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Money, Munitions and Momentum
2+ week, 5+ day ago (185+ words) After six months of off-and-on conflict with the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, another deadline for a deal has come and gone. As the President mulls his options, whatever step he takes next will likely involve continued activity…...
Waiting for the Trade Deficit to Go Away
1+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) Unfortunately, there is no sign that anything serious will be done to reign in the budget deficit. Indeed, there is the real risk that the need for increased defense spending in the wake of the Iran war will further increase…...
5 Questions for Anthony Mills
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (96+ words) What’s one underrated big idea? What’s a technology you think is overhyped? What could the government be doing regarding technology that it isn’t? Assuming intellectual and moral leadership in what is turning out to be among the most important debates…...
Regulating AI in an Age of Global Competition
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1763+ words) Below is a lightly edited and abridged transcript of our discussion. You can listen to this and other episodes of Explain to Shane on AEI.org and subscribe via your preferred listening platform. If you enjoyed this episode, leave us…...
What We Read to Our Children
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (672+ words) I was recently digging through a box of books sent to me by my mom. After pulling out about a dozen items, I paused and smiled because there sat my almost pristine copy of Esther Forbes’s Johnny Tremain from almost…...
AI Is Learning to Think Between the Words
1+ week, 3+ day ago (484+ words) New architectural improvements could change how frontier AI models think, with lasting consequences for the security of digital infrastructure. Last night, The Information reported that OpenAI’s forthcoming Astra model uses a technique called “recurrent depth.” The story immediately generated some…...
America needs a Space Academy that invests in people, not buildings
1+ week, 4+ day ago (84+ words) Read more at Space News. Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow What It Takes to Mobilize for War BY ON 27 Apr 26 Defense and Aerospace Report BY Todd Harrison ON 24 Apr 26 AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series The fiscal year 2027 defense…...
A California Showdown Over Platforms’ Expressive Rights, Users’ Interests, and Personalized Algorithmic Feeds | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
2+ week, 5+ day ago (119+ words) Google, Meta, and TikTok are appealing Davila’s decision to the Ninth Circuit. These are critical cases for both platforms’ and minors’ First Amendment rights that cannot be ignored. Clay Calvert, Nonresident Senior Fellow BY Clay Calvert ON 18 Aug 26 A preliminary…...
Higher Education and the Noah Moment
1+ week, 5+ day ago (352+ words) proposed solutions easy. But they do encourage innovation, proactive actions, and cross-aisle collaborations....
Moral Expertise and the Conflict at the Smithsonian
3+ week, 1+ day ago (525+ words) Over the past year, the Trump administration has pressured the Smithsonian to remove progressive ideology from museum exhibits and the various supplementary materials it puts out (e.g., its press releases, the guides it makes for educators, and so on). Many Smithsonian…...