summarize two resources (Shiffman, 2014, 2015) utilize theory to describe how power is exercised by global health actors, to question the public accountability of those with power, and to advocate for more inclusive agenda setting. Together, the Shiffman articlesand responses to themquestion the distribution and legitimacy of discursive power that has heretofore largely remained implicit and unexamined. We selected this pair of editorials due to their introducing new arguments in the debate on power and global health governance, their effective linking of concrete examples with theoretical concepts, and their generation of robust debate within the field