The Republican nomination might not come down to Newt Gingrich versus Mitt Romney, but it would be quite a matchup. Who would govern more conservatively?

Do federal agencies carry larger staffs than similar private entities? Is the U.S. government workforce large relative to that of our economic competitors? These questions are more difficult than assessing the pay of individual workers and far less research has been done in these areas.

A report considering how enemy groups and other stakeholders in Afghanistan and Pakistan would respond to several U.S. policy scenarios.

These three studies are: 1. Sizing Total Exposure to Subprime and Alt-A Loans in the U.S. First Mortgage Market as of 6.30.2008, 2. Sizing Total Federal Government and Federal Agency Contributions to Subprime and Alt-A Loans in the U.S. First Mortgage Market as of 6.30.2008, and 3. High LTV, Subprime and Alt-A Originations Over the Period 1992–2007 and Fannie, Freddie, FHA, and VA‘s Role.

AEI Resident Scholar Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan of the Institute of War have produced a follow-up to their first study on Afghan force requirements.

President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's new defense strategy is a “declinist” strategy for an administration all too willing to accept the waning of American hard power and influence in the world.

The decision to invest in such an airplane no doubt began well before Hu Jintao's rule and is a reflection of the ambitions that China's leaders-indeed, probably a majority of Chinese people-share.

This collection of essays, contributed by some of the nation's top scholars and thinkers, takes on the weighty task of sizing up America.