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Rules put in place after 2008 have prevented another global financial crisis, but they have also made it harder for banks to finance critical infrastructure projects in developing economies, write Peter Henry, Jendayi E Frazer, and Dr. Vera Songwe. ow.ly/nTrP50WtL1H

WATCH | Francis Fukuyama discusses how the "America First" policies of the current administration could impact U.S. relations with partners and rivals in Asia. ow.ly/oakU50WtKYo

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To help health care professionals navigate the use of artificial intelligence tools in their testing and care, StanfordHealthPolicy's Michelle Mello and colleagues have developed a new framework for deciding what patients should be told about AI tools. ow.ly/Nvm250WtL7F

A new paper from Marshall Burke and Iván Higuera-Mendieta shows that the benefits of prescribed burns, in terms of reduced smoke from prevented severe fires, substantially outweigh the costs of the smoke produced in the initial treatment fires. 🔥 READ HERE: ow.ly/BZ0S50WulcM

How do emerging technologies actually emerge? Herb Lin joins Martin Giles at the Hoover Institution to discuss the themes he's identified that guide the development of tomorrow’s tech. ow.ly/9VgW50Wukt9

On PantsuitPolitics, StanfordHealthPolicy's Keith Humphreys shares the data that suggests effective drug policy should be a blend of prevention, harm reduction, therapeutic justice, and law enforcement. ow.ly/krlG50WukKg

In a new episode of Frankly Fukuyama, Francis Fukuyama shares the parallels he sees between the hierarchies that slow down and complicate bureaucracy and the hierarchies emerging in how AI is being used. ow.ly/lxzU50Wutke

As U.S. prisons face unprecedented demographic transformation, Keith Humphreys explains in The Atlantic what needs to be done to keep the system from becoming the country's most expensive nursing homes. ow.ly/kv9P50Wvc42

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In commentary published in The Lancet, Ruth Gibson of StanfordHealthPolicy and Gary Darmstadt of Stanford Medicine make the case for why all studies on sanctions and humanitarian outcomes include an investigation into how sanctions affect the local population. ow.ly/CB3950WvaYh

"I do think that if they can have peace, Ukraine has tremendous potential to be a thriving democracy. They have a lot. They deserve that future." 🎧 Listen to more from Michael McFaul on Slate. ow.ly/nmHq50WvboO

Russia’s standing in the Middle East has cratered over the last few years, and those failures will resound well beyond the Middle East, write Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani in Foreign Affairs. ow.ly/wCLJ50WvAnS

🎧 LISTEN | Francis Fukuyama joins the inaugural episode of Persuasion's "Good Fight Club" podcast to help contextualize developing events through the lens of broader democratic trends. ow.ly/4y1950WvWvZ

As resources for development finance shrink, policymakers must shift their focus to making better use of existing funds and removing regulatory barriers that hinder the flow of capital to emerging markets and developing economies, says Peter Henry. ow.ly/g2KU50WvArg

Technology is too significant to leave to corporate stakeholders, writes Marietje Schaake in Financial Times, which is why she believes elected officials need to see tech policy as central to their job, not a specialized niche. ow.ly/MGZv50WvVra

In a new report co-authored with colleagues from Stanford Law School, Joshua Salomon @jsalomon.bsky.social offers recommendations on how the investment gap can be closed in pharmaceutical development for the diseases causing the most suffering and death in the United States. ow.ly/PcEJ50WwspK

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"Addiction is a chronic problem that requires follow-up, coordination, and work by the patient and the system. We do it every day to screen and treat depression. I would like to see that for addiction." Hear more from Keith Humphreys on Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. ow.ly/4wNR50WwsKf

Writing for 38 North, Daniel Sneider takes a look at what Russia's deepening relationship with North Korea means for the U.S., China, and the stability of the Western-led international system. ow.ly/EqCR50Wx0W1