Presenter: Professor Lawrence Reardon

Every so often, North Korea emerges from its isolated corner in Northeast Asia to threat nuclear Armageddon. Its missiles and technology is found in the hands of many of the world’s pariah nations, contributing to an overall insecurity felt from Jakarta to Berlin, and Washington. How did North Korea become one of the strangest yet most dangerous countries in the world? Is North Korea really dangerous, or is it using threats as a bargaining chip to achieve its national goals.

Republican participant: James Foley, NHGOP Finance Chairman

Democrat participant: Raymond Buckley. President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs

Roundtable discussion recorded at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.  As James Fabiano noted, the students in the group were around 7 years old when the war in Afghanistan began and we're still in the same situation. The panel represents different aspects of this very complex issue and where it's headed.

The four panelists of the Afghanistan seminar were Lt. Col Brian Ruhm, Professor Alynna Lyon, Rachel Williams, and James Schmill.

• Alynna J. Lyon, (Ph.D. University of South Carolina, 1999) taught at UNH for 7 years. Her research focuses on political violence, peacekeeping, and America Foreign Policy.
• Lt. Col Brian C. Ruhm, Commander of the Air Force ROTC at UNH. was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan from June to November 2005 as a member of the Office of Security and Cooperation to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Rachel Williams is a 3rd-generation peace activist who travels frequently to Pakistan where she spearheads an Adopt-A-School program. She works out of Boston with an NGO in Afghanistan, the United for Justice with Peace Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, which works with women and women’s rights. 
• James Schmill is a veteran of the Afghanistan War and is opposed to the war.

Presenter: Andrew Ian Dodge

Tea Party activist Andrew Ian Dodge just announced his candidacy against Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) in the 2012 primary. Dodge leads the Maine Tea Party Patriots and has been waging a campaign in recent months. At a small press conference at CPAC, he said he feels called to run.

Resources:

• http://www.nhteapartycoalition.org