Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

Flagpoles of the national flags are seen inside the Diplomatic Quarter, where Taiwan ally embassies located, in Taipei, Taiwan August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - RC1D8DA29900

Where does nationalism come from?

Bill Finan and Liah Greenfeld

Friday, June 21, 2019

Mahindra Automotive North America assembly workers DeAndre Hall (L) and Ryan Hart work on the chassis for a ROXOR off-road vehicle at the MANA assembly plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., January 30, 2019. Photo taken January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC145CDD5E30

How to fix capitalism for America’s workers

Richard V. Reeves, Isabel V. Sawhill, Steven Pearlstein, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 14, 2019

Adults and children play with Lego bricks during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Lego brick, at Lego House in Billund, Denmark January 28, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Michael Drost-Hansen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC142CA74E00

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

A Volkswagen I.D. electric vehicle is shown at a news conference in Guangzhou, China November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - D1BEUNIGXQAA

China’s epic push for cleaner energy

Jeffrey Ball and David G. Victor

Friday, May 31, 2019

The U.S. Capitol building is seen in a long exposure at sunrise on the day of the U.S. midterm election as voters go to the polls across the country to elect 33 U.S. senators and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg - RC1E75D3B580

Preparing for the next recession

Jay Shambaugh, Heather Boushey, and Fred Dews

Friday, May 24, 2019

Bank notes of different currencies, including Euro, U.S. Dollar, Turkish Lira or Brazilian Reais, are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, in this illustration picture taken May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration - RC11D104B550

The power of private investment for the developing world

Homi Kharas and Philippe Le Houérou

Friday, May 17, 2019

FILE PHOTO - A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 2012. Mandatory credit. REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN - S1AETIVBNCAA

How to avoid a great power war over small stakes

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Tarun Chhabra

Friday, May 10, 2019

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) presides as Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC196AA7E300

Congressional oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Fred Dews

Friday, May 3, 2019

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. One of the largest ever cyber attacks is slowing global internet services after an organisation blocking "spam" content became a target, with some experts saying the disruption could get worse. To match INTERNET-ATTACK/ REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files (POLAND - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E93S08G701

Offensive cyber operations in US national security

Bill Finan, Herbert Lin, and Amy Zegart

Friday, April 26, 2019

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policewoman over the removal of a Palestinian tent whose owners said they were informed by the Israeli forces that they didnt obtain a permit to erect the tent, in Susiya village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC15417709C0

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

Khaled Elgindy, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 19, 2019

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC11642136E0

A primer on India’s general elections

Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, Dhruva Jaishankar, and Milan Vaishnav

Friday, April 12, 2019

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz (left), leader of Blue and White party voting at a polling station in Rosh Ha'ayin and Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voting at a polling station in Jerusalem during Israel's parliamentary election April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias, Ariel Schalit/Pool via REUTERS - RC122F5D90F0

Israel’s election result and what comes next

Natan Sachs and Ilana Dayan

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits under a display of the U.S. national debt as he testifies to the House Financial Services Committee on "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC131089F510

How to cure America’s debt addiction (and invest in the future)

William G. Gale and David Wessel

Friday, April 5, 2019

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev speaks during the official ceremony of raising the NATO flag in front of the Macedonian government in Skopje, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski - RC141C49A6B0

NATO at 70: More than a military alliance

John R. Allen, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, March 29, 2019

A Cook County Sheriff's police car patrols the exterior of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 2016. The Cook County Jail in Chicago -- the biggest single-site jail in the United States -- was placed on lockdown on Tuesday after staffing dropped below normal levels, said Cook County Sheriff's spokesman Ben Breit. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF20000092626

Fixing bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system

Jay Shambaugh and Fred Dews

Friday, March 22, 2019