The G-7 met in Japan; in an historic trip — U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Hiroshima and Vietnam; plus freedom of navigation and territorial claims in the South China Sea.

On most days The Heat goes in-depth on a single story. This time, the show will take a step back from the format and spend a bit of time gathering fresh insight and analysis from those covering world events.

To help us dive into these issues, we’ve put together a distinguished panel of journalists:

• Wang Guan, chief political correspondent for CCTV America’s Mandarin Service
• Afshin Molavi, editor of The New Silk Road Monitor
• Nathan King, CCTV America correspondent
• Simon Marks, president and chief correspondent for Feature Story News