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The Federal Reserve, which already has moved aggressively, can do more for small businesses

Nellie Liang · Monday, March 30, 2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 proves we need to continue upgrading America’s broadband infrastructure

Monday, March 30, 2020

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Podcast Episode

How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting global energy markets?

Samantha Gross and Adrianna Pita

Monday, March 30, 2020

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Trump or governors: Who’s the boss?

William A. Galston

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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The COVID-19 crisis and reflections on systems transformation

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Molly Curtiss

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Unemployment insurance as social protection and stimulus during the coronavirus crisis

Monday, March 30, 2020

India

Following the money: China Inc’s growing stake in India-China relations

Ananth Krishnan

Monday, March 30, 2020

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U.S. Economy

Congress is about to give a student-loan tax break that will only benefit the best-off borrowers

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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Immigration

The Rise of Sweden Democrats: Islam, Populism and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism

Danielle Lee Tomson

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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Report

What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do?

Jeffrey Cheng, Dave Skidmore, and David Wessel

Monday, March 23, 2020

Events

WEBINAR: Wall Street Comes to Washington health care roundtable

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Unemployment insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic: Reducing the impact of this economic downturn

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

Why are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Riyadh now?

Monday, March 30, 2020

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The Avenue

After coronavirus subsides, we must pay teachers more

Monday, March 30, 2020

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Order from Chaos

Lessons learned from Felipe Calderón’s swift response to H1N1 in 2009

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 27, 2020

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

Cvr: Fateful Triangle

Fateful Triangle

By Tanvi Madan

2020

Cvr: The Iranian Revolution at Forty

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

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Resolving the Ghani-Abdullah impasse in Afghanistan

John Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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COVID-19: A moment for unity

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan's Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari

The US-Taliban peace deal: A road to nowhere

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Afghan senior politicians and members of a Taliban delegation attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Good deals — and bad ones — with the Taliban

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism

The Atlantic

Monday, February 24, 2020

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Sirajuddin Haqqani, Terrorist

Friday, February 21, 2020

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