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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C2AA07D00

“The Russians love it” – This week in impeachment

Elaine Kamarck · Friday, November 15, 2019

An aerial view shows Independence Square during clashes between anti-government protesters and Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev February 19, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich warned his opponents on Wednesday that he could deploy force against them after what he called their attempt to "seize power" by means of "arson and murder". REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA2J1J9F01

Ukraine

President Trump’s instincts on Ukraine have been bad, but he’s right about one thing

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, November 15, 2019

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Podcast Episode

The biggest health care issues of the 2020 election

Matthew Fiedler, Christen Linke Young, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 15, 2019

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Row houses are seen in the historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago November 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the designation of the Pullman neighborhood as a national park on February 19, according to park advocates. The neighborhood's brick homes and ornate public buildings were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeper car factory. Picture taken November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - TM3EABN1EN001

Policy 2020

How are communities making housing more affordable for middle-income families?

Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz

Friday, November 8, 2019

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An image of Israeli soldiers is seen on a computer screen with colourful markings of a face recognition programming script, during a cyber security training course, called a Hackathon, at iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation, at a high-tech park in Beersheba, southern Israel August 28, 2017. Picture taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1DE502FAB0

Report

Cybersecurity and digital trade: What role for international trade rules?

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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Latest Research

A green wireframe model covers an actor's lower face during the creation of a synthetic facial reanimation video, known alternatively as a deepfake, in London, Britain February 12, 2019. Picture taken February 12, 2019. Reuters TV via REUTERS - RC289D9IZ78P

Technology & Innovation

Fighting deepfakes when detection fails

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Doctors Jordan Klein (2nd R) and Chane Price (R) confer as University of Miami interns Ignatios Papas (L) and Tim Sterrenberg (2nd L) look on in the Rehabilitation Unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, September 30, 2013. The Obama administration accelerated its push to persuade individual Americans to sign up for the most extensive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in 50 years, the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as Obamacare) even as the program's foes in Congress fought to delay its launch with the threat of a federal government shutdown. The Jackson Health System is the largest in Florida and one of the largest in the U.S. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH) - RTR3FGCZ

Technology & Innovation

Risks and remedies for artificial intelligence in health care

W. Nicholson Price II

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Charleston

Economic Development

Small and midsized legacy communities: Trends, assets, and principles for action

November 14, 2019

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC136BC73A00

Japan

Reinventing the trading nation: Japan, the United States, and the future of Asia-Pacific trade

November 2019

The Journal de Morges newspaper is being printed in the KBA rotary press at the Lausanne Printing Center (Centre d'Impression Lausanne), owned by Tamedia, in Bussigny, Switzerland, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC1A045A9390

Media & Journalism

Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its local newsrooms

Clara Hendrickson

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Events

Remembering Helmut Sonnenfeldt, a major figure in US foreign policy

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Are trans-Atlantic relations obsolete? Discussing the future of the alliance with a special focus on joint action on climate change

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CET

Berlin, Germany

The state of human rights in Africa

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

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Blog Posts

A man poses with Zimbabwe's new two dollar banknotes as customers queue outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC2J9D9ID88X

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Billion-dollar valuation for Nigerian tech company, Kenya-Somalia relations, and new Zimbabwe bank notes

Saturday, November 16, 2019

COTW

Brookings Now

Charts of the Week: Gun violence

Tamari Dzotsenidze

Friday, November 15, 2019

Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks at Brookings.

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Sen. Van Hollen discusses US defense and foreign policy at Brookings

Adam Twardowski

Friday, November 15, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Upcoming

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

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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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

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New Delhi, Delhi, India