On Tuesday, May 15, join the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation to discuss an issue sure to face the next president: U.S. defense spending in light of American grand strategy.

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.

This event is the first in a series of four campaign-season seminars on the critical issues of U.S. foreign and defense policy.

The Cold War is an increasingly distant memory in American military minds, except in the minds of the arms control community, and in particular those who seek the elimination of nuclear weapons. Alas, our president is a member in good standing of this community—indeed, an organizer.So, too, it...

AEI foreign policy and defense experts react to the AEI/CNN/Heritage GOP debate:

The Romney 4 percent Pentagon budget is no “spike”; it’s more like a return to normal, even very constrained military spending given the global mission of America’s armed forces.

America is nearing a decisive moment.  Unless Congress acts to change current law, automatic sequestration cuts will slash future spending on national defense across-the-board by over $500 billion beginning early next year.