Colleague Peter Huessy reports on the upgrading of the Russian strategic weapons arsenal. More later.

Good evening: The show begins in the gloom of the Financial Times reporting that the American ship of state is headed for the rocks...

2/2: CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; "IN A NEGATIVE WORLD." BRIAN SMITH, CVITAS OUTLOOK

1/2: CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; "IN A NEGATIVE WORLD." BRIAN SMITH, CVITAS OUTLOOK

2/2: ANTISEMITISM: NOT FREE SPEECH. TAL FORTGANG, NRO

1/2: ANTISEMITISM: NOT FREE SPEECH. TAL FORTGANG, NRO

KING CHARLES REPORT; OPENING CANADA PARLIAMENT. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

RIYADH: TRUMP ELBOWS OUT PRC. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

RUSSIA: TRUMP AND PUTIN SPEAK OF INVESTMENT. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

PRC: MORE MILITARY PURGES. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

TAIWAN: WHY DOES AMERICA DEFEND THE ISLAND? GRANT NEWSHAM, AUTOR, "WHEN CHINA ATTACKS."?

ANTISEMITISM: COLUMBIA'S LEADERSHIP FAILURE. PETER BERKOWITZ

LEBANON: DISARMING THE CAMPS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD

GAZA: WHERE FOR REFUGE? JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD

BERLIN: AFD AND UKRAINE. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.

EU: RISE OF THE POPULIST RIGHT. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.

#MARKETS: BIDEN'S UNKNOWN HEALTH HISTORY LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS

#MARKETS: ASSUMING THE GLOOMIEST IN APRIL. LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS

Colleague Peter Berkowitz analyzes the illiberal condition of modern universities. More tonight.

Preview Colleague Gregory Copley comments on the unexplained purging in the top ranks of the PLA. More later.