Averting Civil War in Ethiopia, Tackling Persistent Urban Inequality, and More

November 20, 2020

“Ethiopia, it has been said, is ‘too big to fail.’ If it does, it could drag an entire region down with it.” Zach Vertin explains the internal divisions plaguing Ethiopia, implications for countries across the Horn of Africa and the wider Red Sea region, and what needs to be done to resolve the conflict.

One in four Black Americans are stuck in high-poverty neighborhoods, compared with one in six Hispanics and just one in 13 white Americans. Stuart Butler and Jonathan Grabinsky discuss the long-term damage that can come from being born and raised in a high-poverty neighborhood and offer strategies to address the issue.

The President’s Daily Brief (PDB) contains the nation’s most sensitive intelligence reporting and analysis and is usually given to the president-elect along with the president soon after an election. This year, however, President-elect Biden has yet to be brought into the fray. David Priess explains some history of the PDB and setbacks Biden is facing by not getting the briefings during his transition.

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