Clare Lopez, Claudia Rosett, Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Prof. Peter Navarro

CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President of Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy:

• A disconnect between the president’s rhetoric on the Iran deal and the agreement’s actual content
• Sen. Chuck Schumer’s decision to not support the deal and its implications for Congress
• Who Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani is and why he was sanctioned
• Sarah Steelman’s point that the deal will force U.S. states to remove sanctions on terrorist sponsors

CLAUDIA ROSETT, Journalist-In-Residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:

• Iran and North Korea’s strategic alliance going back to the start of the 1979 Islamic Revolution
• First the Bush then the Obama Administrations cloaking in secrecy the nuclear cooperation between Tehran and Pyongyang

Dr. MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution:

• General thoughts on the Iranian nuclear deal and if Congress should pass it
• The problem of immediate, large-scale sanctions relief for the Iranians
• General John Campbell’s recent analysis of the situation in Afghanistan
• The current state of the Taliban and whether parts of it are joining the Islamic State

Prof. Peter Navarro, Author of the forthcoming Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World:

• An economic explanation of the national security threat from China
• Consensus among experts on the dangers on an expanding Chinese military
• Obama backing down on currency manipulation and the flawed economic interdependence argument concerning Beijing