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Examining the Need for Fossil Fuels
July 29, 2022 15:36 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBHotly contested fossil fuels have been the driving force behind much of the world’s flourishing, giving billions of people worldwide access to low-cost, reliable energy. You’ve heard about the “climate emergency” that’s pervasive in the media, but how much of that is accurate? Energy expert Alex Epstein breaks down the facts about oil, coal, and natural gas—the ones you don’t hear about in American news—in his latest book, Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal,...
Promise to America’s Parents: How Congress and the States Can Protect Parental Rights
July 28, 2022 17:37 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBParents have the basic right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. The Constitution protects this right. But today, government overreach and destructive ideologies threaten children and the rights of American moms and dads. Government officials have broken the trust of parents. Schools are using toxic ideas about race and gender, rooted in Critical Theory, to define students’ identities. Teachers and administrators are treating students as members of the opposite ...
True Grit in Tough Times: Governor Kristi Noem Shares Lessons Learned
July 28, 2022 17:25 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBWhile some in Washington are doing everything they can to erase the spirit and individualism of America, good leaders are standing up and fighting back. Leaders like Governor Kristi Noem. Governor Noem has repeatedly taken on the federal government to fight for conservative principles and return power to the American people. From her beginnings on the family ranch to the Halls of Congress, she demonstrated true grit in taking on important battles. And as Governor, she has highlighted econom...
What’s Next in Syria: Captagon and Assad’s Booming Drug Empire
July 28, 2022 13:10 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBThe Captagon drug trade is turning Syria into a narco-state. In 2020 alone, authorities outside Syria seized a combined total of at least $3.4 billion worth of Captagon. In Syria, the drug empire is run by businessmen tied to the Assad regime, close associates of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad, and even family members. A widespread drug epidemic in Syria is not only creating a drug crisis along Jordan’s borders and throughout the region, but it is also fueling instability by empowering the i...
The Administrative State, U.S. Constitution, and the Supreme Court
July 26, 2022 14:49 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBThe legitimacy of lawmaking by unelected regulatory officials is a controversial subject in any democratic republic, including ours. That is particularly true given that agency rules govern virtually every aspect of American life. Historically, the U.S. Supreme Court was willing to defer to agencies on the ground that regulatory officials were experts in their respective fields. Over the last decade, however, the Supreme Court has reined in agency lawmaking. In particular, the Court has quest...
July 20, 2022: Dispelling Myths About Gas Prices: Lessons from Across the Oil Supply Chain
July 20, 2022 21:29 - 54 minutes - 25.2 MBMajor costs and obstacles impacting the entire oil supply chain, from oil producers, refiners, to gas stations, are driving up gas prices. Understanding the oil supply chain and its challenges helps to better understand the causes of high gas prices. In the latest edition of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment’s PowerCast, leading experts discuss issues such as onshore and offshore leasing, pipelines, refining, and basic economics affecting prices. They dispel harmful myths about ...
The Future of Education: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
July 14, 2022 20:17 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBCreating better educational opportunities for all Americans—regardless of race or socioeconomic status—is crucial work in this country, and it’s been ongoing for decades. On July 13, America recognizes an early pioneer in education and voting rights for black Americans and women, Mary McLeod Bethune, with a statue in the U.S. Capitol. Bethune, the daughter of former slaves, became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and dedicated her life to bettering American education. Followi...
Tackling Threats to Religious Freedom in China
July 11, 2022 18:36 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBThe Chinese Communist Party is notorious for its policies of repression, especially against persons of faith. From Uyghur Muslims to Christians to Tibetan Buddhists, people of all religious traditions are subject to draconian regulations of the practice of their most closely held beliefs. International Christian Concern’s latest report on persecution around the globe identified China as one of the worst violators of religious freedom. In light of this, the world cannot have a passive respons...
West Virginia v. EPA: Initial Insight and Analysis
July 06, 2022 23:10 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBThe United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, held that the EPA’s Clean Power Plan wasn’t authorized under the Clean Air Act. Under this rule, the agency was trying to dictate how the entire country generates electricity, mandating a shift from conventional energy to renewable energy. In this debut edition of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment’s PowerCast, leading experts discuss the case, its implications on energy and regulation, the major questions doctrine, and restoring ...
