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Our Universities Can Save Afghanistan's Best and Brightest

As fascism swept 1930s Europe, some universities paid little attention. Others rejected domestic panic, set aside prejudices, ignored balance sheets and rose in defense of knowledge and freedom. Now as the Taliban sweeps Afghanistan, higher education must once again answer that call.

Allida Black

Senators slow Biden with holds at Pentagon, State

The Biden administration lags behind the past three administrations in the pace of confirmations, according to Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, nonresident senior fellow in governance studies with the Brookings Institution.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

CIVIC Health Index 2021

Citizenship during crisis, a report by Civic

Techno-Totalitarianism? China's Cultural Crackdown

China's recent crackdown on many things cultural rang some alarm bells. But what does it mean in practice? And what should US policymakers think about it? We talk to China experts Aynne Kokas and Robert Daly to understand.

Aynne Kokas

5 questions about China and its role in the world

Brantly Womack believes that understanding China is the key to understanding the next era of economic and geopolitical power. And in order to look forward, we first must look back.

Brantly Womack

Saving Bipartisanship in an Age of Extremism: Can the Electoral System be Designed to Promote Consensus?

The Fiscal Note Executive Institute partnered with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress to host the virtual discussion, “Saving Bipartisanship in an Age of Extremism: Can the Electoral System Be Designed to Promote Consensus?” The closed-door, interactive program featured insights from former Member of Congress and CSPC President and CEO Glenn Nye; Neal Simon, author of “Contract to Unite America;” Chris Lu, former Deputy Secretary of Labor; Mary Kate Cary, senior fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center and former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush; and Patricia Villarreal Tamez, Government Relations Advisor with Shell.

Mary Kate Cary