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