We need to strike a balance between America's need for more legal immigration and maintaining the rule of law on the border.

My remarks with Chris Stirewalt.

Blinken and Sullivan are providing a case study in how not to do diplomacy, writes AEI’s Michael Rubin.
washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltwa…

Read Nicholas Eberstadt on the disappearing Asian century:
foreignaffairs.com/china/east-asi…

If the US retirement system is so bad, why do seniors report high (and improving) levels of financial security?

Is this some sort of financial false consciouness? Or maybe people peddling the retirement crisis narrative are just wrong.

Mon, May 13:

Join AEI's Andrew G. Biggs Alex Brill & Sita Slavov for a conference on Federal Debt: The Baseline and Options for Reform

Featuring experts from Penn Wharton Budget Model, The Brookings Institution, Burch Center for Tax Policy & Public Finance, Bipartisan Policy Center, & more
aei.org/events/federal…

The Federal Student Loan Program Is Unraveling by Beth Akers Preston Cooper & Joe Pitts AEI Education
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Echoes of Greece’s 2010 sovereign debt crisis are ongoing in Italy.

The difference: Italy’s economy and its debt are around 10x that of Greece.

That means major implications for the world economy, writes AEI’s Desmond Lachman.
aei.org/economics/echo…

The Zimbabwean Science and Technology Minister Amon Murwira recently led a delegation to attend an international technology exhibition in Tehran between May 7-10.

The war was barely mentioned in Putin's speech, bit all the pomp and circumstance was designed to make the Russians and the world see the point: he is willing and able to go fighting until he wins this marathon -- which he started on the inside track. aei.org/foreign-and-de…

There is no need for federal tax incentives to encourage builders to build smaller homes.
Seattle proves it. Builders built 18,000 townhomes rather than 4,500 McMansions because more units per lot means more profit.
Legalize homes on smaller lots and they will build them.

Great thread on what we know about today's big IS attack in Mozambique. The geographic scale and severity (size and complexity of attacks) the group has been operating at in 2024 would already be alarming if regional forces weren't actively withdrawing.

.Andrew G. Biggs, senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute, outlines how self-reported feeling of financial security in retirement has a much brighter outlook than what financial experts say one needs to retire comfortably.
#socialsecurity #retirement #utpol

“Israel needs resupply from the United States,” AEI’s Danielle Pletka 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 said.

“Can it fight without them? Yes. But more people will die; they will need to use dumber bombs and broader and less pinpointed weaponry.”
washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…

Space nerds: have you checked out the AEI Space Data Navigator? My favorite view is the dashboard page where you can see how trends are progressing this year compared to the same point in time for the past several years. spacedata.aei.org

'Cities do not need to wait for the state to address the issue. Local jurisdictions, just like St. Cloud, can lead the charge by moving forward with their own commonsense housing reforms.' Tobias Peter American Enterprise Institute aei.org/op-eds/state-h…

President Macron and other Europeans see the EU-China relationship as a stage for delicate balancing acts: China is supposedly a partner, a competitor, and a 'systemic rival'. But what if reality is far less complicated? /1

Stunning demographic projections, care of Nicholas Eberstadt Foreign Affairs American Enterprise Institute:

'If we don't enact minimum lot size reform, Austin loses out on potentially 34,000 homes on empty lots converted to McMansions. In lieu, 10,000 McMansion homes will be built, according to American Enterprise Institute Housing Center. That means 24,000 families without an opportunity to call Austin home.'