Consensus is emerging in the US in favour of national missile defence.

Richard Perle argues that the cold war case for nuclear 'mutual vulnerability' is no longer valid in a fragmented and more volatile world.

So men and women who faced death at Fallujah or Kandahar or Desert Storm are now to face death panels at home? That’s the upshot of the administration’s plans for military health care.

Despite the horrors of combat and the prospect of continued deployments, rates of indiscipline and deep psychological trauma are low in the military, and reenlistment rates historically high. What explains this seeming paradox?

With all the criticisms flying, not enough attention gets focused on what Rumsfeld did right during the momentous half-decade after 9/11.

The fact is that there is an ongoing truce on the social issues, because for most Americans they have been overshadowed by concerns raised by the weak economy and the Obama Democrats' vast increase in the size and scope of government.

Ronald Reagan understood the dynamics of a cold war Russia, and by sticking to his morals became a popular foreign figure to them and guided them into reform.

One lesson we can learn from Hayek is that one can be against expansive governmental programs precisely because one is for social justice.