Joel Beinin discusses the current and future structure of US power in the Middle East. He takes a deeper look into what is currently happening, examines the structure of the US involvement in the Middle East, looks at what it can tell us about the future. (May 31, 2012)

Helen Stacy looks at the future of American foreign policy and the role that human rights will play. She believes and argues that human rights will play an increasing role in the future as the United States and the rest of the world continues to be educated about some of the atrocities that exist across the globe. (May 24, 2012)

Kathryn Stoner-Weiss discusses why America should still care about Russia. She evaluates some of the current events that are taking place in Russia and how they will effect the countries around it and the world in general. She focuses on some of Russia's political environment and why it has the potential to be a great and a also very scary time for Russia. (May 17, 2012)

Thomas Fingar gives a lecture on the rise of China as a global power of the past three decades. He looks at the effect this has had and is having on American foreign policy in addition to detailing some of the problems that it could pose to America in the future. (May 10, 2012)

Karl Eikenberry provides incredible insight into some of the threats that the US currently faces in its relationships with Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries. (May 3, 2012)

David Holloway discusses some of America's foreign policy. More specifically he looks at how American foreign policy is positioned to reduce the threat of nuclear warfare or nuclear threats of any kind. (April 20, 2012)

Larry Diamond discusses democracy and the role it plays in American foreign policy. He tries to show the American model of spreading democracy from many different points of view. He is one of the leading researches and experts in the field of American democracy and foreign policy. (April 13, 2012)

Martha Crenshaw discusses the work that has been done by the Obama administration, in the realm of counterterrorism. She details the progress that has been made over the last four years and gives an idea of where the current administration is headed and what the outlook is for the future of America and terrorism. (April 6, 2012)

Frank Fukuyama focuses on the last decade and how the United States has experienced times of difficulty that were not forecasted by most political analysts. He describes the starting point of this decline as September 11 attacks and looks at the foreign policy that has gone along with this time period. (March 29, 2012)