Where the new infrastructure bill misses the mark, keeping tabs on the Biden administration's rule changes, and NATO's concerns on Germany.
Africa’s youth lost out in Glasgow By the end of the 26th U.N. Climate Conference, it quickly became clear that Africa had gained very little. Louise Fox explains why African youth stand to lose the most and calls for climate change adaptation policies and investments today to prevent the worst outcomes. Read more |
Nuclear weapons debate in Germany touches a raw NATO nerve “Many of Germany’s allies are mystified at a navel-gazing debate that appears remote from reality and tone-deaf towards their concerns. Given the tensions with Russia, Belarus, and China, they contend, this is no moment for a key NATO member to distance itself from the alliance’s nuclear deterrence strategy,” writes Constanze Stelzenmüller. Read more | Tracking regulation in the Biden era With numerous rule rollbacks related to the environment, labor, telecom, and beyond, deregulation was a key pillar of the Trump administration's policy agenda. The Biden administration has taken a different approach, but there is still plenty to monitor. Our Center on Regulation and Markets has just relaunched their Regulatory Tracker to keep tabs on important rule changes that often fail to receive significant media coverage. Explore the updated tracker and sign up for the center's newsletter to get updates on regulatory policy in your inbox. | Help support Brookings with a donation Brookings is committed to making its high-quality, independent policy research free to the public. Please consider making a contribution today to our Annual Fund to support our experts' work. | The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. | |