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How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility in Racine, WI, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Camille Busette, Jill Simmerman Lawrence, Richard V. Reeves, and Sarah Nzau · Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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An electronic advertisement not far from the White House snows the faces of suspects who assaulted federal officers at the Capitol Building during the January 6, 2021 storming. The FBI is asking anybody with information about the whereabouts of the suspects to make contact with law enforcement. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Technology & Innovation

Digital fingerprints are identifying Capitol rioters

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Flags for the European Union and United States.

Global Trade

Moving from contention to cooperation in the trans-Atlantic relationship

Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Dollar

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Housing Markets & Finance

Dismantling white privilege starts with undoing racist housing policies

Andre M. Perry and Stuart Yasgur

Thursday, January 14, 2021

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Gulf States

The blockade on Qatar helped strengthen its economy, paving the way to stronger regional integration

Nader Kabbani

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Latest Research

computer science education students in England

Report

How England implemented its computer science education program

Brian Fowler and Emiliana Vegas

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Report

Survey of academic and market observers gives high marks to Fed communications

Tyler Powell and David Wessel

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Durban, South Africa - 15 August, 2012 - a woman works picking cucumbers in a farm greenhouse.

Report

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study

Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morné Oosthuizen, and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Hands holding a a globe like a Rubik's cube

Report

COVID-19 exposes a changed world: A prescription for renewing US global partnership

George Ingram

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Handout file photo dated April 13, 2012 of sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by as the ship goes alongside the Indian navy fleet oiler INS Shakti (A57) during a refueling at sea exercise. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed participating in the Malabar Exercise with ships and aircraft from the Indian navy. Australia will join India, the United States and Japan in next month's Malabar naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, in a move that is expected to strengthen the military relationship between the four democracies amid increased tensions with China. Conducted annually since 1992, the maneuvers have grown in size and complexity in recent years to address what the US Navy has previously described as a "variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific." U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans via ABACAPRESS.COM

India

After the foundational agreements: An agenda for US-India defense and security cooperation

Joshua T. White

January 2021

Events

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Debating the future of the filibuster

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How we rebuild: A conversation with President Jin Liqun on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s fifth anniversary

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Is there a path forward for court reform?

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Blog Posts

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his speech after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

FixGov

Biden’s inaugural address—unity and truth

William A. Galston

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Order from Chaos

Advice for new appointees to consider as they enter the Biden administration

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

People protest outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse over the decision to drop drug charges against Mexico's former defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Order from Chaos

The US-Mexico security relationship in 2021

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Books

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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BDC Snapshots: Neutral Oman is clear winner of Gulf crisis and resolution

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

The assault on the US Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Challenges for the Biden administration: Addressing the evolving air and missile threat

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Washington DC, USA - January 9, 2021: A man with a flag watches as additional fencing is installed around the U.S. Capitol after the January 6 riots and ahead of President-Elect Biden's Inauguration.

The post-Trump reconstruction of America and the world

Kemal Derviş

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

On the front line of Al Swani during the battle, two fighters of the 610 Brigade (GNA) are passing a revolver from hand to hand. Since April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar is attempting to take control of Tripoli defended by the forces of UN-backed recognised Government of National Accord of Fayez el-Sarraj (GNA). Libya, outskirts of Tripoli, December 6, 2019.Sur la ligne de front de Al Swani pendant les combats, deux combattants de la brigade 610 (GAN) se passe un revolver de la main a la main. Depuis avril, l'armee nationale Libyenne (LNA) dirigee par Khalifa Haftar essaie de prendre le control de Tripoli defendu par les forces du gouvernement d'accord national de Fayez al-Sarraj, soutenu par l'onu (GAN). Libye, banlieue de Tripoli, 6 decembre 2019.NO USE FRANCE

The Biden administration inherits a rapidly deteriorating Libya

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The first intercity railway line operates by a domestic local rail transit company, Guangqing Guangzhou East Ring Intercity Railway opens to traffic in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 30 November 2020. No Use China. No Use France.

One lesson the U.S. can learn from China to improve its competitiveness in technology development

Joseph Kannarkat and Norman Augustine

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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