With Iran's hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel's decision of whether to use military force against Tehran's nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever.
In June 2009, 82 percent of those surveyed told Gallup they are proud of being American. AEI's Public Opinion Study on patriotism and military service brings together polls that show Americans love their country and are not reluctant to say so.
In the past eight years, media censorship in Russia has increased, Parliament has become a rubber stamp for the Kremlin, and the courts have become corrupt and pliant. At the first U.S.-Russian summit, Barack Obama will see a nation in crisis.
A terrorist attack on Washington, D.C., could threaten our democratic institutions and freedoms. A report from the AEI-Brookings Continuity of Government Commission provides recommendations for improving the presidential succession plan.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali describes the vast house of women, with an east wing where women are banished from public rooms and covered from head to toe, where Neda Soltan becomes a victim of a brutal regime offering daily lessons in its true nature.
Walter Berns's 2001 book Making Patriots discussed Americans' instant solidarity with the students in Tiananmen Square. Americans have similar feelings for Iranian students who share our values and aspirations and face a brutal regime.
