When it comes to national security, Pawlenty isn't Minnesota nice -- he's a Minnesota hawk. But to carry his message for a strong American leadership in the world Pawlenty first needs a strong showing in the Iowa straw poll.

A remembrance of the late Jesse Helms, the legendary and controversial chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Thomas Donnelly and Dan Blumenthal testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on issues involving the Taiwan Strait and China's military modernization.

Taiwan is trying to complete a democratic transition in the face of a daunting military threat.

Amidst tense relations with both the United States and mainland China, Taiwan picks its presidential candidates.

The idea that the Chen administration is not serious about defending Taiwan is largely a tale told by sinologists andofficials who wantan excuse for the problemof Taiwan to go away.

The Chinese grand strategy to emergeover time as the dominant power in Asiainvolves three elements: comprehensive national power, reassuring the region, and displacing the U.S.

With shows like Seinfeld and Lawand Order people just can't get enough, in part because NBC understood that their proliferation would make them more, not less, addictive.