Allies Warn US: Don’t Fixate On China

WASHINGTON: Old combat pilots warn young ones about “target fixation,” when you get so focused on what you want to bomb that you lose track of everything else and fly into the ground. That’s the danger facing US strategy in Asia as the heavily hyped Pacific pivot gets boiled down to “contain China,” warned a…

National Security Virtually Vanishes From GOP Conversation, Convention

UPDATED: AEI Analyst Eaglen Argues Strong Economy Best National Security Remember the Republicans, those muscular supporters of America’s military, those vigorous champions of an ascendant Western military alliance. Where are they now? Well, they’re around, but you are unlikely to hear more than a few sentences about defense during the GOP convention. The Romney campaign…