Security and Defense

Jim Dubik, Liutenant General (R) U.S. Army with over 37 years of active service, in this interview he has shown his opinion on the international policy of the United States in the Middle East. He recognizes that his country wanted to create a democratic government in Afghanistan and wonders: Are we withdrawing troops because we have fulfilled our mission? His answer is forceful: no, “we are taking them out because we are tired of this impossibility. The war has not ended and it will not end because we withdraw troops ”.

Jim also gives us his point of view on the great division that is being created in the United States, “The tight vote gap between Biden and Trump shows the great division that the United States is suffering, you have the extreme right that Trump created, which represents the nationalism and white nationalism, populism, which are vile aspects of the extreme right. And then there is the extreme socialist left, who from a rational point of view are just as vile; then in the middle are the people who do not know which way to choose »  

Liutenant General (R) U.S. Army with over 37 years of active service. Jim Dubik is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare (ILW).He earned a PhD in philosophy from the Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He was a professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic Studies.

He wrote Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory, and he is the co-author, with General Gordon Sullivan, of Envisioning future Warfare.He writes frequently for Army magazine and published over 200 essays, articles, monographs, opeds, on-line foreign policy and national security posts, as well as chapters in books, and forwards to books.

His February 2018 ISW, monograph, “America’s Global Competitions: The Gray Zone in Context,” and his August 2019 Army magazine essay, “How Long Can the Threshold of War Hold?”

We interviewed Congressman Manny Santos to find out his point of view on the changes that his country is undergoing, “In 2019 the largest economic recovery in modern history took place, work has reached its lowest unemployment levels in all areas of each demographic group and not only did they not enter wars abroad, but troops have been withdrawn. There was a lot of evidence of what was being done right so Donald Trump’s base expanded, until the coronavirus came devastating our economy».

Our guest today also talks to us about the political changes that are happening in the two major parties and explains how both parties had the same North America as their objective, before the difference between Republicans and Democrats was how to reach that objective, and now the The difference is in the idea of ​​the country itself.

Mayor Manny Santos was born in 1968 in Portugal (as Manuel Augusto Neto dos Santos), into a home with no electricity or running water and lived a subsistence farming life. He immigrated to the United States with his family to escape a repressive authoritarian government and seek a better life.

He attended public schools in Hartford, Connecticut. Immediately after high school in 1987, Santos enlisted for active duty in the United States Marine Corps. He is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, which liberated the invaded nation of Kuwait. Santos worked on fighter jets and was an expert sharpshooter. While serving his country, he received numerous medals and campaign awards, some being: • Kuwait Liberation Medal • Navy Unit Commendation • National Defense Service Medal • Southwest Asia Medal with 2 -Stars.

After his military service, Santos attended the University of Connecticut and obtained a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has worked in Connecticut’s manufacturing industry for over 15 years, including running his own product development consultancy. More recently, he has taken on a role in the healthcare insurance industry as an analyst. In 2013, he was elected Mayor of the City of Meriden; his very first race for public office and ending 30 years of one-party rule (having been elected as a Republican). He’s credited for clarifying the appointment powers of the mayor; opening the City’s boards and commissions to average citizens; allowing the general public to address the City Council on any topic; issued more line-item budget vetoes than any previous mayor.

In 2018, Santos ran for U.S. Congress in Connecticut’s 5th District. Having won his party’s endorsement in the convention, he went on to win the primary elections against two other better financed candidates. His bid for the seat wasn’t successful, but proved his popularity.

In this interview, the emeritus professor of military sciences Francois Vrela details in depth the causes of the current wars in Africa and their consequences.

With our guest today we will analyze the main problems facing the great continent: the massive production of drugs, the rise of Islamic terrorism, the inability to pacify …

All the keys to the future of Africa in the following video: 

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.

Andrew Kaplan is the bestselling author of two great thriller series:The Scorpion series and the Homeland novels, based on the hit TV series. We spoke with our interviewee about the CIA operations in Iran in one of the most dangerous missions that the US has carried out to date. Our guest spent more than 4 years in the Middle East and speaks Arabic and Hebrew.

Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent, who covered events around the world.

He served in both the U.S. Army and in the Israeli Army during the Six Day War and worked in military intelligence. The CIA has tried on several occasions to recruit him.

He has consulted with groups that advise governments and as president of a technical communications company.