Ryan Mauro, Michael Auslin, John Schindler, Paul Roderick Gregory

RYAN MAURO, National Security Analyst at the Clarion Project:

• Discrepancies in public perception of Hamas and the Islamic State, despite their similar goal
• Declining public approval of Hamas in Palestine

MICHAEL AUSLIN, Director of Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute:

• China's continued assertion of its hard power, making it the dominant player in East Asia
• The inherent need for the U.S. to provide support to and ally with smaller Asian nations
• The U.S. stance towards China: a difficult balance of security and economics

JOHN SCHINDLER, Former NSA Intelligence Analyst:

• Revelations that Germany has been spying on allied nations
• Edward Snowden and Julian Assange's questionable use to their host countries

PAUL RODERICK GREGORY, Fellow at the Hoover Institution:

• Russia's purported humanitarian aid convoy to Eastern Ukraine
• Putin’s miscalculating and dangerous Ukrainian policy
• Did Russia intend to shoot down an Aeroflot as a pretext for invading Ukraine?