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What Did You Expect to Happen? How DEI Wound Up in Trump’s Crosshairs

Donald Trump has turned the education world upside down. School and college leaders must understand how DEI went wrong.

By Rick Hess
April 2025
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Is Trump’s Golden Dome a Brilliant Idea or a Gilded Boondoggle?

The main mark against Golden Dome is the political risk that a future Congress or new administration will terminate it.

By Todd Harrison
April 2025

The Russian Paradox: So Much Education, So Little Human Capital

Russia does not possess the economic potential one would expect of a European country of its size and educational attainment.

By Nicholas Eberstadt
April 2025
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Can Congress Keep Up with President Trump?

To avoid irrelevance, Congress must start running faster.

By Philip Wallach
April 2025