American Enterprise Institute

In the course of a puffy Politico profile of Nate Fick, the CEO of the  Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank with close ties to the White House, comes the snipe from the American Enterprise Institute:
“Think tanks develop into a more mature institution when they are willing to say unpleasant things [...]

It’s been one year since then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey proposed that Congress pass legislation declaring a new, expanded war with al-Qaeda and the Taliban — thereby granting the president the authority to detain indefinitely members of those groups anywhere in the world.

William Kristol (whose magazine is housed in the AEI offices) has it. I’m curious to see how this line plays in the hall:
I am certain that no one wishes the current administration more success in defending the country than we do.
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The Republican Party is hurting for foreign policy and national security standard-bearers. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the GOP’s flagging Senate recruitment effort, is hurting for a measure of relevance. Cornyn’s scheduled speech to the American Enterprise Institute next Thursday, entitled “No Time To Cash In A Peace Dividend,” is kismet unseen since Frank [...]

The economic downturn has meant cutting back one prestige product and trimming some minor costs and low-level staff. Several long-time scholars have left for more complicated reasons.

One of the things I most anticipate about the next four years is how the cohort that so massively proved that they can’t be trusted to run or assess U.S. foreign policy is going to lecture the Obama administration on doing so. I used to think they should just be ignored, but I simply lack [...]