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Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, leaves 10 Downing Street, to make a statement in the House of Commons, in London, Britain November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls - RC1620B3D870

The Brexit endgame: Deal or no deal?

Amanda Sloat · Thursday, November 15, 2018

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos (L) answers a question from the media while getting a tour from Ron Gagliardo, senior manager of horticultural services for the Spheres, during the Amazon Spheres opening event at Amazon's Seattle headquarters in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC15E4464090

Amazon HQ2

Your city didn’t win the Amazon HQ2 beauty pageant. Now what?

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Imformatics PHD student Sebastian Bitzer performs push up exercises with a programmed Kondo humanoid robot at the newly opened Imformatics Forum building of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland September 3, 2008. The university's new 42 million pound ($74,734,800) development brings together over five hundred scientists whose interests include virtual reality, robotics, artificial learning and intelligent systems. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) - GM1E4931OMW01

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Artificial intelligence and the future of geopolitics

John Villasenor

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Girls look on at the New Horizons Academy in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, September 23, 2016. Picture taken September 23, 2016. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Katy Migiro - D1AEUGJDVVAA

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How the Adolescent Data Hub can accelerate progress for girls’ education

Corinne White, Christina Kwauk, and Thoai D. Ngo

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo - S1AETMZZEVAA

Energy Industry

Oil prices are tumbling. Volatility aside, expect them to stay low over the next 20 years.

George L. Perry

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Latest Research

Alina Peter, AP-Ops Room Coordinator at the Singita Grumeti Fund watches screens displaying information coming from EarthRanger, a real-time conservation data visualisation and analysis software in the operations room at the Singita Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, October 7, 2018. Picture taken October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1E4F1F3070

Technology & Innovation

Using big data and artificial intelligence to accelerate global development

Jennifer L. Cohen and Homi Kharas

Thursday, November 15, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC181F828BC0

Technology & Innovation

Weapons of the weak: Russia and AI-driven asymmetric warfare

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Boys read the Koran inside Markaz Al-Madrasa Al-Islamia, an Islamic seminary and orphanage, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Shadipora on the outskirts of Srinagar May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Ismail - RC14F69A05E0

Religion & Politics

Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy

Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid

November 2018

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the EU council in Brussels, Belgium May 15, 2018.

Iran

Europe and the future of Iran policy: Dealing with a dual crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, October 22, 2018

27-year-old Syrian refugee Alaa Masalmeh and her children, 5-year-old Samer and 3-year-old Mieral, look out of their home's window in Amman, Jordan, August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC18B300D870

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Implementing the Global Compact for Migration: Ideas for city engagement

October 2018

Events

Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?

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The 2018 U.S. midterm elections: Impact on Trump’s presidency and Middle East policy

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

The 2018 American Family Survey: Attitudes toward #MeToo, economic anxiety, immigration and more

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Blog Posts

An engineer works on an AutonomouStuff Automated Research Development Vehicle during a self-racing cars event at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, California, U.S., April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RC1C476426B0

The Avenue

How big could the AV industry be? 9.5 million workers and counting

Joseph Kane and Adie Tomer

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Panel of experts at a Brookings event on Yemen

Order from Chaos

Experts discuss the war in Yemen and the role of international actors

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Hutchins Roundup

Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Medicaid increases voter turnout, inflation in emerging markets, and more

Finn Schuele, Jeffrey Cheng, and David Wessel

Thursday, November 15, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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India’s central bank under attack

Thursday, November 15, 2018

U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (2nd L) speaks during a news conference about his opposition to moving forward on a vote to ratify the START treaty during the current lame duck session, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 21, 2010. Also pictured are Senator John Thune (R-SD) (L), Senator James Risch (R-ID) (2nd R) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E6CM03QN01

To save arms control, House Dems should act like a GOP senator

Thursday, November 15, 2018

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a campaign rally at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo - RC13BA61D600

America’s place in the world depends on conditions at home (and the middle class)

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Security interests for India in the Middle East

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Christian Reyes works on some wiring at Felsomat in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg

The promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Martha Ross, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Students arrive at the start of a social event advocating against harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the Imbirikani Girls High School in Imbirikani, Kenya, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - GF10000390972

Lessons on youth educational training reform in Kenya

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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