On July 18, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute co-hosted an event to discuss the state of U.S.-China trade relations and the importance of technology to the dispute, to assess U.S. strategy and what might be expected. Joshua Meltzer opened the event with a presentation.

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On July 15-16, the Brookings Institution held The Municipal Finance Conference, which brought together academics, practitioners, issuers, and regulators to discuss recent research on municipal capital markets and state and local fiscal issues.

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On July 15-16, the Brookings Institution held The Municipal Finance Conference, which brought together academics, practitioners, issuers, and regulators to discuss recent research on municipal capital markets and state and local fiscal issues.

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On July 17, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted a panel discussion on the results of a survey conducted in Algeria of over 9,000 protesters and military personnel. Brookings visiting fellow and co-author of the paper, Sharan Grewal, presented the findings of the survey.

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On July 2, Callamard discussed her report in detail in an event hosted by the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. Joining Callamard were Tamara Cofman Wittes, senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy and Ted Piccone, nonresident senior fellow in Security and Strategy. 

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On June 28, Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, joined General Selva for a discussion on the national security landscape facing America, the future of military technology, and the intensifying competition between the United States and its great power competitors.

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On June 28, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel conversation to discuss the impact of militias in the Middle East and North Africa, and the best ways to address them.

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On June 27, as part of its ongoing focus on the privacy debate, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a public discussion on these information-sharing systems, exploring the ways they operate as well as the individual, societal, and business interests at stake.

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On June 26, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings and the Economic Policy Institute celebrated Krueger’s work and its implications for current issues in economic policy.

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On June 24, the Future of the Middle Class Initiative hosted an event marking the release of a new report by Brookings Senior Fellow Isabel Sawhill and Senior Research Assistant Katherine Guyot. The event featured former Governor Jack Markell, who led the path-breaking efforts in Delaware to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies.

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On June 25, 2019, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy hosted a conference on hospital productivity trends and their implications for Medicare policy on hospital payment rate updates.

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On June 20, the Economic Studies Program at Brookings held an event on the leading carbon price proposals. The event showcased the policy ideas of two climate thought leaders in Congress, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), where they explored the potential for common ground on the polarized but critical issue of reducing the risk of dangerous climatic disruption.

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On June 18, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings hosted two experts with very different views on infrastructure, John Porcari and DJ Gribbin, as they face off on the role of the federal government in infrastructure reform and lessons learned from past administrations.

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On June 17, Aaron Klein, fellow in Economic Studies, released a new report detailing how China’s payment system works, what it means, and what lessons the United States can take away. After the presentation, a panel of experts discussed China’s new payment system.

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On June 14, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted David Kogan, the author of “Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party” (Bloomsbury, 2019), a history of the party from the 1970s to the present, described by The Times as “meticulously researched and balanced…by a writer with sources at the highest level across different wings of the party.” 

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On June 12, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted an event to examine the state of free trade in Hong Kong. 

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On June 13, the Brookings Institution held an event to discuss competing visions for Europe’s future and looked ahead to 2021 and asked if we can expect the trans-Atlantic relationship to be characterized by disagreements over defense spending, the Middle East, energy, and trade or if deeper cooperation on the international order is possible.

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On June 10, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted a forum to look at U.S. domestic governance and policy ahead of the 2020 elections. As part of the tenth annual A. Alfred Taubman Forum on Public Policy, panelists discussed major issues facing the country and ways to address those problems.

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On June 4, Brookings hosted a conversation between Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon and Lt. General Charles Hooper, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), on how DSCA advances U.S. foreign policy objectives in an era increasingly driven by great power competition.

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On June 3, Brookings hosted a panel discussion exploring possible conflict scenarios with Russia and China, what tools the United States will need to offset Russian and Chinese strategy and capabilities, and how worried policymakers should be about America’s ability to stand by its vital alliance commitments.

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On June 3, Governance Studies at Brookings cohosted an event with Contexts Magazine, featuring an expert panel that discussed the causes, consequences, and policy solutions to the racial wealth gap.