Scholars and Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court’s 2021-22 Term
July 06, 2022 21:28 - 1 hour - 68 MBThe Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term is almost over. There were important cases involving religious liberty (Kennedy v. Bremerton School District), vaccine mandates (NFIB v. OSHA), immigration (Biden v. Texas), the Second Amendment (New York Rifle v. Bruen), administrative law (West Virginia v. EPA), abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization), and much more. Our scholars and scribes will break down what you need to know from the landmark cases, Breyer’s retirement, Ketanji Brown Jack...
Trust Decay: Rebuilding Intergenerational Trust in a Technocratic Age
June 30, 2022 18:22 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBRebelling against one’s elders is almost a modern rite of passage. But it’s usually temporary and partial. Today’s youth culture, however, seems to profoundly distrust the generations that came before it. In the school, the workplace, the home, and even the church, much of the youngest generation, even when they pass in adulthood, continue to distrust their elders. What roles have social media, technology, and changes in family and religious belief played in this? And how can we rebuild inte...
The Latest on Rising Food Prices: Lessons from Across the Food Supply Chain
June 30, 2022 16:51 - 52 minutes - 48 MBFood prices are increasing at rates not seen in over 40 years. These rising food prices are impacting everything from fresh fruit to fish and seafood. From high energy costs, labor shortages, and misguided government intervention, there are significant challenges across the food supply chain. Join us as we hear directly from experts throughout the supply chain to discuss the latest on food prices, dispel myths, get to the truth about what is going on, and identify potential solutions. Hoste...
Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
June 27, 2022 17:49 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBViolence begets violence. And so, the intimate violence of abortion, which severs the most natural bond in the world between a mother and a child, would of course create a more brutal society where innocent human life is dismissed as a choice. At this moment in American history where Roe v. Wade may be coming to an end, the struggle to end the civil rights issue of our day—abortion—is far from over. The culture of death has lied to Americans—most especially and cruelly women—and, as Ryan T....
Title IX in the Crosshairs: The 50th Anniversary of Women’s Equality in Education
June 24, 2022 16:09 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBTitle IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 fundamentally reshaped the country, prohibiting discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. Once considered a feminist triumph, Title IX leveled the educational field for women, allowing them educational, athletic, and career opportunities never before possible. Best known for its applications to sports and sexual harassment, the law covers a wide range of American education at both the K-12 an...
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words Featuring Authors Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta
June 23, 2022 19:07 - 1 hour - 59 MBCreated Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words is a follow-on book to the wildly successful documentary by the same name. Based on excerpts from the over 30 hours of groundbreaking, one-on-one interviews, this new book lets Justice Thomas explain his thinking on important issues and recount his inspiring life story, his rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to the highest court in the land. Film producer and co-author Michael Pack, who interviewed Justice T...
After Confucius Institutes: China’s Enduring Influence on American Higher Education
June 23, 2022 18:47 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBConfucius Institutes, once a strategic part of China’s overseas influence campaign, have almost disappeared from the United States: 104 of 118 have shut down. But the demise of Confucius Institutes has not deterred the Chinese government, which has persuaded American colleges and universities to reopen and rebrand Confucius Institute programs under new names. A new report from the National Association of Scholars, After Confucius Institutes: China's Enduring Influence on American Higher Educa...
Life After Roe Symposium
June 16, 2022 20:19 - 2 hours - 55.6 MBThe Supreme Court is poised to correct a grave error and relegate Roe v. Wade to the dustbin of history. The pro-life movement will then enter a new phase of building a culture of life. Join us for a symposium featuring panel discussions on one of the most talked-about topics in America right now: What does life after Roe really look like? Leading legal, medical, and policy experts will provide their analysis of the opportunities—and challenges—facing policymakers and the American people in t...
The Effect of Access to Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones on Youth Suicide Rates
June 15, 2022 20:29 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBDoes easing teenagers’ access to cross-sex medical interventions such as puberty blockers and hormones protect against adolescent suicide, as the left claims, or do such interventions have the opposite effect? In a new study, The Effect of Access to Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones on Youth Suicide Rates, Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Jay Greene, Ph.D. conducts an empirical analysis that examines this question – and finds alarming results. Using a superior research desig...
On Offense: Budget Plans to Save American Paychecks
June 14, 2022 16:24 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBGovernment spending, regulations, and inflation are a tax on all Americans. With a massive spending binge causing inflation to hit rates not seen in four decades, it’s no wonder these issues are top of mind for working Americans struggling to make ends meet. Conservatives are going on offense and developing plans that offer real solutions to reverse the growth of government spending and ease inflation for the American people. Hear from those leading the charge as Senator Mike Braun, Republ...
Senator Mike Lee on Saving the Supreme Court
June 10, 2022 19:59 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBThe Supreme Court is under attack by Leftists in Congress and President Biden, who have assembled a committee to examine so-called reforms to the court in the hopes of packing it for their own political gain. Court packing would irrevocably alter the Supreme Court and the fabric of our country, turning the nation’s highest court into a partisan weapon. Senator Mike Lee, a respected member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the new book, Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left’s...
Congressman Lamborn on Maintaining American Nuclear Deterrence
June 10, 2022 19:07 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBAs Russia rattles its nuclear saber while waging war on Ukraine and China drastically expands its nuclear arsenal, maintaining a strong American nuclear deterrent is critical. Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) knows this well, as he works on these challenges every day as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Tune in as he joins Heritage expert Patty-Jane Geller to discuss a number of critical issues, ranging from the Biden administration’s controvers...
Price Controls on Fuel Would Be Disastrous for Americans
June 03, 2022 20:31 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBThe House, with only Democrat support, passed legislation that would impose a federal price control system on consumer fuel. The bill would provide politicians and bureaucrats near limitless power to interfere with energy markets and repeat mistakes from the 1970s that resulted in gas shortages. Join us as we discuss the legislation and similar misguided efforts and how government intervention is already exacerbating the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
A Conversation on Readiness with the Secretary of the Air Force
June 03, 2022 20:30 - 55 minutes - 25.3 MBSince taking the helm of the Department of the Air Force last year, Secretary Frank Kendall has set the Air Force on a course to prepare for a conflict with a peer adversary by focusing on seven operational imperatives. Among the seven is the direction to increase the readiness of the department to transition to a wartime posture against a peer competitor. There are reasons to be concerned about Air Force readiness. The combat air force is half the size it was in 1991. Readiness rates, as r...
Cuba and Venezuela Policy in Biden’s America Last Agenda
June 01, 2022 20:14 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBThe Biden administration has announced the most significant opening to the communist Cuban regime since Obama-era rapprochement and important sanctions relief to the narco-terrorist Maduro regime in Venezuela. These measures will directly enrich these anti-American dictatorships at the expense of their people and of U.S. national security interests. Worse yet, the Biden administration is kowtowing to the Cuba dictatorship’s repeated tactic of weaponizing illegal immigration against the U.S....
Bitcoin and the American Experiment
May 26, 2022 15:09 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBDuring the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin was introduced via an anonymously published white paper on the internet. Fourteen years later, this new form of digital money has been embraced by millions of Americans and has become a major subject in policy discussions throughout the United States. As politicians and regulators struggle to grasp Bitcoin’s potential, it’s important to understand how Bitcoin fits into the values and ethos that our nation was built on, the opportunities Bitcoin offe...
Classical Education and the Pursuit of Truth in an Age of Folly
May 26, 2022 14:54 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBClassical education is on the rise as more parents are demanding high-quality curriculum and values-centered learning. In public charter, homeschool, and private school communities, the number of new classical schools and availability of classical curricula continues to increase. With this increase comes a renewed emphasis on the quality, training, and foundational knowledge necessary to teach students fundamental lessons about morality and the human condition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
The Brink of Another Republican Revolution? Lessons from Representative Dick Armey and the 1994 Congressional Triumph
May 26, 2022 13:59 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBFew leaders in modern times have made a larger imprint on American economic policy than former House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas. Along with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Armey helped engineer the 1994 “Republican Revolution” when the GOP took control of the House for the first time in more than 40 years. Armey was an architect of the bipartisan military base closing initiative, he was the leading sponsor of the Flat Tax, and, as House Majority Leader, he helped design t...
Last Exit to Freedom? Britain After Brexit and the Future of Conservative Politics
May 26, 2022 13:21 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBJoin us as former UK Minister of State Lord David Frost reflects on the political and economic situation of Britain two years after the country’s exit from the European Union. He’ll also discuss how conservative politics need to develop in Britain if the opportunities of Brexit are to be fully exploited as well as Britain’s global role, including how it should position itself in the face of the challenge from China. Lord Frost began life as a professional diplomat but entered the political ...
Gender Now and Then: Critical Theory vs. the Judeo-Christian Tradition
May 18, 2022 21:15 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBJoin us for a discussion of the harms of gender ideology and the historic, Judeo-Christian understanding of sex and gender. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The National Guard’s State Partnership Program and Its Role in the National Defense Strategy
May 18, 2022 20:56 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBDon't miss General Daniel Hokanson and Thomas Spoehr as they discuss the National Guard's State Partnership Program and how it can contribute to America's security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rogue Prosecutor Symposium
May 18, 2022 20:51 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBThe deadly impact of rogue “progressive” prosecutors can be felt across the country. Join us for a look at the damage they’ve caused and ways to combat them as we continue our series on rogue prosecutors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Big Tech Censorship: How Does the First Amendment Apply to the Internet?
May 18, 2022 17:39 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIs Big Tech going too far? Is it rightly moderating content or suppressing free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment? Join us for an informative debate on these questions and more. Co-Hosted by The Daily Caller News Foundation, The Arthur Rupe Foundation, and The Karpus Family Foundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The CCP’s 20th Party Congress: What to Expect and the Implications for Washington
April 08, 2022 20:29 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is gearing up for its most important political event of the decade. Sometime in the second half of 2022, China’s most senior leaders will assemble at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, in which General Secretary Xi Jinping is expected to stay in office for a precedent-breaking third term. Maneuvering ahead of the event will dominate political life in China throughout 2022, and the outcomes of the...
Senator Rick Scott and Dr. Kevin Roberts on Rescuing America
April 06, 2022 17:47 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBAmerica is under attack by the radical left, and there’s never been a greater need for strong leadership if we’re to rescue our country. Senator Rick Scott recently unveiled an 11-point plan to do just that: Rescue America. Don’t miss the chance to learn about the plan from Senator Scott himself as he joins Heritage President Kevin Roberts and Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson, who will share their roadmap for taking back America and serving its people. Hosted on Aca...
Confronting Today’s Reality of Totalitarian States, Deterrents, and Dependency
April 06, 2022 15:22 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBSenior British Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith joins Heritage’s Dr. Nile Gardiner to discuss the immense threats posed to the free world by dictatorial regimes including China and Russia and how the West should counter them. Sir Iain Duncan Smith was the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from May 2010 until March 2016. He was elected Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green in April 1992. Sir Iain served as Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security from 1997 to ...
From Splintered to Agency: Critical Race Theory, the Progressive War on Truth, and Overcoming Victimhood
April 04, 2022 14:51 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBCritical race theory (CRT) has hijacked the U.S. education system on every level. Parents, students, educators, and policymakers must know and support the truth about American history and reject this divisive, anti-American theory’s obsession with skin color and prejudice. Don’t miss Heritage’s Jonathan Butcher in conversation with AEI’s Ian Rowe as they unpack CRT’s dangerous consequences on American education and what we can do to overcome it. The conversation will be framed by Jonathan’s...
Putin’s War and the Threat from Communist China: An Address by Senator Marco Rubio
March 29, 2022 14:53 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBWe are living in the most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis thanks to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The risk of escalation and spillover are very real, and the implications are dire. While the world is rightly focused on the immediate crisis, we cannot afford to ignore the systematic threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Join us for a timely address by Senator Marco Rubio, a leader on foreign policy and intelligence issues in the U.S. Senate, ...
How to Reform DOD’s PPBE Process
March 28, 2022 18:51 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBPentagon resourcing has been criticized as too slow, too rigid, and unable to deliver the needed capabilities to the warfighter. Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Representative Mac Thornberry put it bluntly: “[T]oday’s rapid innovation and technological change renders our industrial age approach to funding obsolete.” In the coming weeks, a congressionally directed commission will begin the hard work to arrive at recommendations to reform the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, an...
Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture
March 25, 2022 19:03 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThe Heritage Foundation is honored to announce its inaugural Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture featuring Professor Josh Blackman from South Texas College of Law Houston. This annual lecture seeks to honor former Attorney General Ed Meese’s legacy of advancing an understanding and jurisprudence of originalism. When the Framers wrote the Constitution, “Their intention was to write a document not just for their times but for posterity,” Meese said in a 1985 speech to the D.C. Chapter of the ...
