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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The debate stage is prepared to the 2020 vice presidential debate between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

10 questions for Trump and Biden during their final debate

Samantha Gross, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Thomas Wright · Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A mobile phone user looks at the icons of the mobile apps of Alphabet Inc's Google on his smartphone in Beijing, China, 16 January 2018.Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday (16 January 2018) it has made "no changes" to its mapping platform in China, denying an earlier media report that claimed it was re-launching the function in China, where many of its services are blocked. Japan's Nikkei reported earlier that Google had set up a China-specific version of the Google Maps website for the first time in eight years and introduced a map application for Chinese iPhones for the first time. Google, however, stated that the Google Maps browser has been available in China for many years while there is no Maps application offered in the country.No Use China. No Use France.

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Assessing the DOJ lawsuit against Google

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Center for Sustainable Development

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Around the halls: Brookings experts on the new Center for Sustainable Development

Amar Bhattacharya, Marcela Escobari, George Ingram, Homi Kharas, and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Poverty

We could abolish child poverty in the U.S. with Social Security benefits for poor kids

Melissa S. Kearney

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Campaigns & Elections

America’s electoral future: The coming generational transformation

Rob Griffin, William H. Frey, and Ruy Teixeira

Monday, October 19, 2020

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Latest Research

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Arms Control

US nonproliferation cooperation with Russia and China

Friday, October 23, 2020

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Health Care Policy

Federal policy options to realize the potential of APCDs

Matthew Fiedler and Christen Linke Young

Friday, October 23, 2020

Malaysian Prime MInister Mahathir Mohamad, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen shake hands at the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Report

The case for Australia to step up in Southeast Asia

Hervé Lemahieu

October 2020

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Report

Competencies for the 21st century: Jurisdictional progress

Robert Taylor, Charles Fadel, Helyn Kim, and Esther Care

Thursday, October 22, 2020

A view shows the skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Centre, also known as "Moskva-City", in Moscow, Russia September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - UP1EE941BW1XV

Climate Change

Pledges and progress: Steps toward greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the 100 largest cities across the United States

Sam Markolf, Inês M.L. Azevedo, Mark Muro, and David G. Victor

October 2020

Events

Upcoming Policy 2020 Event

Election 2020: Driving forces and possible outcomes

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Election 2020: Digital democracy, disinformation, and Black voters

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Asia Transnational Threats Forum: Cybersecurity and cyber resilience

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

The U.S. Capitol building is seen on Tuesday morning after the federal government was shutdown when the House and Senate failed to pass a budget in Washington October 1, 2013. The lawmakers who shut down the U.S. government on Tuesday have the best view of the result from their perch in the U.S. Capitol: a two-mile stretch of museums, monuments and federal buildings along the National Mall that were closed for business. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9A11QZF01

TechTank

How the 2020 elections will shape the federal privacy debate

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin

Monday, October 26, 2020

Women wait to cast their ballots at a polling station during the Guinea's presidential election in Fria, Guinea October 18, 2020. REUTERS/Saliou Samb NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Guinea, Sudan, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire updates

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Microphones at the ready as members of the press wait outside the courts as jury deliberates for a second day in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial case at New York City Criminal Court, New York, February 19, 2020. (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechStream

Podcast: How to report on hacks and disinformation

Janine Zacharia, Andrew Grotto, Quinta Jurecic, and Alina Polyakova

Friday, October 23, 2020

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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: China 2049

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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President's Corner

On the Passing of Brookings Institution Chairman Emeritus James A. Johnson

Sunday, October 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

President's Corner

America’s democracy on the edge

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Aug 29, 2020; Erie, PA, USA; Erie Equal founder Andrey Rosado, center, leads protesters as they march past Erie City Hall during the We Will Not Stay Silent rally on Aug. 29, 2020. The rally, organized by Erie Equal, was in response to the social unrest and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin and other cites across the country. Mandatory Credit: Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News-USA TODAY NETWORK

President's Corner

New priority on Race, Justice, and Equity

Thursday, September 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Friday, September 18, 2020

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., in a still image from video December 18, 2019. House TV via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of John R. Lewis

Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Palestinian man herds sheep near a construction site at a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim December 19, 2011. Israel began seeking tenders to build more than 1,000 homes in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, part of a settlement plan it accelerated after Palestinians won recognition by a U.N. body, but a move which complicates a return to negotiations.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (POLITICS ANIMALS)

President's Corner

Stopping Israel’s annexation is a US national security interest

The Hill

Sunday, June 14, 2020