This month, Obama administration officials revealed plans to dramatically reduce embassy staff in Baghdad, the largest U.S. diplomatic mission abroad. Along with the announcement in December of the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq — the message President Obama is sending is clear: The sooner we put Iraq...

Obama's calibration of strategy, with a greater focus on politically-motivated deadlines and less emphasis on security realities on the ground, is a strategic mistake.

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

For the past couple of weeks, we have been debating whether the GOP presidential field was slipping into isolationism. However, President Obama made clear that if his Republican challengers want the "come home America" vote, they'll have to wrest it from him.

In what can only be described as a first-rate senatorial butt kicking, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took apart the two administration witnesses’ effort to explain why, after so much blood and treasure has been expended in creating a democratic Iraq, we’re now left with zero combat forces in country.

Just days after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq, a series of attacks in Baghdad have raised doubts about the security of the country, while political upheaval threatens to undermine its government. AEI’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, Danielle Pletka, shared some questions with U.S. Senator John McCain.

If billions are saved from the withdrawal in Afghanistan and Iraq, where will the money go? Where should it go?

Mr Obama's message to Gen David Petraeus was clear: time is up. Ten years, a trillion dollars and 1,600 American casualties later, the White House is essentially abandoning the attempt to build law and order in Afghanistan.