CLARE LOPEZ, former CIA Operations Officer and Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy:
- Does the new draft AUMF limit President Obama’s power to combat the Islamic State?
- Sectarian warfare that has embroiled the Middle East for hundreds of years
- Addressing, confronting, and ultimately defeating the entirety of the global jihad threat as outlined in the Center for Security Policy’s “Secure Freedom Strategy”
ADAM KREDO, Senior Writer for the Washington Free Beacon:
- The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s controversial founder's invitation to President Obama’s CVE Summit
- A new DHS report claiming “right-wing radicals” pose more of a threat to the public than Islamic extremism
- The menace civilians face from “lone and known wolf” jihadists
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's impending stateside visit in two weeks
JAMIE DETTMER, Middle East reporter at The Daily Beast and Voice of America correspondent:
- Qatar's double game with America and the Global Jihad Movement
- Jordan and Egypt in the fight against the Islamic State across the MENA region
- Why a lack of coordination and leadership is the biggest problem in the Middle East
GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:
- Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba under multiple state investigations regarding fraudulent products
- A new Japanese foreign policy posture amid pushback to global security issues
- Japan as a key factor in the U.S. policy to contain China