Writing in the New York Times, Yuval Levin contends that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to win the speakership revealed how the House of Representatives can be strengthened. “As Mr. McCarthy worked to win” members’ votes, writes Levin, “it became clear that genuine structural change can be achieved by applying leverage at the right moments.”

Dan Blumenthal, Zack Cooper, and Derek Scissors recommend nine policies to presidential candidates to take a stronger stance against Communist China. They divide their suggestions into three sections: confronting economic coercion, deterring military aggression, and marshaling all of America’s resources.

In the latest report in AEI’s “Sketching a New Conservative Education Agenda” series, Patrick Graff proposes “teacher spending accounts” to help teachers, at any type of school, meet their classes’ material needs. Graff argues that these state-funded accounts would advance teacher autonomy and improve classroom instruction.

In a new video for Straight Arrow News, Katherine Zimmerman warns that al Qaeda and ISIS will remain threats to global security in 2023. “Al Qaeda and the Islamic State thrive in insecure environments, as does Russia, creating a dangerous convergence in their interests,” says Zimmerman.

On Friday, January 6, an exceptional group of public intellectuals gathered at AEI to discuss the spiritual pillars of American democracy. After an introduction by AEI President Robert Doar, Ian Rowe interviewed Rev. Eugene Rivers, the founder of the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies, on Rivers’s career promoting faith and civil discourse. Rivers and Rowe’s conversation preceded an outstanding panel discussion, moderated by Jacqueline Rivers, featuring Cornel West, Mary Ann Glendon, and AEI’s Robert P. George, who all exemplified civil discourse on contentious subjects.