The Youth Vaping Epidemic, Foreign Election Interference, and More

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Ending the war in Ukraine, China's changing nuclear arsenal, and how a wealth tax would affect America's richest billionaires.

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November 23, 2019

Republicans risk normalizing foreign interference in US politics "[If] Republicans believe that impeachment is too severe, what kind of penalty do they propose? If the answer is none at all, then Republicans will have opened the floodgates for foreign penetration of the U.S. political system," writes Robert Kagan. Read more

The youth vaping epidemic: Addressing the rise of e-cigarettes in schools Teen vaping is on the rise in schools across America—27.5% of youth report regularly using e-cigarettes. Nandeeni Patel and Diana Quintero analyze some state and federal policies to address this epidemic. Read more

How to end the war in Ukraine Russian forces have been engaged in a bloody war against Ukraine in the Donbas region for more than five years. Steven Pifer explains Moscow’s objectives regarding Ukraine and how the United States can help resolve the conflict peacefully. Read in Foreign Affairs

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China comes out of its nuclear shell. Shashank Joshi at The Economist writes on China's changing nuclear arsenal, drawing on recent research by Caitlin Talmadge that warns of growing competition in the U.S.-China nuclear relationship.

AI is coming for white collar workers. Erica Pandey and Kim Hart at Axios break down a new analysis by Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim that finds better-paid, better-educated workers may be most affected by new artificial intelligence technologies.

What a wealth tax would mean for Bezos or Buffet. Taylor Nicole Rogers and Taylor Borden at Business Insider dive into recent research by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman published in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity to explore how a wealth tax would affect the richest billionaires in America.

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