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104 documents

How do tariffs hurt the dollar?
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-09 · Article · 4,673 words · PDF available
Roughly two thirds of countries on Earth stabilize their currency against the U.S. dollar. The relationship has benefits in both directions: Smaller countries enjoy better stability for their national...
Hype and harm: Why we must ask harder questions about AI and its alignment with human values
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-09 · Article · 3,444 words · PDF available
Whose values should AI align with? Malihe Alikhani explores context-sensitive AI training and deployment to improve safety and fairness
A Middle East outlook with Senior Fellow Dafna H. Rand
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-08 · Article · 1,331 words
Dafna H. Rand discusses the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy leverage and influence, and America’s role in the world.
Donald Trump's digital mercantilism
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-08 · Article · 1,407 words · PDF available
Tom Wheeler discusses how President Trump is seeking to assert dominion over the regulatory sovereignty of other nations for Big Tech.
SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-08 · Article · 5,538 words · PDF available
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
Reimagining the future of data and AI labor in the Global South
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-07 · Article · 2,121 words · PDF available
Michelle Du and Chinasa Okolo discuss the content moderation and data labeling behind social media and AI platforms.
Ukraine's energy sector is a key battleground in the war with Russia
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-07 · Article · 4,934 words · PDF available
The Ukrainian energy sector has proved to be a key element in the struggle for its sovereignty against Russian aggression.
Recent tariffs threaten residential construction
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-03 · Article · 973 words · PDF available
The U.S. faces a housing shortagemeasured in the millionsof units, and families are struggling with historically high rents and home prices. The Trump administration has expressed agoal to reduce the ...
The United Nations at 80: Does multilateralism still matter?
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-03 · Article · 3,717 words · PDF available
The 80th UN General Assembly is underway in New York City, in session from just after Labor Day into December. The annual High-Level Week, when world leaders gather, ended in September. To share their...
TikTok may not be Chinese-owned anymore, but there still is a privacy problem
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-02 · Article · 1,354 words
Nicol Turner Lee discusses how President Trump's deal to keep TikTok functional in the U.S. doesn't assuage all privacy concerns.
Who falls short: The scope and spread of family need
Brookings Institution · 2025-10-02 · Article · 3,171 words
Jeffrey C. Fuhrer documents how rising costs outpaced incomes from 2020 to 2023, leaving many U.S. families unable to meet basic needs.
Pete Hegseth’s faux diagnosis of a crisis in America’s warrior spirit
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-29 · Article · 969 words
Hegseth’s first instinct should be to follow the Hippocratic Oath and do no harm to a system and an institution that remain excellent.
The signal and substance of the new Saudi-Pakistan defense pact
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-24 · Article · 2,230 words · PDF available
Countries across the region may rightly view the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact as a hedge against over-dependence on great powers, and may well seek to do the same.
A bromance revived: Erdoğan returns to the White House after 4 years
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-23 · Article · 1,539 words
Erdoğan's White House visit will be a reunion of two leaders with similar views about the global order and who govern with increasingly similar instincts.
What's at stake at UNGA 2025?
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-19 · Article · 5,533 words · PDF available
Brookings experts unpack the issues at stake during the 2025 United Nations General Assembly meetings.
Between Washington and Beijing: How Europe fits into US-China strategic competition
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-11 · Article · 3,740 words · PDF available
Six experts offer insights into the complexities shaping U.S.-EU-China triangular dynamics at a moment of global realignment.
Asia must prioritize regional cooperation for economic resilience amid tariff uncertainty
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-08 · Article · 1,787 words
This shift in U.S. trade policy has crucial implications for the resilience of East Asian economies, especially Japan and Taiwan.
Europe’s difficult trade-off between military and welfare spending: the Italian case
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-02 · Article · 2,765 words · PDF available
Italy's government faces a difficult trade-off between military and welfare spending, an issue of relevance for several European countries.
The countdown to a Trump-Xi summit
Brookings Institution · 2025-09-02 · Article · 1,615 words
Ultimately, the Trump-Xi summit will not resolve the deep-rooted structural tensions in the U.S.-China relationship.
The art of the alliance: 3 takeaways from the Trump-Lee summit
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-28 · Article · 911 words
On the surface, the U.S.-South Korea alliance remains robust following the Trump-Lee summit.
Military parades and memory wars: China and Russia commemorate history to reimagine international order
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-27 · Article · 3,092 words · PDF available
Beyond martial splendor and reminders of China's and Russia's contributions to the war effort, these military parades are part of an ongoing “memory war.”
Strobe Talbott's diplomatic legacy
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-25 · Article · 1,816 words
An out-of-the-box thinker, Strobe Talbott was not constrained by conventional wisdom and generally accepted theories.
Beyond the Alaska summit
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-21 · Article · 1,456 words
For now, the outcome of the Alaska and White House summits is that the United States will push to accelerate negotiations to end the war.
The way forward for Ukraine after the Putin summit
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-18 · Article · 890 words
The obstacles to peace between Russia and Ukraine are daunting, and no one should expect major progress anytime soon.
Taiwan after the great recalls: Toward a new political equilibrium?
