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The Amazon HQ2 deadline is here: What you need to know

Rachel Barker · Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

U.S. Congress

Three takeaways from the Cruz-Sanders debate

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, October 20, 2017

Delegates attend the fourth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 14, 2013. China's parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping as the country's new president on Thursday, succeeding Hu Jintao, putting the final seal of approval on a generational transition of power. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1E93E13AD01

Asia & the Pacific

China’s 19th Party Congress

Friday, September 29, 2017

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Gender

The 51%: Driving growth through women’s economic participation

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Ryan Nunn

Thursday, October 19, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives to deliver remarks on Relationship with India for the Next Century at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC19E952AB00

Global Development

International affairs experts reach consensus on how to restructure foreign aid

Friday, October 20, 2017

Latest Research

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Cities & Regions

Less water, more risk: Exploring national and local water use patterns in the U.S.

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order.

Regulatory Policy

Evaluating the Trump administration’s regulatory reform program

Ted Gayer, Robert E. Litan, and Philip A. Wallach

Friday, October 20, 2017

A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo - S1BETTQQDPAA

Energy Security

Lower for longer: The implications of low oil and gas prices for China and India

October 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan arrives to speak about the Republican tax plan in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1C286A54B0

Taxation

Will tax reform provide more support for children and their families? Follow the money

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Pigeons are seen on the wall of the High Court where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial will take place, in Cairo, Egypt, November 5, 2015. Egypt's top court on Thursday postponed the final trial of former Egyptian president Mubarak over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt

Transitional justice policy in authoritarian contexts: The case of Egypt

Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Events

A World in Flux: the Atlantic Community, West Asia, and the Indo-Pacific

4:00 PM - 12:00 AM IST

New Delhi, India

How India sees the world: A discussion with Shyam Saran

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Building a secure and inclusive global financial ecosystem

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1E7E16C900

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Xi Jinping, China’s People’s Party, and the middle-income trap

Friday, October 20, 2017

Protesters chant slogans while demonstrating against last weekend's explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district in Mogadishu, Somalia October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC1A7515A8D0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Terror attack in Somalia, election concerns in Kenya, and Rio Tinto’s fraud charge in Mozambique

Friday, October 20, 2017

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Brookings Now

Charts of the week: women’s economic growth and participation

Friday, October 20, 2017

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Books

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Beyond Snowden

By Timothy H. Edgar

2017

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The Year I Was Peter the Great

By Marvin Kalb

2017

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Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

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Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) celebrate on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani -

The clash over Kirkuk: Why the real crisis is in Baghdad—not Erbil

Friday, October 20, 2017

Students sit in the library of the university KU Leuven in Leuven

Beyond a number: How qualitative accountability can make a difference to schools

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform.

Wessel’s Economic Update: How Trump’s tax plan might change repatriation

Friday, October 20, 2017

Olympic City in Rio

The real cost of hosting the 2016 Rio Olympics

Fred Dews, Juliana Barbassa, Theresa Williamson, and Bill Finan

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a speech on US-Cuba relations at the Manuel Artime Theater in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1AF4D77420

Why tax cuts will not make America great again

William G. Gale

Friday, October 20, 2017

New team, new agenda? What the 19th Party Congress tells us

9:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Brookings Around The World

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The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Doha

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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India