Is the AI boom hiding the real impact of U.S. tariffs? New research by the Center for Tax and Budget Policy’s John W. Diamond shows how AI infrastructure investment is inflating import totals even as ...

In its first year, the second Trump administration has enacted substantial shifts in U.S. health policy, affecting insurance access, care costs, and guidance on nutrition and vaccines. This brief from ...

China faces a significant oil deficit following the Strait of Hormuz’s closure — an issue set to shape the U.S.-China summit talks in mid-May 2026. In this working paper, Gabriel Collins explores ...

Since 2018, Mexico’s economic growth has slowed, largely due to structural challenges. In this brief, Tony Payan, Gabriela Siller Pagaza, and José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez analyze the country’s economic ...

Since 2025, Ukraine has pursued a sustained strategic campaign targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure. In this commentary, Gabriel Collins analyzes the campaign’s effects on Russian oil production ...

Research Manager, Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East ...

After high-profile outages in 2021, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has strengthened grid reliability by leveraging both new and traditional energy sources. This issue brief from the ...

While the Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues to hold, the conflict’s history reveals key insights into persistent issues that have hindered past peace efforts. In this policy brief, Robert Barron ...

Houston’s tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) were legislated to help finance the economic and infrastructural development for the city‘s most underfunded areas; however, TIRZs can have had the ...

This brief reviews the factors that distinguish a “hobby” from a “business” in the eyes of the IRS as well as associated requirements, common misapplications of regulations and the factors that go ...

Given the current dearth of women exercising Islamic authority, it may be assumed that for most of Islamic history, questions of religion and religious law were the near-exclusive domain of men. This ...

Fellows Gabriel Collins and Jim Krane argue in this issue brief that despite changes in U.S.-Persian Gulf trade relations, the U.S. retains an enduring interest in preserving political stability and ...