Major metropolitan areas—those with populations exceeding 1 million—are home to nearly six in 10 Americans. How did these places fare during the 2010-2020 period? Drawing from the 2020 census results, William Frey sheds light on some of the decade's most significant demographic trends.
"If Americans believe democracy is good, then they should believe that it is good for Tunisians, too. Otherwise Biden's commendable rhetoric will remain just that—an ideal that we speak about but ignore even in the very cases where it matters most," write Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal.
COVID-19 vaccines remain in news headlines, touching on the need for additional boosters, the development of variant-specific doses, vaccines for children under five, and issues of global availability. Shruti Nayak, Naomi Maehr, and Molly Reynolds explain how vaccines have been addressed in congressional hearings.
Authoritarianism and the splintering of the internet
Promoting a free and global internet. Last month, 60 governments signed a "Declaration on the Future of the Internet" at the White House.The declaration articulates an optimistic vision of the internet which stands in stark contrast to a China-Russia joint statement from earlier this year, Cameron Kerry argues.
Vladimir Putin's internet plan. Over the past decade, the Kremlin has sought to break away from the West's tech industry and influence over online information. Gavin Wilde and Justin Sherman explain why this attempt to build a more independent Russian tech economy is unlikely to succeed.
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