Atlantic hurricanes and their impacts were attributed to “climate change” whereas the lack of damaging US landfalls was ...

This report examines an experimental survey that enlightens our understanding of religiously unaffiliated Americans (“nones”) and their perceptions of religion’s societal role. Read the report here.

Trump recently suggested his administration will issue $2,000 “dividend checks” backed by revenue from his stepped-up tariffs. But one aspect of that plan has gone mostly overlooked—its similarity to ...

One of the central contradictions in American politics today is that, despite decades of measurable progress for low-income ...

The value of China’s overseas investment and construction combined since 2005 has passed $2.5 trillion. The investment recovery that began after the end of zero-Covid stalled in 2024 but construction ...

The NAR's FTB age figures are misleading due to sampling bias. Better data shows that the average FTB age has barely changed over the past 25 years.

For years, I thought that China’s strategy for taking Taiwan was failing. I’m not so sure anymore. China has long used coercion short of war in a bid to make Taiwan fold without a fight, while also ...

European nations must do more than just sustain the increased levels of defense spending. They must acutely deepen the EU's financial integration and mobilize EU savings to invest in new industrial ...

We assess the macroeconomic implications of the observed and expected changes to immigration policy during the second Trump administration. We project that net migration in 2025 will be between ...

The Irving Kristol Award is the highest honor conferred by the American Enterprise Institute. AEI gives the award annually to an individual who has made exceptional intellectual and practical ...

AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are dedicated to the principle that American global leadership is vital to a peaceful, prosperous, and free world. Our research focuses on both today’s ...

AEI internships are available in the fall, spring, and summer to experienced undergraduate and master’s students, as well as recent graduates. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required; however, most successful ...