In anticipation of North Korea's imminent missile launch, AEI director of Japan Studies Michael Auslin makes the case for why the US should shoot down the missile in order to preserve peace in the region.

War is either such an evil in itself that the United States should withdraw from its dominant world position or greater causes—such as advancing human freedom—can make war necessary. Two books on justice in war implicitly probe this profound choice.

Just days after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq, a series of attacks in Baghdad have raised doubts about the security of the country, while political upheaval threatens to undermine its government. AEI’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, Danielle Pletka, shared some questions with U.S. Senator John McCain.

Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

Hafiz Gul Bahadur, the most powerful Taliban commander in North Waziristan agency and an ally of the Haqqani Network, menaced recently that he would tear up a long-standing peace deal with the Pakistani military.The threat comes after the Pakistani military caused significant collateral damage when it retaliated against a militant attack on one of its positions.

“President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus”—Okay, we get it. The Republican candidates must move beyond repeating that mantra.