21 August 2008
Recently, foreign policy expert and CFIF Board Member Bruce Herschensohn joined CFIF‘s Renee Giachino to discuss his latest book, Above Empyrean: A Novel of the Final Days of the War on Islamic Terrorism, and what would happen in the United States if the country were taken over by Islamic terrorists.
0:00 0:00

Related Podcasts

Foreign Policy and U.S. Global Interests
29 May 2026
The Honorable Francis Rooney, former U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses the Trump Administration’s foreign policy, the state of U.S.-Vatican relations, and Pope Leo’s Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence.
Peace Through Strength: U.S. Foreign Policy
14 March 2025
Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Congressman and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses foreign policy in President Trump’s second term, U.S. relations with China, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Canada and Greenland, and what a policy of America First might mean for diplomatic relations.
American Foreign Policy in the Context of the 2024 Election
01 September 2024
Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Congressman (R-FL) and former Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses steps the next U.S. president should take to protect our nation and promote America's interests across the globe, the biggest threats to American foreign policy, and a comparison of the foreign policy records of the Biden-Harris Administration and the Trump Administration.
Why U.S. Needs New Foreign Policy Strategy
28 August 2014
Chris Griffin, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, discusses some of America's most pressing foreign policy concerns, including ISIS and Iraq, Israel and Hamas, and Russia and Ukraine, and why it is imperative for the United States to improve its credibility in foreign policy.
Foreign Policy Expert Discusses U.S. Actions to Prevent Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program
03 February 2011
Jordan Sekulow, Director of International Operations for the American Center for Law and Justice and a member of the Christian Leaders for a Nuclear Free Iran, discusses Congress' opportunity and obligation to press for tougher sanctions to prevent the Iranian Regime from achieving its goals for nuclear weapons.
Foreign Policy Expert Discusses Lessons To Be Learned From America's Amnesia
22 April 2010
Foreign policy expert Bruce Herschensohn, a professor at the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University and member of the Board of Directors of CFIF, discusses his latest book, An American Amnesia: How the U.S. Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia, and warns against the danger of succumbing to a similar voluntary amnesia in the future.