Tag: Brookings

The tips of the butterfly: Linking East Asia and Africa (Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Brookings)

In the late 1990s, South Africa’s then-Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin likened the country’s trade strategy to a “butterfly,” according to which the...
Geopolitics & Worlds

Proxy voting takes on new meaning for Republicans (Emily Larson, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds, Brookings)

As the COVID-19 pandemic starts its third year, countless institutions are facing questions about a broader return to “normal” operations—including Capitol Hill. In the...
Geopolitics & Worlds

Gone digital: Technology diffusion in the digital era (Flavio Calvino and Chiara Criscuolo, Brookings)

Productivity growth allows economies to increase output without increasing inputs and is a key driver of economic growth and of income per capita. However,...
Global Topics

How Middle Eastern conflicts are playing out on social media (Daniel L. Byman, Brookings)

The Middle East has always been rife with enmity and rivalry, and its regimes have long taken advantage of the region’s many linguistic, religious,...
Geopolitics & Worlds

Japan-Taiwan relations: A look back on 2021 and look ahead to 2022 (Adam P. Liff and Ryan Hass, Brookings)

Throughout 2021, U.S. government officials and scholars expressed deepening concerns that China may use its growing military power to force unification with Taiwan. Against this backdrop,...
Geopolitics & Worlds

The art of the pivot: African women as critical problem solvers in the 21st century (H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Brookings)

While rebuilding a country previously engulfed in civil war for over 14 years, my administration oversaw, then, one of the deadliest health crises of...
Geopolitics & Worlds

Africa’s pandemic recovery requires investments that build the foundation for the region’s future (Makhtar Diop, Brookings)

Africa’s future never looked brighter than it did during my time serving as the World Bank’s vice president for Africa from 2012 through 2018....
Geopolitics & Worlds

From COP26 (Glasgow) to COP27 (Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt): What to expect at Africa’s COP (Brookings)

Despite progress towards the shared goal of addressing climate change, COP26 did not sufficiently put the world on track to successfully tackle the problem....
Geopolitics & Worlds

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration (Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Brookings)

The rate of turnover among senior-level executive branch staff can have a serious impact on the day-to-day performance of the White House—and shape the...
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Protecting national security, cybersecurity, and privacy while ensuring competition (Stephanie K. Pell and Bill Baer, Brookings)

Are the tech platforms—Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google—that play such a central role in our everyday lives too big and powerful? Do they adequately...
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Steps the Commerce Department should take to achieve the infrastructure bill’s broadband goals (Blair Levin, Brookings)

The recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) makes the largest federal investment into universal broadband access in history. In doing so, Congress largely...
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Lessons for policymakers from the NSO Group saga (Matt Tait, Runa Sandvik, and Tarah Wheeler, Brookings)

Just as the surveillance tool Pegasus powered the Israeli hacking company NSO Group to dizzying commercial success, so too would it ultimately cause its...
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Why Indian NGOs are developing a shared education agenda in reaction to COVID-19. Interview with Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja (Rebecca Winthrop, Brookings)

The pandemic has presented a myriad of challenges across education systems globally, but it also presents the opportunity to take advantage of this disruption...
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Upcoming DAC peer review is an opportunity to advance US development goals (George Ingram and Anthony F. Pipa, Brookings)

In 2022, U.S. development cooperation will undergo a peer review by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD (OECD-DAC), the standard-bearer of development...
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Understanding the impact of automation on workers, jobs, and wages (Harry J. Holzer, Brookings)

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, workers like the Luddites in 19th century Britain have feared that they will be replaced by machines...
Global Topics

Military innovation and technological change: Preparing for the next generation of cyber threats (Michael E. O’Hanlon, Brookings)

Where are the greatest opportunities for the United States and its allies — as well as their authoritarian adversaries — in terms of military...
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