Ever since its founding in 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has maintained an aggressive and bellicose international security posture. Today, fully two decades after the end of the Cold War, North Korea's external defense and security policies look arguably more extreme and anomalous than ever.

China’s January 2007 anti-satellite test signaled the dawn of a new era of space competition. While this test gave the United States and the rest of the world insight into China’s rapidly advancing capabilities, many questions remain as to the scope and content of China’s military space doctrine. In the...

American policy toward Africa will soon enter a new era: the establishment of the joint military United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) creates an important instrument and signals a new direction for U.S. security strategy. On September 20, AEI will hold a conference to better understand the role and mission of...

The U.S. military's new African Command can only serve Africa as a genuinely transformationalist institution.

For years, the threat of instability in North Korea and Pakistan has haunted US foreign policy, challenging the United States to develop an effective plan for confronting and reforming these unstable regimes. And until the US changes course, North Korea and Pakistan--kindred spirits in diplomatic deception--will be happy to continue business as usual.

Well worth reading, John Lewis Gaddis' biography of George Kennan nonetheless raises the basic question of whether Kennan’s concrete contributions justify the many accolades he has received.

This essay examines the potentialities for a still-socialist DPRK economic policy, international financial assistance, and North Korean economic performance.