Here is the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading this week:
Isobel Coleman at CNN asks, Obama’s Address: Where’s Foreign Policy?
Benny Avni at the New York Post considers Tehran’s Booming Latin Alliance
Matt Stumpf at the Atlantic writes, North Korea Chooses Guns over Google
Karl Vick at TIME Magazine on Spy Fail: Why Iran Is Losing Its Covert War with Israel
Brett Stephens at the Wall Street Journal considers Obama’s Nuclear Fantasy
Elizabeth C. Economy at the Diplomat discusses Beijing’s North Korea Problem
Max Boot at Commentary Magazine examines how Obama’s Timetable Emboldens Taliban
Walter Russell Meade at the American Interest comments on The Afghan Brain Drain
Bill Gertz at the Washington Free Beacon warns of a Hollow Force on the Horizon
Henry Sokolski at the National Review writes, After North Korea’s Nuclear Test
And finally, in light of the recent increase in debate over drone-warfare, here is a CNN clip concisely explaining the ins and outs of drones:




