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Protestors leave after lighting fire on a road during a rally in Hong Kong, China September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis - RC1DBD59A700

How Hong Kong got to this point

Richard C. Bush · Thursday, September 12, 2019

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Race & Ethnicity

Setting the record straight on Black voter turnout

Rashawn Ray and Mark Whitlock

Thursday, September 12, 2019

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What are the factors that affect learning at your school?

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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A man walks past multi-colored homes that face the now-closed Bethlehem Steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 22, 2016. After Bethlehem Steel's blast furnaces went silent 20 years ago in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the local economy bounced back as new industrial parks filled with e-commerce companies and white-collar businesses fleeing New York's higher costs. That adds to the challenge for Donald Trump, Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency, as he seeks voters' backing in the state's primary on April 26. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "BETHLEHEM STEEL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000393653

Housing Markets & Finance

Campaign 2020: How to fix America’s housing policies

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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Sheetal Prakash More (R), a 30-year-old teacher, teaches at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "AAJIBAICHI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1D60A88720

Podcast Episode

Addressing the global learning crisis

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Chris McKenna

Friday, September 13, 2019

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Latest Research

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Global Trade

A WTO reform agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Louisville KY

Global Trade

How global cities are innovating to leverage foreign investment

Max Bouchet, Rachel Barker, and Marek Gootman

September 11, 2019

Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 18, 2016. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Picture taken November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC13C47E2660

Immigration

How states can improve America’s immigration system

John Hudak and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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Report

Revisiting the federal budget outlook

Alan Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin

Monday, September 9, 2019

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Report

Employment, education, and the time use of American youth

Lauren Bauer, Emily Moss, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Events

How will a national data privacy law affect connected devices, applications, and the cloud?

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Japan, Taiwan, and the future of “America First” trade policy

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Natural resource management in Africa: A conversation with President of Guinea Alpha Condé

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

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Africa in focus

Africa in the news: SACU-UK trade agreement, Nigeria’s border closures, and Sudan’s transitional government

Christina Golubski

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1ABFF59380

Israel

Israeli elections redux: What you need to know

Friday, September 13, 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives to welcome Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1F0A5D6A90

Order from Chaos

The place of military history in today’s defense planning

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, September 13, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2019

From Gutenberg to Google

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A mourner holds a candle during a vigil at scene of a mass shooting in Dayton

Gun violence in America: A true national security threat

Monday, August 5, 2019

The president of Estonia speaks at Brookings.

Defending shared values: Estonia in an evolving Europe

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A member of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks after the U.S.-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory, in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC15D28C9E00

The ‘Caliphate’ Is Dead, but Americans Might Not Be Any Safer

The Atlantic

Saturday, March 23, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

The Brookings Institution

Monday, February 11, 2019

Primary school students wear virtual reality (VR) headsets inside a classroom in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC16E4321880

Why we need to rethink education in the artificial intelligence age

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Brookings Around The World

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Haidian, Beijing, China

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Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India