So, David Sanger had a piece in the NYT last weekend wondering whether there’s a “Romney doctrine.” Of course, he wasn’t really wondering; he knew from the get go what he thought. And luckily for Sanger, he had plenty of Romney advisers to help along his theory.

To redeem himself from the failures of his first year of foreign policy, President Obama needs to articulate an effective policy against our terrorist enemies, broaden our attention to Iraq, and recommit to the spread of freedom abroad.

Does President Obama have a counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan?

The U.S. government's hope for a middle course on Iran is self-delusion; the choices are an American or an Israeli strike, or living in a world with Iranian nuclear weapons.

The continuities with Bush are striking. But what happens when diplomacy fails?

Huntington was a highly original thinker who was a friend and teacher to many at AEI.

What we need in Iraq is not a new diplomatic offensive so much as energy and competence in fighting the fight.

What we need in Iraq is not a new diplomatic offensive so much as energy and competence in fighting the fight.