Carolyn Schapper on how the creation of an open source intelligence fusion center would benefit the U.S. defense, intelligence, and foreign policy communities as well as non-governmental organizations by sparing costly and time-consuming duplication of effort.

British defense and political analyst Peter Storey on the role defense and foreign policy played in last week's UK general election, namely the elephant that wasn't even in the room.

Lionel Beehner on America's 'Holiday from History' in Africa under President Obama.

Joao Terrenas reviews David Chandler's 'Empire in Denial' on the discourse and politics of power at play in the West's modern state-building projects.

Joseph Sarkisian on America's geriatric foreign policy developed by 'old white men' and why the 2016 presidential race, so far, is unfortunately shaping up to bring us more of the same from both sides of the aisle.

David Rickert on how a new American Middle East strategy which includes alliance with Iran would protect our interests in the region for the long-term and end the last quarter century of 'Whack-a-mole' foreign policy there.

Bridget Coggins on her new book, Power Politics and State Formation in the Twentieth Century, on how states come to be in the modern world.

Chris Miller says that the greatest challenge to America's global position does not come from climate change, terrorism, China, or Russia, but rather from the broken, gridlocked system it rests upon that means it is adrift without a grand strategy.