After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the US and its allies restricted Russia’s access to semiconductors to disrupt the Kremlin’s defense industrial supply chains. In a new AEI report, Chris Miller assesses how effective these sanctions have been two years on.
Privately originated loans make up just 8 percent of outstanding student debt, as federal loans dominate the market. In a new AEI report, Beth Akers, Preston Cooper, and Joe Pitts argue that properly designed privatization could improve outcomes for students. In 2018, Congress removed restrictions on the use of the Commodity Credit Corporation’s funds, amounting to $10–15 billion annually. In a new AEI report, Vincent H. Smith, Joshua Sewell, and Eric J. Belasco document how both the Trump and Biden administrations have used this money as a slush fund for policy initiatives without congressional oversight. In February, Indonesia held its presidential elections, with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto winning the race to succeed incumbent Joko Widodo. In a new essay for the Journal of Democracy, Dan Slater explains why Subianto’s victory could pose a severe threat to the health of the world’s biggest post–Cold War democratic experiment. The framers of the Constitution did not anticipate how the presidency would come to dominate Congress. In the second report in his “How Congress Lost” series, Jay Cost lays out the original founding purpose and vision for the office. |
