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The Complex Reality of Great Power Competition in the Middle East

Four indicators show trends of engagement, but the region remains immune to sweeping generalizations.

· September 10, 2024
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The Future of AI Regulation: A California Bill Shaping the Debate
September 12, 2024

This sixty-minute debate will feature four leading voices—two pro, two con—addressing this proposition before our local and global audience: “If SB-1047 in its current form becomes law, it will do more good than harm.” 

  • Dan Hendrycks
  • Lauren Wagner
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SpaceX comes to NASA’s rescue

An explanation on why the space agency leaned on SpaceX to help bring them back home by next February.

· September 9, 2024
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China Needs a Very High Consumption Share of GDP Growth

It will require many years of real determination by Beijing to drive the role of consumption to much higher levels if China is to rebalance in a nondisruptive way.

· September 9, 2024
Snow-capped mountains are seen in the distance behind the downtown skyline on March 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California 
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California’s Global Cities

Large and midsized cities in California host various institutions that are either global in their own right or serve as nodes within transnational networks of business, diplomacy, and culture. Many of these cities are also engaging, increasingly, in city diplomacy.

· September 5, 2024
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Congress Must Fund Housing Recovery

An article on the federal authorization of emergency funding for housing recovery

· September 3, 2024
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