Jack Keane, Mario Loyola, Tom Popik, Gordon Chang

With Jack Keane, Mario Loyola, Tom Popik, Gordon Chang

General JACK KEANE (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army:

*Implications of US action vs. inaction in Syria
* Possibility for safely training and arming the Syrian moderate rebel forces
*Proposed limited strikes against Syrian government infrastructure, as Assad keeps secret chemical weapons
*First stage of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine

MARIO LOYOLA, former Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the Gorge W. Bush Administration

*The USSR-era formation of Ukraine's present-day boundaries
*Geo-politcal and strategic implications of further Russian expansion
*Recommendations to forward-deploy American and NATO troops in eastern Ukraine and countries bordering Russia
*US's refusal to grant Iranian UN Ambassador a visa because of his involvement in terror activities.

TOM POPIK, founder of the Foundation for Resilient Societies

* Recent congressional hearing, "Keeping the Lights On: Are We Doing Enough to Ensure the Reliability and Security of the Electric Grid?"
* Merits of publicizing level of grid vulnerability
* FERC, NERC, and self-regulation of the electric utilities

GORDON CHANG, columnist at Forbes.com:

*Recent visit by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to China, and the Chinese's disdain for his "kowtowing"
*US's diminishing focus on human rights in China
*The possible benefits of President Obama's upcoming Asia trip