AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are dedicated to the principle that American global leadership is vital to a peaceful, prosperous, and free world. Our research focuses on both today’s threats and tomorrow’s challenges and spans the world’s geopolitical flash points. Topics of study include national security and defense, global terrorism, transnational threats, and economic statecraft, across regions and countries such as the Middle East, China and East Asia, India, Europe, Latin America, and Russia.
Kori Schake is the director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at AEI.
This initiative will examine alternative strategies for the United States and its allies to deter The Chinese Communist Party’s aggression and, if necessary, defeat the People’s Liberation Army.
Provided here is a countdown of legislative days when both the House and Senate will be in session before the end of the fiscal year and an opportunity to learn why AEI’s defense experts are paying close attention to it.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spun a narrative that China is destined for dominance—a narrative that many inside and outside China have accepted uncritically.
But AEI scholars’ research on China paints a different picture.
Congress has appropriated over $100 Billion in assistance since the start of Russia’s 2022 invasion. There are nine major categories through which Ukraine has received assistance from the US.
AEI’s Giselle Donnelly and Elaine McCusker provide in-depth analysis.
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