Peter Wehner, Amb. John Herbst, Bill Gertz and Michael Braun

PETER WEHNER, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives:

• Examining President Obama’s ideological preferences
• Inherent contradictions within Islam
• The Administration’s minimalist theme of armed intervention

AMB. JOHN HERBST, former US Ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan:

• A sense of gloom looming over the political landscape in Kiev
• Consequences of Putin’s goals for Ukraine
• Three steps for deterring the Kremlin’s aggression

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor of the Washington Free Beacon:

• Syria's role as a safe haven for the Khorasan Group and jihadists focused on transnational attacks
• The Obama Administration’s decision to suspend the use of land mines against the advice of senior military officials
• Clandestine cybersecurity talks between Chinese envoys and the State Department

MICHAEL BRAUN, Managing Partner at SGI Global and former DEA Chief of Operations:

• Security challenges posed by the growing influence of Mexican drug cartels inside the U.S.
• A potential terrorist-cartel alliance south of the border
• The target rich environment that is America’s critical infrastructure