Our Scholars

AEI scholars are committed to making the intellectual, moral, and practical case for expanding freedom, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening the free enterprise system in America and around the world. Our work explores ideas that further these goals, and AEI scholars take part in this pursuit with academic freedom. AEI operates independently of any political party and has no institutional positions. Our scholars’ conclusions are fueled by rigorous, data-driven research and broad-ranging evidence.

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Samuel J. Abrams

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Beth Akers

Policy Area

Nonresident Fellow

J. Joel Alicea

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow and Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy

Joseph Antos

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Leon Aron

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Kirsten Axelsen

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

John P. Bailey

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Claude Barfield

Policy Area

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Michael Barone

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Robert J. Barro

Policy Area

Visiting Senior Fellow

J. Howard Beales III

Policy Area

Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow

Michael Beckley

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eric J. Belasco

Senior Fellow

Andrew G. Biggs

Policy Area

Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow

Jason Blessing

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies

Dan Blumenthal

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Karlyn Bowman

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Hal Brands

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Elisabeth Braw

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Alex Brill

Policy Area

President Emeritus

Arthur C. Brooks

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Richard Burkhauser

Policy Area

Senior Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair

James C. Capretta

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Timothy P. Carney

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Politics and Public Opinion

John H. Makin Visiting Scholar

Amitabh Chandra

Policy Area

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Lynne V. Cheney

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Nonresident Senior Fellow

James W. Coleman

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Matthew Continetti

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Zack Cooper

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Gerald R. Ford Nonresident Senior Fellow

Jay Cost

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion

Daniel A. Cox

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Fellow

Jason D. Delisle

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Sadanand Dhume

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

President, American Enterprise Institute; Morgridge Scholar

Robert Doar

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow

Giselle Donnelly

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Michael Brendan Dougherty

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Fellow

Ross Douthat

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Colin Dueck

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Mackenzie Eaglen

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy

Nicholas Eberstadt

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Research Fellow

Max Eden

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Jeffrey Eisenach

Research Fellow

Emily Estelle

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Andrew Ferguson

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

John G. Ferrari

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

John C. Fortier

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Joseph B. Fuller

Policy Area

Research Fellow

Scott Ganz

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

R. Richard Geddes

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Robert P. George

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Joseph W. Glauber

Fellow and Asness Chair in Applied Liberty

Jonah Goldberg

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Barry K. Goodwin

Senior Fellow

Scott Gottlieb

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Phil Gramm

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

William C. Greenwalt

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Jim Harper

Nonresident Fellow

William Haun

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Robert B. Helms

Policy Area

Senior Fellow and Director, Education Policy Studies

Frederick M. Hess

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Bronwyn Howell

Nonresident Senior Fellow

R. Glenn Hubbard

Policy Area

Senior Fellow, Domestic Policy Studies

Howard Husock

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Benedic N. Ippolito

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Mark Jamison

Director, Open Source Policy Center

Matt Jensen

Policy Area

Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project

Frederick W. Kagan

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Steven B. Kamin

Policy Area

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Leon R. Kass

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Senior Fellow

Klon Kitchen

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Steven E. Koonin

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Kevin R. Kosar

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Visiting Fellow

Robert Kulick

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Paul H. Kupiec

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Desmond Lachman

Policy Area

Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs

Yuval Levin

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Daniel Lyons

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Education Policy Studies

Nat Malkus

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

John D. Maurer

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Michael Mazza

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rachel M. McCleary

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Elaine McCusker

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Bruce D. Meyer

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Thomas P. Miller

Policy Area

Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow

Chris Miller

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

M. Anthony Mills

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Visiting Senior Fellow

Timothy J. Muris

Policy Area

F. A. Hayek Chair Emeritus in Cultural Studies

Charles Murray

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow

Neil Narang

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, AEI Housing Center; and State Farm James Q. Wilson Scholar

Stephen D. Oliner

Policy Area

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Norman J. Ornstein

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Brent Orrell

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Nonresident Fellow

Ajit Pai

Policy Area

Technology and Innovation

Senior Fellow

Mark J. Perry

Policy Area

Research Fellow and Director of Research, AEI Housing Center

Tobias Peter

Policy Area

Senior Fellow; Editor, AEIdeas Blog; and DeWitt Wallace Chair

James Pethokoukis

Policy Area

Senior Fellow and Director, AEI Housing Center

Edward J. Pinto

Policy Area

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Danielle Pletka

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Kenneth M. Pollack

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Kyle Pomerleau

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Robert Pondiscio

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Ramesh Ponnuru

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow and Rowe Scholar

Angela Rachidi

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow

Dalibor Rohac

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Jeffrey A. Rosen

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Ian Rowe

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow

Michael Rubin

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Practice of Public Policy

Paul Ryan

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow

Sally Satel

Policy Area

Nonresident Fellow

Eric Sayers

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

Kori Schake

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Diana Schaub

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Anna Scherbina

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Gary J. Schmitt

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Derek Scissors

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Neena Shenai

Policy Area

Nonresident Fellow

Dan Slater

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Sita Nataraj Slavov

Policy Area

Nonresident Senior Fellow
Director of Agricultural Policy Studies

Vincent H. Smith

Policy Area

Agricultural Policy Studies

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Christina Hoff Sommers

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Senior Fellow

Chris Stirewalt

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Visiting Fellow

Benjamin Storey

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Visiting Fellow

Jenna Silber Storey

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow

Ivana Stradner

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy
Director of Economic Policy Studies

Michael R. Strain

Policy Area

Senior Fellow; Director, Domestic Policy Studies

Ryan Streeter

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Bret Swanson

Policy Area

Technology and Innovation

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Shane Tews

Policy Area

Technology and Innovation

Senior Fellow

Marc A. Thiessen

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Fellow

Sean Trende

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Fellow

Tunku Varadarajan

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Senior Fellow

Stan Veuger

Policy Area

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Alan D. Viard

Policy Area

Senior Fellow

Philip Wallach

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Peter J. Wallison

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Mark J. Warshawsky

Policy Area

Senior Fellow and Rowe Scholar

Matt Weidinger

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Gregory S. Weiner

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Senior Fellow

Adam J. White

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

W. Bradford Wilcox

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Nonresident Fellow

Thomas Chatterton Williams

Policy Area

Society and Culture

Senior Fellow and Director of Poverty Studies

Scott Winship

Policy Area

Poverty Studies

Senior Fellow

Paul Wolfowitz

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

John Yoo

Policy Area

Politics and Public Opinion

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Karen E. Young

Fellow

Katherine Zimmerman

Policy Area

Foreign and Defense Policy

Senior Fellow

Benjamin Zycher