This Outlook elucidates the key elements of Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's modernization campaign, listing the areas where it is badly needed but has not been applied, and suggests tests for its implementation.

At the event, panelists discussed India's military modernization and the implications on U.S. economy and security.

AEI Scholar Michael Mazza offers his insight on North Korea's failure to launch a missile.

President Obama’s budget cuts the U.S. military while asking those in uniform to accept more risk in their jobs and providing fewer resources to fulfill their missions. Congress should reject these proposals as going too far for too few and pass a budget resolution that adds additional resources to properly fund military readiness and modernization.

For unmet medical needs, FDA also needs to move away from its prevailing orthodoxy that approval is a binary event in the life of a drug.

The world is becoming increasingly scary at the very time that the military will be facing 20% reductions. With each passing day, the world closes in; with each passing day, our ability to manage that world degrades.

On Thursday, the Pentagon will begin detailing its plans to cut $500 billion from the military's budget over the next decade. The reason, insists President Barack Obama, is that "since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace." That's true in top-line numbers—but it's anything but true when examined strategically.