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A new nationally representative panel ensures every veteran’s voice is heard in research and policy. In this Q&A, David Dutwin and Robert Bozick explain how. Gathering high-quality data about veterans—their well-being, challenges, and service experiences—has been a persistent challenge for policymakers and researchers alike. Too often, surveys sample convenient sets of people or are limited… Continue reading Closing the Veteran Data Gap

China’s early success in global AI competition, bolstered by continued massive state investment and other advantages, could help it extend its dominance in international markets for manufactured goods to the software realm. China is the world’s manufacturing powerhouse. In 2024, it exported $3.6 trillion worth of manufactured goods—about as much as the combined exports of… Continue reading China: An Emerging Software Power

Brazil, South America’s largest economy, has its sights set on becoming a leading space power, though its path to the stars remains far from certain. One of two Brazilian spaceports, the Alcântara Launch Centre is the closest launch site to the equator by 300km. This is a major advantage as it allows for cheaper rocket… Continue reading Can Brazil Become a Regional Space Power?

At the United Nations General Assembly in September, President Trump highlighted his concerns about risky biological research. Significant questions remain, however, about how oversight of high-consequence research will be put into practice. Policymakers and researchers need a consistent and transparent way to weigh the risks and benefits of such research to facilitate review processes and… Continue reading Defining Risk in Biological Research: Why Researchers Need Clearer Oversight Frameworks

In the wake of the fragile ceasefire, thousands of Gazans have trekked home to find ruin. This highlights an unavoidable question: After all the destruction, where can Gazans live? The 20-point proposal to end to the war in Gaza brokered by the White House put it succinctly: “No one will be forced to leave Gaza,… Continue reading Rebuilding Gaza—from Camps to Communities

The future of AI, depending on whom you ask, is everything and anything. It is the key to never-ending economic growth. It is the cause of catastrophic unemployment. It is the driver of lifesaving medical advances. It is the source of grave risks to national security. The truth is that no one knows the full… Continue reading AI Is Making Jobs, not Taking Them

Spare a thought for Chinese Communist party cadres. In September 2023, at Xi Jinping’s behest, they plunged headlong into building “new quality productive forces.” Barely two years on, the supreme leader scolded them for overzealous investment in those emerging tech sectors and ordered an all-out campaign against “involution.” As if that is not confusing enough,… Continue reading An Anatomy of Industrial Involution in China

This commentary was originally published by Inside Higher Ed on October 23, 2025. Many individuals enter college with military training, industry credentials, and/or other noncredit training. To recognize the knowledge and skills from these previous experiences, many colleges offer college credit for prior learning. Credit for prior learning (CPL) saves students time and money on… Continue reading Eliminating Barriers to Credit for Prior Learning

America is a maritime nation, and its security and prosperity are inexorably linked to the sea. Yet the United States has let its ability to design, build, and sustain the fleet of ships that are the backbone of this prosperity atrophy. A maritime nation that cannot build ships cannot long thrive. At the same time,… Continue reading Collaborating Toward a Shipbuilding Renaissance

The U.S. health system is broken. Challenges with insufficient capacity and access, ensuring care quality and timeliness, and curbing costs have persisted for decades, coming to a head during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long wait times for receiving primary and specialty care lead people to emergency departments—often by the time their condition has worsened—where they may… Continue reading Needed: Blueprint for a U.S. Health System Overhaul