Peace Through Strength Podcasts by American Security Council Foundation

One pill can kill! The fentanyl crisis in America.

Special guest Derek Maltz, Retired Director DEA Special Ops Division, talks from first-hand experience on the fentanyl crisis facing America. The Mexican Drug cartels and Chinese suppliers are making so much money from fentanyl that they don't care about our children being poisoned. People think they buy one thing, like Xanax, Adderall, or even Marijuana, which can be laced with fentanyl. Parents, please have this on your radar. One pill can kill!

BRICS and the American Dollar

BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Sr. Analyst Laurence Sanford talks to podcast host Joy Votrobek about these countries creating a trading bloc and, in doing so, not trading in the U.S. dollar. Instead, they have "The New Development Bank" headquartered in Shanghai, China. Finally, Saudi Arabia is considering joining BRICS. The U.S. dollar has the bedrock of the oil industry.

Allies Rising to Authoritarian Challenges

ASCF's Sr. Fellow Alan Dowd speaks with podcast Host Joy Votrobek about the rise of global allies in response to authoritarian regime challenges. NATO allies have increased their military spending and support for Ukraine as well operations worldwide. Indo-Pacific allies are also rising to the authoritarian challenges with increased spending and coordinated training exercises with the United States and other allied countries.

Authoritarian Regimes Revive U.S. Alliances

An axis of aggressive authoritarian regimes - Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea - has revived the system of alliances America built after World War II and reminded Americans why they were needed. In addition to NATO, we have important allies in the Indo-Pacific region as well.

China, Mexico, and Fentanyl

Sr. Analyst Laurence Sanford briefs podcast host Joy Votrobek on China's growing presence in Mexico economically, politically, and socially. A weakened American culture may play a part in America's drug addiction and the growing fentanyl problem. Also discussed is the propagation of CCP policies through Mexican universities and President Obrador's threat to confiscate American-owned energy companies operating in Mexico.

TikTok Controversy

Sr. Analyst Laurence Sanford gives a glimpse into his article on Tik Tok. TikTok was founded by ByteDance, a Chinese company headquartered in Beijing. There is concern TikTok data is being stored in China. 

The Chinese version of TikTok is Douyin, and the CCP limits the amount of time their children can spend on the social media app.  

Read the full article at www.ascf.us. 

Episode 21: Sanford on Security Episode 5

Senior Analyst Laurence Sanford

Episode 20: Sanford on Security Episode 4: Freedom of Speech with Geroge Raisley

Senior Analyst Larry Sanford discusses Freedom of Speech with George Raisley 

Episode 19: Sanford on Security Episode 3 Lt General Pat Hughes

Episode 18: Sanford on Security Clean Energy

Senior Analyst Larry Sanford discusses clean energy