Air University, with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, is a key component of Air Education and Training Command, and is the Air Force’s center for professional military education.

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a nonpartisan think tank founded in 1943. Its stated mission is “to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism—limited government, private enterprise, individual liberty and responsibility, vigilant and effective defense and foreign policies, political accountability, and open debate.”

Big Think believes that success in the future is about knowing the ideas that allow you to manage and master this universe of information. Therefore, they aim to help people move above and beyond random information, toward real knowledge, offering big ideas from fields outside your own that you can apply toward the questions and challenges in your own life.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy, foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans, and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results.

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) develops strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. As an independent and nonpartisan research institution, CNAS leads efforts to help inform and prepare the national security leaders of today and tomorrow.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. Its stated mission is to provide “strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society.”

Chatham House is an independent international affairs think-tank. Their stated mission is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. The Council on Foreign Relations has promoted understanding of foreign policy and America’s role in the world since its founding in 1921. It publishes a bi-monthly journal Foreign Affairs.