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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a press conference accompanied by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) after the House approved the debt ceiling deal he negotiated with the White House to end their standoff and avoid a historic default, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Who won the debt ceiling fight?

David Wessel and David Dollar · Monday, June 5, 2023

San Marcos student Amaris Gonzalez takes a selfie with "Pepper" an artificial Intelligence project utilizing a humanoid robot from French company Aldebaran and reprogramed as an assistant for students attending Palomar College in San Marcos, California, U.S. October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Around the halls: What should the regulation of generative AI look like?

Nicol Turner Lee, Niam Yaraghi, Mark MacCarthy, and Tom Wheeler

Friday, June 2, 2023

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Maximizing new federal investments in broadband for rural America

Anthony F. Pipa, Laura Landes, and Zoe Swarzenski

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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Suburban Neighborhood after Wildfire Burned Hillside Right up to Edge of Homes

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The US can’t achieve environmental justice through one-size-fits-all climate policy

Manann Donoghoe, Andre M. Perry, and Hannah Stephens

Thursday, June 1, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S. and China are seen in this illustration picture taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

China

Getting China right: Resoluteness without overreaction

Michael E. O’Hanlon

June 2023

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Latest Research

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Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Elyse Painter

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Factory: Female Industrial Engineer Wearing Virtual Reality Headset and Holding Controllers, She Uses VR technology for Industrial Design, Development and Prototyping in CAD Software.

Technology & Innovation

Metaverse economics part 1: Creating value in the Metaverse

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

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Digitalization and digital skills gaps in Africa: An empirical profile

Haroon Bhorat, Landry Signé, Zaakhir Asmal, Jabulile Monnakgotla, and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Report

Who is driving Black business growth? Insights from the latest data on Black-owned businesses

Andre M. Perry, Manann Donoghoe, and Hannah Stephens

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

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Early Childhood Education

Early childhood education

Isabel V. Sawhill and Morgan Welch

Monday, May 22, 2023

Events

The stakes at sea: America’s commercial, scientific, and naval roles in a changing global landscape

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Improving racial equity through public policy

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

People over robots: How policy distorts decisions around automation

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the third ministerial conference of the Moldova Support Platform at the Ministerial Conference Centre in Paris, France, 21 November 2022. YOAN VALAT/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Order from Chaos

“We lost an opportunity to listen to you”: Why Macron is embracing Eastern Europe

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds a press conference after the House approved the debt ceiling deal he negotiated with the White House to end their standoff and avoid a historic default, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

FixGov

Speaker McCarthy: We need a BRAC commission, but not to tackle federal spending

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

FixGov

The Supreme Court is poised to reverse affirmative action: Here’s what you need to know

Richard Lempert

Monday, June 5, 2023

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Books

Cvr: Ukraine's Revolt

Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge

By Christopher M. Smith

2022

Cvr: Searching for Peace

Searching for Peace

By Ehud Olmert

2022

Fixer Upper

Fixer-Upper

By Jenny Schuetz

2022

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The sun sets over the Okavango Delta, Botswana, April 25, 2018. Picture taken April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Climate-smart agriculture in Africa

Bogolo J. Kenewendo and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

13th Annual IRS/TPC Joint Research Conference on Tax Administration

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Online Speech After Gonzalez v. Google

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The two world wars, genocide, and the Ukraine war

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Members of the University of North Carolina?s diverse student body mingle on campus as the Supreme Court weighs the issue of race-conscious admissions to colleges, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

The case for college: Promising solutions to reverse college enrollment declines

Katharine Meyer

Monday, June 5, 2023

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E639BA290

Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next?

Monday, June 5, 2023