In 2023, AEI created the Coalition Defense of Taiwan project to develop strategies to deter and defeat aggression from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This week, project leaders Dan Blumenthal and Frederick W. Kagan (and their coauthors) released their latest report, which uses open-source intelligence to comprehensively analyze the PRC’s coercive strategies—and what the West needs to do to stop them.

Roger Pielke Jr., an expert on climate policy, joined AEI this year as part of our new Center on Technology, Science, and Energy. In his latest article, Pielke documents the antihuman hysteria about overpopulation that is disturbingly common in the environmental movement and among climate change alarmists.

A new study from Edward L. Glaeser, who revitalized the study of urban economics, reveals the enduring value of population concentrations. He and his coauthors explain how cities in Brazil facilitate upward mobility by bringing skilled and unskilled workers together.

In recent years, the number of children in foster care has declined nearly 16 percent, while the fatality rate from abuse and neglect rose by almost 18 percent. AEI’s Naomi Schaefer Riley, an expert on child welfare and foster care issues, argues that state and federal governments need to re-prioritize the safety of children from families mired in violence, addiction, or mental illness.

On May 14, over 100 higher education leaders gathered at AEI for a conference on the future of the American university. Organized by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, the participants discussed the revival of civic education at colleges across the country.