ELAINE DONNELLY, President of the Center for Military Readiness:Which is most important? Combat effectiveness or equal opportunity and the advancement of social agendas?Military becoming vulnerable to leftist agenda (PART TWO):Defining “direct-action-combat”2012 Marine Corps study multi-phase research project on women in combat rolesWhy standards will be lowered for women (PART THREE):Danger to both men and women in mixed combat unitsWill women be ordered into combat roles against their will?Social cohesion problems within the military(PART FOUR):HASC vote to include women in the draft(PART FIVE):Transgender issues in the militaryRising sexual assault reports among troops

BING WEST, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, served in USMC Force Recon:Obama’s Iraq continues to failEfforts made by the Baghdad government and Peshmerga on trying to retake MosulSyrian cease-fire statusHopes that Afghanistan won’t end up like Iraq due to a continued presence of US forcesThe Clinton legacy in LibyaBRENT SCHER, Staff Writer for the Washington Free Beacon:FBI bringing Hillary Clinton in for questioningHuma Abedeen’s role in the illegal e-mail serverInvestigation of the Clinton FoundationKYLE SHIDELER, Director of the Center for Security Policy’s Threat Information Office:Is Turkey a worthwhile ally?Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s resignation Erdogan as a potential caliph GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com columnist, Daily Beast Contributor:Could a stronger relationship between the Philippines and the U.S. push back on Beijing’s ambitions?Capitulation to China a bipartisan problem in the U.S.Next flashpoint for Chinese military aggression

Amb. ZALMAY KHALILZAD, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Author of the recent book “Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World”:Role of Sharia law in AfghanistanThe crisis in the Islamic world(PART TWO):Is a unitary or federal government best for Afghanistan?How Pakistan contributes to Kabul’s woesWhy Iraq fell apart(PART THREE):Iran’s regional hegemonic aspirationsSaudi connections to ISISIranian deal launched the spread of nuclear capability in the Middle East(PART FOUR):Turkey’s role in the regionOIC’s “Plan of Action”A prescription for the Middle East

Dr. MARK SCHNEIDER, Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy:Russia’s complete modernization of nuclear weaponsPutin’s violations of the START treaty(PART TWO):What is a cobalt bomb?Development of hypersonic missiles in RussiaMoscow’s “De-Escalation” doctrine(PART THREE):Likelihood of a future war involving nuclear weapons?China’s “First-Use” policy(PART FOUR):What is the underground Great Wall of China?U.S. modernization programs compared to Russia and China(PART FIVE):Iranian and North Korean nuclear programsViability of the American nuclear arsenalLethality of U.S. second-strike capability

Rep. ROB BISHOP (UT-1), Member of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee:House Armed Service Committee passing National Defense Authorization ActSparing the military from interference from Sage Grouse populationsRevisiting women in combat rolesDIANA WEST, author of “The Death of the Grown Up”:Donald Trump’s big winPresident Obama’s continued lack of a foreign policy strategyFormer NATO speechwriter’s revelations about green on blue attacksDANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior editor at “Conservative Review,” author of the upcoming book “Stolen Sovereignty: How to Stop Unelected Judges from Transforming America”:Problems with the criminal justice reform billMandatory draft for women in combat rolesFRED FLEITZ, former CIA analyst, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy:State of play in Iraq at the momentIran’s involvement in Iran and SyriaUpcoming book “Warning Order: China Prepares for Conflict and Why We Must Do the Same”

Rep. LOU BARLETTA (11-PA), Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee:Recent hearing on how prepared the U.S. is for a cyber-attack on the electrical gridPreparedness at the local and federal levels for power outages JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President of the Center for Security Policy:

The latest developments in IraqNature of the Sunni and Shiite rivalryShould the Muslim Brotherhood be designated a terror group?SANDY RIOS, President of the Culture Campaign, talk radio host:How Americans can protect themselves from civilization jihadPetition in response to Target’s transgender bathroom lawsMICHAEL CUTLER, Retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Services:Both political parties have designed the immigration system to failPresident Obama’s enabling of unprecedented illegal immigration(PART TWO):Human and drug trafficking effects on crime ratesHow will criminal justice reform affect recidivism rates?

RIKI ELLISON, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance:How serious a threat is North Korea to the U.S.?Kim Jong Un’s increased aggression possibly the result of U.S. negotiations with Iran?Dire situation of American missile defenseVulnerability of missile defense to hypersonic warheads CLAUDIA ROSETT, Contributing columnist at Forbes.com, blogs at the PJ Media Rosett Report:Failure of North Korean sanctionsSigning of the Paris Accord at the UN on Earth dayGORDON CHANG, Forbes.com contributor, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:Asymmetric capabilities North Korea and China can use against the U.S.U.S. diplomacy trying to prevent Chinese from reclaiming Scarborough ShoalThree Chinese economic bubbles: investment, credit and real estateAmb. FRANCIS ROONEY, former US Ambassador to the Holy See, author of “The Global Vatican”:

The Pope’s message about the Christian genocide in the Middle East drowned out by other social justice goalsSyrian refugee resettlement in the United StatesPope Francis’ involvement in Cuba

Dr. KIM R. HOLMES, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, author of the new book, “The Closing of the Liberal Mind: How Groupthink and Intolerance Define the Left”:Defining ‘liberalism’ and ‘groupthink’(PART TWO):Radical multiculturalism’s legal rootsNever before has Progressivism been so extremeConservatives in dissent within the academic community(PART THREE):Assault against climate deniersIssues regarding freedom of speech and subversion of religious liberties(PART FOUR):Redefined norms on sexual identity(PART FIVE):Using international organizations to break down cultural structures in the USConservatives learning from self-critiquing liberals

BING WEST, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs:Special operations by itself not enough to defeat ISIS in SyriaIranian-backed Shiite militias slaughtering their way through IraqRussia’s permanent position in the Middle EastTOM NICHOLS, Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College:Donald Trump’s recent foreign policy speech‘America First’ and isolationismOdd dynamic between Trump and PutinNEAL BASCOMB, New York Times Bestselling Author:The secret mission to sabotage Hitler’s atomic bombUpcoming book on WW1 pilots escaping from German prisonMICHAEL ANDERSON, Retired USMC Intelligence Officer:Hillary Clinton’s views on the 2nd AmendmentBorder security and ‘Sanctuary Cities’US still can’t properly vet Syrian refugees

Rep. STEVE RUSSELL (OK-5), HASC member, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s National Security Subcommittee:US troop deployments to SyriaImplementing war trials at Guantanamo BayWise council needed on defense reformDIANA WEST, Author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:Obama praising Angela Merkel’s policy of open German bordersThe left’s stifling of free speechAdministration effectively blackmailing the UK into staying in the EULosing sovereignty through international trade agreementsSETH CROPSEY, Served as Deputy Undersecretary of the US Navy:Time for a new ‘American Grand Strategy’Stronger US naval presence needed to deter Russia, China, and IranDepleted US Navy hampered by continued cutsROWAN SCARBOROUGH, National Security Reporter at The Washington Times:War of culture on the US Armed ForcesPentagon dictate prioritizing climate changePolitical correctness more important to administration than combat-trained troopsDr. LUIS FLEISCHMAN, Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University:Drastic measures in Venezuela amid nation-wide electricity shortagesFinding responsible leadership in Caracas to carry the country forwardImpeachment on tap for Brazil?Addressing corruption, not poor economic performance, the main priority for Latin American policy makers