Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

We are not in a cold war with China. That is too simple a metaphor to describe the state of Sino-American relations.

The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of “peace” in modern times.

Press release/summary for Yoo's The Powers of War and Peace. In The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 (University of Chicago Press, October 2005), AEI visiting scholar John Yoo--a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel--answers critics who question whether the present administration has discarded the constitutional framework for making foreign affairs decisions, and makes the case for a completely new approach to understanding what the Constitution says about foreign affairs, particularly the powers of war and peace.

In his new book, The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11, AEI visiting scholar John Yoo, formerly a lawyer in the Department of Justice, makes the case for a completely new approach to understanding what the Constitution says about foreign affairs, particularly...

Accessibly blending historical arguments with current policy debates, The Powers of War and Peace contains a controversial analysis of the foreign affairs power supplemented with arguments based on constitutional text, structure, and history.

When he was director of central intelligence, Leon Panetta earned a reputation as an energetic advocate for his agency. When he replaced Robert Gates at the Pentagon, it was reasonable to hope that Panetta would continue to play the role of a senior statesman.

The British surrender of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 should be instructive to U.S. policymakers eyeing China’s rise. War isn’t inevitable, but history is full of surprises.