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Energy Industry

Coal in India

Rahul Tongia and Samantha Gross

Friday, March 8, 2019

President of Brookings testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism of the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 15, 2020

President's Corner

Confronting the rise in Anti-Semitic domestic terrorism

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

A strategic framework for countering terrorism and targeted violence

12:30 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Staff work to produce auto parts with machines, which can help to save 2 minute and reduce production time to 30 seconds, at a factory in Suzhou city, east China's Jiangsu province, 25 November 2019.China has set up a $21 billion (£16.25 billion) national investment fund to promote the transformation and upgrading of the country's manufacturing industry, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday. The fund will invest in both growth-stage and mature companies in areas such as new materials, next-generation information technology (IT) and power equipment, the newspaper said. The new fund will invest throughout the entire manufacturing industry value chain. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

China

Global China: Technology

Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, and Emilie Kimball

April 2020

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience on "the challenges of protecting free speech while combating hate speech online, fighting misinformation, and political data privacy and security," at a forum hosted by Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) and the McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC1CB9578F30

TechTank

Can social media ‘targetcasting’ and democracy coexist?

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Steel pipes waiting to be loaded and transferred to the port are seen at a steel mill in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China March 19, 2018. Picture taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Muyu Xu - RC1CB23F00A0

Up Front

Wessel’s Economic Update: Are Trump’s tariffs hurting the US economy?

Friday, August 17, 2018

Vocational training in Johannesburg, South Africa

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Supply-side interventions alone cannot solve Africa’s missing jobs problem

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Oum Sreykhouch carries her child as she stands with her neighbours behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been closed for more than two weeks inside a red zone with strict lockdown measures during the latest outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

Order from Chaos

COVID-19 comes to Cambodia

Adrien Chorn and Jonathan Stromseth

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

A commuter ferry passes by in front of the Sydney city skyline May 23, 2011. A team of Australia's top scientists warned on Monday of dire climate change in calling for the nation's carbon-dominated energy sector to turn green, as the government struggles to win support for a carbon price to cut pollution. The report by a government-appointed Climate Commission said many of Australia's major cities faced a serious threat from rising sea-levels, particularly Sydney. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY CITYSCAPE) - GM1E75N19Y201

Energy Industry

Australia can’t run away from a carbon price any longer

Warwick J. McKibbin

Friday, December 7, 2018

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at a press conference at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on March 30, 2020 in New York City.BANG MEDIA INTERNATIONAL FAMOUS PICTURES 28 HOLMES ROAD LONDON NW5 3AB UNITED KINGDOM tel +44 (0) 02 7485 1005 email: pictures@famous.uk.com

FixGov

Cuomo and Trump’s daily briefings in a propaganda world

Linda Peek Schacht

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A young child plays with a smartphone

Education Plus Development

Global challenges for the new (digital) childhood

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Chancellors, guests and graduates attend the first graduation ceremony of NYU Shanghai, the first Sino-US joint research university, in Shanghai, China, 28 May 2017.On May 28th, the pioneering class of 2017 at NYU Shanghai earned their NYU bachelor¡¯s degrees as well as their NYU Shanghai diplomas. The 264 graduates, who hail from China, the United States and 31 other countries, led the way into the hall of Shanghai¡¯s Oriental Arts Center packed with professors, friends, siblings and proud parents who travelled from around the world to celebrate the very first graduation of the first Sino-US joint research university. Chancellor Yu Lizhong and Vice Chancellor Jeff Lehman offered the commencement remarks. Yu asked the graduates to carry forward NYU Shanghai¡¯s academic values of independent thinking, innovation and creativity as well as its spirit of openness and inclusiveness to the advance of human beings and our society. On a day of many firsts for NYU Shanghai, both Chancellors also awarded the university¡¯s newly minted Medal of Honor to two prominent figures, China¡¯s former ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong, and real estate developer, Wang Shi. Both made brief congratulatory remarks to the graduating students, their families and dignitaries in attendance.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

The deception and detriment of US-China cultural and educational decoupling

Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

A part of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan, Diaoyu in China, is seen in the East China Sea in this aerial view photo taken in October, 2010. A member of Japan's Coast Guard admitted on Wednesday putting a video of a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol boats on the Internet , a development that could hurt efforts to mend bilateral ties. Relations between Asia's biggest economies have chilled since September, when Japan detained the Chinese skipper of the fishing boat after it crashed into Coast Guard ships near disputed isles in the East China Sea. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GM1E6BA1HB901

Order from Chaos

The Senkaku paradox: Preparing for conflict with the great powers

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Brookings Institution

News Release

Dr. Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny and Tom Kaplan Join the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees

Monday, July 9, 2018

The San Francisco skyline is seen behind a woman as she walks past a condemned area on Treasure Island, near San Francisco, California, U.S. October 18, 2018. Picture taken October 18, 2018. To match Special Report USA-MILITARY/LEGACY REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage. - RC1EDF07AC90

TechTank

How technological progress can cause urban fragility

Kevin C. Desouza and J. David Selby

Thursday, February 7, 2019