This week on the program: • How does the conflict in Syria end? Ambassador James Jeffrey, the U.S. State Department's Special Representative for Syria Engagement, sat down (at the 1:56 mark) with CNN’s Elise Labott for our 2018 Defense One Summit this Thursday in Washington. We’ll bring you that discussion with the often blunt ambassador. • Then (33:39) we’ll turn to a discussion about conflict, competition and the future of security in Asia. NBC’s Dan DeLuce sat down with Sue Mi Terry of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Georgetown University's Evan Medeiros.