Reuters/Scott Morgan - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he leaves a campaign rally at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, January 26, 2016.

Politics and Elections

Trump's inexplicable support among evangelical voters may be decisive in Iowa

January 28, 2016, William A. Galston

With the Iowa caucuses looming, many are waiting to see if the raw support Donald Trump registers in public opinion surveys will translate into actual votes. William Galston argues Trump's increased popularity with white evangelical Protestants could prove decisive in Iowa.
ISIS (Islamic State)

Jihadi rivalry: The Islamic State challenges al-Qaida

January 27, 2016, Charles Lister

Economics

Metro Monitor

January 28, 2016

Global Health

Priorities for India’s health policy

January 26, 2016, Shamika Ravi and Rahul Ahluwalia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Is Africa still rising? Taking stock halfway through the decade

January 19, 2016, Tom Bundervoet

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The Brookings Essay

The Prince of Counterterrorism

Washington's favorite Saudi, Muhammad bin Nayef, is the scourge of al-Qaida and Iran—but no friend of those who want to see major reforms in the kingdom.

The Believer

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the Islamic State (a.k.a. ISIS), a group so brutal and hardline that even al-Qaida deemed them too extreme. An introverted religious scholar with a passion for soccer, he now controls large swaths of land in Iraq and Syria.

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