Last week, the US confirmed that North Korea is dispatching over 10,000 soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine. North Korea expert Nicholas Eberstadt analyzes this ominous development as a reflection of the coordinated challenge China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose to the free world.

Any future conflict over Taiwan will be significantly shaped by the dramatic changes in the nature of warfare on display in Ukraine. Critical Threats Project Director Frederick W. Kagan and Riley Bailey draw lessons that the US, Taiwan, and our allies must learn from Ukraine to better deter and resist Chinese aggression.

Voters go to the polls on Tuesday to decide the 2024 elections. At an AEI Election Watch event on Wednesday, John C. Fortier and Chris Stirewalt hosted two of the nation’s top pollsters for one final assessment of the state of the race.

Read more about the most important metrics that will decide the election in the latest edition of AEI’s DataPoints newsletter. Every Thursday, DataPoints provides statistical insights from AEI scholars on the most important topics driving the news. Subscribe here.

The next administration will have the opportunity to define federal regulation of increasingly capable artificial intelligence applications. In a new AEI report, technology regulation expert Bronwyn Howell explains why traditional risk-management approaches are misguided and offers an alternative, more innovation-friendly model for AI regulation.