In preparation for the upcoming GOP national security debate tomorrow evening this article from CNN may be an interesting read. It discusses the foreign policy advisory teams of each of the candidates. There is more information on some of the candidates (Romney) than others (Bachmann, Paul), but it's still an interesting read. Some of this information has come out in a scattered fashion already, but it's nice to have a quick piece that draws this information together.
Michael Flynn is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Kansas State University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University in 2013. His research focuses on the political economy of foreign policy with a specific focus on security cooperation and military deployments.