“[T]his won’t change the military situation; it does change the political situation….All eyes are on the Trump Administration to say ‘Where do we go from here?’ and there are places they can go with this that could be very productive.”
Read MoreInterviewed on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” along with Ambassador James Jeffrey about forthcoming meeting of President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and the potential for China to exert a restraining influence on North Korea in light of its missile and nuclear tests.
Read MoreExcerpts of remarks to luncheon in Senate Dirksen building hosted by the Organization of Iranian American Communities, joined by Senators John McCain (AZ), Jean Shaheen (NH), Gary Peters (MI) and former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman.
Read MoreFrom Amb. Bloomfield’s prepared statement: “Russia’s hope is that our political differences can be exacerbated, and internal divisions sharpened, such that the left and the right, Republicans and Democrats, coastal elites and the red state heartland, will never find common ground….
Read MoreCall-in interview to CNBC commenting on the Trump Administration rollout of the revised Executive Order imposing a 90-day suspension of visas to applicants from Syria, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan.
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Interviewed on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” as President Trump awaited arrival of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
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Interviewed as part of documentary produced by John Florescu and shown in Central and Eastern European countries on January 20, 2017. Program runs just under 30 minutes.
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Interviewed on CNBC about foreign policy issues as confirmation hearings of SecState-designate Tillerson and others raise speculation; this segment discusses potential direction of future President Trump’s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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“The beginning of wisdom here is to understand that this regime is afraid of its own people…I’m saying the reason Iran is bleeding cash and casualties in Syria is that they think it’s going to come to Tehran.”
Read MoreLB one of experts interviewed in documentary produced by John Florescu and the former production team of the late Sir David Frost, and shown in Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, airing between November 6-8 prior to the outcome of the US Presidential election.
Read MoreLecture at David M. Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University
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CNBC – As the 9/11 bill is currently moving on Capitol Hill which would allow U.S. citizens to sue the Saudi government for any proven damages from the September 11th attacks, President Obama is meeting with the Saudi king in Saudi Arabia.
Read MoreNewsMax Prime – The former ambassador discuss Iran’s latest tests of ballistic missiles, some with “Israel must be wiped out” written on them. Is the U.S. turning a blind eye to these violations of UN resolutions and the Iran deal, and putting our country’s security at risk?
Read MoreFox Business News: Former Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield on what is needed to deal with the global terror threat.
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Fox Business News: Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield on the Cuban president and other leaders criticizing the U.S. at the U.N. meeting.
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Fox Business: Former Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield on Saudi Arabia’s concerns over the Iran nuclear deal.
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As bad as the Islamic State (ISIS) has been for the war-ravaged Middle East, the United States needs to recognize that murderous group’s de-facto creator and enabler — Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad — as an even bigger and more monstrous adversary, says a former State Department official.
Read MoreIn order to effectively combat Russia and President Vladimir Putin, the United States needs to be less transparent and more creative, former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield tells Newsmax TV.
“I’ve always been trained to believe that in security affairs, a little bit of deception and surprise goes a long way, and we’re way too transparent and predictable,”
Ambassador Deborah Jones on Libya Ambassador Deborah Jones talked about the growing violence in Libya, and the political transition since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi. Ambassador Jones succeeded Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed along with three other Americans in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S.
Read MoreU.S.-Pakistan Relations U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson discussed U.S.-Pakistan relations with Stimson Center Chairman Lincoln Bloomfield. He spoke about the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and said that U.S. relations with Pakistan had improved since Pakistan reopened supply lines for NATO the previous year.
Read MoreMichele Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the US Defense Department, joined Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., Stimson Chairman of the Board, in a conversation as part of Stimson’s Chairman’s Forum series on March 6.
Conversation topics included the Middle East, with Flournoy’s assesment of the conclusion of the US’
U.S.-East Asia Relations Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Kurt Campbell spoke at the Stimson Cente about U.S.-Asia relations. He touched on a number of issues including the rise of China, new leadership in North Korea, and Taiwan elections.
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