2012 looks to be an interesting year for the already complex political triangle among the United States, Taiwan and China, what with each country undergoing political transitions. Should we expect policy continuity from President Ma Ying-jeou and the likely new Chinese leader Xi Jinping? What about continuity in the United States?

AEI’s Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies will host Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter for a timely discussion of U.S. defense budgets, of the changing strategic landscape in the U.S. and the force that this landscape demands.

Almost everything you hear at graduations - and read on the internet, and watch on television - focuses on the idea of work, especially entrepreneurship, as a means of self-expression and (to use the term from David Brooks) self-actualization.

The turmoil in Egypt most likely will not increase oil prices, but if it does, there are still arguments to be made to why it is worth it.

City workers protesting budget cuts may have delayed the blizzard cleanup in New York City.

The Greek, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish governments already have tenuous holds on power. A deepening in their economic crises could give rise to populist governments ready to dump the euro.

The Supreme Court has previously held that individuals have a fundamental right to make personal health care choices without government interference, which may support a challenge to the constitutionality of ObamaCare.