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Delivering the vote: How 4 pressures are testing the Postal Service’s role in American elections

Elena Patel

July 10, 2026

Toward a US-Africa critical minerals investment strategy: Tools, priorities, and trade-offs

Dafe Oputu, Landry Signé

July 16, 2026

China's President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony for Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon at the Great Hall of the People

Will China replace America on the world stage?

Robert Kagan, Jonathan A. Czin, Ryan Hass

July 21, 2026

Supporting children and incentivizing employment: The future of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit

Sarah Calame, Tara Watson

July 13, 2026

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USMCA fails to renew—but it’s not over yet

Christopher Sands, Duncan Wood, Kari Heerman

July 17, 2026

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Iran

US Secretary Marco Rubio (R) stands with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as they appear briefly before the media as they meet at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.

Jordan Why Jordan remains a critical US partner

Bruce Riedel

MASHHAD, IRAN - JULY 09: Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers and clerics walk in the procession carrying the coffin of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 9, 2026, in Mashhad, Iran.

International Affairs The Iran War and the War Powers Resolution

An Iranian national flag is placed by the rubble of a collapsed building following strikes at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran on April 7, 2026.

Iran Blowback: How the Iran war may change the world

Commercial vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

Global Trade Will the Strait of Hormuz reopen after the US-Iran deal?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kari Heerman, Bruce Jones

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Defense & Security

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and US President Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 8, 2026.

International Affairs A fractured front? Inside the Ankara NATO summit

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Mara Karlin, Thomas Wright

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) hands an aide a note as he testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Defense Policy A better way to spend $350 billion at the Pentagon

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) honour guard stand with flags of the US and China in front of the Great Hall of the People ahead of a welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14, 2026.

Defense & Security Who holds the advantage? Three perspectives on the US-China military balance

John Culver, Bruce Jones, Michael E. O’Hanlon

In this photo, the remains of an UNHCR warehouse can be seen following a Russian ballistic missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Ukraine Dispatch from Ukraine

Mara Karlin

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Artificial Intelligence

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 26: The American flag flies with other nation's flag outside of the United Nations on January 26, 2017 in New York City.

Artificial Intelligence New tools for mapping a fragmented AI governance landscape

Brooke Tanner, Derek Belle, Elham Tabassi, Cameron F. Kerry, Nicoleta Kyosovska, Andrea Renda, Andrew W. Wyckoff +2 more

An aerial view shows construction of a massive Skybox AI data center campus in Hutto, Texas, on April 18, 2026, which will host 400 million square feet of space with 600 megawatts of capacity.

Technology Policy & Regulation Data center backlash signals a fight over AI power

Tom Wheeler

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Artificial Intelligence Getting to all-of-the-above: A framework of solutions for AI’s coming impacts on work and workers

Xavier de Souza Briggs

A man takes photos of a DeepSeek display at a shopping mall in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province

China Are the US and China really in an AI “race”?

Kyle Chan, R. David Edelman, Ryan Hass

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Education

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Education Access & Equity School spending equity since 1976

Sarah Reber, Beyond Deng, Gabriela Goodman

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Education America’s school boards

Education Policy From access to impact

Molly Curtiss Wyss, Brad Olsen

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Education 2 members of Congress on improving American education

Rep. Kevin Kiley, Rep. Mark Takano, Rashawn Ray

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event

July 29

2026

Democracy, Conflict, & Governance The DRC at a crossroads: Presidential succession and conflict in the east

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Wednesday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT

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September 24-25

2026

U.S. Economy BPEA Fall 2026 Conference

Thursday, 1:00 pm - 5:15 pm EDT
Friday, 9:00 am - 1:15 pm EDT