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The Dilemmas of Deterrence

March 16, 2024

Chinese technological advances have forced the US to significantly shift its Indo-Pacific strategy from power projection to area denial. In a new paper, Hal Brands and Zack Cooper analyze this change and weigh the resulting trade-offs the US and its allies will have to confront in the years to come.

 

 

Robert Hur’s testimony before Congress is just the latest episode of political theater surrounding the Justice Department’s nominally apolitical special counsels. Jack Landman Goldsmith argues that after decades of failure, it’s time for the Justice Department to stop using these de facto unsupervised prosecutors in high-profile cases.

 

Mansour Abbas, a member of the Israeli Knesset and leader of the United Arab List, confounds the expectations and stereotypes of the Israel-Arab divide. Tunku Varadarajan profiles this proud Israeli yet Islamist politician in the Wall Street Journal.

 

In 2022, the food insecurity rate for American households rose to 12.8 percent (and 17.3 percent of those with children), the highest rates since 2014. In a new Perspectives on Opportunity report, Angela Rachidi and Craig Gundersen explain this troubling trend.

 

Take time to listen to the latest two episodes of One on One with Robert Doar. This week, Robert Doar interviewed Kori Schake on America’s role in the world and Michael R. Strain on the latest inflation numbers and the broader state of the economy.

Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be

Birth rates have been falling for 15 years and hit record lows even before the pandemic. Both parents and kids report unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression. What are the causes of this baby bust and anxiety boom, and what are the solutions? In a new book, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be, Timothy P. Carney explores the economic and social factors that have made parenting and family formation much more difficult in contemporary America. Carney argues that, far more than just a problem of affordability, the issue is a broader culture that sets unreasonable standards for parents, diminishes the value of families, and is pessimistic about humanity’s future. Drawing on research and reporting, the book makes the case for abandoning helicopter parenting, strengthening communities, and changing the workplace to build a new culture that values parents, kids, and families.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Higher education is ripe for a new era of institution building. Choice works when new, better alternatives force lazy, self-indulgent incumbents to raise their game or risk obsolescence. Long lists of rules, regulations, and subsidies have yielded a higher education landscape that’s neither responsive nor responsible. It’s time to look for institutions that can do better.

—Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane