Everyone knows presidents have larger-than-life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we've never had a self-regarding narcissist quite like the oval Office's current occupant.

There is no House historian.

At this AEI event, bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman will reflect on America's experience in mobilizing for World War II, how it relates to our current predicament, and how we can learn from it to solve today's problems.

On the first anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Middle East scholar Michael Rubin warns that Bahrain could be headed for a bloodbath with dangerous repercussions for the United States.

In the past couple of weeks, people who care about American politics and about Congress have lost two important figures: Harry McPherson and James Q. Wilson.

Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about Newt Gingrich, as he leads in polls for the Republican presidential nomination nationally and in Iowa and South Carolina and may be threatening Mitt Romney's lead in New Hampshire. One is that he is an autodidact. A second is that he has incredible perseverance.

AEI experts are available to comment on the ongoing crisis in Syria

AEI scholars are available for comment and discussion regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan