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If We Don't Get the Peace Right, Iraq Will Slide Back into the Morass

This week leaders from around the world, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and representatives from over 100 U.S. companies, will assemble to plan solutions to Iraq's recovery challenges and investments in its economic future. Steps taken now could well determine Iraq's future.

How the U.S. Can Help Resolve the Rohingya Crisis

By accepting responsibility for reintegrating the Rohingya refugees, Myanmar has provided an opening to prevent an epic tragedy. Will the United States and the international community take advantage of it?

The Appalachia Partnership Initiative's Investments in Education, Workforce Development, and the Community

These technical appendixes provide more details on the methodology, data, and findings in the report, The Appalachia Partnership Initiative's Investments in Education, Workforce Development, and the Community: Analysis of the First Stage, 2014-2016.

Keeping Americans on the Job in a Changing Economy

While there have been calls to bring back the coal mines and factories, the real issue isn't a lack of family-wage sustaining jobs in the U.S. Instead, the problem is a mismatch between workers and available jobs.

The Appalachia Partnership Initiative's Investments in Education, Workforce Development, and the Community

This report assesses the Appalachia Partnership Initiative's progress toward its vision of fostering a sustainable STEM education and workforce development ecosystem in parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia during the first years of the API.

Female Drivers Can Put Saudis on Road to Enhanced Growth

Allowing women to get behind the wheel will likely lead to significant long-term changes in Saudi Arabia's economy and the participation of women in the labor force.

Addressing Europe's Migrant Crisis Takes More Than Stopping the Boats from Libya

Treating migration from Libya as a border security issue has reduced migration across the Mediterranean. But efforts to keep migrants in Libya are fraught with risks, exacerbate a massive human rights problem, and do not address Libya's long-term economic and political stabilization.

The Post–Arab Spring Experience: Q&A with Shelly Culbertson

It's too early to say whether the Arab Spring will turn out to be a success or not. It was about people in the region deciding what they did not want and rising up against it, but they hadn't worked out what they did want. Many of them still have hope.

Making Victory Count After Defeating ISIS

This report investigates humanitarian and stabilization needs in Iraq, through a case study of Mosul, and offers recommendations for immediate actions for stabilization after military operations to liberate it ISIS.

Moving Beyond Mosul

The Islamic State group has been defeated in Mosul. But the military routing of the group from Mosul is not enough to ensure lasting stability, either in Mosul itself or in Iraq more broadly. What comes next will need careful planning, diplomacy, implementation and coordination.