Dr. Bradley Thayer

We're not going to solve the problem that Trump seems, if he resorts to the military instrument, if he uses force, that is only going to be solved by major attack options.

A broader target set, going after the leadership, going after Republicans, essentially the military

and elements of the nuclear program, which means to remain as well as ballistic missiles and other military targets.

So a limited attack option has tremendous disadvantages.

It's not solving or addressing the problem that would be solved, that the military tool solves best.

So as Matt Boyle has stressed on your program multiple times, diplomacy is still on the table.

And President Trump, you never box him in, of course.

You never predict what President Trump is going to do.

But limited attack options, to my mind, are going to be inferior to major attack options against the pillars of the regime.

The central problem facing Western democracies in terms of the health of their democracy is the legitimation crisis.

That is, the elites are uniparty or however you want to describe them.

They have the same core and they have the same approach and attitudes, ignoring their base, ignoring their populations.

And that legitimation crisis has to be resolved, because if it is not resolved, you're going to see the continuation of what we see in Europe, Canada, Britain, and even in Australia, that is increasingly authoritarian.

formerly democratic political governments and political parties.

So advance is one of a group which is fighting far above its weight in terms of advancing very specific principles, but focusing also on the nuts and bolts of elections so that the people and populist political parties

are going to not only understand the electoral process in every respect, but be able to actually win elections through very specific targeting of voters.

So the legitimation crisis is profound and it's affecting, of course, all Western democracies, but groups like ADVANCE and perhaps others are offering solutions about how a populist right can employ very specific mechanisms

to win elections.

And that's a welcome change from center-right Republican parties, which seem to welcome and embrace losing elections, but giving excellent concession speeches when they lose.

So advantage is focusing on actively the nuts and bolts of winning.