U.S. Army Rangers: Social Engineering Gone Wrong

Secure Freedom Radio is made possible by listeners like you.

With Elaine Donnelly, John Sitilides, Daniel Gallington, Michael Kofman

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness:

• Effect on U.S. armed forces of two women passing Ranger school
• Will standards be lowered for women in the military?
• Various behavioral issues that could arise having women in all-male units and in ground combat roles
• Does social engineering in the military work?

JOHN SITILIDES, Principal at Trilogy Advisors, LLC. Manages State Department Development Program for U.S. diplomats in Greece and Cyprus:

• Greece preparing to undergo its third national election in eight months amid severe economic and social turmoil
• Snap elections a chance for the newly-formed, radical left Popular Unity party to gain power in Greece
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing increased pressure from Turkey’s newest Pro-Kurdish political party
• Southern Europe an open frontier for refugees from North Africa and the Middle East

DANIEL GALLINGTON, Senior policy and program advisor at the George C. Marshall Institute, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense:

• Assessment of the negotiating strategy regarding the “ObamaBomb”
• Realities behind the verification capabilities of the nuclear deal with Iran
• The Senate’s stripping itself of responsibility in treaty making
• Are international arms control agreements a thing of the past?

MICHAEL KOFMAN, Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute:

• Russia ramping up the aggression in Eastern Ukraine
• Analyzing Moscow’s leverage in the conflict
• Failed alternatives to the Minsk Agreement