WATCH: Inside the high stakes of international democracy promotion in the Trump era
Supporting free societies is bedrock of U.S. foreign policy amid increasing threats from extremism and rising authoritarianism around the world.
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WATCH: The high stakes of U.S.-China policy in the artificial intelligence era
President Trump's second presidency comes amid a great power battle between the U.S. and China for dominance over AI and other futuristic dual-use technologies that are reshaping the global security environment.
Foreign threats to the U.S. election and global challenges ahead for 2025
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner for a discussion on the preparedness of U.S. spy agencies in a fast-evolving world. (Oct. 24, 2024)
WATCH: U.S. foreign policy and the presidential election
National Security Editor Guy Taylor speaks with renowned journalist and author Peter Bergen on how America's position in the world can be expected to shift in 2025, the foreign policy differences between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and the extent to the so-called "deep state" will have a role in what's coming. (Oct. 17, 2024)
WATCH: Examining foreign influence within U.S. higher education
Threat Status and the Alexander Hamilton Society joined forces to host a special event at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., examining Chinese Communist Party influence at U.S. universities. (Oct. 8, 2024)
WATCH: How Sudan's civil war spawned the world's worst humanitarian crisis
National Security Editor Guy Taylor speaks with U.S. Institute of Peace Africa Programs Director Susan Stigant on what caused the current fighting in Sudan and whether or not the U.S. has an effective humanitarian and security policy for the conflict. (Sept. 26, 2024)
WATCH: China is trying to isolate and threatening to invade Taiwan
Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S., on Beijing's campaign to block Taipei from the United Nations, the threat of a Chinese military invasion and the status of U.S. relations with the island democracy. (Sept. 19, 2024)
WATCH: Inside the geopolitical significance of Myanmar's civil war
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Stimson Center senior fellow and leading East Asian geopolitics scholar Yun Sun for a wide-ranging discussion about all facets of Myanmar's war. (Sept. 5, 2024)
WATCH: Understanding the Chinese Communist Party in the era of Xi Jinping
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Glenn Tiffert a preeminent China scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for a discussion on the CCP's inner dynamics, its efforts to globalize Beijing's authoritarian censorship regime and the meaning behind 'Xi Jinping thought.' (Aug. 22, 2024)
Threat Status with Philip Zelikow: Is humanity on the edge of world war?
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with historian and former diplomat Philip Zelikow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for a discussion on whether humanity is edging dangerously close to world war. (Aug. 9, 2024)
WATCH: Inside the new Russia-North Korea alliance
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former U.S. intelligence official and longtime diplomat Joseph DeTrani to discuss how the new Moscow-Pyongyang alliance intersects with the Ukraine war, China and President Biden's 'strategic patience' policy, in comparison to former President Trump's pursuit of direct summits with Kim Jong-un. (July 25, 2024)
Threat Status: How Iran's regime sows chaos on the world stage
Former CIA official Norman Roule joins Threat Status to discuss the regime's threat to international freedom, the future of its nuclear program amid a brewing Iranian supreme leader succession battle, and the Biden administration's response. (July 11, 2024)
WATCH: Why the U.S. must stand up to China's attacks on freedom
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is at the center of that pursuit as the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP. (June 27, 2024)
Threat Status: ISIS-K and the global war on terror
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former U.S. Counterterrorism Coordinator Nathan Sales at the Atlantic Council to discuss the global war on terror and the growing threat of ISIS-K attacks on the world stage. (June 13, 2024)
Threat Status: How China is outpacing the U.S. in defense industrial production
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Seth Jones at the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a discussion about how and why China's defense industrial production base is dangerously outpacing that of the United States and what Washington should do to respond. (May 30, 2024)
Threat Status: House Intel Chair Mike Turner on overseeing U.S. spy agencies in a perilous world
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner for a discussion on how U.S. spy agencies and the Pentagon are scrambling to respond to China's global moves, Russia's anti-satellite nuclear threat, and increasingly aggressive actions by Tehran and Pyongyang. (May 16, 2024)
Threat Status: A call for U.S. leadership in the Indo-Pacific
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Rep. Young Kim, California Republican and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, for a discussion on why the region matters so much to U.S. leadership on the world stage. (May 9, 2024)
Threat Status: Inside the growing world of Chinese organized crime in Mexico
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with longtime international organized crime expert and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown for a discussion on how these activities reach into the United States and the extent to which the Chinese government is exploiting them for leverage over Washington. (April 19, 2024)
Great power competition in Africa: Threat Status with Ambassador Johnnie Carson
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Ambassador Johnnie Carson, the renowned diplomat who most recently served as special representative for implementation of U.S. pledges made at the 2022 African Leaders Summit in Washington. (March 27, 2024)
Threat Status: Inside the fight over FISA 702 and the future of warrantless wiretapping
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker to discuss all aspects of the FISA debate. (March 19, 2024)
Threat Status with Rep. Joe Wilson: The biggest threats facing America in 2024
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican and a senior member of both the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, to discuss the challenges facing the next U.S. president. (March 14, 2024)
Inside In-Q-Tel: How the CIA is tapping private sector ingenuity that's reshaping the world
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with In-Q-Tel President and CEO Steve Bowsher to discuss the intersection of cutting-edge technologies, U.S. intelligence and the evolving landscape of global conflict. (February 26, 2024)
Threat Status: Inside the cyber doomsday threats facing the United States
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Samantha Ravich, an expert on cyber and geopolitical threats and the chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. (February 14, 2024)
Threat Status with Rep. Michael McCaul: Is Biden failing on China, Ukraine & the Mideast?
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul to dig into issues including sensitive U.S. tech exports to China and the GOP divide over military aid for Ukraine. (February 7, 2024)
Threat Status: TikTok and the U.S.-China Intelligence War
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor explores these questions with Foundation for Defense of Democracies China Program Director Craig Singleton, an expert on cyber disinformation and malign influence operations run by Beijing. (January 30, 2024)
Threat Status: The Axis of Tyrannies
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor and Foundation for Defense of Democracies President Cliff May join forces to discuss "Cold War 2.0," in which growing alignment between China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is challenging a world order that has been led by Washington since World War II. (January 6, 2024)
