US sanctions against Russia take effect

Putin signs Crimea annexation, Ukraine signs EU trade agreement, US sanctions against Russia take effect

Guests:

Amb. Jack Matlock 

U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991

Author, "Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union"

Jorge Benitez

Director, NATOSource (@NATOSource)

Senior fellow, Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

Could a deep-sea search help find Flight MH370?

Guest:

Mike Williamson

Marine geophysicist

Founder and president, Williamson & Associates

Taliban attack on luxury hotel in Kabul kills 9 civilians. What's the current state of the Taliban and Al Qaeda?

Learn more via Washington Post

Guest:

Michael O'Hanlon @MichaelEOHanlon

Director of research for the Foreign Policy Studies program at Brookings Institution

Co-author, "Toughing It Out in Afghanistan"

Is one cleric's "war on radicals" the hope for moderate Islam?

Learn more via The National

Guest:

Ed Husain @Ed_Husain

Senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Could a small-scale attack on the US electric system bring on a national power outage?

Learn more via NPR

Curt Hebert @HebertEnergy

Former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Visiting scholar, Bipartisan Policy Center

Should some of the millions of dollars generated by NCAA's March Madness go to the players?

Learn more via The Nation

Guest:

Dave Zirin @EdgeOfSports

Sports editor for The Nation

Host, Edge of Sports Radio

Al Jazeera contributor

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