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Recent refugee from Syria Sandy Khabbazeh buys pom-poms and face paint at a dollar store before going to a football game in Oakland, New Jersey, November 20, 2015. Picture taken November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - GF20000072467

Why accepting refugees is a win-win-win formula

Dany Bahar · Tuesday, June 19, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC13889AA630

U.S. Foreign Policy

Trump’s America does not care

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Gao Haibao, looks at stock information on his mobile phone as he climbs the stairs to his apartment.

China

China’s social credit system spreads to more daily transactions

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Monday, June 18, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

Courts & Law

SCOTUS as Lucy van Pelt: The court once again pulls the ball out from under hopeful reformers

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Rachel Wilson (L), of Rockville, Maryland, speaks with Yash Parbhu of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while learning about the code for some of Google's new APIs at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco June 26, 2014. Women attendees constituted 20% of the conference's attendance this year, up from 8% last year. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1EA6R0IP701

Workforce Development

Could “mid-tech” jobs elevate more people and non-coastal places?

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Patrick McKenna

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Latest Research

Automated Guided Vehicles carry the chassis for 2018 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles on the assembly line at General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC1ED1C67090

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Meeting the automation challenge to the middle class and the American project

Robert E. Litan

Thursday, June 21, 2018

USA income map

Housing Markets & Finance

Housing in the U.S. is too expensive, too cheap, and just right. It depends on where you live.

Cecile Murray and Jenny Schuetz

Thursday, June 21, 2018

A handful of students attend class as other student picketers walk the hallways at Madrid's Complutense University during a general teachers' strike against educational cuts imposed by the Spanish government May 22, 2012. Spanish teachers went on strike on Tuesday to protest against cuts in education spending that labour unions say will put 100,000 substitute teachers out of work but that the government says are needed to tackle the euro zone debt crisis. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E85M1LOP01

Higher Education

What accounts for gaps in student loan default, and what happens after

Judith Scott-Clayton

Thursday, June 21, 2018

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating wind turbines are seen at a wind park near Greneville-en-Beauce, France, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo - RC170168A5E0

Climate Change

Blending climate funds to finance low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Fiber cables

Infrastructure

The FCC and cities: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Friday, June 15, 2018

Events

Blending climate finance for low-carbon infrastructure

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

An alternative vision for Israel

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy: A conversation with IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance at the Sci-Tech Complex, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 28, 2015. REUTERS/KCNA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. - GF20000036162

Order from Chaos

Kim Jong-un’s tools of coercion

Thursday, June 21, 2018

A robot moves goods through stocking shelves

Up Front

Four cures for automation anxiety

Robert E. Litan

Thursday, June 21, 2018

USAID and Brookings panel on 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan

Future Development

Applying the lessons of the Marshall Plan to US global leadership today

Anthony F. Pipa

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Upcoming

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after signing an agreement during a bilateral meeting at the Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai May 20, 2014. Trade between China and Russia is expected to reach $100 billion by 2015, Xi said on Tuesday, after meeting with Putin. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EA5K14XV01

Russian and Chinese nuclear arsenals: Posture, proliferation, and the future of arms control

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Inpec officers register FARC rebels before they leave El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota, Colombia January 20, 2016. Colombia's government released on Wednesday 16 of the 30 imprisoned FARC rebels the government had decided to pardon in late November. The move represents a unilateral gesture on behalf of the government, after assessing compliance with the unilateral ceasefire by The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and as a consequence in the reduction of violence as the peace deal progresses. REUTERS/Omar Nieto/high commissioner for peace /Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - GF20000102631

Measuring the gender justice gap

Paul Prettitore and Sandie Okoro

Thursday, June 21, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on during a news conference in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi - RC1F37C4F400

Angela Merkel to Donald Trump: Thank you for making me great again

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan carry a huge Turkish flag during a pre-election gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir - RC194386C110

Ahead of Turkey’s snap elections, Erdoğan faces three main challenges

Kemal Kirişci and Ömer Taşpınar

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Hutchins Roundup

Hutchins Roundup: Value of American banks, signals of financial distress, and more

Finn Schuele and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Traffic builds up on the main street on the eve of a referendum as Rwandans will vote to amend its Constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in Rwanda capital Kigali, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/James Akena - GF10000269470

Can secondary cities bridge urban and rural economies in Africa?

Eyerusalem Siba

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

Brookings Doha

Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India