The European Union is planning to tax all airlines that travel to and from the 27 EU nations based on the amount of carbon emissions they produce.  The tax, to be collected beginning in 2013 for prior year emissions, will be calculated based on the length of each flight. The farther the airlines travel, the heftier the tax.

The smallest and oldest Air Force in U.S. history needs to get bigger and newer, quickly. Without an Air Force capable of responding to multiple crises around the world—and almost every major conflict in history has played out on more than one front—the Obama administration’s new strategy is a recipe for decline. 

By all accounts, General Welsh is perhaps the most respected leader in the Air Force today.

To defend US interests in the Asia-Pacific region, policymakers must ensure the nation has the necessary air power capabilities to contend with the vast distances, limited basing options, and pronounced threat to assured success.

In a new report on the troubling future of the U.S. Air Force, AEI defense scholar Mackenzie Eaglen examines how the defense cuts cripple air power as a component of our defense system and explains why serious investment in the Air Force is crucial to U.S. military strategy.

The impact of air quality improvements on individuals' well-being has been the subject of inquiry by many scholars over the past several decades.

Only overwhelming sanctions leading to Iran’s economic collapse can work, but with Russia and China shielding Iran, such crippling sanctions appear unlikely.