A debate on the wisdom of global primacy.

A book review of Robert Lieber's, The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century.

America is not just the most powerful nation on earth but, arguably, the most powerful nation in history. To protect the global trade routes of democratic capitalism and its own security interests, the United States can intervene anytime, anyplace. Although America’s domain is more sea-borne and space-based than territorial, some...

At AEI's Annual Dinner, President George W. Bush gave a major policy speechand the Institute bestowed its first annual Irving Kristol Award on Visiting Scholar Allan H. Meltzer.

America is supposed to be on the decline, and China on the rise. But the truth is, American leadership is still the global norm.

A military alliance with the United States makes sense for Japan, and Japan could prove to be a more important than Europe as an ally to the United States.

Aslong as Washington and Tokyo continue to nurture complementary values, capabilities, and interests, the prospects for the relationship remain bright.

The second edition of Beverley Milton-Edwards's textbook on the Middle East, though updated, is as mediocre as the first edition.