Late Monday Morning Linkage

• Robert Gallucci, head of the MacArthur Foundation and former Dean of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, lays out his view of “How Scholars Can Improve International Relations.”
• Adam Elkus scores the “winners and losers” in the Gaza conflict.
• Matt Fay answers Max Boot’s response to his criticisms of comparisons between Iron Dome and US BMD.
• China’s successful aircraft carrier flight landing at China Defense Blog. More from Rob Farley on the PRC’s “fully armed and operational aircraft carrier.”
• At 3QD, Elisabeth Rehn argues for better integrating women into peace processes.

And also:

• Aiden Moher links to J.R.R. Tolkein singing “That’s What Bilbo Baggins Hates.”
• David Coe revisits “world building” in fantasy… and advocates drawing a map. Interesting.