BRUCE BECHTOL, author of "North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-Un Era":
- New court ruling that found North Korea has provided material support to Hezbollah's attacks on Israel
- Whereabouts
of a North Korean ship acting suspiciously in the Gulf of Mexico, and
the potential implications for US national security
- The status of inter-state trade relations in East Asia
MICHEL GURFINKIEL, President of Jean Jacques Rousseau Institute:
- Differences between French and American perspectives on the Israeli-Hamas conflict
- Anti-Semitic riots in France in response to Israeli strikes on Gaza
- Immigration's impact on France's demographics
BILL ROGGIO, The Long War Journal:
- Pros and cons of pursuing a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel
- Benefits Hamas' public image has received from the media coverage of Israeli air strikes
- Status update on the Islamic State, and predictions on what is coming next as battle lines in Iraq begin to stabilize
- Rising Taliban activity in Afghanistan as US military influence declines