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Economic development in its place

Xavier de Souza Briggs, Tracy Hadden Loh

October 31, 2025

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What this fall’s elections can—and can’t—teach us about the midterms

E.J. Dionne, Jr., Max Keeney, Adelle Patten

October 2, 2025

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Syria at a crossroads

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Mara Karlin

November 3, 2025

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Tariffs are a particularly bad way to raise revenue

Jay Shambaugh

November 4, 2025

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U.S. Economy What is a government shutdown?

David Wessel

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2025

Children & Families Addressing threats to the SNAP program

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Thursday, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

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Cities & Communities The government shutdown shows the need to reform how the federal government funds Native American Tribes and communities

Robert Maxim, Liz Malerba, Glencora Haskins, Danika Grieser

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U.S. Government & Politics Is this government shutdown different?

Elaine Kamarck, Molly E. Reynolds, Fred Dews

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Asia & the Pacific

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Asia & the Pacific What’s at stake during Trump’s visit to Asia?

Jonathan A. Czin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ryan Hass, Ariqa Herrera, Patricia M. Kim, Lynn Kuok, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Mireya Solís, Andrew Yeo

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025.

South Korea How Trump and Lee can ‘modernize’ the US-South Korean alliance

Andrew Yeo

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North Korea Stabilizer or spoiler? The China factor in the North Korea nuclear dilemma

Jeffrey Feltman, Jennifer Hong Whetsell, Patricia M. Kim, Randall G. Schriver, Andrew Yeo, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Emilie Kimball

Armed Police Force officers patrol near Tiananmen in Beijing, China on July 15, 2024. The third plenum kicks off on the same day.

China Purges, personnel, and policy: a primer on China’s Fourth Plenum

Jonathan A. Czin, Allie Matthias

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Trade/Tariffs

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U.S. Trade Policy Legal and economic aspects of the Supreme Court’s upcoming tariff decisions

Peter M. Shane, Robert E. Litan

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Business & Workforce Stabilizing Latino entrepreneurs amid federal policy volatility

Tonantzin Carmona

Housing Recent tariffs threaten residential construction

Elena Patel, Robert McClelland, John Wong

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U.S. Trade Policy Tracking Trump’s tariffs and other trade actions

Joshua P. Meltzer, Dozie Ezi-Ashi

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Federal Impacts on the DMV Economy

Cities & Communities DMV Monitor

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U.S. Economy Early warning signs for the DC region’s economy amid federal downsizing

Amy Liu, Tracy Hadden Loh, Glencora Haskins

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U.S. Economy Is DC’s economy stalling? Insights from the DMV Monitor

Glencora Haskins, Tracy Hadden Loh, Fred Dews

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U.S. Economy Exploring unemployment trends by race in the DC region

Glencora Haskins, Tracy Hadden Loh

Artificial Intelligence

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Energy Industry Boom or bust: How to protect ratepayers from the AI bubble

David M. Klaus, Mark MacCarthy

Sustainable Development Goals A home genome project: How a city learning cohort can create AI systems for optimizing housing supply

Rosanne Haggerty, Ruby Bolaria Shifrin, Jacob Taylor, Kershlin Krishna, Sara Bronin, Nick Cain, Xiomara Cisneros, Adam Ruege, Henri Hammond-Paul, Jamie Rife, Josh Humphries, Beth Noveck

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Brazil An unexpected opening for US-Brazil tech cooperation

Valerie Wirtschafter

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Education Technology How to avoid past edtech pitfalls as we begin using AI to scale impact in education

Brad Olsen, Molly Curtiss Wyss

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Regulatory Policy Roger Alford on the future of antitrust policy

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2025

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Rising risks, resilient homes

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2025

Global Economy & Development Realizing Africa’s potential: A journey to prosperity

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