[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation are Louis Lederman at turin. We welcome those joining you on the heritage. Org website as well as those who will be joining us on tv in the future. Make the last courtesy check their mobile devices have been silenced or turned off. Always appreciated by the speaker. As watching online communal come to send questions or comments anytime emailing speaker at thine heritage. Org. We do have copies of defeating jihad available for purchase in the lobby if you would care to purchase one following the program. I know i guess well be glad to autograph them as well. Posted in our hosting our discussion up in a nice session today is james jay carrots find out. He serves as Vice President of our cats are named shelby for National Security and Foreign Policy. Hes also the ew richards and fellow here at heritage. [applause] dr. Sebastian gorka serves as an itc one or at the Marine Corps University. This is where, full disc
Good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation. We welcome those who are joining on our heritage. Org website and as well as those joining us on cspan book tv in the future. We would ask everybody inhouse to make courtesy check that mobile devices are silenced and turned off. Its always appreciated by the speakers. Those online, you are free to send questions simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org. And i know our guest will be glad to autograph for them as well. Hosting our discussion and opening our session today is james karafano. Davis institute for National Foreign policy and also the richardson fellow here. Jim. [applause] dr. Gorka serves as the distinguished chair military theory at the Marine Corps University. This is where full disclosure. That chair is supported by the Marine Foundation which im a trustee. Its a fabulous organization. Check it out. Maybe make a donation. That would be great. Youll understand why they do such great work that they can bring incredibly acc
China and india because theyre large, big countries. But theres absolutely no intent on challenging soa. The chinese are building up forces and we have to watch that and asked for greater transparency. But theyre doing too good a job selling it to us. And so while i watch china with great interest as a professional manner, im not up to be china is going to become an enemyfg because it got nowhere been our enemy in the past and have gotten very far by not being counting the enemy. If you read the consequences as interest we need to have a clear idea of who would be taking over to power. With respect to iran, we need to put pressure on them. They are not going to give up their Nuclear Program easily. We have been trying to do this for eight or nine years. They keep insisting that its just for the production of power. But i have seen some of the things that have evolved. So you cant trust them. The solution may well be okay, if all you want is power, lets talk about how you can do that i