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Yasser al-Rumayyan, Saudi Aramco's chairman, and Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Aramco, attend a news conference at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC14A8AB6F00

The Saudi Aramco IPO breaks records, but falls short of expectations

Samantha Gross · Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Middle Class

Class Notes: Virtual college counseling, rainy-day savings accounts, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Global Economy

Is China undermining the global economic order or helping build it?

David Dollar and Wang Huiyao

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Post

What is and what is not an impeachable offense? This week in impeachment

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Kansas City

Technology & Innovation

The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America

Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton

December 9, 2019

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Latest Research

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks during a cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian government, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC18BBEC7170

Middle East & North Africa

From confusion to clarity: Three pillars for revitalizing the Palestinian national movement

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Agricultural fields

Report

Toward strategies for ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Energy Security

The shifting energy landscape and the Gulf economies’ diversification challenge

Samantha Gross and Adel Abdel Ghafar

December 2019

UAV drone Navy

Technology & Innovation

Public opinion lessons for AI regulation

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A girl looks on as people take part in a "youth strike for climate change" demonstration in London, Britain February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson - RC1F44A5E6F0

Report

Girls’ education in climate strategies

Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, and Joni Pegram

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Events

Automation, labor market institutions, and the middle class

9:00 AM - 2:45 PM EST

Lessons of history, law, and public opinion for AI development

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Panel Discussion | Housing, Externalities, Technology and the Long Run for Global Real Estate

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during the opening of the annual International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki, Greece September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis - RC1EC7846080

Up Front

Greece’s recovery bet

Theodore Pelagidis

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Talent development

The Avenue

Talent is America’s most precious resource—it’s time economic development organizations focus more on developing it

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Primary school students wear masks with No Smoking sign during an event to promote the World No Tobacco Day on May 31, in Linyi, Shandong province, China May 30, 2019. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1DEBFED000

Future Development

The 5 problems China must tackle now to achieve the 2030 health SDGs

Shu Chen, Wenhui Mao, and Shenglan Tang

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Upcoming

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

From Gutenberg to Google

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A mourner holds a candle during a vigil at scene of a mass shooting in Dayton

Gun violence in America: A true national security threat

Monday, August 5, 2019

The president of Estonia speaks at Brookings.

Defending shared values: Estonia in an evolving Europe

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A member of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks after the U.S.-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory, in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC15D28C9E00

The ‘Caliphate’ Is Dead, but Americans Might Not Be Any Safer

The Atlantic

Saturday, March 23, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

The Brookings Institution

Monday, February 11, 2019

Primary school students wear virtual reality (VR) headsets inside a classroom in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC16E4321880

Why we need to rethink education in the artificial intelligence age

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, January 31, 2019

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