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AEI scholars and researchers often write for major news outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and National Review among many others.
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Institute for the Study of War
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
Op-Ed
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
Op-Ed
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
Op-Ed
The 2028 Democratic presidential primaries are still two years away, but that hasn’t stopped potential candidates from lambasting Israel, a democratic ally now fighting alongside the United States against Iran. Read more here. Daniel J….
BY Daniel J. Samet ON 3 Apr 26
Op-Ed
‘Project Hail Mary’ author Andy Weir—and others—should go even more boldly in criticizing modern ‘Star Trek.’
BY Matthew Continetti ON 3 Apr 26
Article
Our “allies” seem to be done “allying” with us. In polite society, there are things one does not say. And if one wishes to remain a member of polite society — The hors d’oeuvres, my…
BY Danielle Pletka ON 3 Apr 26
Article
Last month, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that the war in Iran had cost the U.S. Treasury $12.7 billion over the first 12 days of the war. If we project that daily cost forward to April 1, we get a total estimate of about $35 billion of more than $210 per IRS tax return or ~$260 per household.
BY Roger Pielke Jr. ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
The war in the Persian Gulf has heralded the age of missile warfare.
BY Hal Brands ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
America’s 250th anniversary provides occasion for a road trip. The author seeks to prove you can know your history and still love your country.
BY Charles Lane ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
If Sanchez can reward terrorism and unilaterally recognize a disputed territory, then the U.S. can too in Spain.
BY Michael Rubin ON 2 Apr 26
Article
I sat on this for a bit, but Oren Cass’s latest “victory” lap one year after Liberation Day convinced me to post. In case you missed it, Cass had a good, smug laugh at economists who predicted…
BY Scott Winship ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
There is a growing consensus in Washington that the United States needs to spend more on defense. A global power in today’s world requires it: Ukraine remains at war, the Indo-Pacific is tense, and now…
BY Elaine McCusker + John G. Ferrari ON 2 Apr 26
Article
This letter is published as a joint statement by select members of the Child Welfare Innovation Working Group, led by Naomi Schaefer Riley. April 2, 2026Kim DvorchakCEO, National Association of Counsel for ChildrenDenver, Colorado Dear…
BY James G. Dwyer + Maura Corrigan + Tom Rawlings + et al. ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
Don’t blame teachers; instructional churn is a rational response to a system that prizes novelty over execution.
BY Robert Pondiscio ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
Instead of waiting for Tehran to agree, Trump can declare victory and impose his will. In his address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said that if there is no deal with Iran’s…
BY Marc A. Thiessen ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
The Wall Street Journal
A year ago Thursday, President Trump raised the average effective tariff rate to 22.5%, and proclaimed April 2 “Liberation Day,” which would “forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn.” Financial markets convulsed….
BY Phil Gramm ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
The 14th Amendment’s text supports the idea that those born in our country are citizens.
BY John Yoo ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
This war’s lack of strategic clarity and consistent rhetoric owes a lot to the president’s well-known character flaws, such as his impulsivity and dishonesty.
BY Ramesh Ponnuru ON 2 Apr 26
Op-Ed
While contemporary discourse appends the modifier “rote” to memorization, we once called this practice “learning by heart.”
BY Daniel Buck ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
If you buy the claim the war is a disaster, then the people around Trump have some culpability. But not as much as the president himself.
BY Jonah Goldberg ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
The Danger Is Not Just Erosion of Freedom of Navigation, but Also Iran’s Direct Financing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Terror
BY Michael Rubin ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
The United States needs to compete where it can, regulate where it must, and move fast enough.
BY Ryan Fedasiuk ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
A Secure Libya is in everyone’s interest, and a Benghazi-first strategy can deliver it.
BY Michael Rubin ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
Kosar on Congress and Governance
Team Trump could have done this a year ago while pursuing legislative enactment in parallel. They could pursue this action after this November’s election. But here we are, and my current sense is this executive order will face legal hurdles and loads of loud criticism from Democrats and quiet pushback from some Republicans.
BY Kevin R. Kosar ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
Residents of Bensonhurst are putting their bodies on the line to stop construction of a homeless shelter for 150 single adult men, out of concern for the quality of life in their working-class, immigrant neighborhood….
BY Howard Husock ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
Ed tech is supposed to give teachers more time to mentor. It’s not clear if it does.
BY Frederick M. Hess ON 1 Apr 26
Op-Ed
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
Op-Ed
The last time the United States was preparing to invade a Middle Eastern country, there was a lot of angst around the idea that the United States was leading some kind of religious war against…
BY Chris Stirewalt ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Last July I wrote a piece asking, in the wake of Democrats’ catastrophic defeat in the 2024 election and the obvious need for serious party-wide change, “Is Our Democrats Learning?” At the time, I saw…
BY Ruy Teixeira ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Why haven't other American faith traditions taken the place of mainline Protestantism?
