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Meridor addresses the rising threats coming out of Iran and what it will take for Israel to intervene militarily in Iran.

Meridor answers a question about waning U.S. support for involvement in the Middle East by making a case for why involvement is so important.

Meridor talks about the changing nature of the threat, Hezbollah, Hamas and other ‘non-state’ actors. He proposes multiple solutions to the problem.

Meridor compares the European approach to terrorism with the approach of the United States.

Merridor believes that the U.S. must reduce its oil dependency to stabilize the Middle East.

Meridor supposes that it may be because Muslim societies are struggling to make it in the world and the internal conflict in these societies is being exported to the rest […]

Meridor identifies the U.S. as the leader for guarding the children of the world in the war on terror.

Zakheim lays out what his vision of the Iraq War and nation building.

Solving the Israeli-Palestinian issue will not solve the problems in the Middle East, Zakheim says.

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Russia need sa little more respect.

Zakheim feels that Jews should not give up on an ancient dream.

Zakheim talks about the difficulty of keeping qualified people interested in government.

Zakheim talks about the problems of large bureaucracies, missing money at the Pentagon, and Donald Rumsfeld’s forgotten legacy.

Zakheim discusses Islamic fundamentalism in the context of the Jewish and Christian reformations.

Zakheim talks about what it means to be American.

Zakheim worries about Russia’s policies it home and its cozy ties to Iran.

Zakheim lays out his vision for U.S. policy in the Middle East.

We need allies at home and abroad, says Zakheim.

Zakheim, on what makes a great president.

Zakheim talks about the changing values in America and the shifting balance of power in government.

Though the two nations have similar values, Zakheim says they exist in very different geopolitical contexts.

Zakheim firmly believes in the separation of church and state.

Zakheim talks about organizing support for the Falklands War, working for Casper Weinberger, and the IAI Lavi controversy of 1987.

Zakheim talks about his parents’ escape from the Ukraine and Lithuania.

The key is not to focus disproportionate attention on Israel, but to ask why Israel gets as much aid as it does, says Walt.

Walt worries about the “cult of irrelevance” in universities.

We need to be realistic about our goals, says Walt.

What used to be the provenance of the wealthy and powerful is now much more democratized, says Walt.

Are the post-War structures sufficiently inclusive of new powers?

One of the problems Walt foresees is how to convince the most advanced societies that are consuming most of the resources to use less.