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U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One, for their first official visit to Britain, at Stansted Airport, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1138DA3BE0

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit

Thomas Wright, Alina Polyakova, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Amanda Sloat, Célia Belin, Kemal Kirişci, and Tarun Chhabra · Monday, July 16, 2018

A Chinese engineer and a local construction worker work on a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) in Emali, Kenya October 10, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) tasked with the construction work at a cost of 3.8 billion U.S. dollars is due for completion in mid-2017. REUTERS/Noor Khamis - D1AERZDORFAA

China

American companies and Chinese Belt and Road in Africa

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building is seen after Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced grand jury indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC189262E490

U.S. Politics & Government

Unpacked: Will Trump testify in Mueller’s Russia investigation?

Monday, July 16, 2018

A woman walks past a sign advertising a sale in the Old Town shopping area of Pasadena, California, U.S. June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RC16547F38A0

State & Local Finance

The history and future of the retail sales tax

Vivien Lee and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

A townhouse for sale that is currently under contract is seen in Bethesda, Maryland December 30, 2015. Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes fell in November for the third time in four months, a signal that growth in the U.S. housing market could be cooling. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Wednesday its pending home sales index slipped 0.9 percent to 106.9. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Housing Markets & Finance

Under US housing policies, homeowners mostly win, while renters mostly lose

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Latest Research

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Energy Industry

Indian Railways and coal

Puneet Kamboj and Rahul Tongia

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Politics & Government

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Elaine Kamarck, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Monday, July 16, 2018

A health insurance navigator explains services at a booth in Arizona

Health Care Policy

Stabilizing and strengthening the individual health insurance market

Friday, July 13, 2018

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Technology & Innovation

Why protecting privacy is a losing game today—and how to change the game

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Paola Garcia reads a book with her three-year-old daughter Emily at Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts March 5, 2013. Garcia attends classes to learn English as a second language while her daughter attends Head Start, which provides early learning for children. According to ABCD, 95 percent of the money for the Head Start program comes from the federal government, funding that faces cuts under sequestration. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E9360GQG01

Early Childhood Education

Does state pre-K improve children’s achievement?

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Events

From summits to solutions: Innovations in implementing the sustainable development goals

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Cultivating a vibrant U.S. market for biosimilars: A conversation with FDA’s Scott Gottlieb

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Evidence-based policy: How is it faring in the Trump era?

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media after meeting with North Korea's envoy Kim Yong Chol at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1C94450690

Up Front

History won’t be kind to politicians who stay silent on Trump’s trade war

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addresses the Annual Conference of Swiss Developement Cooperation in Zurich, Switzerland January 22, 2016. On the screen behind are displayed the 17 goals of UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann - LR1EC1M141E1G

Future Development

Should not meeting the Sustainable Development Goals get you fired?

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

A man stands next to cars damaged by an air strike in Amran, Yemen June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FAE9C8CC0

Order from Chaos

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a disastrous Yemen strategy

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Upcoming

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

More

An update on Colombia

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19BE6D3090

Did the Trump-Putin summit resolve any arms control issues?

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

U.S. and North Korean national flags are seen during the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1C1F358640

Since Singapore: Letting North Korea off the hook

Jeffrey A. Bader and Ryan Hass

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

A supporter of Indian yoga guru Ramdev gestures towards Indian national flags while taking part in Ramdev's protest against corruption at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi

India rising: Soft power and the world’s largest democracy

Dhruva Jaishankar

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Interview: New U.S. sanctions fuel protests and economic mayhem in Iran (Part 2)

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

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