Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the guest speakers scheduled for his upcoming "Israel's Influence: Good or Bad for America?" conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, March 18, 2016.

Derek Davison, a Washington-based researcher and writer on international affairs and American politics, discusses Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's foreign policy positions on the Middle East, and how they compare with those of ultra-hawk Hillary Clinton.

Sheldon Richman, now a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the end to Rand Paul's disappointing Presidential campaign, and who is likely to win the Republican nomination.

Daniel Davis, a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army, discusses his firsthand account of why the 2009 "surge" in Afghanistan was a failure, and why throwing more US troops at it now isn't going to help either.

John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the "gray zone" - defined as predominately Christian places where Muslims have rejected the "us versus them" mentality of the Islamic State - and how these moderate Muslims are trapped between their increasingly hostile countrymen and the terrorism of ISIS that is designed to push everyone toward radicalism.

Ira Chernus, professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses his TomDispatch article "America's New Vietnam in the Middle East: A Civil War Story About the Islamic State Might Spark a Peace Movement."

Jeff Stein, a columnist for Newsweek, discusses why Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders may disappoint his supporters on foreign policy issues.

Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Senior Counsel to the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program, discusses her article "Armed Drones and the Influence of Big Business on Police Surveillance Technology."