BY Ross Douthat ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
On the separation of powers, religious liberty, judicial review, and so many other topics, it is Justice Antonin Scalia’s originalist vision that now guides judges, lawyers, and elected officials.
BY Robert Doar ON 31 Mar 26
Article
Institute for the Study of War
The transition amid a reduced emphasis on the US nuclear umbrella could create security gaps in deterrence credibility and impede transition timelines. North Korea may also test the new command structure through provocations following the transition.
BY Frederick W. Kagan + Alexis Turek + Yeji Chung + et al. ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Libyan Oil Should Belong to Libyans, Not Benefit Turkish Businessmen, Swiss Bankers, or Extremists
BY Michael Rubin ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Sorting through the brilliance, the buzz, and the bluster.
BY Frederick M. Hess ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Trump may be bluffing, but just over a century and a half ago, there was a conflict that in some ways could mirror Trump’s strategy.
BY Michael Rubin ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The Iran conflict marks a new low in the deterioration of Congress’s check on presidential war unilateralism. But, and it is a meaningful “but,” Trump will soon have to ask Congress for appropriations to support this very expensive war. Appropriations are the point that Congress joins the president in owning the war.
BY Jack Goldsmith + Bob Bauer ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Rejecting birthright citizenship desecrates the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight to end slavery.
BY Allen C. Guelzo ON 31 Mar 26
Article
Several commenters observed that Australia has a high dependency on imported liquid fuels, even though it is also a huge exporter of fossil fuels, and so its placement at the top of this table was apt to be misleading. They were correct — Clearly, a production to consumption ratio is notable but also insufficient to assess domestic energy security.
BY Roger Pielke Jr. ON 31 Mar 26
Article
AEI’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility
One of the American Enterprise Institute’s most long-standing research areas is the study of poverty, opportunity, and social capital. In line with its mission to stand in solidarity with those at the periphery of society, AEI has…
BY Scott Winship + Karlyn Bowman ON 31 Mar 26
Op-Ed
For years American strategists have argued over the extent to which the United States can or should pivot to Asia and retrench from other theaters. That argument now feels quaint. Reality has disrupted the space of discussions….
BY John G. Ferrari ON 31 Mar 26
Article
Markets might be able to price truth. Whether anyone wants to buy it is another question.
BY Jim Harper + Jane Bambauer ON 30 Mar 26
Article
Truth bounties, retrodiction markets, and the Hindenburg model all rely on the same mechanism: markets that reward accuracy and penalize error. They are absolutely positively 100% guaranteed to work
BY Jim Harper + Jane Bambauer ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
For getting more families, density is good, single-family homes are good, right-outside-the-door play areas are good, and close-by communal play areas are good. These things all blend nicely in well-designed rowhouses or townhouses.
BY Timothy P. Carney ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
If you’d like to understand the special kind of political dysfunction that paralyzes American politics, just consider two numbers: 16 and 97. You live in a country where Congress has a 16 percent job approval rating and…
BY Chris Stirewalt ON 30 Mar 26
Article
The DATA Act offers short-term relief from policy-driven energy costs, but could weaken grid efficiency and raise long-term costs for consumers.
BY Benjamin Zycher ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Last July, I wrote a piece asking, in the wake of Democrats’ catastrophic defeat in the 2024 election and the obvious need for serious party-wide change, “Is Our Democrats Learning?” At the time, I saw…
BY Ruy Teixeira ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s line that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Of course, what was an expression of optimism for…
BY Michael Barone ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
There is now the real risk that higher interest rates and slower economic growth might cause a sharp pullback in equity market valuations
BY Desmond Lachman ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
It was Salmon Chase's misfortune to stand, like so many others in the Civil War years, in the considerable shadow of Abraham Lincoln.
BY Allen C. Guelzo ON 30 Mar 26
Article
New tax parameters on Gambling because of the OBBB
BY Kyle Pomerleau + Alex Durante ON 30 Mar 26
Op-Ed
During the 2013 murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, I got a front-row seat in the courthouse for the defense’s closing arguments. I didn’t get to the courthouse in Philadelphia terribly early. I got a prime spot in the…
BY Timothy P. Carney ON 29 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Xi Jinping may juxtapose his professionalism with Donald Trump’s antics to position himself as a trustworthy statesman, but India should have no illusions
BY Michael Rubin ON 29 Mar 26
Op-Ed
It has been a year since anyone saw Jacob Pritchett. The 11-year-old boy, who is autistic and nonverbal, was reported missing in October. But, as far as anyone can tell, he was last seen through his window…
BY Naomi Schaefer Riley ON 29 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Writing a novel after spending years writing nonfiction is no easy trick. Trust me, I know. My hard drive is littered with stories never shared. My next book, if I do finish it, will be…
BY Kevin R. Kosar ON 29 Mar 26
Op-Ed
In the early 2020s, secularization stopped: After rising for 15 years, the nonreligious share of the American population suddenly stopped growing.
