Can we slow down AI without losing to China?
As AI models grow more advanced, warnings of catastrophic risks are escalating. But are existential fears overshadowing immediate threats? B...
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20 of 308 episodesUSMCA fails to renew—but it's not over yet
On July 1, the U.S. government declined to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)—but that's not the end for the region's free trade...
A fractured front? Inside the Ankara NATO summit
At the NATO summit in Ankara, wary European leaders sought an equilibrium with the United States. Against a backdrop of ongoing conflict in...
Will the Strait of Hormuz reopen after the US-Iran deal?
After the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş spoke to Brookings experts Kari Heerm...
Understanding Pope Leo's AI encyclical
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical is a 42,000-word Vatican treatise that elevates "the protection of the human person in the age of artificial...
2 members of Congress on improving American education
On this episode of The Brookings Current , Brookings Senior Fellow Rashawn Ray sits down with two former teachers-turned-lawmakers: Reps. Ma...
Has the US lost the Iran war?
Brookings Senior Fellow Robert Kagan writes in The Atlantic that U.S. defeat in Iran war "is not only possible but likely." In this episode...
The Iran war is making energy more expensive for everyone
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has brought the largest energy disruption the world has seen in decades. Adie Tomer, senior fellow in Me...
How executive orders are reshaping Black America
The Trump administration has used executive orders to expand immigration enforcement, overhaul elections, and gut diversity, equity, and inc...
Will the Iran ceasefire hold?
With an indefinite ceasefire in place and continued attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, the war in Iran has reached a turning point. Given the...
What does the future hold for the IRS and Postal Service?
The IRS and the Postal Service are close to their breaking points. On this episode of The Current , Katie Dunn Tenpas speaks with Senior Fel...
Rahm Emanuel: Both parties are failing American students
Culture wars have distracted America's K-12 system at the expense of students, says former U.S. Ambassador and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. O...
Off the court: How one basketball star's death is saving lives
Research shows that investing in programs and places for youth to participate in sports can reduce gun violence. But what can the people mos...
What does China want from a Trump-Xi summit?
This episode of The Current features excerpts from a new Brookings podcast, The Beijing Brief , on which scholars from the China Center at B...
Beyond the Bracket: How basketball can prevent gun violence
Can investing in youth sports—especially in certain neighborhoods where children are particularly vulnerable—reduce gun violence? In this ep...
How Minneapolis-Saint Paul community leaders responded to Operation Metro Surge
Brookings Metro Senior Fellow Joe Parilla speaks with Alma Flores, executive director of the Latino Economic Development Center, and Peter F...
Can Iran's regime survive the war?
Two weeks into the United States' and Israel's war with Iran, there are increasingly urgent questions about Iran's future and the Trump admi...
What's next for the Iran war? Experts discuss.
This week, Brookings experts convened to discuss the Iran war and its implications for Iran, the Middle East, and international security. Th...
Americans are not as divided by race as it seems
In new research, scholars at the Center for Community Uplift at Brookings and Gallup find a high degree of interracial cooperation across ke...
From the halls of the Munich Security Conference
With the annual Munich Security Conference now wrapped, Brookings expert Constanze Stelzenmüller brings back insights from the conversations...