By decade’s end, the United States will be spending more to service its debt annually than on national defense.

The news that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula nearly blew up a US aircraft last week is a reminder of its continuing strength.

The world is a far better place when we embrace the transnational flow of people and ideas, limit the urge to engage in academic protectionism, and expand the reach of the global meritocracy.

Ambassador Bolton's review of John Fonte's book "Sovereignty vs. Submissions:  Will Americans Rule Themselves of be Ruled by Others?"

AEI has covered the Iraq conflict from start to finish, as well as the longer war in Afghanistan in the face of a looming 2014 deadline for Afghan security forces to take over.

The counterfeiting of medicines is so prevalent yet totally unaddressed and therefore legal in international criminal law. A counterfeit medicine treaty should be drafted under the auspices of the World Health Organization.

Roger Scruton, Britain's foremost conservative philosopher, offers a traditionalist manifesto to discomfit both the left and American free-marketeers.

The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing continuous change as China, India, and Japan emerge as great powers with a wide array of political, economic, and military interests. How will these emerging powers compete with each other--and the United States--for primacy in Asia? Will economic growth sustain the rise of these economic...