The Largest Refugee Crisis in History, Building an Ambitious US Climate Policy, and More

December 11, 2019

Venezuela’s refugee crisis will soon surpass the scale of the Syrian crisis. Despite this, the three largest host nations—Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru—have received very little support from the international community. Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley explain why the crisis can no longer be ignored.

Separately, on a new episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Dany Bahar sits down with Felipe Muñoz, Colombia’s top official for the Venezuelan refugee crisis, to discuss the government’s response.

Across the United States, states, cities, businesses, and other groups are taking ambitious action on climate change. Nathan Hultman says this movement has the potential to support a wave of action from the federal government in the coming decade.

Earlier this week, the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report on the opening of the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Amid disinformation and confusion around the report, Benjamin Wittes provides insight on the report’s main finding—that the opening of the FBI investigation had nothing to do with politics or a political “witch hunt.”

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