On October 12, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration released the 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS). Brookings experts reflect on the document and what it reveals about the United States’ security trajectory. Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) Senior …
Jeannie Sowers is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. She is also professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the University of New Hampshire, where she researches and teaches in …
For the past decade, the development of appropriate regulatory standards for the crypto industry has been hampered by interminable debates over whether particular digital assets are securities or commodities or something else. The recent crash in crypto …
What’s the latest thinking in fiscal and monetary policy? The Hutchins Roundup keeps you informed of the latest research, charts, and speeches. Want to receive the Hutchins Roundup as an email? Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Natasha …
The world has come together behind the goals of the Paris Agreement, and made progress at COP26 in Glasgow, but actions and commitments made to date fall well short of what is needed. A Climate Club, as called for in the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Climate …
China’s political clock is winding fast toward the convening of the 20th Party Congress. Both the Chinese public and overseas China-watching community will rightly pay close attention to the leadership lineup, which will be announced after the meeting. …
Since receiving $100 million plus in funding in 2016, the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of organizations and groups aimed to set a collective strategic policy agenda to create racial equity for Black people across the United States, has come under …
Amid controversy over the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, concerns about high inflation and economic uncertainty, and rising threats to the stability of the electoral process and American democracy, the stakes for this year’s midterm elections …
In war, nothing is inevitable and not much is predictable. But the war in Ukraine has a direction that observers can see and that we should name. What began as a criminal Russian aggression against Ukraine has become a proxy war between Washington and …
Today videos and their watchers are stuck. Large video-sharing companies like YouTube and TikTok seek to ensure that users watch and share videos (as much as possible) on their platforms alone. Technically, videos are collections of various data that …
Independent Think Tank Leaders Issue Call to Action for MDB Reform Last July, the Center for Global Development hosted a meeting with other think tanks to exchange perspectives on the multilateral development bank (MDB) system. We shared a common …
As China’s government confronts economic challenges from weakened domestic demand, rising employment, the housing market crisis, increasing government debt, currency depreciation, and the risk of increasing restrictions on China’s access to global …
As the U.S. midterms near, candidate debates—long a fixture of election season in America—have become rare or altogether absent in many of this year’s most competitive Senate races. But rather than an anomaly, 2022 is only the latest data point in a …
On October 10th, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 to Ben Bernanke for his groundbreaking research on banks and financial crises. Bernanke shares the prize with …
Executive summary Investments in research and development are the most important keys to future prosperity. What countries spend on generating new knowledge, products, services, and processes is important for economic growth and technology innovation, and …
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with close advisor and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin in St Petersburg on October 9, 2022. (Photo Kremlin.ru) Seven and a half months after it began, Russian President Vladimir …
Homes and neighborhoods across the U.S. are ill-prepared for the increasing stresses of climate change, including extreme heat, wildfires, wind and flooding from intense storms, sea level rise, and water shortages. Newly built homes must adhere to stricter …
Students of Chinese elite politics have long been intrigued by the close ties between education and politics — between the destinations of students studying overseas and China’s changing political orientation and foreign relations. Two key aspects of this …
The post-COVID recovery has run out of steam and the global economy is stalling, with many countries already in or on the brink of outright recession amid heightened uncertainty and rising risks. The October 2022 update of the Brookings-Financial Times …
On October 20, the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development is hosting a public discussion of the new USAID Policy Framework. The discussion will focus on the implications for U.S. international development leadership and how USAID implements its …
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