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Global Health. Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times (Thomas J. Bollyky, Serena Tohme, Samantha Kiernan, CFR)

Ten years ago, Captain America and The Hangover Part II were kings of the summer movie box office, Occupy Wall Street protestors were flooding into Zuccotti Park in lower...

Samoa. Samoa’s first woman prime minister finally takes office (Kerryn Baker, East Asia Forum)

The prolonged constitutional crisis that had engulfed Samoa since the 9 April 2021 election finally concluded on 23 July with a Court of Appeal ruling. The...

Indonesia. Indonesia’s long transition to COVID-19 endemicity (Yodi Mahendradhata, East Asia Forum)

The Indonesian government seems to be transitioning from its pursuit of an elimination endgame in its fight against COVID-19 to a scenario premised on civil cohabitation....

USA/China. On the persistence of the China shock (David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson, Brookings)

Asurge in imports from China as it modernized its economy during the 1990s and early 2000s caused job and income losses in U.S. manufacturing...

Al Qaida/Israel. The Tel Aviv plot (Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

Recently declassified information from the first-ever interrogation of someone presumed to be a senior al-Qaida operative captured after 9/11 provides dramatic new insights into...

Climate Change. Our last, best chance on climate (Amar Bhattacharya and Nicholas Stern, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that human existence is fragile and perilous. However, if we do not take action now against climate change, the...

USA. August’s jobs report shows higher unemployment for Black workers, just as jobless benefits and eviction protections end (Kristen Broady and Carl Romer, Brookings)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August jobs report, released September 3, showed a slight decrease in the U.S. unemployment rate, but an increase in unemployment...

USA/Cities/Artificial Intelligence. TechTank Podcast Episode 27: Which U.S. Cities Are Poised for AI Growth? (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

AI is generating a lot of interest all around the world. It is a way to spur innovation, develop new products and services, and...

Digital/Pandemic. Cash and the city: Digital COVID-19 social response in Kinshasa (Paul Bance, Laura Bermeo, and François Kabemba, Brookings)

As COVID-19 spread across the world, governments responded with an unprecedented increase in social assistance measures. Policymakers had to shift their focus to urban areas, particularly slums,...

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