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Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan III currently serves as an AUSA Vice President. During more than 35 years of active service he commanded at every level through Army Service Component Command. A career armor/cavalry officer, his general officer assignments included Commanding General, United States Army North/Fifth Army; Commanding General, United States Army Military District of Washington and Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region; Commanding General, 7th Army Training Command, United States Army Europe/Seventh Army; Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, Multi-National Force-Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Director of Operations, United States Northern Command; and Chief of Army Legislative Liaison. General Swan’s other key assignments included Commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Assistant Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy for the Joint Staff; and Deputy Operations Officer for the 1st Armored Division during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. A 1976 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, General Swan holds a Master of Military Art and Science degree from the United States Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and was a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. General Swan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group, and the FEMA National Advisory Council. He is also a Certified Emergency Manager(CEM) and a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), board certified in security management. General Swan is married to the former Melanie Taylor Curry of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They have two children: Ryan, a US Army lieutenant, and Melissa, a college junior.

Michael Anton is a recognized leader in the field of politics, investigation and security. A writer and former national security official in the Trump administration. Lecturer in Politics and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center in Washington, DC. He previously served in national security positions in the Trump and Bush administrations. He resigned on April 8, 2018.

Roger Cirillo served in the US Army from 1971 to 1995, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served in armored cavalry units in the United States, Korea, and West Germany, on the staff and faculty of the Air Defense and Armor Schools. He was a War Plans Officer in NATO Army Central Group and served in the CINC office, USAREUR. He taught military history at the US Army Command and Staff College and has a Ph.D. in military history from Cranfield University at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, UK. He is the author of the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign and other publications and assisted in the publication of more than 30 military history books for the Association of the United States Army. He is the editor of the «American Warrior» series and the «Battles and Campaigns» series for the University Press of Kentucky.

Dr. Ely Karmon is a Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University (IDC), Herzlyia, Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in English and French Culture, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and the School of Oriental Languages in Paris and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Haifa. Advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, member of the Israel Atlantic Forum, participated in NATO workshops on terrorism and Mediterranean Dialogue. Former member of the Permanent Observatory on Security Measures at the United Nations Institute for Research on Interregional Crime and Justice (UNICRI), based in Italy (2000-2008). In 2002 he was a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Dr. Karmon is an expert on various issues of international terrorism, CBRN terrorism, the strategic influence of terrorism and subversion, and violence and political extremism.

Andrew Kaplan is the bestselling author of two great thriller series: The Scorpion series and the Homeland novels, based on the hit TV series

Francois Vrey is Emeritus Professor of Military Science, Stellenbosch University. He currently serves as the research coordinator of the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA) of Stellenbosch University. SIGLA is set up to undertake research and partnership programs with international actors on leadership in Africa, landward and maritime security governance.

Helen Raleigh, CFA, DTM, CDI.D, is an immigrant from China and an American by choice. She has an M.S. in business economics from the State University of New York, College of Oneonta, as well as an MBA from the University of Wyoming. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. She holds the «gold standard» investment industry designation — the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter certification. Today, Helen is the founder of Red Meadow Advisors, LLC with the mission to help other Americans achieve financial freedom in their lives.

Helen is the author of several books and a senior contributor to The Federalist. She has published numerous columns about China, immigration, international affairs, and free market economics. Her writings also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, National Review, and other national media.

In this interview we will analyze with the journalist expert in national security Ben Kew the political and communication strategies of the US Republican Party.

We will review current international politics and develop the keys to understanding which are the social and political movements that will be protagonists in the coming years.

Ben Kew is the English editor of The American. He studied politics and modern languages at the University of Bristol, where he developed a passion for the Americas and anti-communist movements. He previously worked as a national security correspondent for Breitbart News. He has also written for The Spectator, Spiked, PanAm Post, and The Independent.