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Events from the Brookings Institution
Listen to recordings of public events from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy research organization (think tank) in Washington, DC. Expert speakers and panelists at our eve...
Episodes
20 of 100 episodesState of Black businesses: Resilience in the face of a pandemic
On Wednesday, February 16, Brookings Metro hosted an event to assess the state of Black businesses in metropolitan areas across the country,...
The future of American democracy: A conversation with U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin
On February 15, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted a fireside chat with Representative Raskin and Brookings President John R. Allen to t...
Fireside chat with Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris of the New York Department of Financial Services
On February 14, 2022, the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets hosted a fireside chat with Superintendent Harris to explore her vision...
Saudi Arabia and Iraq: An evolving relationship
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have long had a complex relationship, at times vying for positions of leadership in the Arab World and often closely i...
A policy agenda for Black Americans in 2022
On February 8, as part of our celebration of Black History Month, the Brookings Institution hosted a webinar focusing on an inclusive public...
The border within: The economics of immigration in an age of fear
On February 7, the Brookings Institution hosted an event marking the launch of a new book by Brookings Rubenstein Fellow Tara Watson and jou...
Iraqi civil society and democratization
Nearly two decades since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, democratic consolidation is still elusive. From the start, the revival of civil society...
Expanding climate careers while implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
On Wednesday, January 26, Brookings Metro and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) co-hosted an event to examine how regio...
Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2022
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the world is eager to return to normal. However, the complexity of the challenges Africa was already...
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What is the future of the Sudans?
On January 24, the Brookings Africa Security Initiative hosted an event to discuss the future of the Sudans, and what the United States and...
The social media war in the Middle East
Middle Eastern regimes are aggressive users of social media. They exploit these platforms against their enemies and rivals targeting disside...
Europe in an era of disruption: Where does the Russia-Ukraine crisis go from here?
After the build-up of more than 100,000 Russian troops at the Ukrainian border, the public release of two sweeping Russian security proposal...
Toward Xi's third term: China's 20th Party Congress and beyond
On Thursday, January 20, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted two panel discussions featuring top China scholars, who discu...
Biden's first year: Successes, failures, and what lies ahead
On January 19, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted a webinar examining Biden's performance during his first year in office and what can b...
Japan in 2022
On January 18, the Japan-America Society of Washington DC and the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution hosted th...
Biodiversity conservation, zoonotic diseases, and human security in Africa two years into COVID-19
On January 14, the Brookings Institution's Africa Security Initiative and Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors hosted a panel discussion expl...
US-Jordan relations: Jordan's vision for the future
On January 13, the Center for Middle East Policy hosted Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and expatriates...
Taxing business income: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
On January 11, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center hosted an event on this divergence between economic and taxable income and its implicat...
EU-Gulf relations: Charting the way forward
Multilateral relations between the European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) remain stuck, despite recent announcements by...