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In the Spotlight

Vice President and Director
of National Research Intiative
Henry Olsen

"Relying on Obama and the Democrats to double-fault may win one election, but is unlikely to produce a lasting majority. If the Republicans do not resolve their internal tensions and adjust to demographic shifts and changing public attitudes, they could easily resume their decline and perhaps even go the way of the Whigs."

--Henry Olsen in an article in the National Review, February 22, 2010

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Recent Publications

Clinton Bows to Russian Support of Iran

By Gary J. Schmitt
The Daily Standard
Friday, March 19, 2010

Despite Russia's willingness to support Iran's nuclear regime, the Obama administration has happily turned the other cheek toward Moscow.

Reform through Reconciliation--Worse than Imagined

By John E. Calfee
The American
Friday, March 19, 2010

As with the run-up to the Senate health care bill, we are again paying the cost of haste. Far too little attention is being given to crucial matters.

AEI's Scott Gottlieb, M.D.--Obama's Health Plan Squeezes the Middle Class

AEI Online
Friday, March 19, 2010

It will be middle class families, rather than the rich, that will be most harmed by President Obama's health care plan.

AEI Scholars Available to Comment on Health Care Vote

AEI Online
Friday, March 19, 2010

AEI scholars are available to comment on health care vote developments over the weekend.

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Books

The Battle (forthcoming) How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future

By Arthur C. Brooks
Basic Books
(June 2010)

Free enterprise embodies the values that define us as a nation: individual liberty, equal opportunity, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. But the recent economic crisis has distorted these values.

Crisis and Command A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush

By John Yoo
Kaplan Publishing
(January 2010)

Through shrewd and lucid analysis, Yoo shows how the bold decisions made by Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and FDR changed more than just history; they also transformed the role of the American president.

The Age of Reagan The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989

By Steven F. Hayward
Crown Forum
(August 2009)