American policy toward Africa will soon enter a new era: the establishment of the joint military United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) creates an important instrument and signals a new direction for U.S. security strategy. On September 20, AEI will hold a conference to better understand the role and mission of...

Conjuring fear of Nazism and anti-Semitism, Jews recoil from the thought that Judaism might be a race, but medical geneticist Harry Ostrer insists the 'biological basis of Jewishness' cannot be ignored.    In his new book, “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People,” Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist...

Moyo contends that aid has made African governments unresponsive to the real needs of their people and indifferent to the private sector.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR), which pushed Congress to give FHA yet more responsibilities, is now trying to show that the agency is not really insolvent. But the slippery "facts" they are using show how tenuous their argument is.

China is ramping up development and investment in Africa. What do African leaders think about these changes?

Edward Blum charts the degeneration of the Voting Rights Act from a law designed to remove voting barriers for African Americans to a frivolous, costly gerrymandering tool.

The U.S. plan to establish a dedicated Africa Command has sparked suspicion on the continent. Both the United States and African countries need to revise the proposal.

Jeremiah Wright does not speak for mainstream black churches--and he has done them a gross disservice by claiming to do so.