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Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Up Front

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Norman Eisen

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies - The Brookings Institution

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Bruce Jones

Director - Project on International Order and Strategy

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Order from Chaos

What Ayman al-Zawahri’s death says about terrorism in Taliban-run Afghanistan

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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Up Front

Scale & digital public goods: Realizing the effectiveness principles for longer-term development

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

The Avenue

Can the CHIPS Act heal the nation’s economic divides?

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

(L-R) Israeli President Isaac Herzog, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid attend the Opening ceremony of the Maccabiah games in Jerusalem. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Order from Chaos

New polls: Democrats say Biden and members of Congress lean toward Israel more than they do

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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Up Front

Seven key takeaways from Chetty’s new research on friendship and economic mobility

Richard V. Reeves and Coura Fall

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Energy Industry

Enable a just transition for American fossil fuel workers through federal action

Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Santiago, Chile - February 11, 2020: Protesters on the streets around Plaza de Italia during recent demonstrations against inequality in Santiago de Chile.

Future Development

Is the risk of crime against businesses greater in more unequal countries?

Addisu Lashitew, Sorin Krammer, and Jonathan Doh

Monday, August 1, 2022

An aerial view shows machinery working in an open-pit coal mine in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, October 19, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Report

China’s role in supplying critical minerals for the global energy transition: What could the future hold?

Rodrigo Castillo and Caitlin Purdy

Monday, August 1, 2022

Crowd of people with their back to the camera on the street

Demographics & Population

White and youth population losses contributed most to the nation’s growth slowdown, new census data reveals

William H. Frey

Monday, August 1, 2022

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William H. Frey

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

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Future Development

Carbon taxes, complementary policies, and the labor market

Ira Irina Dorband, Somik Lall, and Christian Schoder

Friday, July 29, 2022