BY Ross Douthat ON 28 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Iraq Needs a New Prime Minister to Guide the Country Through the Turbulence of the War with Iran
BY Michael Rubin ON 28 Mar 26
Op-Ed
There’s an old line from Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing” that says, “That ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it.” The line is meant as satire, but it lands uncomfortably close to the truth of the…
BY John G. Ferrari + Dillon Prochnicki ON 28 Mar 26
Op-Ed
This common critique of homeschooling is also a real insecurity that parents feel when they explore taking responsibility for their child’s education. But is it true?
BY Daniel Buck ON 27 Mar 26
Article
Institute for the Study of War
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 Dan Blumenthal + Alexis Turek + Alison O'Neil + et al. ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Americans and Europeans have a unique, limited opportunity to learn from the Ukrainians, instead of doing it the hard way in face of reckless Russian, Chinese, or Iranian behavior. Let us hope we take it.
BY Dalibor Rohac ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
BLUFFTON, Ind. — There are no hotels in Bluffton, population 10,308. So ahead of my visit, I wrote to Kathy Gardner, proprietress of the Washington Street Inn bed & breakfast, requesting a room for two nights. “I’m…
BY Timothy P. Carney ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
For some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.
BY Thomas Chatterton Williams ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Although recent military strikes have severely degraded Iran's capabilities, the US might prematurely halt its campaign before the regime is completely defeated. Fully committing to offensive warfare, despite the economic and political risks, is essential to permanently dismantling the Islamic Republic and securing the region.
BY Matthew Continetti ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
A generation of Turkish military leaders might have interceded to protect Turkey’s institutions.
BY Michael Rubin ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Ending the ban on ordinary Iranians would show that Washington recognizes Iranians are America’s allies.
BY Michael Rubin + Stan Veuger ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
If Iran or Its Proxies Attack a U.S. Embassy, the United States Should Destroy the Iranian Embassy in That Country
BY Michael Rubin ON 27 Mar 26
Article
Regime change? Offramp? Disagreements with Israel? Jack Keane has the scoop. Normally, I try to share my analysis as an introduction to our podcasts. In this case, the details are worth a deep dive. There…
BY Danielle Pletka ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
As the new assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon has aggressively reshaped the Justice Department by dismantling progressive initiatives and bringing in private-sector lawyers to pivot the division's focus toward conservative priorities.
BY Tunku Varadarajan ON 27 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Three weeks that could change the Middle East forever. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men…
BY Marc A. Thiessen ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Dubai Has Weathered Many Trials, Despite the Panic and Misperception That Colors Western Attitudes
BY Michael Rubin ON 26 Mar 26
Article
The ability to treat the underlying causes of rare genetic diseases is a new scientific achievement after many years when gene therapy had remained more aspirational than therapeutic arsenal. In 2017, the US Food and…
BY Scott Gottlieb + Maarika Kimbrell ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Another major Jewish institution has collapsed – and the implications reach far beyond San Francisco. The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has closed and is selling its building. What was once a bold, architecturally striking institution…
BY Samuel J. Abrams ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Oil is again above $100 per barrel, and gas prices at the pump are at $1 more than they were just a month ago, before the war began. Iran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are…
BY Michael Rubin ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The Iran war is the latest instance in a broader trend of actors great and small leveraging control of critical nodes of complex networks. In the process, they have endangered globalization.
BY Hal Brands ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The benefits of higher productivity growth from the AI revolution clearly outweigh the costs given our ability to absorb and address the consequent disruption.
BY Michael R. Strain ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The classroom is where we learn how to behave in other shared spaces. What happens when it collapses?
BY Robert Pondiscio ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Ukraine has much to teach the United States about drone defense.
BY Dalibor Rohac ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
We’ve elevated “HQIM” and curriculum in theory. In practice, it still doesn’t command authority in classrooms.
BY Robert Pondiscio ON 26 Mar 26
Article
Opportunities to spend other people’s money are a joy, and a fortiori when the goals being pursued are political and thus guaranteed to elicit applause from the right-minded at all the right cocktail parties. This is a…
BY Benjamin Zycher ON 26 Mar 26
Op-Ed
A defeat for the mullahs would yield benefits that would ripple across the globe.
