Editing American Enterprise Institute (section)

====Area studies====
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Its Asia studies program is directed by [[Dan Blumenthal]]. The program covers "the [[rise of China]] as an economic and political power; [[Taiwan]]'s security and economic agenda; [[Japan]]'s military transformation; the threat of a [[nuclear North Korea]]; and the impact of regional alliances and rivalries on U.S. military and economic relationships in Asia".<ref name="Highlight"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=AEI Expands Asian Studies Program |url=https://www.aei.org/articles/aei-expands-asian-studies-program/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI |language=en-US}}</ref> Blumenthal and his team wrote several articles for [[ForeignPolicy.com]] and other outlets during the Obama presidency advocating for military support and funding for Taiwan.<ref name="NationTaiwan">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-foreign-donor-behind-american-enterprise-institute/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319083252/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-foreign-donor-behind-american-enterprise-institute/ | archive-date=March 19, 2020 | title=The Secret Foreign Donor Behind the American Enterprise Institute | date=June 25, 2013 | last=Clifton | first=Eli |magazine=[[The Nation]] }}</ref>

Papers in AEI's Tocqueville on China Project series "elicit the underlying civic culture of post-[[Mao Zedong|Mao]] China, enabling policymakers to better understand the internal forces and pressures that are shaping China's future".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aei.org/publication/why-tocqueville-on-china/ | title=Why Tocqueville on China? | last=Ceaser | first=James W. | date=January 25, 2010 | website=American Enterprise Institute | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206185253/http://www.aei.org/publication/why-tocqueville-on-china/ | archive-date=February 6, 2016 | access-date=October 18, 2018 }}</ref>

AEI's Europe program was previously housed under the auspices of the [[New Atlantic Initiative]], which was directed by [[Radek Sikorski]] before his return to Polish politics in 2005.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} [[Leon Aron]]'s work forms the core of the institute's program on Russia. AEI staff tend to view Russia as posing "strategic challenges for the West".<ref name="Highlight"/>

[[Mark Falcoff]], now retired, was previously AEI's resident Latinamericanist, focusing on the [[Southern Cone]], [[Panama]], and [[Cuba]]. He has warned that the road for Cuba after [[Fidel Castro]]'s rule or the lifting of the [[United States embargo against Cuba|U.S. trade embargo]] would be difficult for an island scarred by a half-century of poverty and civil turmoil.<ref>{{cite book|last=Falcoff|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Falcoff|title=Cuba the Morning After: Confronting Castro's Legacy|publisher=AEI Press|year=2003|location=Washington}}</ref> [[Roger Noriega]]'s focuses at AEI are on Venezuela, [[Brazil]], the [[Mérida Initiative]] with Mexico and [[Central America]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1584/event_detail.asp | title=Battling the Deadly Drug Cartels in Mexico: A Shared Responsibility | date=November 8, 2007 | website=American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417232934/http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1584/event_detail.asp | archive-date=April 17, 2009 | access-date=October 18, 2018 }}</ref> and hemispheric relations.

AEI has historically devoted significant attention to the [[Middle East]], especially through the work of former resident scholars Ledeen and Muravchik. Pletka's research focus also includes the Middle East, and she coordinated a conference series on empowering democratic dissidents and advocates in the Arab World.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Azarva|first1=Jeffrey|first2=Danielle|last2=Pletka|last3=Rubin|first3=Michael|title=Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats|publisher=AEI Press|year=2008|location=Washington}}</ref> In 2009, AEI launched the Critical Threats Project, led by Kagan, to "highlight the complexity of the global challenges the United States faces with a primary focus on Iran and al Qaeda's global influence".<ref name="Highlight"/> The project includes IranTracker.org,<ref name="IranTracker">{{cite web|url=http://www.irantracker.org/|title=Critical Threats|website=Critical Threats|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130055928/http://www.irantracker.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> with contributions from [[Ali Alfoneh]], [[Ahmad Majidyar]] and [[Michael Rubin (historian)|Michael Rubin]], among others.