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Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:46:57
Publish Date: 2026-02-14 01:00:00
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America confronts a daunting geo-strategic landscape: The Axis of Aggressors — China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea — are cooperating across multiple domains in unprecedented ways. 

Putin continues his brutal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In return for North Korean troops and artillery shells for this war, Russian security assistance is flowing in increasing quantities to Pyongyang. The Chinese Communist Party is sprinting to field a military that it hopes can defeat the United States in the Pacific. And the Islamic Republic of Iran still supports terrorism and marches towards the bomb while implementing the deadliest crackdown in its history against the Iranian people. 

And now, a new U.S. National Security Strategy signals a major shift in how Washington plans to respond to these threats. 

To assess the stakes — and whether America has the will to prevail — LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster joins guest host Bradley Bowman. General McMaster is the former U.S. National Security Advisor and now serves as Chairman of the Center on Military and Political Power at FDD, which Brad leads.
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