Emerging Threats in the Taliban’s Afghanistan, New York’s Land Use Issues, and More

Lurking crises for trans-Atlantic relations, tackling New York's housing crisis, and Afghanistan's new environment and its implications.

View in browser February 2, 2022 Nonstate threats in the Taliban's Afghanistan   While Afghanistan's new Taliban leadership has been preoccupied with near-term challenges, nonstate armed actors in the country have begun to assess the opportunities and limitations that come with a return to Taliban rule. Joshua White examines this new environment and its implications for the United States.   Read more New York's ideas for zoning reform offer many paths to tackling the housing crisis   After decades of legislative inactivity, 2022 could be the year that New York finally grapples with its deeply entrenched and exclusionary zoning. Noah Kazis discusses the city's long history of land use issues and outlines how new proposals seek to address them.   Read more Lurking crises for trans-Atlantic relations   Will Russia launch a further military incursion into Ukraine by the end of March? What is the future of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline? In the latest edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, Brookings foreign policy experts answer these questions and more.    Read more Help support Brookings with a donation   Brookings is committed to making its high-quality, independent policy research free to the public. Please consider making a contribution today to our Annual Fund to support our experts' work. The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter preferences | Receive the Brookings Brief less often