Today, America is asking its military to do more than ever before. In the past 24 months alone, U.S. military forces have conducted their 10th year of combat operations in Afghanistan, wound down operations in Iraq, started a new no-fly zone in Libya, dramatically escalated counterterrorism operations in Yemen, maintained…
A joint project of American Enterprise Institute, Foreign Policy Initiative, and The Heritage Foundation Background The Obama administration has requested that Congress provide $553 billion for the Defense Department’s base budget in FY 2012—$13 billion less than…
Overview The U.S. government’s primary job is to provide for the common defense. The most important element to protecting vital national interests is the U.S. military, which reinforces America’s diplomatic initiatives, acts to deter threats, and, when necessary, fights and…
Ma Ying-jeou, inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on May 20, 2008, has pledged to strengthen Taiwan's economic and political relationships with China. At the same time, he has good reason to preserve Taiwan's separate identity, and the U.S. has good reason to support him. Taiwan is one of…
John Tkacik explains how the Chinese government is investing in high technology on CNN. …
A few Members of Congress, motivated by American combat in the Middle East, have called for the reinstatement of a compulsory military draft. The case for coercing young citizens to join the military is supposedly based on social justice?that all should serve?and…
This month, several individuals detained as "enemy combatants" will make their appeals for freedom to the highest court in the land. Perhaps now, more than any other time in recent memory, the eyes of the world are intensely focused…
Rebuilding Iraq during the raging insurgency was no easy task. It required ingenuity, courage and innovative ways to...…
Not even a year after South Sudan’s independence from Sudan, the world’s newest country is already on the brink of war...…
Invisible Children brought worldwide attention to Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army with a wildly popular...…
The future is not bright for the U.S. military. Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave America a glimpse of the...…
President Obama visited the Pentagon on Thursday to outline his plan for gutting our nation's military. Obama's vision...…
A speech by Chinese leader Hu Jintao, who is head of the powerful Central Military Commission that oversees the Chinese...…
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Yesterday, the State Department released an official reaction to media reports on upcoming joint naval exercises between...…
The Heritage Foundation would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the United States Army. Two hundred and thirty-six years...…
The Obama Administration has pursued an incentive plan for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to try and secure his...…
Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies