Much of China policy is also underpinned by belief in the fantastical like unicorns. But unlike unicorns, our China policy excursions into the realm of make believe could be dangerous.

Following the September 11 attacks, fighting international terrorism has become one of the United States' principal policy priorities. While external efforts to combat terror around the globe are more prominent, domestic measures represent an equally significant commitment to protect the homeland. In a recently published study, AEI's Veronique...

Policymakers should start doing the analysis needed and making trade-offs as to where we should focus our limited security resources.

Policymakers have pursued the "right" structure or the "best" pedagogy while paying insufficient attention to how to implement, refine, and sustain a particular approach in their particular district.

White House faith in Mahmoud Abbas is misplaced, and its support will backfire.

It may well be time to allocate some of the ballooning AIDS budget to measuring what is actually causing problems in Africa.

The Solyndra story includes Obama campaign donors and everybody's favorite Wall Street whipping boy, Goldman Sachs, in the middle of the whole sorry mess. Yet it would be a mistake to mark the story down as merely another excrescence of crony capitalism. It is much worse.

Money should be spent on homeland security based on risk management rather than politics.