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April 14, 2021 - Washington, DC, United States: U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaking at the post GOP House conference meeting press conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Liz Cheney won’t be speaker but she could be president

Elaine Kamarck · Tuesday, May 11, 2021

People walk along Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, during the Labour Day holiday, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

China

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Why did US jobs growth slow in April?

Stephanie Aaronson and Adrianna Pita

Friday, May 7, 2021

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Infrastructure

A new vision for American infrastructure

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Report

What lies beneath: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Latest Research

Climate Change

We can’t beat the climate crisis without rethinking land use

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, Jenny Schuetz, and Caroline George

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden arrives with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (not pictured) at a China-US Business Dialogue in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. China and the United States "have a responsibility to strengthen macro-economic policy coordination and together boost market confidence," Xi told visiting Biden on Thursday, according to Chinese state media. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

China

Biden’s China strategy: Coalition-driven competition or Cold War-style confrontation?

May 2021

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Report

A proposal for a federal paid parental and medical leave program

Tanya Byker and Elena Spatoulas Patel

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Report

Increasing federal investment in children’s early care and education to raise quality, access, and affordability

Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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Global Development

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Events

Middle-class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China engagement

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

A national strategy for AI innovation

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

The Marine Corps and the future of warfare

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

Order from Chaos

Hamas tries to seize the day

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the opening of the MTA?s public vaccination program where rail customers who receive vaccinations also receive free rail passes at Grand Central Station Terminal train station in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

FixGov

COVID-19 vaccines: The endgame

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The Avenue

What pre-pandemic job trends suggest about the post-pandemic future of the capital region

Jaclene Begley, Leah Brooks, Brian J. McCabe, Jenny Schuetz, and Stan Veuger

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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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: The Constitution of Knowledge

Upcoming

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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U.S. tax forms

Funding our nation’s priorities: Reforming the tax code’s advantageous treatment of the wealthy

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

What hope is there for de-escalation between Israel and Hamas?

Shibley Telhami and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

National flags fly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 6, 2021. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

Illiberal allies

James Goldgeier, Mark Hannah, and Elmira Bayrasli

None Of The Above

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

How to be a feminist dad

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Cannabis reform as a pathway to racial justice and opportunity

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual Climate Summit with world leaders in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Tax carbon and consumption, not middle class income

Ariel Gelrud Shiro

Wednesday, May 12, 2021