January 13, 2023

Anti-democratic sentiment boils over in Brazil

Valerie Wirtschafter and Ted Piccone examine the parallels between anti-democracy protesters’ attack on Brazil’s seats of government earlier this week, and the January 6 riots in the United States. 

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The long war in Ukraine

Given the strong incentives for both Ukraine and Russia to continue fighting, Ivo H. Daalder and James Goldgeier argue a prolonged, grinding, and unresolved war that gradually becomes frozen may be the most likely outcome. 

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Pakistan: 5 major issues to watch in 2023

Instability and polarization have only heightened in Pakistan since the ousting of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The struggle for power in Pakistan continues into 2023 where all eyes will be on the general election, Madiha Afzal says.  

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Biden’s measured response to China’s activism in the Middle East

The Biden administration does not view U.S.–China competition in the Middle East as a zero-sum prize for one side to enjoy at the other’s expense. Ryan Hass writes that a measured response to China’s growing influence could shift U.S. policy toward great power confrontation in the region.

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"There are times to fight and times to lower the temperature, to talk... We may be in one of those phases where the Chinese are sort of circling their wagons and reorienting themselves to prepare for the long-term competition that they inevitably expect to have with the United States and others."

January 12, 2023 | Ryan Hass, Morning Edition, NPR

Listen to a Brookings podcast 

Previewing the U.S. and global economies in 2023. On the first Dollar & Sense episode of the year, David Dollar and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti anticipate key trends in the U.S. and global economies for 2023.