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U.S. President Donald Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1544DC4470

What to expect from Macron’s visit to the U.S.

Célia Belin · Friday, April 20, 2018

Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

Marijuana Policy

In a new documentary short, Brookings looks at the human side of medical cannabis policy

John Hudak and George Burroughs

Thursday, April 19, 2018

People cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar international bridge, in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez - RC1C7627D6B0

Colombia

Venezuela’s refugee crisis: Views from the border

Monday, April 23, 2018

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Cities & Regions

Renewing America’s economic promise through older industrial cities

Alan Berube and Cecile Murray

April 2018

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

Taxation

On tax day, what are the experts saying?

William G. Gale, Vanessa Williamson, Henry J. Aaron, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 13, 2018

Latest Research

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Technology & Innovation

How artificial intelligence is transforming the world

Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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Report

Mobilisation des ressources de l’Afrique

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Monday, April 23, 2018

Twin girls walk to their school in Kodinji village in the southern Indian city of Kerala

Gender

Life skills in non-formal contexts for adolescent girls in developing countries

Kendra Dupuy, Sosina Bezu, Are Knudsen, Sandra Halvorsen, Christina Kwauk, Amanda Braga, and Helyn Kim

Monday, April 23, 2018

A volunteer displays jars of dried cannabis buds at the La Brea Collective medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California, March 18, 2014. The dispensary is on a list released by the city of over 100 stores that meet some of the requirements of a voter-approved measure.

Marijuana Policy

Banking regulations create mess for marijuana industry, banks, and law enforcement

Monday, April 23, 2018

Workers weld drawers on the assembly line at Metal Box International toolbox factory in Franklin Park, Illinois, U.S., February 21, 2018. Picture taken February 21, 2018.

U.S. Economy

Jobs for the working class: Raising earnings among non-college graduates

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, April 23, 2018

Events

Beyond reading and math: How to accelerate success for students

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

21st Century Security Forum: The National Defense Strategy and its global impact

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

The happiness curve: Why life gets better after 50

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

A general view shows the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC158B20C450

Africa in focus

The state of African economies: Insights from the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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The Avenue

Where charter schools are built shows our commitment to integration

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan prepares for an interview in New York City, U.S. September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1BEUCHMVOAA

Order from Chaos

Turkey’s snap elections and the future of Turkish democracy

Kemal Kirişci and Kutay Onayli

Monday, April 23, 2018

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Books

Book cover: Kings and Presidents

Kings and Presidents

By Bruce Riedel

2017

Epidemic

By Reid Wilson

2018

Upcoming

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber, being deployed to launch strikes as part of the multinational response to Syria's use of chemical weapons, is refuelled by a KC-135 tanker aircraft over an undisclosed location, April 14, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1C9014E3B0

An illusory victory: Was “mission accomplished” in Syria?

Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

Monday, April 23, 2018

Engineer And Apprentice Planning CNC Machinery Project

States equip employers to drive apprenticeship

Martha Ross and Kimberly Hauge

Monday, April 23, 2018

First grade students of "Treinta y Tres Orientales" elementary school in Villa Garcia, a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Montevideo, use their XO laptop computers in their classroom August 22, 2008. The Uruguay government is implementing the Ceibal project, with the goal of providing one free XO laptop to every public school student in the country. Picture taken August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY) - RTX8CEG

How our education system undermines gender equity

Monday, April 23, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) is shown speaking on a monitor about tax cuts during a media briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2018.

The federal budget outlook: Even crazier after all these years

Alan Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin

Monday, April 23, 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), smiles during a news conference after Japan's lower house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC16A76A3030

A Confluence of Two Strategies: The Japan-India Security Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

Dhruva Jaishankar

Monday, April 23, 2018

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in foil strips are arranged on a table in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013. Picture taken September 18. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (SLOVENIA - Tags: HEALTH) - RTX15K29

Who’s investing in health care R&D?

Monday, April 23, 2018

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India