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Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX3AID8

U.S.-Russia relations six months into the Trump administration

Steven Pifer · Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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Access to Health Care

Republicans’ wrong approach to tackling Medicaid

Alice M. Rivlin

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

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Infrastructure

Modernizing government’s approach to transportation and land use data: Challenges and opportunities

Adie Tomer and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX3CVWW

Campaigns & Elections

The Obamacare repeal and the illusion of public opinion

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Opposition supporters attend a rally to pay tribute to victims of violence during protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX3CR9T

Venezuela

Between a rock and a hard place: Economic sanctions on Venezuela

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Latest Research

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Access to Health Care

Working Paper | Missing female patients: An analysis of gender ratios from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India

Shamika Ravi, Mudit Kapoor, Deepak Agarwal, Randeep Guleria, and Ambuj Roy

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Metro trains arrive in the Gallery Place-Chinatown station ahead of a 29-hour shutdown for an emergency safety investigation of power cabling of the entire Washington Metro system in Washington March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo - RTX2COKV

Transportation Industry

Transport pricing and accessibility

Kenneth Gwilliam

June 2017

A statue of George Washington stands across from the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RTX2W2NM

Financial Institutions

Bank capital requirements contribute to growth and stability

Monday, July 24, 2017

A family member of a miner trapped underground in the Pike River coal mine sits outside a progress briefing by mine authorities and police in Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast November 23, 2010. Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine suffered yet another setback on Tuesday after a robot sent into the main shaft broke down, adding to agonising delays as hopes for survivors faded. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: DISASTER BUSINESS) - RTXUXV9

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The geography of desperation in America

Carol Graham, Sergio Pinto, and John Juneau II

Monday, July 24, 2017

A medical worker administers polio drops to an infant at a hospital during the pulse polio immunization programme in Agartala, capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, January 18, 2015. The programme aims to immunize every child in the country under five years of age with the oral polio vaccine. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - RTR4LV6Y

Access to Health Care

Brookings India Health Monitor

Shamika Ravi and Mudit Kapoor

Friday, July 21, 2017

Events

Development Seminar @ Brookings India: America’s Economic Anxiety

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

NATO at a crossroads: Next steps for the trans-Atlantic alliance

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Procedure and politics in the 115th Congress

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

An aerial view of The Villages retirement community in Central Florida, June 27, 2015.

Social Mobility Memos

Glass floors and slow growth: A recipe for deepening inequality and hampering social mobility

Abigail McKnight and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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TechTank

How Trump’s infrastructure plan can expand broadband coverage

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Qatar Airways aircrafts are seen at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - RTS16R4Z

Markaz

The Gulf’s airlines are winning on product but losing at politics

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Andrew Leber

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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Books

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Dipl

Foreign Service

By James Dobbins; Foreword by Robert Zoellick

2017

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Loan Sharks

By Charles R. Geisst

2017

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Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

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U.S. President Donald Trump greets military personnel

On the transgender military ban

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

A currency dealer counts Moroccan dirhams in a photo illustration at a currency exchange in Casablanca, Morocco, June 29, 2017. Picture taken June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/Illustration - RTX3B9S7

The uncoverd interest parity puzzle (UIP): Evidence from major currencies

Theodore Pelagidis and Athanasios Petsas

June, 2017

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Warts and all, Obamacare could win a popularity contest that matters

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses lawmakers before a parliamentary vote on the latest round of austerity Greece has agreed with its lenders, in Athens, Greece, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RTX36GUS

A model of constitutional design and corruption

Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos

August, 2017

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session before a vote on the latest round of austerity Greece has agreed with its lenders, in Athens, Greece, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RTX36H65

How to complete a union that is built to last.

Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos

2017

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session before a vote on tax and pension reforms in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo - RTX2PU8Y

Efficiency in the tax-auditing administration in Greece

Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos, and Aggeliki Saranti

April 27, 2017

Brookings Around The World

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India