Amb. John Bolton, Walid Phares, Burak Bekdil, Joseph Schmitz

Amb. JOHN BOLTON, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations:

• The weakened U.S. stance on negotiations with Iran
• Threat of Iran detonating an EMP in Israel, Saudi Arabia, or the U.S.
• Proliferation in the Middle East has already begun
• Why failing to support Israel at the United Nations will result in a Palestinian state

WALID PHARES, author of “The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid”:

• Iranian delegates continue to draw concessions from the U.S., including continued progress on a missile delivery system
• Hezbollah “shock troops” in Syria and Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen controlling an important waterway to the Suez Canal
• The El-Sisi government's frustration with the lack of support from the Obama Administration
• Al Azhar University Grand Imam’s admission of radical Islamic influence in the Egyptian education system

BURAK BEKDIL, Turkish columnist writing for Hürriyet Daily News:

• Rumors surrounding yesterday's mass blackout in Turkey
• Turkey’s eventual path to the bomb to counter the security, regional and sectarian threat from the Islamic Republic
• Cracks between President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu over continued authoritarianism in Turkey

JOSEPH SCHMITZ, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense:

• Analyzing the recent Glenn Beck interview with the President of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist
• A history of foreign influence operations inside the United States
• What is the Independent State Threat Awareness Training and Education (ISTATE) program?