Revitalizing the House: Bipartisan Recommendations on Rules and Process (Former Members, Former Staffs, and Other Experts)
Executive Summary: Change the Rules to Give Substantial Bipartisan Majorities Greater Access to the Floor. Read More
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Restoring Deterrence Will Prevent Endless Wars (Victor Davis Hanson)
On January 3, 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, killing Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani had a long record of waging surrogate wars against Americans, especially during the Iraq conflict and its aftermath. After the Trump cancellation of the Iran Deal, followed by U.S. sanctions, Soleimani reportedly stepped …
Dangers of the Trump Transition (Richard A. Epstein)
Beware of hasty moves to undercut Israel and Ukraine, to impose tariffs, or to undermine the rule of law. Without question, the Trump landslide (we can now use the word) will transform the United States for the better in many key areas including administrative law, business regulation, crime, energy, environment, immigration, taxation, and more. Yet …
Trump Must Not Betray “America First”: The Case for a Foreign Policy That Eschews Primacy and Embraces Restraint (Dan Caldwell and Reid Smith)
Donald Trump has achieved a political comeback with no parallel since the Gilded Age, when Grover Cleveland won reelection to the presidency in nonconsecutive terms. On his way to this latest victory, Trump provoked a popular backlash against both major political parties’ establishments. This realignment underscores a shift in the GOP’s constituent demographics and illuminates …
The Axis of Resilience: Israel is Underestimating Iran and Its Allies. (Renad Mansour)
In response to Hamas’s October 7 attack last year, the Israeli government launched a regional war meant to reshape the Middle East. Israel specifically targeted the so-called axis of resistance, a network of groups allied with Iran that includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and …
The National Security Imperative for a Trump Presidency: How His Administration can Shore Up the Foundations of American Power. (Kori Schake)
Most U.S. allies are sure to be worried by the choice Americans made on November 5. Many observers are confounded by voters’ willingness to roll the dice and reelect the intemperate Donald Trump as president. But Americans have long had an outsize risk tolerance, a characteristic that is integral to both the dynamism of the …
The End of American Exceptionalism: Trump’s Reflection will Redefine U.S. Power. (Daniel W. Drezner)
The only thing uncontroversial about Donald Trump is how he won his second term. Despite polls showing a statistical dead heat and fears of a long, drawn-out wait for election results, Trump was declared the winner early last Wednesday morning. Unlike in 2016, he won the popular vote as well as the Electoral College, improving …
Generative AI and Political Power (Eugene Volokh)
As people come to rely on AI tools to answer questions, they will likely use those tools to answer political questions as well. The answers that the AI companies choose to provide, the author argues, may thus subtly but substantially influence public attitudes and, therefore, elections—especially to the extent Big Tech has been shifting from …
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (Francis Fukuyama)
This book would not have been written had Donald J. Trump not been elected president in November 2016. Like many Americans, I was surprised by this outcome and troubled by its implications for the United States and the world. It was the second major electoral surprise of that year, the first being Britain’s vote to …
Identity, Dignity and the Politics of Resentment: Limits of Globalization (H. G. Callaway)
Identity, Mr. Trump, and thymos. In the “Preface” to Fukuyama’s influential recent book,1 he wrote that the “book would not have been written had Donald J. Trump not been elected president in November 2016.”2 Fukuyama warns of “political decay,” though he holds that it had set in well before the shocks of Trump (and Brexit) …