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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
 
 
AEI Outlook  Series
 
 
 
 
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A full-fledged international role for the yuan, as a store of value as well as a medium of exchange and unit of account, is highly unlikely in the near term.   [Read more]
 
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Left ventricular assist devices, or "heart pumps," are proving to be the best available option for patients with advanced heart failure, and the technology has huge potential for improvement.   [Read more]
 
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This Outlook provides biographical background on Suleimani that shows why he was chosen as IRGC Quds Force chief.   [Read more]
 
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DDT is still a critical weapon in the battle against malaria and other insect-borne diseases.   [Read more]
 
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This Outlook highlights district and school policies and practices that are linked to higher student performance in the middle grades.   [Read more]
 
 
 
 

Financial Services Outlook

The narrative that a decline in risk aversion was the ultimate cause of the financial crisis accounts for much of the risk taking that was observed in the period leading up to the crisis, but in the end it is no more than an interesting theory. Read more in Peter J. Wallison's new Financial Services Outlook.

 
 

Russian Outlook

Vladimir Putin will likely run for president of Russia in 2012. Dmitri Medvedev faces a stark dilemma: be a Khrushchev or a Gorbachev? Read more in Leon Aron's new Russian Outlook.

 
 

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