Plus, harm reduction strategies to tackle the fentanyl crisis, and the U.S. economy’s housing problem.
The EU has a playbook to de-risk from China. Is it working? The European Union (EU) has three main goals in its “de-risking” plan: to protect its economy from outside encroachments, to promote its own competitiveness and resilience, and to partner with others to amplify its economy’s strengths and mitigate its vulnerabilities. Daniel S. Hamilton discusses the different elements of this agenda, challenges to meeting the EU’s goals, and how the United States fits into the EU’s playbook. | More research and commentary Harm reduction strategies to tackle the fentanyl crisis. On the latest episode of The Killing Drugs, Vanda Felbab-Brown, David R. Holtgrave, and Regina LaBelle outline key measures to alleviate the fentanyl epidemic and explore the legal barriers and stigma that pose challenges to adopting these strategies in the United States. The US economy’s biggest problem. America is facing a shortage of between 1.1 million and 5.5 million homes, and the shortfall in affordable rental housing is even more acute. Writing in U.S. News & World Report, Ben Harris evaluates a proposal by Kamala Harris to boost U.S. housing inventory in the absence of bipartisan solutions from federal policymakers. | About Brookings The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to conduct in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels. If you were forwarded this email, sign up for the Brookings Brief to stay updated on our latest 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. | |