Adam Morrow, a journalist based in Cairo, discusses an Egyptian court's decision to drop all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, putting an end to any democratic gains won during the Tahrir Square-based popular revolt in 2011.

Patrick L. Smith, a journalist with Salon.com and author of Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century, discuses what the surprise Saudi-instigated oil price drop has to do with Obama, Putin and Xi meeting in Beijing at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in November.

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the events before, during and after the Ferguson grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson on charges related to the killing of Michael Brown.

Patrick Cockburn, a journalist with The Independent, discusses how the Islamic State has hastened an end to Iraq's 2000 year old Christian communities; why the CIA is underestimating the Islamic State's power; and how Chuck Hagel's resignation as Defense Secretary highlights the disaster of US policy in the Middle East.