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What should we reasonably expect from an intelligence agency when it comes to transparency? What do civil liberties protections look like in a digital environment? On May 31, CIA’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer Ben Huebner discussed with Brookings Federal Executive Fellow Ryan Trapani.

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On May 29, Brookings hosted General Dunford for a discussion on the national security landscape facing America, the state of the nation’s armed forces, and key defense choices for the future, moderated by Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon.

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On Wednesday, May 29, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released the latest volume of “The Future of Children”—a journal that promotes effective, evidence-based policies and programs for children, along with a policy brief titled “Achieving Broad-Scale Impacts for Social Programs.” 

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On May 28, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow for a discussion of Parliament’s role in politics and policy at a pivotal time for one of the United States’ closest allies. 

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On May 24, the India Project will host a panel of experts to discuss the results of the 2019 general election in India. A Q&A session with the audience will follow the panel discussion.

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On May 22, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hostd a discussion on algorithmic bias featuring expert speakers.

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On May 21, 2019, the Center for Universal Education and the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a symposium titled “Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places.” 

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On May 21, 2019, the Center for Universal Education and the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a symposium titled “Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places.” 

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On May 21, 2019, the Center for Universal Education and the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a symposium titled “Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places.” 

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On May 21, 2019, the Center for Universal Education and the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a symposium titled “Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places.” 

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On May 21, 2019, the Center for Universal Education and the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a symposium titled “Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places.” 

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On May 20, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and George Washington University’s Center for Washington Area Studies (CWAS) co-hosted an event to discuss housing growth and affordability in the Capital Region.

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On Monday, May 20, the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution convened an event to discuss the findings of a new report, “The Ties that Bind: Is Faith a Global Force for Good or Ill in the Family?” from the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institution. 

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On April 30, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion featuring Nathan Sales, ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State, on the future of the Islamic State.

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On Tuesday, May 14, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings hosted a conversation with Mayor Giuseppe Sala to discuss Milan’s global identity and competitiveness, and lessons for other mid-size city-regions around the world.

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On May 8, Brookings’s Future of the Middle Class Initiative and the Center on Regulation and Markets hosted an event to explore how policy can help reduce housing stress on the middle class. 

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On May 8, Brookings’s Future of the Middle Class Initiative and the Center on Regulation and Markets hosted an event to explore how policy can help reduce housing stress on the middle class. 

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On May 9, the Brookings Institution hosted an event to discuss the subsequent report, “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty.”

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On Thursday, May 9, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) for a discussion on the implications of China’s growing global role for American foreign policy and national security.

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On May 10, Brookings hosted the launch event for “Road Warriors,” featuring a discussion with the author moderated by Peter Bergen, acclaimed journalist and vice president for global studies and fellows at New America. 

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On May 10, Brookings hosted a conversation between Jim Baker, former FBI General Counsel, and Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes. They will cover how the FBI thought about the Russia investigation in the fateful months both before and after the President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

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On May 1, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP) and the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted an event to examine the past 20 years of the East Asian peace, as well as its prospects for the future. 

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On May 1, 2019, the Brookings Institution’s Braiding and Blending Working Group hosted an event on how to establish more flexible funding strategies to improve community health and economic mobility.

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On April 29,  Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon and Rachel Martin, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition, launched O’Hanlon’s latest book, “The Senkaku Paradox: Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes.”

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On Wednesday, April 24, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted the launch of “Blind Spot”, which featured a discussion with the author. 

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On April 24, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted an event featuring a keynote address by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense David Trachtenberg, followed by a panel discussion involving experts and former government officials, to explore the issue in greater detail.  

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On April 23, Brookings Senior Fellow and Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes hosted a panel discussion on the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Trump-Russia investigation.

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 On April 22, 2019 the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy hosted Dr. William A. Haseltine for a discussion on his latest book, “World Class: A Story of Adversity, Transformation, and Success at NYU Langone Health.” 

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On April 22, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings welcomed the host of “U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast,” James Green, for a conversation with three highly esteemed guests of the program: Wendy Cutler, David Shear, and Dennis Wilder.

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On April 15, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted Singapore’s Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat for an address on U.S. engagement in Asia, covering both economic and strategic dimensions.

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On Thursday, April 18, the Retirement Security Project at Brookings hosted an event to explore ways to create lifetime income for people with 401k-type plans. 

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On April 10, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center hosted a discussion on America’s debt and how we can better invest in the future. 

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On April 11, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a conversation with Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. In this capacity, she plays a central role in EU-U.S. data flows.

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On April 12, The Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion featuring experts on the future of work. Panelists talked about trends in emerging technologies and how robots, AI, and automation will affect the workforce.

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On Thursday, April 11, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings hosted Minister Guedes for an update on the Brazilian economy and the government’s economic agenda. 

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On Tuesday, April 9, the Foreign Policy and Governance Studies programs at Brookings hosted a panel discussion on some of these efforts, identifying factors that prevent more veterans from continued service and emphasizing opportunities for engagement across the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

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On April 8, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings explored findings from “Global development disrupted: Findings from a survey of 93 leaders,” a new report that surveys development leaders and offers insights on the international development landscape. Report co-author Kristin Lord kicked off with a presentation, followed by an expert panel. 

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On April 8, the Global Development and Economy program at Brookings and IFC hosted an event to discuss impact investing, as well as findings from IFC's report “Creating Impact: The Promise of Impact Investing.”

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On April 5, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) and the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on the implications of this complex political environment in which domestic and foreign policy decisions influence each other. 

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On April 2 the Governance Studies Program at Brookings and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center co-hosted an event where Senior Fellow Vanessa Williamson discussed a report on her project, “The Filer Voter experiment: How effective is voter registration at tax time?”.

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On April 1, one year ahead of Census Day, the Metropolitan Policy Program, in partnership with the National League of Cities Institute, explored key issues confronting Census 2020. 

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The sixth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture examined the effects of current and future digital technologies on society, particularly in the areas of privacy, free expression, and other fundamental freedoms, at the intersection of comparative law, technology, ethics, and human rights.

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On March 28, Brookings Senior Fellow and Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes hosted a panel discussion on the final Mueller report and Attorney General Barr’s letter summarizing the report.

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Despite unprecedented security cooperation with the US, Mexico continues to face issues related to criminality, human rights violations, and rule of law. On March 27, Brookings hosted a public discussion on the opportunities and challenges for Presidents Donald Trump and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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On March 25, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted an event on the 10th anniversary of the 2009 World Development Report, “Reshaping Economic Geography,” which pointed to agglomeration, migration, and specialization as the forces that carved out the pathways to prosperity for people everywhere.

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On March 25, Brookings Vice President Darrell West discussed his new book and was joined by journalist Karen Tumulty for a conversation.

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On March 22, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted a discussion involving experts and former government officials to explore this question and others.

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The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy hosted a conference on emerging policy solutions to deal with surprise medical bills.

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On March 20, the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings convened a panel of experts to assess the state of play on juvenile criminal justice records policy. 

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On March 19, Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research for Foreign Policy at Brookings, hosted a discussion on the latest report with Patrick O’Brien, director of the DOD Office of Economic Adjustment, and Molly Reynolds, senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at Brookings. 

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On Tuesday, March 19, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy at Brookings hosted outgoing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to reflect on his tenure and policy reforms.

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On March 18, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted François Héran for the 14th annual Raymond Aron Lecture. 

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On March 14, Michael O’Hanlon—senior fellow and director of research for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings—engaged Undersecretary of the United States Army Ryan McCarthy in a discussion on the Army’s most recent budget request, its operational outlook, and the role it will play in future defense strategy.

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On March 14, the Center for Technology and Innovation at Brookings hosted a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips about these and other questions related to consumer privacy and antitrust laws. 

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On March 13, the Brookings Center for Technology Innovation hosted a discussion about cybersecurity education. 

