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Resistant to Reform? Improving U.S. Immigration Policy Through Data, Evidence, and Innovation

The United States needs more research into which immigration policies actually work for newcomers and host communities.

  • Adam Lichtenheld
  • Natalie Chaudhuri
  • Sigrid Lupieri
· August 28, 2024
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Kenya Is at an Inflection Point. It Needs a New Path to Progress.

After the Gen Z demonstrations upended the country’s political landscape, Ruto must do more if he wants to restore trust and root out corruption.

· August 22, 2024
In The Media
in the media
Industrial Policy Needs an Immigration Policy

Why Bringing Jobs Back to the United States Requires Letting in More Foreign Workers

· August 22, 2024
Foreign Affairs
apanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves following a news conference on August 14, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kishida’s Legacy of Global Success, Domestic Distress

Kishida has seemed in many ways to be just the prime minister that Japan needed. Yet a difficult economic situation at home and his party’s political scandals conspired to keep his domestic popularity low.

· August 22, 2024
In The Media
in the media
Middle East Bracing for Potential Iranian Strikes

A discussion on where hopes for a ceasefire now stand and why some officials have accused Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of making it more difficult to reach a deal.

· August 14, 2024
MSNBC
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The Contribution of Wealth: How Tax Justice Can Deliver Global Public Goods

Pressure is growing to raise taxes on the world’s superrich, and the United Nations has an opportunity to turn this momentum into irreversible change. 

  • Hassan Damluji
· August 8, 2024