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A street sign is seen in front of an American flag hanging on the front of the New York Stock Exchange August 9, 2007. U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P down nearly 3 percent, after a French bank froze three funds that invested in U.S. subprime mortgages, prompting central banks to take steps to calm investors. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

Democracy

Is democracy failing and putting our economic system at risk?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Service members of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in artillery drills at a shooting range in an unknown location in eastern Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 17, 2021. Picture released December 17, 2021. Press Service of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Ukraine

Does the Kremlin understand Ukraine? Apparently not

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

An oil slick is seen on Santa Barbara creek, following an oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria, November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Vaccine, politics, and natural resources updates

Saturday, December 18, 2021

SDG Leadership Cities: Fifth convening

11:00 AM - Wednesday Dec 15, 2021 1:30 PM EST

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi welcomes International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/ Hereward Holland

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Economic, political, and media freedom updates

Saturday, December 11, 2021

A healthcare worker holds a vial with the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Report

We are not guinea pigs: The effects of negative news on vaccine compliance

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021

Polish police officers stand guard at Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border, as seen from the Grodno region, Belarus, November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Order from Chaos

When security in Europe conflicts with democracy in Poland

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA - Students listen to online classes in the library of Gwangju University, South Korea on March 16, 2020. Affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, colleges and universities in South Korea delayed the school for two weeks and online teaching activities began.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Access to online college courses can speed students’ degree completion

Christian Fischer, Rachel Baker, Qiujie Li, Gabe Avakian Orona, and Mark Warschauer

Monday, November 22, 2021

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gesture during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day in Nabatieh, Lebanon, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Order from Chaos

Is Hezbollah overplaying its hand inside Lebanon?

Stephanie T. Williams

Friday, November 19, 2021

La Paz, Bolivia.- Authorities distribute food in La Paz, Bolivia on November 3, 2020. The United Nations (UN) warned this Tuesday (3) that the COVID-19 crisis in Bolivia threatens the sustainability of the achievements of the last decade, exposing the middle class to slipping back into poverty.

Future Development

Eliciting welfare information from both the tails and the middle of income distributions

Kimberly Blair Bolch and Luis F. Lopez-Calva

Friday, November 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motor, speaks at the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Gerry Shih/File Photo

Future Development

Elon Musk, billionaires, and the United Nations: The 1% solution to global development

Friday, November 5, 2021

Election posters of Germany's top candidates for chancellor—Annalena Baerbock, co-leader of Germany's Green party, Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party, and Armin Laschet of the Christian Democratic Union leader—are displayed in Berlin.

TechStream

The gendered disinformation playbook in Germany is a warning for Europe

Kristina Wilfore

Friday, October 29, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron take part in the final session of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall in Britain, June 13, 2021. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

Europe

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2021

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Berlin, Germany.- German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (right) attend a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Berlin, Germany on August 26, 2020. The meeting discusses missions and operations and the situation in Belarus and the eastern Mediterranean.

Order from Chaos

The world won’t wait for Germany’s coalition negotiators

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Interpreting the 2021 German federal election results

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT