What If Russia and China Win? | Dr. Hal Brands

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Foreign policy analyst Dr. Hal Brands joined Rep. Crenshaw to discuss why America abandoned pre-WWII isolationism to become the global superpower and the unprecedented prosperity that came from it. They examine the growing threats posed by Russia and China to that prosperity and the international order. And they look at the potential consequences for America if it retreats again to an isolationist foreign policy.

Dr. Hal Brands is a Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute and the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Brands has served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Strategic Planning and lead writer for the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. He is a member of the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board and consults with a range of government offices and agencies in the intelligence and national security communities. Follow him on X at @HalBrands.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created.
0:04.2	As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast.
0:10.1	For insights into the issues.
0:11.5	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions,
0:15.9	breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.8	We hold, we hold these truths.
0:20.0	We hold these truths.
0:21.2	With Dan Krenshaw.
0:22.1	The eagle has landed.
0:24.0	Welcome back everybody.
0:26.0	Not too long ago in early June, June 7th to be exact.
0:32.0	I got the honor of jumping out of an airplane into Normandy France just
0:38.9	over Monse Michel and a static line jump in a World War II paratrooper outfit out of the C-47 just like our forefathers did.
0:49.2	I think even the static line cable that you hook up your your static line shoot two in the
0:57.8	airplane was an original from from D-Day itself a lot of the planes that fly over during that week are original planes. Of course with updated, you know,
1:08.0	engines and whatnot. So it was a really cool experience. My first time in Normandy, 80th anniversary, really special. President
1:17.1	Biden was there. President Macron was there. A lot of dignitaries. One of the last D-Day events where we might see actual
1:26.8	World War II veterans who were there on D-Day, as of course many of them are in their
1:31.8	hundreds at this point. So really special I've never been and I think it probably affected me more than I thought it would. I'm not an emotional guy but and I'm not sure it affected me emotionally I just think it had a profound impact on on
1:47.8	jeez I don't know an appreciation for first of all the the tactics of storming that beach I can't help as a seal but think of the
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