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A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Making human waste a resource at scale

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Letitia Obeng, and Jennifer Sara

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow and Research Director - Global Economy and Development

FILE PHOTO: A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing, China November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

China

Performance will determine prestige in US-China geopolitical competition

Global Asia December 2021

Ryan Hass

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies

Nonresident Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School

2021

Up Front

Global economy and development in 2021: What we learned in Brookings Global

Esther Lee Rosen and David Batcheck

Thursday, December 30, 2021

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Podcast Episode

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured), connected via video with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hold a news conference after a virtual summit with China's President Xi Jinping, in Brussels, Belgium, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

China

Can Europe avert a US-China war?

Robert D. Williams and Moritz Rudolf

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Priya Vora

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 12, 2021: An exhibition at an international congress titled Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare. Sechenov Digital Health Summit held by the Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare research center as part of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.No use Russia.

Podcast Episode

Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Steve Davis, and Pardis Sabeti

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

A general view of Taipei 101, following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s speech for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference to call on the United Nations to include Taiwan for tackling climate change issues. The US and some European countries have been establishing better ties with Taiwan, including showing their support of Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations while the Taiwan has been facing intensifying military and political threats from China. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Order from Chaos

Steadying Taiwan for a storm on the horizon

Monday, December 27, 2021

World at night

Essay

U.S.-China technology competition

Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Emilie Kimball, Jessica Brandt, David Dollar, Cameron F. Kerry, Aaron Klein, Joshua P. Meltzer, Chris Meserole, Amy J. Nelson, Pavneet Singh, Melanie W. Sisson, and Thomas Wright

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Joshua P. Meltzer

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@JoshuaPMeltzer

Cameron F. Kerry

Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

Pavneet Singh

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative

Andre M. Perry

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro