David Satter, Guy Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Gordon Chang

DAVID SATTER, former Moscow correspondent and author of “It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyways: Russia and the Communist Past”:

• Déjà vu regarding Russia’s annexation of Crimea
• Realities of Russian forces fighting in Ukraine
• Russian nuclear threats in response to U.S. deployments to eastern Ukraine
• Internal Russian issues that affect its foreign policy

GUY TAYLOR, National Security Team Leader at The Washington Times:

• Former Iraqi PM Maliki’s attempt to undermine American interests
• The U.S.’s backfiring policy in Iraq
• A massive Iranian opposition rally in France
• The MEK is gaining traction as a force of Iranian opposition

ANDREW McCARTHY, former federal prosecutor:

• Turkey in the aftermath of the recent election
• The American drone strike that killed a top Al-Qaeda leader
• The Administration’s concessions to Iran
• Differing thoughts on President Obama’s major trade deal

GORDON CHANG, author of The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World:

• Repercussions the recent Chinese OPM hacking could have on the US
• The importance of the Trans Pacific Partnership for weakening Chinese regional hegemony
• North Korea’s nuclear buildup
• Responses to North Korea’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch capabilities