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Saudi Arabia is taunting Trump

Shadi Hamid · Friday, October 12, 2018

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during a visit to promote girls' education at Hun Sen Prasaat Bankong high school on the outskirts of Siem Reap March 21, 2015. Cambodia is one of 11 countries to be targeted in the first year of Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative, launched last summer through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - GF10000033834

Education

A global moment for local champions of girls’ education

Christina Kwauk

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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U.S. Economy

What the forgotten Americans really want−and how to give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

A voter leaves a polling site after casting a ballot in the Massachusetts Primary Election in Somerville.

2018 Midterms

Myths about the 2018 midterm elections

John Hudak and Fred Dews

Friday, October 12, 2018

A girl waits in line as voters line up with their ballots at a polling station on election day in Harlem, New York, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb - S1AEULRLYVAA

2018 Midterms

Will changing demographics affect the 2018 midterms?

William H. Frey

Monday, October 15, 2018

Latest Research

Atlantic City

Housing Markets & Finance

HUD can’t fix exclusionary zoning by withholding CDBG funds

Monday, October 15, 2018

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U.S. Economy

Work requirements and safety net programs

Lauren Bauer, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Jay Shambaugh

Monday, October 15, 2018

Infrastructure trainees

Infrastructure

Can “infrastructure academies” solve our most pressing workforce challenges?

Joseph Kane and Lara Fishbane

Friday, October 12, 2018

pre-k children

Early Childhood Education

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Anna D. Johnson, Deborah A. Phillips, and Owen Schochet

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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France

Balancing act: The limits of pragmatism in the Franco-American relationship and the way forward

October 2018

Events

A conversation with SEC Commissioner Kara Stein

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

India Transformed: 25 years of economic reforms

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Unconventional monetary policy: How well did it work?

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

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Brookings Now

An economic agenda for the forgotten Americans in a divided nation

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Unpacked

How Brexit will remake the United Kingdom

Monday, October 15, 2018

Supporters of Congolese political parties attend a joint opposition rally in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC1B722034F0

Order from Chaos

Ahead of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what’s at stake

Adam Twardowski

Monday, October 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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A police officer keeps watch in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSRYC8

On NPR: Donald Kohn weighs in on Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve

Monday, October 15, 2018

Assessing the readiness of the U.S. military

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

student loan paperwork.

Financial and student loan (il)literacy among US college students

Johnathan G. Conzelmann and T. Austin Lacy

Monday, October 15, 2018

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a news conference at Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia, December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1C743F3D50

Tunisia just lost its anchor of stability. That’s a good thing.

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

Monday, October 15, 2018

A man adjusts a flag for his daughter during celebrations marking the sixth anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC192ECA71B0

In another first, Tunisia criminalizes racism

Monday, October 15, 2018

A former customs hut is seen behind a Brexit sign between Donegal in the Republic of Ireland and Londonderry in Northern Ireland at the border village of Muff, Ireland, February 1, 2018. Picture taken February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne - RC1196063CD0

Explaining Brexit and the Northern Ireland question

Monday, October 15, 2018

Brookings Around The World

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Haidian, Beijing, China

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New Delhi, Delhi, India