Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: New Zealand

A man walks by a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: New Zealand

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Ship with oil rig in the background in the Nigerian capitol Lagos

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Debating the future of the filibuster

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Plenary session devotes part of it to questioning the government about the country's situation and the protests in Tunis, Tunisia on January 20, 2021. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People, agenda includes holding a dialogue with the government about the general situation in the country after the protest movement in the country, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, and the Minister of National Defense who represents the Prime Minister. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ SIPA USA)No Use Germany.

Ten years in, Tunisian democracy remains a work in progress

Friday, January 22, 2021

COVID 19 vaccine distribution Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 at UH Samaritan on Main. TOM E. PUSKAR/TIMES-GAZETTE.COMCovid 19 Vaccine Distribution018

Who is getting a COVID-19 vaccination?

Darrell M. West

Friday, January 22, 2021

Jamaican students dance at school

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Jamaica

Dasmine Kennedy

Friday, January 22, 2021

Mini house and heart, family members, US money bags on rows of rising coins on table. Family tax benefit, residential property tax concept: depicts home equity loan, real estate business investment.

What is the Child Tax Credit? And how much of it is refundable?

Friday, January 22, 2021

A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of former President Donald Trump on a smartphone in front of the White House.

What does the day after Section 230 reform look like?

Derek E. Bambauer

Friday, January 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Biden, democracy, and Africa

Witney Schneidman

Friday, January 22, 2021

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E639BA290

Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next?

Kadija Yilla and David Wessel

Friday, January 22, 2021

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Charts of the Week: COVID-19 and Africa

Friday, January 22, 2021

A worker cleans up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and dismantles the inaugural platform and seating area the day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Trump’s last-minute judicial appointments: Impact on norms and on Biden’s appointment opportunities

Russell Wheeler

Friday, January 22, 2021

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How a new National Recovery Investment Corps can drive a bottom-up, inclusive economic recovery

Mary Jean Ryan and Alan Berube

Friday, January 22, 2021

Man placing ballot in ballot box

Vote—What do you think should be the top priority for Africa in the year ahead?

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Friday, January 22, 2021

Jan 20, 2021; Washington, DC, USA; President Joe Biden waves to the crowd after being sworn in during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Robert Deutsch/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Brookings scholars reflect on the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, America’s 46th president

Friday, January 22, 2021

A family watches candidate posters, including current governor Yuriko Koike, for the Tokyo Governor election in front of a voting station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan July 5, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Democracy in Asia

Lindsey W. Ford and Ryan Hass

Friday, January 22, 2021

A crowd cheers as the motorcade carrying India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for him to pay homage at the Mahatma Gandhi Statue in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington September 30, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama and Modi vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries' strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Democracy and the US-India relationship

Friday, January 22, 2021

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo stands as he inspects soldiers during celebrations for the 74th Indonesian National Armed Forces day at Halim Perdanakusuma airbase in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Generals gaining ground: Civil-military relations and democracy in Indonesia

Friday, January 22, 2021

People vote for Presidential election in Taipei City, Taiwan on January 11, 2020.( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Taiwan’s democracy and the China challenge

Richard C. Bush

Friday, January 22, 2021

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders applaud during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (THAILAND POLITICS)

Expanding multilateral frameworks for democracy in Asia and the necessity of Track 1.5 approaches

Friday, January 22, 2021