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U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at White House in Washington, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around-the-halls: Experts analyze the normalization of Israel-UAE ties

Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Jeffrey Feltman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Suzanne Maloney, Shadi Hamid, and Salam Fayyad · Thursday, August 13, 2020

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris launches her campaign for President of the United States at a rally at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in her hometown of Oakland, California, U.S., January 27, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

Campaigns & Elections

VP pick Kamala Harris and the campaign road ahead

Camille Busette and Makada Henry-Nickie

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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A mid adult father helps his young son put on a protective face mask before leaving their home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Racial economic inequality amid the COVID-19 crisis

Bradley Hardy and Trevon D. Logan

Thursday, August 13, 2020

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Palestinians ride a horse-drawn cart transporting aid supplies distributed by UNRWA at Beach refugee camp amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Gaza City June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

COVID-19 and the chance to reform US refugee policy

Kemal Kirişci and Sam Denney

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Business & Industry

Two local leaders discuss how smarter federal policy can save rural America during COVID-19

Tracy Hadden Loh and Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Latest Research

Happiness curriculum Dream a Dream photo

Report

Development of student and teacher measures of Happiness Curriculum factors

Esther Care, Vishal Talreja, Sreehari Ravindranath, and Aynur Gul Sahin

Friday, August 14, 2020

Report

Sustainable development finance proposals for the global COVID-19 response

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Friday, August 14, 2020

Young female scientist looking through a microscope in the laboratory

Technology & Innovation

Policies to broaden participation in the innovation process

Lisa D. Cook

Friday, August 14, 2020

Report

The perils and promise of America’s legacy cities in the pandemic era

Lavea Brachman

August 13, 2020

India

When land comes in the way: India’s connectivity infrastructure in Nepal

Constantino Xavier and Riya Sinha

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

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How the United States can use force short of war

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Blog Posts

Aug 14, 2020; Presidential candidate Joe Biden signs documents for receiving the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Miller/Delaware News Journal via USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

Five things the Democratic Party needs to do in its convention this week

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, August 14, 2020

Education Plus Development

The happy classroom: Insights from our study of schools in Delhi, India

Esther Care, Vishal Talreja, Aynur Gul Sahin, and Sreehari Ravindranath

Friday, August 14, 2020

Antonia, 62, walks home with groceries distributed by the Wesley Community Center to residents affected by the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

The Avenue

The Sun Belt’s COVID-19 surge stalls economic recovery in the region

Sarah Crump and MaryAnn Placheril

Friday, August 14, 2020

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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

By David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., in a still image from video December 18, 2019. House TV via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of John R. Lewis

John R. Allen

Saturday, July 18, 2020

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

John R. Allen

Friday, May 29, 2020

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Staring into the Abyss: Where does Lebanon go from here?

Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

How the United States can use force short of war

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