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A woman wearing a mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) casts her ballot in the primary election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Are American elections pandemic-proof? A state-by-state scorecard

Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers, and Chris Stewart · Tuesday, July 14, 2020

On the eve of the NYC budget decision -June 29, 2020-, hundreds of protesters gathered at Washington Square Park for a massive march to City Hall, marching in support of the #OccupyCityHall action for NYPD budget cuts, making a loud call for the defunding of the police force and invest in communities. This comes after NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio promised 'intense change' with police reform proposals, cutting at least 1 billion dollars from the NYPD budget. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Social Issues

From the George Floyd moment to a Black Lives Matter movement, in tweets

Mary Blankenship and Richard V. Reeves

Friday, July 10, 2020

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FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. The military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was scheduled for May 9 but postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC2NFH9L23BA/File Photo

Russia

Putin 5.0?

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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A woman with a face mask practices social distancing while waiting for food donations outside a food bank, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Gypsum, Colorado, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Across metro areas, COVID-19 relief loans are helping some places more than others

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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Workers prepare boxes of free food for distribution at the Chelsea Collaborative, which distributes 6 to 7 thousand of boxes of food a week in a city hard hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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COVID-19 job and income loss leading to more hunger and financial hardship

Mathieu Despard, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Yung Chun, and Stephen Roll

Monday, July 13, 2020

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Latest Research

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: A voter casts a ballot at a drop box for either Democrat Kweisi Mfume or Republican Kimberly Klacik in the election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Elijah CummingsÕ term near Edmondson High School in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Voting by mail in a pandemic: A state-by-state scorecard

Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers, and Chris Stewart

July 2020

VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH THE BOULIMICPortrait of the metropolis Ho Chi Minh City which is experiencing an exponential economic boom.VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH LA BOULIMIQUEPortrait de la métropole Ho-Chi-Minh Ville qui vit un boom économique exponentiel.NO USE FRANCE

Southeast Asia

Decoupling governance and democracy: The challenge of authoritarian development in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

July 2020

Traders are seen in front of a screen with trading figures in red at Thailand Stock Exchange building in Bangkok, Thailand March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa

Southeast Asia

ASEAN economic prospects amid emerging turbulence

July 2020

Map of the world

Report

Optimizing Assessment for All: Assessment as a stimulus for scaling 21st century skills in education systems

Friday, July 10, 2020

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Financial Regulation

Reducing bias in AI-based financial services

Friday, July 10, 2020

Events

India and the European Union: Next steps in strategic partnership

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IST

How COVID-19 is reshaping the future of business and work

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

Hands of many shades reaching up toward the world

Future Development

Discrimination and prejudice in development

Célestin Monga

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Children reading together

Education Plus Development

Progress on social mobility takes more than two viewpoints

Lisa A. Gennetian, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Hospital staff push a gurney through a hospital corridor

Up Front

A new tool for tracking vulnerability and premature mortality in America

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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Books

Cvr: Turning Point

Upcoming

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: China 2049

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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A Palestinian man herds sheep near a construction site at a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim December 19, 2011. Israel began seeking tenders to build more than 1,000 homes in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, part of a settlement plan it accelerated after Palestinians won recognition by a U.N. body, but a move which complicates a return to negotiations.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (POLITICS ANIMALS)

President's Corner

Stopping Israel’s annexation is a US national security interest

The Hill

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Protesters with Sanctuary DMV march by members of the US Armed Forces and an armored vehicle in downtown Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After weeks of anti-racist and Black Lives Matter demonstrations in America and beyond, thousands of protesters again gathered in Washington on Juneteenth, commemorating the day the final slaves were freed in 1865 and marching throughout the capital. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

President's Corner

Rebuking threats to use the US military against protestors

PBS

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Protesters from Freedom Day MarchÕs movement march from The National Museum of African American History & Culture to Martin Luther King memorial and pay honor during a rally about Juneteenth 2020 today on June 19, 2020 in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

President's Corner

Protests for George Floyd, police reform, and leadership

CNN

Thursday, June 4, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump walks through Lafayette Park to visit St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

President's Corner

A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope

Foreign Policy

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Debra and Willie Sanchez from White Plains hold a sign in front of the fountain spray, as a vigil for George Floyd was held at the Renaissance Plaza in White Plains, May 29, 2020. The event was organized by WESPAC and featured a moment of silence, prayers and speeches by attendees.JUMP George Floyd White Plains

President's Corner

Condemning systemic racism

Friday, May 29, 2020

New York City Police officer with face mask on Fifth Avenue during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, NY, USA on April 1, 2020. New York City has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the U.S with over 47,000 cases. The pandemic has forced millions of New Yorkers into their homes as local and state government enforce another 30 day stay-at-home order to try and flatten the curve. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

President's Corner

The military, policing, and COVID-19

The Brookings Institution

Friday, April 3, 2020

Brookings Around The World

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Haidian, Beijing, China

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