Domestic Deployment of the Military: The Past, Present, and Potential Future

Trump 2.0: A Survival Guide for Democrats

The Consequences of China’s New Rare Earths Export Restrictions

Denial Without Disaster—Keeping a U.S.-China Conflict over Taiwan Under the Nuclear Threshold

President Trump’s Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It’s Also Based on an Error.

How federal layoffs set the stage for greater privatization and automation of the US government

Seniors Are Getting Crushed by Washington’s Recklessness

The dollar and global markets after the US election

A Troubled World Economy

Cut the government with a scalpel, not an axe

How Trump Sees Allies and Partners

Gender Wars Are an Early Warning Sign for Authoritarianism

Can the world trading system survive Donald Trump?

How to Succeed in Deterring an Invasion of Taiwan Without Really Trying (Hard)

Syria’s challenges are even greater than those Libya faced in 2011

LA fires show the growing security threat of climate change

Journalism needs better representation to counter AI

What Do U.S. Allies Really Contribute to the Costs of Global Security?

AEI would print money for the Pentagon if it could

Trump's threatened tariffs projected to damage economies of US, Canada, Mexico, and China

The Art of a Good Deal: Ukraine’s Strategic Economic Opportunity for the United States

Advancing U.S.-China Coordination amid Strategic Competition: An Emerging Playbook

8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands

2025 Budget Stakes: Millions Could Lose Health Coverage or See Costs Rise

Tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hurt Trump’s quest for US energy dominance

Forecasting China’s strategy in the Middle East over the next four years

Invading Mexico Will Not Solve the Cartel Problem

Manufacturing employment has grown slowly since returning to pre-pandemic levels

No trade tax is free: Trump’s promised tariffs will hit large flows of electronics, machinery, autos, and chemicals

Seeding Security: Why Agrobiodiversity Loss Threatens National Security

Trump’s Foreign Policy: What To Expect From MAGA 2.0

The Birthright Citizenship Clause Too Many Forget, but Trump Is Right To Question

AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth

“Government Efficiency,” You Say? AEI Scholars Have Ideas

Trump gained some minority voters, but the GOP is hardly a multiracial coalition

How AI Might Affect Decisionmaking in a National Security Crisis

In Tied Presidential Race, Harris and Trump Have Contrasting Strengths, Weaknesses

Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy

The presidential debate accomplished more for Harris than it did for Trump

Bring Back Trump’s China Policy

Trump, Harris, and All the Wrong Ways to Do Tax Reform

Breaking Down the Biden Administration’s National Rent Stabilization Proposal

Is Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in the presidential race?

Trump misses a golden opportunity in his acceptance speech

Why is Kamala Harris wrapping up the Democratic nomination so quickly?

Kamala Harris’s chances in November could hinge on a women’s voting surge

Trump has big plans for climate and energy policy, but can he implement them?

Can Maduro Pull off the Mother of All Electoral Frauds?

Why Is It So Hard for China to Boost Domestic Demand?

Why does building and maintaining highways in the US cost so much?

A Cosmopolitan Case against World Government

Project 2025 Compels Local Prosecutors To Enforce Extreme Right-Wing Laws

Trump chose Vance to reinforce his message

Putting Public Colleges on a Path to Privatization

Are convention delegates bound to their presidential candidate?

Shaping NATO’s Future: 5 Key Priorities for Washington to Build on After the 75th NATO Summit

North Carolina’s emergence as a swing state could help Biden win in November

With AI, we need both competition and safety

Trump v. US: With Great Power Comes Great Immunity

Russia Is a Strategic Spoiler in the Indo-Pacific

Why an Open Border Means More Expensive Housing

Biden’s debate performance threatens his ability to win

Assessing Israel’s Strike on Iran

Tracing the rise of Russian state media on TikTok

How voters feel about the economy: 4 takeaways from the latest polls

The hard truth about Biden’s coming retaliation for the killing of US troops

Biden at the Three-Year Mark: The Most Active Immigration Presidency Yet Is Mired in Border Crisis Narrative

What is Russia’s role in the Israel-Gaza crisis?

How President Biden is appeasing bad actors

How the prospect of a second Trump presidency is already shaping geopolitics

What to watch in Ukraine in 2024

Trump wins Iowa — no surprises there. What happens next?

Ukraine’s Desperate Hour: The World Needs a Russian Defeat

AI can strengthen U.S. democracy—and weaken it

Students Are Not the Biggest Problem When It Comes to Speech

Helping Ukraine Is Forcing the United States to Produce More Weapons

Will Support for Israel Cost Biden Michigan?

The Need for Supreme Court Term Limits

Should the US pursue a new Cold War with China?

Israel-Hamas Conflict: 5 Actions Washington Should Prioritize Now

Colleges’ Inexcusable Cowardice on Hamas

Should America have trillionaires?

What China’s Ban on Rare Earths Processing Technology Exports Means

The Painful Lesson: Defense Is Not Enough

Someone Has to Lead

Don’t Hold Up Israel Aid to Further Ukraine War Funding

Is US security dependent on limiting China’s economic growth?

5 major risks confronting the global economy in 2024

Rethinking Technology Transfer Policy toward China

Democracy v. the Constitution in the Trump Case

Biden Has Massively Overdrawn America’s Account with Blank Checks to Ukraine

Common Good Diplomacy: A Framework for Stable U.S.–China Relations

The implications of the AI boom for nonstate armed actors

Extremist Israeli settlers are nonstate armed actors

Emergency Arms Sale to Israel Undermines Accountability

Claudine Gay Is Just the Start

Cold War Lessons for Estimating the Chinese Defense Budget

Reducing US oil demand, not production, is the way forward for the climate

Pay Attention to the Arab Public Response to the Israel-Hamas War

Gaza’s Human Crisis Demands a Rethink