Preview: Colleague Grant Newsham recommends that the Japan leadership seek the opinions of Americans outside the DC region, especially about trade and China. More later

Good evening: The show begins in Beijing and Washington as the global markets react to trade talk...

#LEBANON: TOO QUIET. JOE TRUZMAN, FDD

#GAZA: HOSTAGE RELEASED. JOE TRUZMAN, FDD.

PAKISTAN: NUKE ALARMS. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON.INSTITUTE.

PAKISTAN: SELF-RESPECT. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON

#SYRIA: DOUBTING DAMASCUS. AHMAD SHARAWI, FDD.

#INDIA: MODI RESPONDED TO THE PROVOCATION, SADANAND DHUME, WSJ.

#KASHMIR: NUKE SITES THREATENED. GENERAL BLAINE HOLT (USAF RETIRED)

#KASHMIR. POOR PERFORMANCE BOTH SIDES, GENERAL BLAINE HOLT (USAF RETIRED)

#YEMEN. REBUILDING SANA'A AIRPORT. BRIDGET TOOMEY, FDD.

NEWWORLDREPORT: #BRAZIL: LULA WITH PUTIN AND XI IN MOSCOW. ERNESTO ARAUJO, . JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE

ISRAEL: STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE PA. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1. @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS

POTUS: OUTBOUND FOR RIYADH, DUBAI, DOHA. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1@THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS

2/2: #UKRAINE. WAITING FOR PUTIN. JOHN HARDIE, FDD

1/2: #UKRAINE. WAITING FOR PUTIN. JOHN HARDIE, FDD

#EU: GETS A VOTE IN THE DEAL. ALAN TONELSON, REALITY CHEK. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL.

#POTUS: BLINKING US. GRIMACING PRC. ALAN TONELSON, REALITY CHEK. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

Preview: Colleague Ahmad Sharawi explains why Europe is ready to look past al-Sharaa's al Qaeda roots and jihadist gang. More later.

Preview: Colleague Ernesto Araujo opines that Lula da Silva's embrace of the Moscow strongmen is not celebrated in Brazil. More later.