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A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Will protests in Iran end the Islamic Republic?

Suzanne Maloney and David Dollar · Monday, October 3, 2022

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Podcast Episode

How bad will the economy get before inflation gets better?

Laurence Ball, David Wessel, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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Not according to plan: Exploring gaps in city climate planning and the need for regional action

Joseph W. Kane, Adie Tomer, Caroline George, and Jamal Russell Black

Thursday, September 22, 2022

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The abortion issue in the 2022 midterms—unlike any other issue

Thursday, September 29, 2022

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A classroom celebrates World Teachers' Day while doing a chemistry experiment.

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Teachers can change the world: Scaling quality teacher professional development

Brad Olsen and Molly Curtiss Wyss

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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Latest Research

Afghanis banknotes at the headquarters of the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank of Afghanistan, in Kabul. U.S President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday Feb 12, 2022 releasing $7bn in frozen Afghan reserves to be split between humanitarian efforts for the Afghan people and American victims of terrorism, including relatives of 9/11. (Da Afghanistan Bank/EYEPRESS)

Afghanistan

Afghan Central Bank Assets, Biden’s Executive Order, and Victims of Terrorism Litigation

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RTX2VH44

Defense & Security

Civilian Casualties, Accountability, and Prevention

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Afghan collaborators, their families, Spanish soldiers and members of the embassy board a Spanish military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Spain/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Arms Control

Arms Sales Policies, Human Rights, and Reform

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Taiwan

Law and Possible Conflict Over Taiwan

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Personal financial planning

Technology & Innovation

Robo-advice: An effective tool to reduce inequalities?

Francesco D’Acunto and Alberto Rossi

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Events

Hyperlocal: Place governance in a fragmented world

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Keeping the ‘Leave No One Behind’ agenda alive

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Artificial intelligence and upskilling

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

A network cable plug lights up red in the network control center of a company in Friedrichshafen (Baden-Württemberg) for control purposes. Faced with imminent danger from the network, companies, public bodies and institutions must prepare themselves better, in the view of one expert. "We now urgently need to develop multi-level security concepts for critical infrastructures, which in particular also have analog emergency plans," German computer scientist and cryptographer Müller-Quade of the Institute for Information Security and Reliability at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) said Wednesday, according to a statement.

TechStream

How do we know when cyber defenses are working?

Josephine Wolff

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine - September 21, 2022 - Fighters of the Melitopol separate battalion of Zaporizhzhia TRO currently hold back the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia Region, south-eastern Ukraine. Photo by Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Russia.

Order from Chaos

How to respond to Putin’s land grab and nuclear gambit

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Students from the School of Public Health listen as they graduate during Harvard University's 371st Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Brown Center Chalkboard

The Causes and Consequences of Graduate School Debt

Katharine Meyer

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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Books

Cvr: Ukraine's Revolt

Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge

By Christopher M. Smith

2022

Cvr: Searching for Peace

Searching for Peace

By Ehud Olmert

2022

Fixer Upper

Fixer-Upper

By Jenny Schuetz

2022

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An inclusive Climate Club to promote climate ambition

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

The problem of democracy: Islam, liberalism, and American foreign policy

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

India’s economic prospects and role in the world economy

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Flags of U.S. and China are seen in this illustration picture taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

Are worsening US-China relations in Taiwan’s interest?

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Pyongyang, North Korea - The photo, published on February 2, 2021, by the Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korean newspaper based in Japan, shows North Korean workers working in a factory of indigenous musical instruments in Pyongyang. The United Nations is concerned about the continuing violation of human rights in North Korea, declared the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh), Michelle Bachelet.

It’s time to refocus on what Biden can do on North Korean human rights

Andrew Yeo and Roberta Cohen

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

The road leading into town of Dedham, Iowa.

Why the federal government needs to step up efforts to close the rural broadband divide

Nicol Turner Lee, James Seddon, Brooke Tanner, and Samantha Lai

Tuesday, October 4, 2022