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Iranians protest against attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States on February 28, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

After the strike: The danger of war in Iran

Suzanne Maloney, Itamar Rabinovich, Mara Karlin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Stephanie T. Williams, Sharan Grewal, Steven Heydemann, Dafna H. Rand, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kemal Kirişci, Hady Amr, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Pavel K. Baev, Steven Pifer, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Lynn Kuok, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Caitlin Talmadge, Joshua Rovner, Samantha Gross, William A. Galston, Scott R. Anderson +18 more

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A protest holds a poster of Ali Khamenei as thousands of people gather in Enghelab Square for a pro-government demonstration after Iranian state media confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

The surreal experience of meeting Khamenei

Jeffrey Feltman

March 2, 2026

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Brookings experts on the Supreme Court’s tariff decision

Scott R. Anderson, Sarah A. Binder, Tonantzin Carmona, Kyle Chan, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, William A. Galston, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ben Harris, Kari Heerman, Aaron Klein, Robert E. Litan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Elena Patel, Sanjay Patnaik, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Jessica Riedl, Peter M. Shane, Mireya Solís +14 more

February 24, 2026

Americans are not as divided by race as it seems

Ibram X. Kendi, Andre M. Perry, Cleve R. Wootson, Jr.

February 27, 2026

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State of the Union

Presidency Trump relies on showmanship and base appeal in State of the Union address

William A. Galston, Elaine Kamarck

President Trump, State of the Union speech, 2018

U.S. Government & Politics What’s the state of our Union?

E.J. Dionne, Jr., Wendy Edelberg, Molly E. Reynolds, Melanie W. Sisson

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 2, 2025. Also pictured, from left to right: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

Presidency Assessing President Trump’s second-term staffing record

Chris Piper, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea.

U.S. Foreign Policy Making America great again? Evaluating Trump’s China strategy at the one-year mark

Patricia M. Kim, Joyce Yang

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Immigration and Migration

Newark, New Jersey, USA - April 01, 2025: Diverse group of passengers queuing in an airport customs area in Newark, New Jersey.

Demographics & Population Reduced immigration slowed population growth for the nation and most states, new census data show

William H. Frey

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump's agenda at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. The tax and spending legislation, in what has been called the "Big Beautiful Bill," redirects money to the military and border security and includes cuts to Medicaid, education, and other domestic programs. Johnson was flanked by House Committee Chairmen who helped craft the legislation.

Immigrants & Immigration How the Big Beautiful Bill hurts the care economy

Keesha Middlemass, Meilyn Farina

Society & Culture ICE expansion has outpaced accountability. What are the remedies?

Rashawn Ray, Gabriel R. Sanchez

Immigrants & Immigration What will 2026 bring for US migration policy?

Marcela Escobari

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Global Security

The new DF-5C strategic nuclear-capable missiles are seen on trucks, as they are debuted at a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, September 3, 2025.

Arms Control & Nonproliferation What comes after New START?

Steven Pifer

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a keynote speech at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026, in Munich, Germany

U.S. Foreign Policy From the halls of the Munich Security Conference

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Constanze Stelzenmüller

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on February 12, 2026.

Mexico Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is cleaning house and consolidating power

Diana Paz García, Vanda Felbab-Brown

A mourner holds flowers on Valentine's Day at the Lychakiv Military Cemetery in Lviv, on February 14, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine What price for peace in Ukraine?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Pavel K. Baev, Mariana Budjeryn, Philip H. Gordon, Anna Grzymała-Busse, Daniel S. Hamilton, Mara Karlin, Steven Pifer, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Thomas Wright +6 more

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