The Air Force’s next-generation Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program is racked by cost overruns and calls to eliminate its funding. And yet Sentinel’s troubled development ...

The artificial intelligence revolution is seemingly everywhere except in the economic statistics. That’s the conclusion from JPMorgan strategists, who have scoured the macro data for green ...

Technology and Innovation Recent Commentary AEI’s technology policy scholars offer research and commentary across a range of topics related to internet regulation, telecommunications ...

The war with Israel has prompted generational turnover in Iranian military leadership. Israel killed dozens of senior Iranian military officers during the recent 12-day conflict, eliminating many of ...

This article explores the political composition and climate of college campuses, questioning whether they lean too liberal.

Over the past decade, many electronics firms have talked about diversifying their supply chains. An analysis of Apple—America’s biggest consumer electronics firm—illustrates that most of ...

How risky are mortgages right now? The National Mortgage Default Rate (NMDR) provides accurate and timely tracking of risk in the mortgage market. The NMDR is a stress test, similar to a hurricane ...

Generative AI may live up to the hype. Such is the hopeful verdict from a new Federal Reserve paper evaluating whether AI models are economic fads or foundational breakthroughs. The authors ask ...

Higher tariffs would adversely affect agricultural imports, which would harm US consumers, but the trade actions could also provoke counter-retaliatory actions by affected exporters. Indeed, Canada, ...

While AI holds tremendous promise for revolutionizing government efficiency, realizing these benefits demands careful implementation that prioritizes accuracy, transparency, and constitutional ...

James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor famously said that when it came to elections it was the economy, stupid. This year’s presidential election is likely to prove no exception. Six ...

Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here).