathan Price. Sebastien Lai is the son of Jimmy Lai, a renowned Hong Kong media entrepreneur, writer, and pro-democracy campaigner, who founded Next Digital and Apple Daily, the popular independent Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong which was forcibly shut down in 2021. Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned in Hong Kong since December 2020 and now awaits trial this month. Sebastien is leading the international #FreeJimmyLai campaign to secure his father’s release. Jonathan Price is a lawyer serving as international counsel for Jimmy and Sebastien Lai.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Richard Goldberg who serves as a senior advisor for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). They discuss Saudi Arabia-Israel relations, ongoing challenges posed by Iranian aggression in the Middle East, and the future of the Abraham Accords.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with Dr. Jerry McGinn who serves as the Executive Director of the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting in the School of Business at George Mason University. They discussed the defense industrial base, working with allies on transnational industrial cooperation to alleviate global supply issues like those seen in Ukraine, and ongoing hurdles faced by America’s defense industry.

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff sits down with The Honorable Alicia Kearns who serves as a Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton, and as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the UK House of Commons. They discussed MP Kearns’ early political influences including President Reagan, her work at the Ministry of Defense, and her role as the first woman to Chair the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and its subsequent policy goals.

Dr. Peter Feaver, Professor at Duke University, talks about public confidence in the US military, social desirability bias, decline in public confidence, politicization of the military, congressional power, culture war, and politicization within the military. He also shares his favorite Reagan book and speech.