Dan Simpson, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette associate editor and former US ambassador, discuses the crumbling US-backed Afghan government, and why the 15 year-long US occupation is starting to look like the end days in Vietnam.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses Hillary Clinton's email problem, and why she resembles a political "Pigpen," with clouds of scandal surrounding her at all times.

Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor of International Man, discusses the hidden agenda at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; and how a war on cash makes it easier for world leaders to impose negative interest rates - an impossible feat in a free market.

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder and editor of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses the resounding defeat of hard-liners in Iran's nationwide elections, and the implications for Iran's relations with the West.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist, discusses why the Syrian ceasefire is going better than he expected, and why the US doesn't have any reasonable military options to support anti-Assad forces and change the situation on the ground.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses how the Fed is responsible for economic booms and busts; the increase of economic inequality after the gold standard was abandoned in 1971; and the introduction of negative interest rates.