In this recent episode of The Yaron Brook Show, originally airing on May 14, 2016, guest host Elan Journo, ARI fellow and author of Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, discusses:

• The tremendous educational, social and spiritual value of attending Objectivist Summer Conference 2016

• Whether America needs “elites,” especially in foreign policy

• How Hamas’s rise to power illustrates how philosophical ideas shape our foreign policy

• The theme of his upcoming book, tentatively titled Unprincipled: Why America’s Foreign Policy Undercuts Israel and Empowers Jihadists

• Why you should read Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri’s A Companion to Ayn Rand

Other resources:

• The fallacy of “package-dealing” — Ayn Rand Lexicon

• The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict (OCON 2015) by Elan Journo

• The Price of Bush’s Commitment to Palestinian Statehood by Elan Journo

• An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand by Gregory Salmieri

• Reflections on Ayn Rand and Campus Culture: An Interview with Greg Salmieri (Part 1) — The Undercurrent