The Office of Foreign Assets Control in the United States has taken explicit steps in the direction of sanctions and freezing assets of shipping companies that give in to pirate demands but the Contact Group must encourage other countries to do the same.

China represents a challenge to America's dominance of the seas.

AEI resident scholar Mackenzie Eaglen was testifying Wednesday to the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, in which she explained that the 2013 long-term shipbuilding plan "does not accurately portray the forces or funding necessary to execute the administration’s strategy."

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."

In a unique collaboration, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation are pleased to invite you to the next event in the "Election 2012: The National Security Agenda" series in this presidential campaign season.

AEI defense expert Mackenzie Eaglen testifies before the oversight subcomittee of the House Armed Services Committee about how the US Navy's shipbuilding plan will critically downsize the size of the Navy at the same time that the demands on it are growing.

Ongoing construction of a Russian dam aims to change the border with Ukraine.

Is an escalating Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indian Ocean inevitable? What role will other regional actors play? Two panels of distinguished speakers will address these and other questions.