#ISRAEL:Will Netanyahu end the mullah regime? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

#PRC: XI Jinping the disdained figurehead. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

#IRAN: Defense Minister Katz aims at Iran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#ISRAEL: Rebuilding Gaza and Hamas will take 10 years, Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#LONDON:Starmer and Trump and the special relationship.

#LONDON: The economists fail 2024. Joseph Sternberg, WSJ

#BERLIN: Trump and the weakened EU. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

#BERLIN: The coalition collapses. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

#MRMARKET: The ad hominem failure. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News.

#MRMARKET: Inflation remains untamed. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News.

PREVIEW: LEBANON: Colleague Jonathan Schanzer, FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies), measures the poor prospects for a ceasefire or peace deal with Hezbollah. More tonight.

PREVIEW: PARLIAMENT: Colleague Joseph Sternberg of the WSJ Editorial Page comments on intemperate remarks by Labour MPs disregarding former president and now president-elect Donald Trump. More tonight.

PREVIEW: CHINA: Investment analyst Anne Stevenson-Yang evaluates Beijing's new stimulus plan to rescue debt-laden municipalities, finding it inadequate and worse. More tonight.

PREVIEW: CHINA: Ottawa-based analyst Charles Burton examines a new phenomenon alarming Beijing - thousands of university students participating in nocturnal bike rides culminating in dawn dumpling meals. More tonight.

PREVIEW: BERLIN: Carnegie analyst Judy Dempsey examines EU vulnerabilities ahead of potential Trump administration transition in Washington. More later.

PREVIEW: PHILIPPINES: Former U.S. Navy Captain James Fanell discusses China's threats against Manila as the Philippines strengthens defenses against potential PLAN aggression. More tonight.

PREVIEW: JAPAN: Tokyo-based colleague Lance Gatling reports on new Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba and the challenge of potential Trump administration tariffs affecting Japan's investments in Chinese manufacturing. More tonight.

GOOD EVENING:: The show begins in the Middle East within weeks of a sSecond Trump Term...

USN: Ohio Class missile boats and A2/AD. Brandon Weichert, author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

USN: Carriers delayed by budgeteers. Rebecca Grant, Lexington Institute. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill