American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist  Roger Bate shares his expertise on counterfeit drug networks that pose a growing threat to combating diseases like malaria.

We have seen what nearly two decades of timid, supine humanitarian aid has brought the North Korean people: food insecurity without end. Isn't it time to fashion an aid program as if the North Korean people really mattered?

Denial of access by al Shabaab militants, and in some cases by other armed militias, is the single greatest obstacle to the provision of humanitarian assistance in Somalia.

As the international community and the US discovered in the early 1990s, getting humanitarian aid to needy Somalis is not an apolitical undertaking. It may not even be possible without being drawn into conflict in the Horn of Africa once again.

Though some liberals may view the supposed end of humanitarian intervention as a good thing, those in need of aid may view things differently.

The administration has been so reactive, so profligate in its use of adjectives and reticent in its use of actual power, it is really—I would use the word 'disappointing,' except it's nothing but what I expect. But it has got to be crushingly disappointing to the people of Syria.

All will agree that there are situations of human suffering that deserve attention, but most are far removed from even the most expansive definition of "national interests."

AEI's Henry Wendt Scholar Nicholas Eberstadt wins the prestigious Bradley Prize