Robert Spencer, Faith McDonnell, Russ Dallen and Gordon Chang

ROBERT SPENCER, Director of Jihad Watch.com, author of “The Complete Infidel’s Guide to ISIS”:

• Obama has resolute denial of reality in regard to the jihadist threat
• NPR comment on young people following Muhammad’s example to prevent extremism
• Trump misses a distinction between Islam and Sharia-adherent Islam

FAITH McDONNELL, Director of Religious Liberty Programs at the Institute on Religion and Democracy:

• Recent UN report concerning South Sudanese soldiers committing mass sexual crimes
• Despite Khartoum’s charm offensive, the Islamist government has not moderated and is aggravating conflicts in surrounding countries
• Congress forcing the Obama administration to formally decide whether ISIS is perpetrating genocide against Christians 

RUSS DALLEN, President & Editor in Chief at The Latin American Herald Tribune:

• Continued unraveling of Venezuela
• The Communism of Chavez has squandered vast natural oil wealth
• Will the collapse of Caracas lead to a migrant crisis to the United States?

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

• Increase in North Korean aggressive rhetoric a precursor to conflict
• Growing capacity of China to project power on a global basis
• Chinese economic performance and what a failing Chinese economy means for the rest of the world