AEI This Week
Oct 03, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
Awaiting the signal: Assessing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
 
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Twenty20
 
James Capretta and Scott Ganz write that the global campaign to identify effective vaccines against COVID-19 has entered the final stage of testing for regulatory approval — Phase III trials — for several promising candidates.
 
 
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China’s aggressive tactics aim to bolster the Communist Party’s legitimacy
 
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Reuters
 
China has faced two disasters in 2020 — the coronavirus and historic floods — which exposed its fragilities and created internal unrest, explains Dan Blumenthal. Its response to both was the same: escalating aggression against its neighbors.
 
 
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What unemployment benefits are in House Democrats’ latest coronavirus relief bill?
 
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Reuters
 
Recently, House Democrats released an updated version of the HEROES Act. Despite its “slimmed down” billing, a review of the legislation’s unemployment provisions shows it still calls for an expansion of several key unemployment benefits, explains Matt Weidinger.
 
 
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The meaning of Amy Coney Barrett
 
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Reuters
 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s likely successor could become a different kind of three-initialed icon, writes Ross Douthat.
 
 
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Socially distant: How our divided social networks explain our politics
 
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Reuters
 
At a time of so many unprecedented events, a sustained effort to document the public’s lives, experiences, and feelings can serve as a valuable resource to policymakers, scholars, and the media, explain Daniel Cox et al. 
 
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