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Are Hurricanes Getting Worse?

That “climate change” — undefined and usually unquantified — is making weather patterns more adverse is a given among the chattering classes, but it always is useful to examine the actual underlying data.

America at 250

July 4, 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, yet the nation’s founding is controversial now in ways it has not been in decades. By exploring the foundation of the American project, this initiative aims to point the way toward the renewal of American principles and institutions.

New China Playbook

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spun a narrative that China is destined for dominance—a narrative that many inside and outside China have accepted uncritically. But AEI scholars’ research on China paints a different picture.

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Project 2025’s Education Lead on the Controversial Policy Agenda

The Harris-Biden administration has no credible, positive record to run on. So, it’s no surprise that they would mischaracterize Project 2025 to deflect from the poor job that the administration has done with inflation and the economy, securing our border, and out-of-control crime.

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Is It Time for a Fresh Look at Online Education?

AEI’s Robert Pondiscio will be joined by Arkansas Virtual Academy Executive Director Amy Johnson, Ian Kingsbury of the Educational Freedom Institute, and Ben Scafidi of Kennesaw State University for a conversation on reevaluating virtual schooling.

October 17, 2024 Register

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President, American Enterprise Institute

Robert Doar

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

Yuval Levin

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Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy
Director of Economic Policy Studies

Michael R. Strain

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Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

Kori Schake

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

Matthew Continetti

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Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow

Yvonne Chiu

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Studies

Clay Calvert

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Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Practice of Public Policy

Rob Portman

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Senior Fellow
Deputy Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility

Kevin Corinth

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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology, Science, and Energy

M. Anthony Mills

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Senior Fellow
Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility

Scott Winship

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

Daniel A. Cox

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