Four AEI scholars assess the latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.

Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

The Christmas terrorist attack demonstrates the need for more effective communication and analysis within the U.S. intelligence community, and greater centralization and bureaucracy are causes behind, not solutions to its failings.

President Obama entered the White House determined to renew diplomacy with Iran. During his campaign, he said he would meet the leaders of Iran "without preconditions.”

The IAEA’s report on an Iranian nuclear bomb was predictable and inevitable.

North Korea's newly revealed nuclear facility should surprise no one, and Washington must no longer be played for a fool. The U.S. should work with China on reunifying the Korean peninsula.

Obama's Stakhanovite efforts to transform America's economy and society into something akin to European-style social democracy are undergoing considerable analysis and debate, especially as the 2012 campaign steams towards November. Most presidential re-election contests are referenda on the incumbent, and this year will be no exception.

Even though Iran no longer poses an imminent nuclear threat, the regime in Tehran is still a major problem.