Russia is poised for a full scale invasion of Ukraine, and it could come within weeks if not days.   

   To get an idea of the stakes at hand, The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks with Michael Kofman, Director of Russia Studies at the Center for Naval Analysis and a fellow at the Center for New American Security.

  It took a week for the Taliban to sweep across Afghanistan and take control of the country following the U.S. withdrawal.  The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks examines the ramifications with  Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group and host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer. 

  Israel and Hamas are engaged in their heaviest fighting in seven years, with Palestinian rocket barrages striking deep into Israel while the IDF pounds Gaza in response.

   The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks about the sudden escalation with Ryan Bohl, a Middle East and North Africa analyst with the geopolitical-risk firm Stratfor. He's also written for Time and Salon, among other publications.

   The U-S presence in Syria has been scaled back in recent years, but troops remain on the ground in Syria as the civil war slogs on.  Russia remains the main power broker in Syria, and the U-S would be wise to pay attention as The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks learns from Jennifer Cafarella, National Security Fellow at The Institute For War, and an Associate Fellow with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization.

The war in eastern Ukraine has grinded on for seven years with no signs of slowing, and now Russia appears ready for a knockout blow as it mobilizes troops along its border with Ukraine.  

The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks about the escalating conflict with Dr. Michael MacKay, a Canadian involved in Ukraine since independence, working in the
country as a university lecturer, Internet project director and election observer.

Myanmar's military is engaged in battles with protesters following coup this year, and that's on top of the military's ongoing persecution of the Rohingya.

The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks about it with Professor Azeem Ibrahim, Director of Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy based in Washington DC. Professor Ibrahim is also the author of the book, The Rohingyas:Inside Myanmar's Genocide.

 Turkey and Iran are increasingly butting heads over Syria, Iraq and now in the Caucasus.  Will these two regional powers find themselves embroiled in direct arms conflict with each other?  

The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks looks into the growing rivalry with Tallha Abdulrazaq, a researcher at the University of Exeter's Strategy and Security Institute and specialist in Iraq and Iran.

America's relationship with China will set the tone for much of the world in the coming years, a relationship now in the hands of President Joe Biden.

The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks about those challenges with Ankit Panda,  A Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Author of ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ 

America this week witnessed events never seen before, far right mobs storming the nation's Capitol in support of President Donald Trump, waiving Confederate flags, and leaving a trail of violence and death.   How does the country react to this, and deal with a problem that's been growing for years?

The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks searches for those answers with Colin Clarke, Senior Research Fellow with The Soufan Center and a fellow with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in the Hague.

   The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist is a blow to the Islamic Regime on several levels.  

    The Crisis Next Door Host Jason Brooks talks about what it means with Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.