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On March 13, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid for an Alan and Jane Batkin International Leaders Forum. President Kaljulaid has been in office since October 2016 and oversaw the Republic of Estonia’s centenary this past year. 

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On March 12, The Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on the potential impact of AI on U.S.-China relations, with an eye toward new developments, opportunities, and risks.

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On March 12, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted an event to highlight a new collaborative report which outlines recommendations for the United States and other outside actors on a new policy in Libya.

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On March 12, Brookings Visiting Fellow and former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler debuted his new book, “From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future.” Wheeler was joined at Brookings by Rep. Mike Doyle, Cecilia Kang of The New York Times, and Brookings Senior Fellow EJ Dionne. 

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On March 6, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted Secretary-General of the European Commission Martin Selmayr for a discussion on the future of the European Union and multilateral engagement in an era of great power competition.

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On March 6, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted a distinguished panel of experts for a discussion on the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi. 

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On February 27, the Global Economy and Development program hosted a panel discussion that featured two recent works that address why productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades: “Productivity Revisited: Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy” published by the World Bank; and the “OECD Economic Outlook, November 2018.” Lead authors of these works joined the panel.

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On February 27, Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, engaged former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley in a conversation on the future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan, followed by questions from the audience. Then, he moderated a discussion with Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown and Visiting Fellow Madiha Afzal. 

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On February 27, Raghuram Rajan – a professor of finance at the University of Chicago, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India – outlined the argument he makes in his new book “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind.”

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On February 15, Brookings hosted the D.C. launch of "In Good Times Prepare for Crisis – From the Great Depression to the Great Recession" by Ira Lieberman. A panel of experts reflected on how lessons from past crises can help resolve future crises with the least possible damage.

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On February 19, General David L. Goldfein, the 21st chief of staff of the Air Force, delivered a keynote address at Brookings on the challenges faced by the Air Force in this era of great power competition. 

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On February 15, as part of the Brookings Institution’s celebration of Black History Month, Stacey Abram discussed the increasing political power of African-Americans after the 2018 elections and the tensions that may arise as the African-American electorate and candidates claim more political space.

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On February 14, Brookings hosted a symposium bringing together U.S. and tribal government officials, academics, and experts to discuss what’s next for the American Indian gaming industry. 

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On February 1, Michael O’Hanlon—senior fellow and director of the Africa Security Initiative at Brookings— led a panel discussion with experts on the results of the DRC’s elections, and the country’s uncertain future ahead.

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On February 12, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) delivered a keynote at the Brookings Institution on House Democrats’ vision for the future of U.S. defense policy. Then, Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon engaged Rep. Moulton in a conversation on what a new era of divided government means for defense policy, budgets, and strategic planning.

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On February 7, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni for an Alan and Jane Batkin International Leaders Forum.

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On February 11, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies hosted the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's director for international cooperation for a keynote address on Japan’s goals and policies to advance Asian connectivity, followed by discussion and Q&A with a panel of experts.

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On February 11, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a panel to discuss the future of AI in metropolitan areas, focusing on AI as a tool for integrating information, coordinating services, and improving leadership decision-making.

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On January 30, the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland released a series of in-depth studies of American voters that address public dissatisfaction with the federal government.

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On January 31, think tank presidents and researchers from around the world convened for the annual “Why Facts and Think Tanks Matter” forum for a discussion on global trends in politics and policy advice. The forum also featured the launch of the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Indexreport from the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.

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On Friday, February 1, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings hosted Kimberly Clausing to make the progressive case for free trade.

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On January 30, 2019 the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy hosted Eric Hargan, the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a discussion about this effort. Following his presentation, experts in health care payment and delivery system reform discussed the issue and the path forward.

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On January 28, Governance Studies at Brookings convened a panel of policy experts to discuss what they hope to hear and what they expect to hear in this year’s State of the Union address—whenever and however it is delivered.

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On January 29, James H. Anderson—assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities—delivered a keynote at Brookings on the Missile Defense Review and its significance for U.S. defense policy. That was followed by a Q&A between Dr. Anderson and the audience and panel discussion with a range of experts.

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