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.

The challenge for the Obama administration is to ensure that the 2012 elections are not about Iraq either.

BarackObama proposes his plan for withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the end of 2009.

The United States should help its allies reform their military budgets and capabilities.

There are nine principles the Obama administration should follow to achieve success in Afghanistan.

In less than five years, the United States will leave Panama, turning over complete control of the canal to national authorities there, bringing to a close a transition period of more than twenty years. How well is this process going?

The United States will leave Panama, turning over complete control of the canal to national authorities there, bringing to a close a transition period of more than twenty years.

The distinction between “old” and “new” Europe that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pointedly drew last year under­mines the geo-strategic bridges built between west­ern and central-eastern Europe during the 1990s. It also underscores the uncertainty of the transatlantic bridge’s strength, which...