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A coffin of a victim is carried, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1DB235C800

The attacks in Sri Lanka and the threat of foreign fighters

Daniel L. Byman · Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

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Will Congressional Democrats find unity on the budget?

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, April 22, 2019

Experts share insights on the Census 2020

Demographics & Population

A year before the 2020 census, experts share four key insights

April 23, 2019

A voter casts a ballot at the Flushing Volunteer Fire Department in Flushing, Ohio, March 6, 2012. Republicans are holding their "Super Tuesday" presidential primary in 10 states. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan (UNITED STATES - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E8370HRA01

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Selling civic engagement: A unique role for the private sector?

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Balance scales are seen hanging from a statue in Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland October 15, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne - RC1991A87A10

Middle Class

Tipping the balance: Why equivalence scales matter more than you think

Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Latest Research

People climb flag poles flying Yemen's national flag during a ceremony marking Yemen's Reunification Day, in Sanaa, May 22 ,2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - S1BETFMQVRAB

Yemen

Reclaiming Yemen: The role of the Yemeni professional diaspora

Noha Aboueldahab

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Yemeni Guerrero (C), a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, attends the immigration ministry at Lincoln Methodist Church to fill out her renewal application in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 10, 2017. DACA recipients gathered to fill out applications to renew their permit before the October 5 deadline for current beneficiaries. Picture taken September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC13D348DB40

Demographics & Population

As Americans spread out, immigration plays a crucial role in local population growth

William H. Frey

Monday, April 22, 2019

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker look at each other during a news conference in Strasbourg, France March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler - RC17106DF9E0

International Affairs

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC16AB221480

China

China’s Belt and Road: The new geopolitics of global infrastructure development

Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Homi Kharas, Jennifer Mason, Mireya Solís, and Jonathan Stromseth

April 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office, about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1BC78DD490

Campaigns & Elections

The coming showdown over government reform

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Events

The city of Pittsburgh, ONEPGH, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Senkaku paradox: Risking great power war over small stakes

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Is the Army ready for great power competition?

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

Construction workers erect scaffolding at the site of metro station as a SpiceJet Airlines aircraft flies past in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 14, 2012. Growth in Asia's third-largest economy is slowing as costlier credit and the impact of Europe's debt crisis on exports have sapped expansion. Gross domestic product rose 6.1 percent in December quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in near three years. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - GM1E85E1KU101

Future Development

Economic geography bites back

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Colt Groff carries his daughter Peyton Groff on his shoulders as they look at the smoke from the Wallow wildfire in Apache County, Arizona June 9, 2011. Forest rangers in eastern Arizona stepped up the attack on the massive wildfire that has displaced as many as 11,000 people, exploiting better weather conditions on Thursday to finally begin curtailing the blaze. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E76A0X2801

Up Front

Keeping up with the caseload: How to recruit and retain foster parents

Ron Haskins, Jeremy Kohomban, and Jennifer Rodriguez

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: April 01, 2019 People walk past by AK Party billboards with pictures of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and mayoral candidate Binali Yildirim in Istanbul, Turkey, April 1, 2019. The billboards read: " Thank you Istanbul ". REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

Order from Chaos

Turkey’s democracy wakes up

Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2019

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

Upcoming

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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A man walks near storage tanks at a state-owned Pertamina fuel depot in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan - RC187A6D7BD0

New data on governance of national oil companies: Why transparency and oversight matter

Patrick Heller and Daniel Kaufmann

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs U.S. President Donald Trump as they talk during meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC15FD644460

The U.S. blind spot in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Ali Fathollah Nejad

How effective are U.S. sanctions against Iran?

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

February 27, 2019

Eritrea's director-general of the Department of Mines Alem Kibreab displays a gold piece during a Reuters interview inside his office in the capital Asmara, February 16, 2016. Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa's poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mining official told Reuters. To match Interview ERITREA-MINING/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - GF10000323043

Figure of the week: Natural resource governance in Africa

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

An End to the “Endless War?” Prospects for Stability and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM AST

NYT op-ed

The best way to rejuvenate rural America? Invest in cities

Amy Liu and Nathan Arnosti

New York Times Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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

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Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India