For several weeks now it’s been clear that Putin won’t attend this month’s NATO summit in Chicago. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently spoke with Russia’s new/old president and explained that it’s “not possible and not practical” for Putin to participate because of his “busy domestic calendar.”

The federal government can and should play a limited but important role in helping the nation address the challenge of  improving the productivity of education spending.

Join Ambassador John Bolton for a discussion about the various scenarios for military conflict with Iran, moderated by AEI’s Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Danielle Pletka.

Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are at a more than 20-year high after Iranian authorities threatened to close the 34-mile-wide channel through which more than one-third of the world's oil tanker traffic passes.

The Mountain West —Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah —has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported in the media,...

The Libyan oil curse is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent European and American victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism and for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Africans in civil wars.

Both President Hu Jintao and the PLA undoubtedly understand that China is dealing with the most left-wing, least national-security-oriented, least assertive American president in decades. China will be heavily influenced by its perception of US policies and capabilities.

For all the talk about independents and tea parties, the defining characteristic of this election is the revolt of the white working class, which may determine the outcome of the Senate election in West Virginia.