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Washington Monthly

Birthright Citizenship and the Making of Citizens

Rejecting birthright citizenship desecrates the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight to end slavery.

BY Allen C. Guelzo ON 31 Mar 26

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Online Expression During Year One of Trump’s Second Presidential Term: Lofty Rhetoric Confronts a Dispiriting Reality

Despite President Trump's promise to “bring back free speech to America,” his administration has expressly or allegedly engaged in five practices that involve a chilling effect on online expression.

BY Clay Calvert ON 1 Apr 26

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AEIdeas

The Macroeconomic Budget and Health Care Projection Dashboard, Revisited: Can You Put the US Back on a Sustainable Path?

In a March 2025 working paper, Mark Warshawsky along with John Mantus and Gaobo Pang (WMP) updated and explained the results of their macroeconomic projection model of the US economy, health care spending, and federal budget.

BY Mark J. Warshawsky + Jordan Law ON 31 Mar 26

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American Enterprise Institute

Introducing AEI’s 2025 Annual Report

This message from AEI Chairman Daniel A. D’Aniello and AEI President Robert Doar introduces AEI’s 2025 Annual Report. Read the full report here. The American Enterprise Institute was founded in 1938 to advance the cause…

BY Robert Doar + Daniel A. D'Aniello ON 31 Mar 26

An initiative by the American Enterprise Institute aimed at reintroducing Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance.



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The Future of U.S. Alliances and Implications for Micronesia

You can real the full Pacific Center for Island Security Outlook here…

BY Zack Cooper ON 3 Apr 26

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Senate Investor Ban To Cut Supply & Hurt Low-Income Families

Institutional investors have become a focal point in public debate over housing affordability, often portrayed as a major force driving rising home prices and limiting access to homeownership. Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act imposes a complex set of limits on the ability of large institutional investors (LII) owning 350 or more properties to freely purchase and own single-family rentals.

BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter ON 2 Apr 26

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American Enterprise Institute

Contesting the Frontier: Rethinking US Energy Innovation Policy in a Semi-Settled Landscape

Federal energy innovation policy will be most effective it is relatively narrowly focused, concentrating scarce innovation resources and limited executive authority on a few big opportunities.

BY David M. Hart ON 2 Apr 26

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Online Expression During Year One of Trump’s Second Presidential Term: Lofty Rhetoric Confronts a Dispiriting Reality

Despite President Trump's promise to “bring back free speech to America,” his administration has expressly or allegedly engaged in five practices that involve a chilling effect on online expression.

BY Clay Calvert ON 1 Apr 26

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American Enterprise Institute

Mail Voting Deadlines Come to the Supreme Court

In Watson v. Republican National Committee, the Supreme Court should consider four propositions that would support requiring an Election Day deadline for mail ballots.

BY John C. Fortier ON 1 Apr 26

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American Enterprise Institute

AEI Housing Market Indicators, March 2026

February 2026’s preliminary YoY HPA was 1.1%, the lowest level of the series, down from 1.6% a month ago and 3.1% in February 2025.

BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter + Sissi Li ON 31 Mar 26

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American Enterprise Institute

The First Amendment and Human Purpose: Religious, Civic, and Progressive

The First Amendment protects what we do, the essential activities of human life. It has an important teleological character, embodying three purposes that the founders believed were essential to human happiness.

BY Jay Cost ON 31 Mar 26

Working Paper

AEI Economic Policy Working Paper Series

Intergovernmental Grants to School Districts and Educational Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic the US federal government appropriated $189.5 billion in emergency aid to school districts. These funds were supplied to help districts replace lost revenues and to mitigate the harmful effects of…

BY Stan Veuger + Jeffrey P. Clemens + Philip G. Hoxie ON 27 Mar 26

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AEI National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index: February 2026

National home price appreciation trends for February 2026.

BY Tobias Peter + Edward J. Pinto + Sissi Li ON 26 Mar 26

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Middle East Forum

The State Department Makes Energy Crunch Worse with Backwards Libya Policy

Any Libyan oil exports need not transit the Strait of Hormuz or the Bab el-Mandeb; they could go straight to Europe.

BY Michael Rubin ON 31 Mar 26

👁 FILE - In this March 5, 2011 file photo, an anti-government rebel sits with an anti-aircraft weapon in front an oil refinery in Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya. The United Nations said Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, that the two sides in Libyan military talks had reached a "historic achievement" with a permanent cease-fire agreement across the war-torn North African country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Institute for the Study of War

China & Taiwan Update, April 3, 2026

The China & Taiwan Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The update supports the ISW–AEI Coalition Defense of Taiwan project, which assesses Chinese campaigns against Taiwan, examines alternative strategies for the United States and its allies to deter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression, and—if necessary—defeat the People’s Liberation Army. The update focuses on the CCP’s paths to controlling Taiwan and cross–Taiwan Strait developments.

BY Frederick W. Kagan + Dan Blumenthal + Luke Jacobus + et al. ON 3 Apr 26

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The Hill

Whole Hog Politics: Bondi Beached 

I’m not aware of any Justice Department in any administration that wasn’t accused of political corruption and that, to at least some degree, there wasn’t some there there. The disappearing, reappearing Hunter Biden prosecution. The pardon bonanza of the…

BY Chris Stirewalt ON 3 Apr 26

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Breaking Defense

For Acquisition Reform to Succeed, the Pentagon Needs Civilian Agency Budget Flexibilities 

Defense acquisition reform has been the brightest spot amidst the Trump Administration’s disruptive efforts to change the workings of the federal government. Secretary Pete Hegseth is pursuing speed, time-based iterative innovation, and commerciality to get the warfighters what they need in…

BY William C. Greenwalt ON 3 Apr 26

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It is not radical nor uncompassionate to suggest that the severely mentally ill should be housed in specialized facilities distant from residential neighborhoods.


BY Howard Husock ON 1 Apr 26 IN The New York Sun

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Robert Doar

President, American Enterprise Institute

Michael R. Strain

Senior Fellow; Paul F. Oreffice Chair in Political Economy; Director of Economic Policy Studies

Matthew Continetti

Director of Domestic Policy Studies
Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity

Kori Schake

Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

Yuval Levin

Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs

Adam J. White

Laurence H. Silberman Chair in Constitutional Governance and Senior Fellow

Daniel A. Cox

Director, Survey Center on American Life
Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion

Samuel J. Abrams

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Beth Akers

Senior Fellow

J. Joel Alicea

Nonresident Fellow

Joseph Antos

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Leon Aron

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Kirsten Axelsen

Nonresident Fellow

John Bailey

Nonresident Senior Fellow