Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses why the New York Times article claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin is instigating another Cold War with the US has the story completely backwards.

Scott Paul, senior humanitarian policy advisor for Oxfam America, discusses how the US-Saudi war in Yemen has created a world-leading humanitarian crisis for the remaining civilian population.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses why the Syrian civil war, already starting its fifth year, will be producing terrorist attacks and refugee disasters for the foreseeable future.

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses the US military's covert opposition to the Obama administration's "Assad must go" policy in Syria, including intelligence-sharing with the Syrian army to prevent Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State from taking over.

Jon B. Carroll, co-founder of the Alabama Justice Project and a member of Reporters Without Borders, discusses the latest updates on his previous reporting about the Dothan, Alabama police force's decade-long practice of framing young black men for drug and weapons crimes; why Radley Balko is skeptical of the story; and a former prosecutor's confirmation of Carroll's claims.

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses the bleak prospects for a UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen, where the Saudi coalition's blockade threatens starvation and a humanitarian catastrophe.

Daniel Sanchez, a regular columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses the new Star Wars movie and how the Star Wars franchise reinforces Randolph Bourne's claim that "war is the health of the state."