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-15 · Article · 1,558 words · PDF available
After the recall vote, Taiwan’s political combatants now have an opportunity for a political reset. Let us hope that they seize it.
A challenging moment for the US-India relationship
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-13 · Article · 1,638 words
The current moment’s frictions were predictable, but the challenge is that they have broken in a bad direction for India-U.S. ties.
Avoiding Putin’s trap in Alaska
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-13 · Article · 1,024 words
In Alaska, Putin will seek to trap Trump into embracing Moscow’s key demands for ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
Interwoven frontiers: Energy, AI, and US-China competition
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-11 · Article · 4,483 words · PDF available
The future for energy and emerging technologies is as interwoven—and at times as fraught—as the U.S.-China relationship.
“The Six Assurances to Taiwan Act”: Status quo, or something new?
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-11 · Article · 1,264 words
Giving the Six Assurances legal force could help to stabilize U.S. policy toward the Taiwan Strait at a time of heightened tension.
Taiwan’s recall vote: Implications for Taiwan, China, and the United States
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-01 · Article · 1,652 words
A key question will be whether the KMT will be able to capitalize on this result and build support for its vision for Taiwan’s future.
Beijing bolsters its position in the Indo-Pacific with little US pushback
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-29 · Article · 3,433 words · PDF available
While the Trump administration is preoccupied with its trade war with Beijing, Beijing has adopted an approach to bolster its position in the Indo-Pacific.
Combating fentanyl trafficking and organized crime groups in the Americas
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-23 · Article · 4,575 words · PDF available
Vanda Felbab-Brown testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on combating fentanyl trafficking and organized crime groups in the Americas.
The road to the Israel-Iran war
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-23 · Article · 1,635 words
Kevin Huggard and Mallika Yadwad document the events in the Middle East and beyond that led to the Israel-Iran war.
How Europe can avoid a transatlantic trade war
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-22 · Article · 1,638 words · PDF available
Given that the U.S.-EU commercial relationship is by far the largest in the world, a trade war would be disastrous.
Chinese perspectives on strategic stability engagement with the United States
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-21 · Article · 4,529 words · PDF available
This article reviews Chinese authors’ discussions of strategic stability and the ways to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
Progress under threat: The future of overdose prevention in the United States
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-21 · Article · 2,267 words · PDF available
Overdose prevention stands at an important crossroads as the Trump administration and Congress propose and implement policies that endanger recent progress.
After the energy crisis: Policy responses in the Iberian Peninsula
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-20 · Article · 7,110 words · PDF available
Connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the rest of Europe has become a priority for the EU’s strategic autonomy and competitiveness.
What to do while pursuing the promise of quantum computing
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-16 · Article · 4,819 words · PDF available
Pursuing the promise of quantum computing, the U.S. government, academia, and industry should step up efforts to expand the quantum workforce.
Creative patterns in the age of AI: Securing America’s education edge
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-14 · Article · 1,345 words · PDF available
In the age of AI, the U.S. education system may find its comparative edge in the global competition by cultivating creative patterns.
Does the United States need a China rethink?
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-02 · Article · 4,889 words
Seven experts examine the question of whether the United States and China have irreconcilable visions of world order.
The global implications of the US strikes on Iran
Brookings Institution · 2025-07-01 · Article · 3,623 words
Brookings experts break down what the U.S. military operation against Iranian nuclear facilities means for the region and the world.
Beyond the NATO summit, key questions remain for European security
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-26 · Article · 1,162 words · PDF available
After the NATO summit, Europeans must understand that they are now responsible for defending Ukraine as well as themselves.
How do we know if US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were successful?
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-24 · Article · 2,708 words · PDF available
Mara Karlin, a visiting fellow at Brookings and former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities, discusses the recent U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, the Is...
America, Europe, and the shifting international order
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-23 · Article · 1,159 words · PDF available
It is striking that the European desire for transatlantic unity has not been fully snuffed out, despite profound transatlantic turbulence.
Economics is security: Building US strategy in Southeast Asia
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-23 · Article · 6,955 words · PDF available
Lynn Kuok testifies on "Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence."
The end of the “imperial republic” and the future of the transatlantic alliance
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-23 · Article · 3,614 words · PDF available
The end of the "imperial republic" might be lasting, transforming the transatlantic alliance; it could also be a moment in a cycle.
The Republican foreign policy debate, President Trump, and the transatlantic alliance
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-23 · Article · 1,447 words
It’s up to the U.S, and our allies to ensure that the scenario that prevails over the next several decades is one of transatlantic alliance.
The US attacks Iran: Three questions for the day after
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-22 · Article · 1,370 words
President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities leaves Washington and the world in suspense.
How will AI influence US-China relations in the next 5 years?
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-18 · Article · 4,626 words · PDF available
Brookings scholars from different disciplines offer their forecasts on how AI will influence U.S.-China relations over the next five years.
What to expect at the NATO summit in The Hague
Brookings Institution · 2025-06-18 · Article · 1,645 words · PDF available
The NATO summit may present an opportunity to demonstrate a credible commitment to collective security in an era of geopolitical uncertainty.