By Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated policy responses generated large federal budget deficits in recent years. The good news is that these factors...

By Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, Victoria BassettiSpeculation is mounting that China will take advantage of the power vacuum created by the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and seek dominance over...

By Elizabeth SidiropoulosThe war in Ukraine is often described by Western analysts as a turning point in international relations that has upended the post-Cold War international order. In the Global...

By Konstantinos Komaitis People walk in front of a screen at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, October 20, 2019. (REUTERS/Aly Song) At a recent meeting...

By Mark MacCarthy On October 21, 2021, the day after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company agreed to acquire Within Unlimited, a virtual reality development studio that designed and...

By George Ingram The effectiveness of development co-operation has been front and center of the global development agenda for two decades, notably growing in attention and commitment following the adoption...

By Melissa Koide Introduction Artificial intelligence and machine learning analyses are driving critical decisions impacting our lives and the economic structure of our society.  These complex analytical techniques—powered by sophisticated...

By Mark Muro The CHIPS and Science Act—the sprawling technology package Congress passed last week—has been called many things.  What started as the Endless Frontier Act became the U.S. Innovation...

By Michael Hansen, Constance A. Lindsay, Seth GershensonEarly last year, we published our book, “Teacher Diversity and Student Success,” through Harvard Education Press. Though it feels like eons ago, it...

American democracy sits at a crucial crossroads, argues Darrell West, vice president of Governance Studies at Brookings and author of the new Brookings Press book, “Power Politics: Trump and the...