In the 2000s, AEI was the most prominent think tank associated with American neoconservatism. Irving Kristol, widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, was a senior fellow at AEI and the AEI issues an 'Irving Kristol Award' in his honour.Saunders, Frances Stonor: The Cultural Cold War The New Press, 1999. Paul Ryan has described the AEI as "one of the beachheads of the modern conservative movement".
In the 2000s, AEI was the most prominent think tank associated with American neoconservatism. Irving Kristol, widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, was a senior fellow. at AEI and the AEI issues an 'Irving Kristol Award' in his honourSaunders, Frances Stonor: The Cultural Cold War The New Press, 1999 Paul Rya.n has described the AEI as "one of the beachheads of the modern conservative movement".