How does Japan begin to rebuild? What are the long-term strategic implications of the disaster for the US-Japan alliance? At this AEI event, an expert panel will address these and other questions.

As memory of past tragedies fade, many Australians question their participation in the war on terror. Whereas three years ago, the Australian mission in Afghanistan was relatively popular, polls now show almost two-thirds of Australians want their troops withdrawn from Afghanistan.

American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our national aspirations and achievements. Crucial to the national memory are the words our forebears wrote, to show us who we are and what we might yet become.

My secretary raced into my office to say that the Pentagon was on fire. I went to a window and saw a great cloud of smoke and fire rising just across the Potomac River from the iconic building's western side. We were under attack. We had no clue what was coming next.

The American flag is unusual, both in looks and significance. But as symbol of the nation, it has a meaning and a function beyond what individual citizens make of it.

The absence of clear U.S. leadership on Libya has produced the current impasse, both diplomatically and militarily. Although NATO should ultimately prevail, it is wrenching that our president has caused so many of the problems we now confront.

We have seen what nearly two decades of timid, supine humanitarian aid has brought the North Korean people: food insecurity without end. Isn't it time to fashion an aid program as if the North Korean people really mattered?

What responsibility does an institution have to the wider community when it has identified a deeply disturbed individual?