American Enterprise Institute
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The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank founded in 1943 whose stated mission is to support the "foundations of freedom - limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense."
It has emerged as one of the leading architects of the Bush administration's public policy. While AEI is sometimes seen as a conservative counterpart to the Brookings Institution, The Heritage Foundation is generally seen as having the most influence of any Washington, D.C.-based conservative-leaning think tank. In recent years, AEI has become more associated with neoconservative thinking.
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Personnel
- Lynne Cheney, the wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, and an AEI senior fellow.
- Newt Gingrich, member of the Republican Party and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives between 1995 and 1999, is a senior fellow at AEI focusing on health care (he has founded the Center for Health Transformation), information technology, the military, and politics.
- Michael Ledeen was previously involved in the transfer of arms to Iran during the Iran-Contra affair -- an adventure that he documented in his book, Perilous Statecraft: An Insider's Account of the Iran-Contra Affair.
- John Lott, Jr. is an opponent of gun control and the author of a book titled "More Guns, Less Crime."
- Joshua Muravchik, is a Resident Scholar. He researches Middle East politics, democracy, neoconservatism and the history of socialism.
- Michael Fumento works at AEI.
- Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy and Director of Social and Political Studies at the institute. He has written extensively about the role of faith in government.
- Richard Perle serves on the United States Defense Policy Board and the former deputy Secretary of Defense.
- Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, is the vice chair of AEI's board of trustees.
- Christina Hoff Sommers is a critic of the feminist movement. She is the author of Who Stole Feminism and The War Against Boys.
- Fred Thompson, the current D.A. on Law & Order and former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, researches "National Security & Intelligence (China, North Korea, and Russia)" for the AEI.
Funders
AEI has received more than $30 million in funding from sources including the following:
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
- Castle Rock Foundation
- Coors
- Earhart Foundation
- JM Foundation
- Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
- John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
- Sarah Scaife Foundation
- Scaife Family Foundation
- Smith Richardson Foundation
Contact information
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5800
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: info@aei.org
http://www.aei.org
See also
External links
- The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) official website (http://www.aei.org)
- The American Enterprise print magazine (http://www.taemag.com)
- Media Transparency: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=19)