A Conversation with the Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP, UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
March 21, 2022 14:27 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBPlease join us for a timely conversation between senior British Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis and The Heritage Foundation’s Dr. Nile Gardiner, a former aide to Lady Thatcher, in relation to Northern Ireland and the UK Secretary of State’s visit to Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The 2022 B.C. Lee Lecture featuring The Honorable Mike Pompeo
March 18, 2022 02:29 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThe Heritage Foundation is honored to host 70th U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for our signature event on U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific. Heritage’s annual B.C. Lee Lecture on international affairs was endowed by the Samsung Group in honor of its founder, the late B.C. Lee, to focus on the U.S. relationship with the Indo-Pacific. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Great Promise of Closer U.S.-Somaliland Ties: An Address by H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi
March 14, 2022 17:23 - 56 minutes - 52 MBThe autonomous territory of Somaliland is one of the most strategically located areas in Africa. It sits near a global shipping chokepoint, is just across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen, and neighbors Djibouti which hosts, among others, the U.S.’s only permanent military base in Africa and China’s first permanent overseas military base. Over the last three decades, Somaliland has built a still-consolidating but tenacious democracy while also serving as a bastion of relative stability in the tum...
The Fentanyl Crisis: The Mexico-Texas Connection
March 11, 2022 14:40 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBBetween April 2020 and April 2021, a record-breaking 100,000 Americans overdosed and died from illegal drugs. Nearly two-thirds of those deaths have been linked to synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl. Fentanyl is 50-100 times more potent than the organically derived opiate morphine, and the fentanyl analogue carfentanil is 10,000 times as potent as morphine. A small number of grains—grains, not grams—of fentanyl can prove fatal. Smugglers working for the Mexican drug cartels ferry most of ...
Liberal Arts, Citizenship, and the Future of the Republic
March 10, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBJoin a discussion about the arts of liberty hosted by The Heritage Foundation and The University of Dallas on March 9. Dr. Gerard Wegemer will moderate a conversation with Dr. Kevin Roberts, Dr. Jonathan Sanford, and Dr. Melissa Moschella about the relationship between the liberal arts, what it means to be human, self-government, and the nature of liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Equipping and Supporting Burmese Women After the Coup
March 09, 2022 20:18 - 51 minutes - 47 MBIt’s been a year since the Burmese military carried out a coup. Since that time, the Burmese people have faced persecution, extrajudicial imprisonment, and severe restrictions on their freedoms. Despite the Burmese military’s best efforts, the Burmese people have demonstrated their resilience, fighting to defend freedom in their country. Join us on International Women’s Day for a program reflecting on the power of Burmese women as they actively thwart the military’s advances and safeguard fre...
Protecting Our Children: How Radical Gender Ideology is Taking Over Public Schools & Harming Kids
March 07, 2022 22:22 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBGender ideology has been working its way into America's public schools for years—in both the official curriculum and extracurricular activities. On a parallel track, students have been introduced to gender ideology through social media “influencers,” helping fuel a rise in gender dysphoria among children. As a result, schools have begun enabling gender-confused students to “socially transition”—without their parents’ knowledge or consent. But a few brave parents have started to speak out, to ...
The State of Decision Support Analysis in the DOD
March 07, 2022 15:13 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBWhat size, posture, warfighting concepts, and equipment should the U.S. military possess to defend our national interests? The Department of Defense makes these decisions every day. Made incorrectly, these choices could cost U.S. servicemembers their lives, and America, a war. While intuition can play a role, for the best chance of success, such decisions must be supported by data-driven analysis. Yet in 2018, the National Defense Strategy Commission found DOD “struggled to link objectives to...
COVID Madness: Meet the D.C. Business Owners Fighting for Freedom
March 02, 2022 21:31 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBGovernment mandates and authoritarian COVID rules are crushing small businesses in America. In the nation’s capital alone, hundreds of restaurants have closed. Others are struggling to make ends meet. For nearly two years, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council have invoked emergency powers—imposing mask mandates for schools and businesses and requiring restaurants to check customers’ vaccine status. We will hear from some of the courageous Washington, D.C. business owners on the fr...
America Needs Policies for Prosperity More than Ever
March 01, 2022 20:32 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThe Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom—an annual global study that compares countries’ economic governance and competitiveness—highlights the urgent need for America to change policy course. The U.S. fell to 25th in the 2022 Index rankings—its lowest ranking ever. The decline of U.S. economic freedom, which has been driven by the deteriorating fiscal condition and further exacerbated by ongoing record inflation, is serious cause for alarm as it has real and tangible consequ...
Former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien on Winning the 21st Century Tech Race with China
March 01, 2022 20:31 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIf the 20th century was defined by advances in manufacturing capability, agricultural prowess, and energy exploration, the 21st century will be shaped by advanced technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, semiconductor design and fabrication capability, cybersecurity and privacy quandaries, quantum computing and encryption, and geopolitical telecommunication security. As the United States looks at various policy issues around technology from the national security sphere to free spe...