This is John Bachelors. Tonight my colleague Gordon Chang joins for us to investigate

Japan, Philippines, South Korea, all lining up with the United States to oppose the aggression

the People's Republic of China. At the same time, the comment is made by Wang Yi, the

chief diplomat of the People's Republic of China, that the U.S. is taking advantage of

the Asian nations, that these Asian nations will never be Westerners and other remarks

that are prejudicial and extremely unacceptable by Wang Yi. The puzzle here is why is Beijing

needing foreign investment, foreign capital, needing people to trust it because of a broken

economy. Why is it insulting? Not only its own neighborhood, but everybody in Europe

in America by saying we're not suitable to be in Asia, and Asia is wrong-headed to stand

with us. Also tonight, Katrina Vanden Hewlett joins from the Nation magazine to comment

on the breakdown and negotiations over the grain deal. Right now, the grain and the

fertilizer is not flowing out of the Black Sea according to Russia, and that means there

will be a question of food security throughout North Africa, and even a question of food

at all in parts of the world, depending on Russian fertilizer.

The conversation with Professor Dan Dresner is revelatory to me about Americans and foreign

policy over the course of the 200 years plus of the Republic. We're always very cautious

about foreign policy because we have these two oceans that keep out bad actors, and we

have a neighbor to the North and a neighbor to the South who are on very good terms with

Washington and have been through the life of the Republic. So the question is, do the American

people care about foreign policy? And the Professor has a two-part answer that is revelatory

to me. Also, an investigation, a necessary investigation of what is happening in Taiwan,

why the repeated provocations by the PLA Navy and Air Force in the Taiwan Strait, why now

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