The liberal critics of Republicans want the GOP to behave itself and go back to the good old days best described by Eugene McCarthy’s quip that the chief purpose of moderate Republicans is to shoot the wounded after the battle is over. No thanks.

Since when do elected officials get to decide that they are “done compromising,” as the president’s chief of staff asserted?

As the Russian protest movement expands and radicalizes in the lead-up to the March 4 presidential election, the key question is not whether Vladimir Putin--and Putinism--will survive.

In Safety, Liberty, and Islamist Terrorism: American and European Approaches to Domestic Counterterrorism, AEI national security policy scholar Gary J. Schmitt leads a team of security and intelligence experts in a comparison of counterterrorism strategies used by the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany.

Far from enhancing the Putin regime's legitimacy, the election will diminish it further in the eyes of a significant part of the Russian population.

America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's) eminently correct 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and risks the broader Middle East falling into chaos.

The proposed construction of a mosque near the 9/11 terrorist attack site is a test to see if we have the resolve to face down an ideology that aims to destroy religious liberty in America, and every other freedom we hold dear.

Although no country has a perfect record, a new volume from AEI Press shows that strengthening and expanding domestic security policies has not undermined the United States and Europe's shared commitment to democracy and liberty.