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Two Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan are Poised to Go To War

We begin with the looming possibility that two nuclear powers are about to go to war following a terrorist attack in Kashmir that has India’s armed forces mobilizing and Pakistan saying they have credible intelligence that India is preparing to attack in 48 hours. Joining us is Christine Fair who is a Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a political officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and is the author of Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War and In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and she speaks and reads Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi.

Trump’s 100th Day and the Record-Breaking Collapse of His Poll Numbers

Then, with today the 100th day Trump has been in office, we speak with Sidney Blumenthal, the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post, Washington editor and staff writer for The New Yorker and his books include the bestselling The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment and The Permanent Campaign. His latest book is All the Powers on Earth, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln 1856-1860, and we discuss his latest article at The Guardian, “After 100 days, Trump has destroyed Trumpism.”

Today’s 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon Which Trump is Boycotting While Slapping 46% Tariffs on Vietnam

Then finally, with today the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the defeat of the United States in the Vietnam war, we will look into Trump’s boycott of the anniversary along with his 46% tariffs he has slapped on an important trading partner which has proven to be an attractive alternative to China for a lot of US firms. Joining us is Paul Pillar, who served for 30 years as an analyst at the CIA, in which his last position was National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia. Previously, he served as chief of analytic units at the CIA covering portions of the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. He has also headed the Assessments and Information Group of the DCI Counterterrorist Center and is currently a nonresident senior fellow of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University and an Associate Fellow at the GenevaCenter for Security Policy and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His latest book is Beyond the Water’s Edge How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy and we discuss his article at Responsible Statecraft, “Trump can boycott, but the failure and end of the Vietnam War is a fact.”