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FILE PHOTO: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to news reporters before attending a meeting on infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

Manchin and the Democrats’ last chance

Robert E. Litan · Friday, September 17, 2021

People wait in line for back to school COVID test

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

TechTank Podcast Episode 28: Why schools still need a remote option to mitigate COVID-19

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, September 20, 2021

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Youth activists, who began their trek in Paradise, California, march across the Golden Gate Bridge to the home of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to highlight their demand of the creation of the Civilian Climate Corps, in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Amy Osborne

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Biden and Congress should go big on a Civilian Climate Corps to restore the environment and provide good jobs

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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An advertisement showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a slogan reading: "Thanks For 16 Years of Hard Work" is seen behind election posters for Germany's upcoming state elections in Brunswick, Germany, September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Podcast Episode

After 16 years of Angela Merkel, what’s next for Germany?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Friday, September 17, 2021

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Rendering of the flags of Mexico, the United States, and Canada

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Developing a roadmap for USMCA success

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, September 13, 2021

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Latest Research

Computer science education in Arkansas

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How Arkansas implemented its computer science education program

Brian Fowler and Emiliana Vegas

Monday, September 20, 2021

Green shipping containers

Report

Greening the AfCFTA: It is not too late

Colette van der Ven and Landry Signé

Thursday, September 16, 2021

global economy visualization

Global Economy

The external wealth of nations database

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Carbon trading

Climate Change

A framework to ensure that voluntary carbon markets will truly help combat climate change

Robert O. Mendelsohn, Robert E. Litan, and John Fleming

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Cover art

Report

State resilience and recovery: Strategies to reduce inequality and promote prosperity by creating better places

John D. Ratliff

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Events

Building a better retirement system for all Americans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

To rule the waves: How control of the world’s oceans shapes the fate of the superpowers

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

POSTPONED: How should the United States deter China?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

A military vehicle is pictured in front of the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Order from Chaos

Academic experts believe that Middle East politics are actually getting worse

Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch

Monday, September 20, 2021

The Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center are seen as the Tribute in Light shines in downtown Manhattan.

Order from Chaos

I hadn’t the slightest idea my life would change after 9/11

Monday, September 20, 2021

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials seen on a table at an inoculation center in a high school building in the capital Tunis.Tunisian Health Director General Faycel Ben Salah said nearly 1 million people will be called to the 2nd day of intensive coronavirus vaccination, targeting the 18-39 age groups. (Photo by Jdidi Wassim / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Vaccine, energy, and climate change updates

Saturday, September 18, 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

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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U.S. President George W. Bush answers questions from the press aboutIraq with Vice President Richard Cheney (L) looking on, during ameeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, September 18,2002. The president said Saddam Hussein "won't fool anybody" with hispromise to admit weapons inspectors into his country. REUTERS/LarryDowningLSD/HB

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

Friday, September 17, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) stands with Mexican President VicenteFox as they address the media in the Rose Garden at the White House,October 4, 2001. Fox came to the White House to show support for theUnited States response to the attacks in New York and Washington.REUTERS/Gary HershornGMH/ME

9/11 transformed US-Mexico relations

Arturo Sarukhan

Friday, September 17, 2021

Regulating cryptocurrencies and future technologies: A conversation with Manuel P. Alvarez

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Aftershocks: Pandemic politics and the end of the old international order

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Interpreting the 2021 German federal election results

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Hand out photo dated May 30, 2020 of The Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducts a replenishment at sea training evolution alongside the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Two US aircraft carriers have carried out drills in the South China Sea, a US Navy spokesman said Saturday, after the Pentagon expressed concerns over Chinese military exercises around a disputed archipelago. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan conducted dual carrier operations in the waterway to "support a free and open Indo-Pacific," the spokesman said. China's expanding military presence in the contested waters has worried several of its neighbours. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Samuel Hardgrove via ABACAPRESS.COM

Rule the waves, rule the world

Bruce Jones and Fred Dews

Friday, September 17, 2021