With Lawrence Sellin and Lani Elliott

LAWRENCE SELLIN, retired international businessman and medical researcher, Veteran, US Army Reserve, @LawrenceSellin:

• Pakistan's role in the fall of Afghanistan
• How will the Chinese relationship with the Taliban change after the U.S. withdrawal?
• The connection between "globalists" and the Chinese Communist Party
• Assessing the capability of the Chinese biological warfare program

LANI ELLIOTT, Economist specializing in the economic and interdisciplinary study of instability and internal conflict at field, policy and strategic levels, Washington assignments covered East Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East as well as functional areas such as refugees, counter-narcotics and energy sector reform:

• A history of US involvement in South Vietnam
• Parallels between the withdrawal from Vietnam and Afghanistan
• Lani's personal experience in the U.S. government