AEI scholars Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt, who are among the leaders of the Defending Defense project, are available to comment on the substantial defense cuts announced today in President Obama's new budget.

The joint statement released by the Defending Defense Coalition details the devastating impact that the upcoming automatic sequestration would have on the U.S. military and the consequent need for the House of Representatives to pass the reconciliation bill in order to defend national security strategy.

In November 2011, the OCC, FRB, FDIC, and SEC issued a530 page joint proposal to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-FrankAct (the "Volcker Rule") to bar banking entities and their affiliatesfrom engaging in short-term proprietary trading. 

A bipartisan group of former adminstration officials write to Attorney General Gonzales in support of reauthorizing the Patriot Act.

Two scholars speak out on drug importation.

Recent International Monetary Fundproposals to reform the process for restructuring international sovereign debt go both too far and not far enough.

The world—not just the United States—felt the pain of the 2008 financial crisis, and governments rushed to change the way the financial industry was regulated. While from Washington, DC, the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee has been tracking the progress of financial regulation in America, shadow financial committees around the world have been following regional developments.

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey is getting an appetite for political controversy.