The Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan, Building Clean Energy Infrastructure, and More

September 30, 2022

An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul

US policy toward Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

The last year has been a grim one for a country back under the grip of the Taliban. Madiha Afzal explains how the Biden administration is attempting to mitigate the predictable economic and humanitarian catastrophe and where flaws with U.S. policy toward Afghanistan lie.

Permitting for clean energy infrastructure work

To meet America’s ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions, the country will have to quickly build a vast amount of clean energy infrastructure. Although there are many obstacles to the rapid deployment of such infrastructure, one key obstacle at the center of much debate is the federal permit process. Rayan Sud and Sanjay Patnaik examine the current policy landscape around this issue.

Voting signs are displayed outside a polling site during a special election to fill the vacant 34th congressional district seat in Los Fresnos

Are Hispanics leaving the Democratic Party?

For years, Democrats believed that demographic changes from immigration would eventually shift the political balance in their favor. William Galston presents survey data that unpacks this assumption in regard to Hispanic or Latino Americans.