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State Rep. Shedron Williams (L) introduces Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer during a campaign event in Hampton, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

To win Black men’s votes in 2020, save your slogans and speak to our priorities

Rashawn Ray · Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Mike Bloomberg

Race in American Public Policy

Bloomberg’s comments on redlining distort a history of racism

Andre M. Perry and Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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Egypt

Hosni Mubarak’s risk-averse reign brought Egypt to calamity

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Policy 2020

Did the 2017 tax cut—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—pay for itself?

William G. Gale

Friday, February 14, 2020

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Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump

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Unintended consequences: Trump and Warren’s bipartisan plan for the US dollar

Adam Triggs and Warwick J. McKibbin

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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Latest Research

A roadmap for growing good jobs

Report

A Roadmap for Growing Good Jobs: Background on data and methodology

Marcela Escobari and Ian Seyal

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Children march through a shopping centre in Cambridge during a YouthStrike4Climate march.

Report

Roadblocks to quality education in a time of climate change

Christina Kwauk

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool

Report

Managing China: Competitive engagement, with Indian characteristics

February 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping look on during a signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Report

Russia and China: Axis of revisionists?

February 2020

Warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the first day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games in Chabahar port, at the Sea of Oman, Iran, December 27, 2019. Picture taken December 27, 2019. Mohsen Ataei/Fars news agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

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China and the return of great power strategic competition

February 2020

Events

Playful Learning Landscapes: At the intersection of education and placemaking

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The changing geopolitics of the Red Sea: Gulf rivalries and global competition

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Upcoming Policy 2020 Event

If the economy is doing so well, why are so many struggling?

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST

Clinton Township, Michigan

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Blog Posts

A voter drops ballots for the March 3 Super Tuesday primary into a mobile voting mail box in Laguna Woods, California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

FixGov

What to watch on Super Tuesday

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Afghan senior politicians and members of a Taliban delegation attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Order from Chaos

Good deals — and bad ones — with the Taliban

John R. Allen, Saad Mohseni, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The Scout overlooking(108 years old statue) in downtown Kansas City. Shutterstock

Up Front

3 ways cities can redefine their economic trajectories

Marcela Escobari and Ian Seyal

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

Cvr: Fateful Triangle

Fateful Triangle

By Tanvi Madan

2020

Cvr: The Iranian Revolution at Forty

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

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White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism

The Atlantic

Monday, February 24, 2020

Taliban ride on a motorbike in Kabul, Afghanistan June 16, 2018. The writing on the flag reads: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah'. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Sirajuddin Haqqani, Terrorist

Friday, February 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Doctors look at a screen that shows the ward where patients who are infected with the coronavirus are treated at the First People's Hospital in Yueyang, Hunan Province, near the border to Hubei Province, which is under partial lockdown after an outbreak of a new coronavirus, in China January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

On coronavirus, America and China must demonstrate global leadership and join together

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

How to reverse the global drift toward authoritarianism

Foreign Policy

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The US military has made progress in ending racial discrimination. The rest of our country must as well.

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, February 6, 2020

General view of the Congress Center during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Disrupting the international order

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Brookings Around The World

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The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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