The real question hanging over all this is whether there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Chen’s release.

The European Union (EU) has announced plans to levy a tax on airline emissions for all planes landing and taking off from EU airports. This tax would be calculated not only based on mileage flown in EU airspace but also for the entire length of the flight (thus, Chinese and Japanese airlines would be taxed for an entire journey from Beijing or Tokyo).

The following is an English translation of El Nacional's interview with AEI fellow Roger Noriega, who told the Venezuelan newpaper that its government is deeply involved in the drug trade but he has "never heard of a witness who is in a better position to bear witness to the criminal activities of dozens of officials in the highest levels of that government."

Why wait until after an election to begin making meaningful changes in the way government works?

Since when do elected officials get to decide that they are “done compromising,” as the president’s chief of staff asserted?

Senior US and European Union officials on Thursday put on a public show of confidence in the future of the transatlantic partnership despite uncertainties hanging over the future of European integration following rejection of the constitutional treaty by French and Dutch voters.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.