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In the months ahead, there will be a renewed intensification of the European debt crisis that could have major implications for the US economy.

US government foreign assistance health programs are currently focused on combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, which account for several million deaths each year across Africa. The United States should prioritize sustaining the hard-won gains in disease control, which requires focusing on programs with proven track records of success and addressing failures within those programs.

A potential European banking crisis would spill over to the US financial system, which has very close links to the European banking system.

Dan Sumner, Barry Goodwin and Vincent Smith, co-directors of the AEI 2012 Farm Bill Initiative, will discuss the ways that reducing farm subsidies can contribute to federal deficit reduction and debt control and improve the efficiency of American agriculture without affecting the security of the U.S. food supply chain.

AEI Iran scholar Ali Alfoneh takes an in-depth look at Suleimani's secret network of military commanders.

The Greek economic crisis is a major threat to an economic recovery in the United States and should not be underestimated.

Walter Cronkite's death reminds us of the passing of a media age he helped to define.