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Metro Monitor 2026: The relationship between immigration and regional economic performance over the past decade

Glencora Haskins, Joseph Parilla

March 18, 2026

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Can Iran’s regime survive the war?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Mara Karlin, Suzanne Maloney

March 11, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reacts to a compliment by U.S. President Donald Trump as they arrive aboard USS George Washington at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on October 28, 2025 in Yokosuka, Japan.

Late-breaking shocks and shifting goalposts: Takaichi’s highwire Washington visit

Mireya Solís

March 17, 2026

The US Postal Service’s fiscal crisis

Elena Patel

March 13, 2026

Children’s well-being caught in the political crossfire in Minneapolis

Emily Markovich Morris

March 16, 2026

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Iran

Race in Public Policy What’s next for the Iran war? Experts discuss.

Jeffrey Feltman, Mara Karlin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Fred Dews

A protest holds a poster of Ali Khamenei as thousands of people gather in Enghelab Square for a pro-government demonstration after Iranian state media confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran The surreal experience of meeting Khamenei

Jeffrey Feltman

Iranians protest against attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States on February 28, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran After the strike: The danger of war in Iran

Suzanne Maloney, Itamar Rabinovich, Mara Karlin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Stephanie T. Williams, Sharan Grewal, Steven Heydemann, Dafna H. Rand, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kemal Kirişci, Hady Amr, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Pavel K. Baev, Steven Pifer, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Lynn Kuok, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Caitlin Talmadge, Joshua Rovner, Samantha Gross, William A. Galston, Scott R. Anderson +18 more

Members and officers from the Iraqi Interior Ministry's Explosives Directorate inspect the fuel tank of a rocket that landed in a rural village in the Siyahi area, near the city of Hillah in the central Babil province, Iraq, March 1, 2026.

Iraq Iraq must not be a staging ground for war with Iran

Marsin Alshamary, Hamzeh Hadad

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USMCA

North America USMCA Forward 2026

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North America United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 2026: Review and déjà vu

Christopher Sands

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Manufacturing & Supply Chains USMCA has strengthened economic integration in North America

Brendan Kelly, Jesus Cañas, Luis Torres

North America The USMCA and the road to shared prosperity in an era of transformation

Roberto Velasco Álvarez

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Immigration and Migration

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Demographics & Population Reduced immigration slowed population growth for the nation and most states, new census data show

William H. Frey

Society & Culture ICE expansion has outpaced accountability. What are the remedies?

Rashawn Ray, Gabriel R. Sanchez

Immigrants & Immigration What will 2026 bring for US migration policy?

Marcela Escobari

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Immigrants & Immigration Macroeconomic implications of immigration flows in 2025 and 2026: January 2026 update

Wendy Edelberg, Stan Veuger, Tara Watson

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Tariffs and Trade

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U.S. Trade Policy Tracking Trump’s tariffs and other trade actions

Chidozie Ezi-Ashi, Christopher Sands

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U.S. Trade Policy Brookings experts on the Supreme Court’s tariff decision

Scott R. Anderson, Sarah A. Binder, Tonantzin Carmona, Kyle Chan, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, William A. Galston, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ben Harris, Kari Heerman, Aaron Klein, Robert E. Litan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Elena Patel, Sanjay Patnaik, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Jessica Riedl, Peter M. Shane, Mireya Solís +14 more