American Enterprise Institute

23 hours ago | aei.org | Andrew Biggs

Writing at Marketwatch, Brett Arrends discusses a Biggs-approved Social Security reform: convert Social Security to a flat benefit, either at 125% or 150% of the federal poverty threshold. It’s worth taking a look at this type of reform, which is similar to the government retirement programs in countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

1 day ago | aei.org | Matthew Continetti

A dove is born—and his name is Donald Trump. In recent weeks, the president has brokered peace between longtime combatants and reduced tensions between the United States and its adversaries, from sub-Saharan Africa to the Hindu Kush. The list of diplomatic wins keeps growing: Congo, Yemen, Kashmir, and now Gaza. Trump wants to rebrand the GOP as America’s peace party.

1 day ago | aei.org | Yuval Levin

If you listen to how Republicans in Washington talk about federal spending these days, you might imagine that we have entered an era of budget restraint. “Fiscal responsibility is what we do as conservatives,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in February. “And we have a $36 trillion federal debt. We have a giant deficit that we’re contending with.

2 days ago | aei.org | Kori Schake |Yvonne Chiu |John Ferrari |Mara E. Karlin

Article A New Conservative Foreign Policy Book Beginning the End Podcast The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War Op-Ed How Pete Hegseth Is Streamlining the Pentagon Op-Ed Russia and China’s Military Production Surge: Why the U.S. Military Is Alarmed Podcast The State of U.S. Military Readiness: Eaglen on Breaking Battlegrounds Podcast Post The Wrong Signals: The Proper Role of a Defense Secretary Post The Ladder of AI Escalation Multimedia Trump’s Transactional Foreign...

2 days ago | aei.org | Yuval Levin |Kyle Pomerleau |James Pethokoukis |JAMES CAPRETTA

Op-Ed The Republicans’ Debt Delusion Post Tariffs Cause Short-Term and Long-Term Economic Pain Post America’s Economic Crossroads Multimedia Third Annual Health Solutions Summit: Improving Medicare’s Sustainability Op-Ed Without Spending Cuts, Brace for Slow Growth Multimedia Facing the Future: The Federal Budget Lacks Fiscal Sanity Working Paper A New Long-Run Economic Model Basis for Projecting the Finances of the US Government Article When Fiscal Policy Meets Mathematical Reality Article...