In the most recent Education Outlook, AEI scholar Rick Hess and Taryn Hochleitner explain how the inflation of college rankings contributes to a false sense of exclusivity and rising tuitions.

In Ecuador, operating under the radar, Rafael Correa is imposing his own autocratic vision for his country's path to salvation.

Bipartisan oversight in the new Congress should develop a sensible policy toward Latin America that addresses Mexico's antidrug campaign, Hugo Chávez's hostile regime, free trade with Colombia, and relations with Brazil and Cuba.

Now comes the winter of his discontent for Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. After a solid string of victories at the ballot box, including a constitutional change that makes it possible for him to extend his presidency to 2013, he now faces a darkening public mood, declining oil prices, dwindling...

Immigration reminds us of the growing importance of Latin America and the degree to which its problems have a way of landing on our doorstep.

AEI's Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies explains in a new post why these negotiations are destined to fail and a new report by AEI Iran expert Ali Alfoneh on Iranian Brigadier General Gholamreza Baghbani, the current chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC QF) office in Zahedan, and a narcotics trafficker.

In the latest Latin American Outlook, Roger Noriega warns that after years of passivity, U.S. policy in Latin America has become dysfunctional.

A new Latin American Outlook is the first in a new series documenting Hugo Chávez's growing alliances with hostile regimes that challenge U.S. security and economic interests.