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Service members of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in artillery drills at a shooting range in an unknown location in eastern Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 17, 2021. Picture released December 17, 2021. Press Service of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Russia, China, and beyond: Key U.S. foreign policy challenges

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews · Friday, January 21, 2022

The milk section of a grocery store is pictured in Los Angeles April 7, 2011. On the streets of America, the debate over inflation is over. Prices are too high and rising too fast, many people say. But policy-makers at the U.S. Federal Reserve largely agree that promoting economic growth is still more urgent that constraining a nascent pick-up in consumer prices. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

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Inflation politics is clearer than inflation economics

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, January 14, 2022

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Brookings Africa Growth Initiative Foresight Africa 2022

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Foresight Africa 2022

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Monetary Policy

Taking stock of the new Fed and ECB monetary policy frameworks

David Wessel and Eric Milstein

Friday, January 21, 2022

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A gay couple and their two children participates at the annual San Francisco Gay pride parade in San Francisco in June 2019.

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, and Moriah Macklin

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Latest Research

Foresight Africa 2022 Chapter 1

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Africa’s economic recovery: Financing robust post-pandemic growth

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Foresight 2022, chapter 2

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Public health: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Muhammad Ali Pate

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Foresight Africa, chapter 3

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African women and girls: Leading a continent

H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Foresight Africa 2022, chapter 4

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Climate change: Tackling a global challenge

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Foresight Africa, chapter 5

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Technological innovations: Creating and harnessing tools for improved livelihoods

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2022

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Expanding climate careers while implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Responsible AI from principles to practice

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EST

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Blog Posts

Iranian women sit in a cafe after the launching of the "Hamdam" dating app, in Tehran, Iran, July 17, 2021. Picture taken July 17, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Future Development

The Middle East and North Africa’s patrilineal trap

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Order from Chaos

Biden’s China policy needs to be more than just Trump lite

Jeffrey A. Bader

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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Education Plus Development

A little cash goes a long way to support early childhood and development

Molly Scott, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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Books

Cvr: Turning Point

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: The Constitution of Knowledge

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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Psilocybin mushrooms

How technology is transforming mental health assessment and treatment

Gregory Ferenstein

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

A man walks past electricity pylons in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Addressing Africa’s dual challenges: Climate change and electricity access

Jeanine Mabunda Lioko

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Residents are seen in the Ivorian cocoa farming village of Djigbadji, commonly known as Bandikro or Bandit Town, located inside the Rapides Grah protected forest and destroyed by forest authorities in January 2020, in Soubre, Ivory Coast January 7, 2021. Picture taken January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Valuing local knowledge and solutions for SDG progress

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Jamie Drummond, and Kennedy Odede

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, meets with Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus, Syria September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

Zombie diplomacy and the fate of Syria’s constitutional committee

Steven Heydemann and Karam Shaar

Monday, January 24, 2022

A woman teaching a class of mature students.

Why aren’t more adults finishing community college?

Kelli Bird, Ben Castleman, Brett Fischer, and Benjamin T. Skinner

Monday, January 24, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrive for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland June 16, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin has the US right where he wants it

Monday, January 24, 2022