BY Sadanand Dhume ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Here’s another idea for how to support parents, from a new policy hub published by the Center for Opportunity and Social Mobility housed at the American Enterprise Institute, where I am a senior fellow: Matt Weidinger and Katharine Stevens propose allowing parents to move forward some of their child tax credit into those first years. Personally, I would also increase the CTC amount to match its value when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed in 2017. I also think it’s wrong that it ends when your kid is 16. The CTC should extend until the child is 18. I’d offset the cost of this by folding in the entire child portion of the child and dependent care tax credit.
BY Timothy P. Carney ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
I look across my classroom and see a room full of college students — young faces, some confident, many uncertain, all still figuring out who they are and what kind of lives they want to…
BY Samuel J. Abrams ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Breaking Defense
Defense acquisition has long been described as a three-legged stool: requirements, budgeting, and acquisition management. In practice, the stool has always been missing a leg. The Pentagon treats industrial production capacity as an afterthought rather than a design constraint. Requirements…
BY John G. Ferrari + Dillon Prochnicki ON 25 Mar 26
Article
Wind turbines and solar panels come from supply chains that are fossil fuel intensive and technological options to replace those fossil fuels in their production do not yet exist, and may never exist. This post unpacks the details.
BY Roger Pielke Jr. ON 25 Mar 26
Article
Institute for the Study of War
The transition amid a reduced emphasis on the US nuclear umbrella could create security gaps in deterrence credibility and impede transition timelines. North Korea may also test the new command structure through provocations following the transition.
BY Dan Blumenthal + Alexis Turek + Amy Sinnenberg + et al. ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
It’s like Iran is a beaten weakling holding a vial of nitroglycerin in the engine room of the global economy. You can take him out, but only at great peril.
BY Jonah Goldberg ON 25 Mar 26
Article
No president, regardless of party, should ever face the prospect of curtailing combat operations because the United States is running out of bullets.
BY John G. Ferrari + Dillon Prochnicki ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
A Virginia jury in 2019 smacked Cox Communications, the cable giant, with a $1 billion penalty for allowing its customers to use its networks to pirate music. The plaintiffs, Sony and other major record labels, said Cox should…
BY Timothy P. Carney ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
A recent smuggling case against a major AI company highlights the limitations of existing US export controls—and the ways they could be improved.
BY Ryan Fedasiuk ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
“Foster children are the state’s children,” Diana Boyer told the Times of San Diego. “We all collectively need to be doing more to support them and ensure that they have homes and families to go to.” Boyer,…
BY Naomi Schaefer Riley ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
It was all there. Medicaid, the program Congress had created in 1965 to serve as the nation’s health care safety net for the poor, was being transformed into an open tap on the federal Treasury for the unscrupulous to exploit. The year?
BY James C. Capretta ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
From the White House to Capitol Hill, leaders in both parties are more interested in performative struggles for position than in addressing the cost of living.
BY Matthew Continetti ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
With the United Nations Endorsing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Sahara, There Is No Reason the Sahrawi Cannot Go Home
BY Michael Rubin ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Ending the war short of regime change may mean a slaughter in Iran unseen since the Mongols.
BY Michael Rubin ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The conventional wisdom that Trump has brought IGs under his thumb is largely, but not entirely, correct. And to the extent it is correct, Congress bears much of the responsibility.
BY Jack Goldsmith ON 25 Mar 26
Article
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is being billed as the most ambitious federal housing package in decades. Its breadth is undeniable. Spanning hundreds of pages and over 40 provisions, it attempts to tackle everything from zoning reform to rental assistance. Yet ambition should not be confused with effectiveness. A closer look suggests the bill risks deepening the very problems it claims to solve, while steering housing policy further away from market-based solutions and toward federal overreach.
BY Tobias Peter ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Center for Strategic and International Studies
This paper explores the trade-offs the Navy will face in allocating resources among six competing investment paths: ships, munitions, force generation/sustainment, hedge forces, deterrence, and shipyard modernization.
BY Mackenzie Eaglen + Benjamin Jensen + Henry H. Carroll ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
As America turns 250, Richard Kahlenberg discusses how schools can cultivate a common identity.
BY Frederick M. Hess ON 25 Mar 26
Op-Ed
As the world waits to find out if Texas state Rep. James Talarico is the next Jon Ossoff or just another Beto O’Rourke, Democrats’ quest for relatable white dudes continues. Of course, whether Talarico can make a…
BY Chris Stirewalt ON 24 Mar 26
Op-Ed
The U.S. has put the Iranian regime in a position in which apocalyptic moves are rational.
BY Ross Douthat ON 24 Mar 26