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Segregation and changing populations shape Rust Belt’s politics

John Austin · Thursday, September 14, 2017

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Climate Change

Why the wiring of our brains makes it hard to stop climate change

David G. Victor, Nick Obradovich, and Dillon J. Amaya

Monday, September 18, 2017

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France

The Macron/Trump co-dependency

Monday, September 18, 2017

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Cities & Regions

Beneath NAFTA, U.S. and Mexican cities continue their own diplomacy

Rachel Barker and Marek Gootman

Thursday, September 14, 2017

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Education in Developing Nations

Reframing girls’ education in India

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Latest Research

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Climate Change

3 platforms for girls’ education in climate strategies

Christina Kwauk and Amanda Braga

Monday, September 18, 2017

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Development Financing

Impact bonds in developing countries: Early learnings from the field

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Dean Segell, and Justice Durland

September 18, 2017

April DeBoer (L) puts a shoe on daughter Rylee while her partner Jayne Rowse talks with son Jacob in their home in Hazel Park, Michigan April 19, 2015. DeBoer and Rowse, parents caring for four adopted children and a foster child, say they lead an ordinary life but now find themselves on the frontlines of the same-sex marriage debate as petitioners in one of several same-sex marriage cases that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next week. Picture taken April 19, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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Children & Families

Care and connections: Bridging relational gaps for foster youths

Ramona Denby-Brinson, Efren Gomez, and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, September 14, 2017

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Health Care Policy

A better approach to regulating provider network adequacy

Mark Hall and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, September 14, 2017

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K-12 Education

Students return to school with significantly lower achievement levels

David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Events

How India sees the world: A discussion with Shyam Saran

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Building a secure and inclusive global financial ecosystem

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Diaspora Diplomacy, Advocacy, and Coalition-Building

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

Diplomacy toward North Korea: Some good news

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, September 18, 2017

From left, Darius Smith, 9, Kameron Smith, 4, and Deandre Green, 10, play with toys that they found in the piles of destroyed property at Crofton Place Apartments in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, U.S. September 8, 2017. The children's apartment was destroyed by the flood waters. Picture taken September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry - RC18FC12F660

Social Mobility Memos

Hurricanes hit the poor the hardest

Eleanor Krause and Richard V. Reeves

Monday, September 18, 2017

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FixGov

Views among college students regarding the First Amendment: Results from a new survey

John Villasenor

Monday, September 18, 2017

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Books

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Beyond Snowden

By Timothy H. Edgar

2017

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Exceptions to the Rule

By Molly E. Reynolds

2017

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Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

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Book launch | Reaching for the sky: Empowering girls through education

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Neighbours in arms: A discussion with Larry Pressler

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Restructuring the Medical Council of India to eliminate corruption

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The future of the West: A conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Flagship reforms for a more effective African Union: A conversation with Rwandan President Paul Kagame

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The pictures of Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani (L) and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan are seen on a car during a demonstration in support of him in Doha, Qatar June 11, 2017.

No progress on Qatar and Saudi Arabia row

September 13, 2017

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Doha

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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India