More than four years after COVID, the world has made no real progress in establishing stricter international measures to prevent deadly viruses from escaping research sites. Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner and AEI scholar Scott Gottlieb provides a road map for improved international cooperation to address this challenge.
China has stymied international cooperation on lab leaks and increasingly threatened the integrity and safety of American pharmaceutical markets. Brian J. Miller and Vrushab Gowda show what the US can do to respond. Iran is interfering in US domestic affairs by providing financial support to pro-Palestinian protesters, especially on campuses. Danielle Pletka and Stephen Ailinger explain why the US intelligence community should declassify the full scope of this activity. As colleges have increasingly become political battlegrounds, traditionally apolitical academic associations have embraced advocacy more and more. In a new AEI report, Director of AEI’s Education Policy Studies Frederick M. Hess and Jay P. Greene document the scope of this activity and argue that public colleges should cease subsidizing faculty membership in these groups. While the election is dominating headlines, Joe Biden still has the opportunity to drive policy change in the months before he leaves office. John G. Ferrari identifies four policies Biden can pursue during Congress’s lame-duck session that could reshape American security for the better. |
