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Climate Change Risk to National Critical Functions

Jul 10, 2024
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The Rise and Fall of Seguro Popular: Mexico's Health Care Odyssey

Nov 14, 2023

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Apr 30, 2025

No, Ukraine Is Not Fighting a 'Proxy War'

“Proxy war” is a term invoked by government officials, analysts, pundits, and scholars to describe the conflict in Ukraine. This creates the question—does this accurately describe the war in Ukraine, and is the term “proxy war” at all useful in the first place?
Commentary

Apr 28, 2025

New Turmoil in Regulating Deep Seabed Mining on the High Seas

The United States has been a relatively minor player in the world of seabed mining—no U.S.-based companies have ISA exploration contracts, and the U.S. government has taken a cautious, wait-and-see approach. But the Trump administration has changed that.
Commentary

Apr 25, 2025

Public School Pre-K Teachers Should Not Be an Afterthought

An estimated 60 percent of U.S. public elementary schools now have a pre-K classroom. The 70,000 or more pre-K teachers who work in them warrant distinct consideration and research as states seek to make the most of early childhood programs.
Commentary

Apr 24, 2025

Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

As threats from transnational criminal organizations and foreign interference increase along U.S. borders, expanding federal partnerships with local and Indigenous actors represents a vital step toward bolstering national security.
Commentary

Apr 23, 2025

Redesigning Health Care Plans to Lower Costs

Employers and employees can use their health insurance benefit designs to make health care more affordable, and without the need for further taxpayer subsidies, by designing tiered networks of providers who are responsible for meeting specific total cost of care benchmarks.
Commentary

Apr 23, 2025

Strategically De-Risking U.S. Drug Supply Chains

As global trade tensions escalate, the United States may benefit from applying the concept of precision medicine to strengthen domestic resiliency in the biopharmaceutical industry. This could entail de-risking—without fully severing—drug supply chains with China.
Article

Apr 23, 2025

Apprentices Needed: Construction Shortages Threaten American Growth

U.S. plans for new factories, new tech hubs—even new homes—are about to crash into one very inconvenient fact. Not enough people work in construction to turn those plans into actual, hammer-and-nail reality. Not even close.
Expert Insights

Apr 23, 2025

Charting Multiple Courses to Artificial General Intelligence

The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has important national security implications. The authors examine barriers to scaling to AGI from large language models and how AGI may emerge from other technologies.
Commentary

Apr 22, 2025

Reinvigorating Naval Shipbuilding: Meeting the President's Challenge

To respond to the Trump administration's call for the reinvigoration of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, policymakers should examine past failures, seek an improved shipbuilding workforce, and consider enlisting the help of close allies like Japan and South Korea.
Commentary

Apr 21, 2025

The Case for Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities in the U.S.

The National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) was launched in 2020 to connect independent, local wastewater efforts to form a robust, sustainable national system. But the funding will run out in September, raising the question of whether and how capabilities delivered by the NWSS will be sustained.
Commentary

Apr 17, 2025

Beyond Tariffs: What the U.S. Can Learn from China's Industrial Playbook

Despite the unique nature of its political economy and the challenges it faces, China offers valuable lessons that could benefit the United States as Washington attempts to increase domestic manufacturing.
Research

Apr 17, 2025

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA's Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms

Measure ULA is a ballot initiative increasing real estate transfer taxes on high-priced properties in the City of Los Angeles. In this study, we find that Measure ULA is reducing multifamily housing production in Los Angeles; our results imply a net loss of affordable housing units under the tax.

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