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Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC18CD8B4890

Four principles for reading the Mueller Report

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, and Quinta Jurecic · Thursday, February 21, 2019

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AB6752940

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The strongmen strike back

Robert Kagan

March 2019

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Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifying before House Judiciary Committee

Interactive

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Jackson Gode

Thursday, March 21, 2019

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Economic Development

Metro Monitor 2019: Inclusion remains elusive amid widespread metro growth and rising prosperity

Alan Berube, Isha Shah, Alec Friedhoff, and Chad Shearer

March 21, 2019

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Technology & Innovation

Robots kill jobs. But they create jobs, too.

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Monday, March 18, 2019

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Latest Research

A member of Metro Bank's staff poses for a photograph in the vault of their new branch in Slough, southern England May 3, 2013. This is the only bank in the United Kingdom that has a drive-thru facility. Metro Bank, which launched in 2010 as Britain's first new high street lender for more than a century, saw customer numbers surge in 2012, benefiting from the unpopularity of the established banks. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS) - LM1E95310CJ01

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

How will retirement saving change by 2050? Prospects for the millennial generation

William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond, and Jason Fichtner

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Fernando Ochoa, 65, who has been homeless for a week, sits on a park bench in Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 11, 2018. Ochoa said he had worked as a foreman for Albertson's and a Service Advisor for Honda but is now retired and is looking for housing. Picture taken April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1B16E55500

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

“RESA”: A look at 2019 legislative proposals to improve retirement security and saving

Martin Neil Baily, Benjamin H. Harris, and J. Mark Iwry

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC16E22BC130

Report

Is Israel in democratic decline?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

March 2019

Infrastructure

Creating a new marketplace for resilient infrastructure investment

Joseph Kane and Adie Tomer

Monday, March 18, 2019

Bitcoins created by enthusiast Mike Caldwell are seen in a photo illustration at his office in Sandy, Utah, September 17, 2013. Caldwell produces physical coins Bitcoins, which have been around since 2008, are a form of electronic money that can be exchanged without using traditional banking or money transfer systems. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GF2E99H1A2P01

Regulatory Policy

It’s time to strengthen the regulation of crypto-assets

Timothy G. Massad

Monday, March 18, 2019

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On March 14, Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon spoke with Undersecretary of the United States Army Ryan McCarthy about the Army’s budget request, its operational outlook, and the role it will play in future defense strategy.

Order from Chaos

How does the army prepare for a new era of geopolitics?

Adam Twardowski

Friday, March 22, 2019

Hutchins Center event - Can big data improve economic measurement

Up Front

Why is it so hard to use privately collected big data to improve economic measurement?

Finn Schuele and David Wessel

Friday, March 22, 2019

Water drips from a tap as people sit in the Eshash el-Sudan slum in the Dokki neighbourhood of Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt September 2, 2015. Residents of the slum clashed with police in late August, when about 50 ramshackle huts were destroyed and at least 20 people were injured by teargas, local media reported, as authorities attempt to clear the area and rehouse residents. The slum dwellers, some of whom have called Eshash el-Sudan home for 50 years, say there are not enough apartments built nearby to house them. The residents of the slum eke out a living by disposing of rubbish or baking bread. Schooling is too expensive for most of their children, who play with salvaged rubbish amid shacks made out of discarded wood and leather. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshSEARCH "ESHASH EL-SUDAN" FOR ALL PICTURES - GF10000200359

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Climate change and hydro-political interactions in Africa

Payce Madden

Friday, March 22, 2019

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Books

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Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2019

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Upcoming

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

Global development disrupted: A field in transition

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Impact investing: Achieving financial returns while doing good

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

A man holds up his mobile phone showing a M-Pesa mobile money transaction page for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi December 31, 2014. Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms firm, is a model of how technology can be used to financially include millions of people with mobile telephones but without access to traditional infrastructure such as the banks that are available to the wealthy or those living in cities. Safaricom in 2007 pioneered its M-Pesa mobile money transfer technology, now used across Africa, Asia and Europe. It proved that money can be made from people who earn a few dollars a day. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - GM1EACV1IZY01

FinTech and the New Financial Landscape

Itay Goldstein, Julapa Jagtiani, and Aaron Klein

Friday, March 22, 2019

Anti-Brexit demonstrators protest in front of European Commission headquarters ahead of a EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC16AB3A4770

Brexit endgame: European Union takes back control

Amanda Sloat

Friday, March 22, 2019

Employees works at a recycling factory in Belgrade, Serbia, February 28, 2019. Picture taken February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RC1F23F0C560

A low-wage, high-tax trap in the Western Balkans

Mihail Arandarenko

Friday, March 22, 2019

High waves come close to reaching a cafe after lifeguards closed the pier due to the large swells in Ocean Beach, California, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC176229A9E0

Where does US climate policy stand in 2019?

Philip A. Wallach

Friday, March 22, 2019

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