Deliberate acts of sabotage on critical infrastructure offer a more effective tool for Vladimir Putin to disrupt Western resolve than his repeated nuclear threats, Constanze Stelzenmüller argues.
On Sunday, China's Politburo Standing Committee and Politburo will be revealed at the conclusion of the First Plenum of the 20th Central Committee. Cheng Li breaks down the 16 top contenders for the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, as well as the line-up of the 28 most likely challengers for the 25-member Politburo.
With a new controversial social media law, Turkish authorities now have the right to control and, if necessary, restrict online free speech in ways that would be unthinkable in any democracy — or even in Turkey a few years ago, writes Aslı Aydıntaşbaş.
Is China's economy in trouble? As the 20th Party Congress continues, David Dollar and Eswar Prasad discuss the Chinese housing market, renminbi strength relative to the dollar, and whether President Xi Jinping will continue with a command-led economy.
“It’s ironic that Elon Musk, the man who has been talking about getting us to Mars should be Putin’s messenger for the war in Ukraine, when we’re having a really hard time getting our act together on this planet.”
On "Climate Sense," a new podcast from the Brookings Podcast Network, Samantha Gross sheds light on the essentials of climate change and how to deal with the problem.
Targeting high-value criminals. Vanda Felbab-Brown writes about high-value targeting, a practice built around the notion that killing the leaders of terrorist, insurgent, militia, and criminal groups will make the group easier to defeat.
Rolling the dice. Writing in Time Magazine, Steven Pifer outlines the risks and costs of Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear weapon threats.
Public support for Ukraine. Shibley Telhami's latest survey published in the Washington Post, found that 60% of the American public are prepared to pay high energy costs to help Ukraine.
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