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AEI's work on foreign and defense policy seeks to understand how American interests and political and economic freedom can be protected and advanced around the world. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on foreign and defense policy studies.

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Dan Blumenthal

"Obama's Asia team must be finding that during wartime, presidential attention is the scarcest of commodities. Obama has no choice but to focus on "the wars we are in," often at the expense of the Obama team's hopes for a grand "re-engagement" with Asia."

--Dan Blumenthal, article on ForeignPolicy.com, November 3, 2009

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Recent Publications

McChrystal Lite

By Thomas Donnelly , Tim Sullivan
The Weekly Standard
Monday, November 9, 2009

A clever commander like McChrystal and the capable troops he leads will no doubt figure out how to make the most of what they have got. But a half-surge would seem to cut their prospects of winning by more than half.

The Two-Front War

By Frederick W. Kagan
The Weekly Standard
Monday, November 9, 2009

Pakistan has shown surprising determination and competence in its struggle against one part of the Islamist network. The United States must show similar determination and competence in our struggle against the other.

Forgetting the Fall

By Michael Rubin
National Review Online
Friday, November 6, 2009

President Obama's decision not to celebrate one of the seminal events of the twentieth century--the fall of the Berlin Wall--is replete with symbolism.

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Books

The Aid Trap Hard Truths About Ending Poverty

By R. Glenn Hubbard , William Duggan
Columbia Business School Publishing
(September 2009)

Hubbard and Duggan make the case that current foreign aid and Third World projects--particularly in Africa--aren't working and that the developed world must rethink how it allots aid money.

The Rise of China Essays on the Future Competition

Edited By Gary J. Schmitt
Encounter Books
(May 2009)

With its expanding economy and increasing military strength, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States in Asia and, in time, globally.

Ground Truth The Future of U.S. Land Power

By Thomas Donnelly , Frederick W. Kagan
AEI Press
(May 2008)

If the United States is to maintain its status asthe sole superpower, Donnelly and Kagan argue, American land power must be restructured to confront unprecedented challenges.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Victory of the Cross

Monday, November 9, 2009
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Former Speaker of the House and AEI scholar Newt Gingrich will discuss how, in addition to the political, economic, and military factors that...

The APEC Summit: A Future for Transpacific Regionalism?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

This AEI conference will address the importance and impact of the APEC summit, as well as long-term U.S. policy and interests in the Asia-Pacific...

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PAST EVENTS

Afghanistan Strategy: The Way Forward

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

The United States faces a critical decision point in its next steps in Afghanistan. This event will address the implications of such policy choices and the prospects for success in the struggle against extremist forces.

The Surge: A Military History

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

At this AEI event, Kimberly Kagan will discuss her new book, which provides readers with a thorough understanding of how the operations, widely known as "the surge," dramatically brought Iraq away from the tragedy of civil war.

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