Reaganism

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Dr. Seth Jones, who is the senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Roger and Seth talk about Seth’s book, A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland.

On this episode of Reaganism, guest host Dr. Anthony Eames, Director of Scholarly Initiatives at the Reagan Institute, speaks with Rear Adm. Dave R. Oliver, USN (Ret.) and Dr. Anand Toprani, co-authors of American Defense Reform: Lessons from Failure and Success in Navy History. Anthony, Dave, and Anand discuss the book and what naval history can teach about how to create change in the Pentagon.

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Walter Russell Mead. Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute and the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal. Roger and Walter discuss his new book, The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People.

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas. They discussed the Senator’s new book, Only the Strong: Reversing the Left’s Plot to Sabotage American Power, as well as President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, the foreign policy lessons from President Reagan, and the argument for continued U.S. support for Ukraine.

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Dr. William Inboden, the Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin. Roger and Will discuss his new book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, which is quickly becoming regarded as the authoritative, comprehensive history of the Reagan Administration’s foreign policy.

On this episode, Roger sits down with Dr. Daron Shaw, a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of The Turnout Myth. He is also the co-director of the Fox News Poll and serves on the Fox News decision desk. Roger and Daron discuss what happened in the 2022 midterm elections, why there was not the expected “red wave,” the role of the abortion issue, the effect of candidate quality, and the burgeoning showdown between Trump and DeSantis.

On this episode, Roger sits down with Dr. Nadia Schadlow, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. She previously served as the U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy during the Trump Administration. In that position, she was the primary author of the landmark 2017 National Security Strategy. Given the Biden Administration’s publication of their own National Security Strategy last month, Roger and Nadia assessed the new strategy and compared the Trump Administration’s approach with the Biden Administration’s approach.

On this episode, Roger sits down with former Senator Phil Gramm, a former economics professor from Texas A&M University who served as the U.S. Senator from Texas from 1985 to 2002. Roger and Sen. Gramm discussed the lessons that President Reagan’s economic policies can teach us today in addition to his new book, The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate.

On this episode, Roger sits down with Lt. Col. Scott Mann. He is a retired Green Beret with over twenty years of Army and Special Operations experience and is the author of the new book, Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan. Roger and Scott discuss the story of a group of retired Green Berets who came together to save over 500 Afghans who were targeted by the Taliban in the midst of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Thom Shanker, who is currently the Director of the Project for Media and National Security at the George Washington University. Earlier in his career, he was a Moscow correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during Mikhail Gorbachev’s rise through the collapse of the Soviet Union. In light of Gorbachev’s recent passing, Roger and Thom reflect on his legacy as well as on events in Russia today.