HEADLINE: Global Allies Worry About US Division, Adversaries Exploit Weakness GUEST AND TITLE: Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute Director of Eurasia Project; Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies SUMMARY: Amb
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
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GUEST AND TITLE: Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute Director of Eurasia Project; Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
SUMMARY: Ambassador Husain Haqqani states US allies are "very worried" by American internal division and extreme rhetoric, unlike past unity. Bill Roggio notes similar European issues, but the US now seems to lead in domestic disorder. Adversaries like China, Russia, and Islamist extremists exploit this polarization, using social media manipulation and citing Western decline. Both emphasize leaders must reduce aggressive rhetoric, promote bipartisan cooperation, and control social media to heal divisions, advocating for unity to counter external exploitation and domestic radicalization.
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| 0:39.0 | I welcome my colleagues, Ambassador Hacconi of the Hudson Institute, former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States, |
| 0:43.4 | and Bill Rajio, the Senior Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, |
| 0:45.5 | Bill keeps the Long War journal. |
| 0:51.7 | Gentlemen, the events of last week, the tragedy of the young man who was slain, |
| 0:56.7 | the tragedy of all of the remarks that have been going on for years, |
| 1:02.8 | I understand now, reading, all of that adds up to uncertainty in America. The question I have for you, gentlemen, to reflect upon, given we've focused on our adversaries overseas |
| 1:10.0 | in the contests in the South Asia, Middle East, |
| 1:14.4 | the Mediterranean basin, wherever the bad actors prosper, is how our allies view the |
| 1:22.3 | unhappiness obvious on American television and American radio and American newspapers right now about these |
| 1:30.2 | events. Mr. Ambassador, I'll start with you because you've traveled widely and spoken with many |
| 1:36.2 | of our allies over the years. It's too much to ask people to understand the intricacies of an |
| 1:42.3 | American system. But what is your measure of how |
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