Key | Imgs | Short Description |
2023_12_13E_Public_AI | 67 | Brookings Institution -- Assembling public perspectives on AI Assembling public perspectives on AI
Co-hosted with the Center for New Democratic Processes (CNDP)
The voice of the public has generally been left out of policy debates on the governance of AI. In October 2023, Syracuse University Professor Baobao Zhang partnered with the Center for New Democratic... |
2019_DC_Census2020_190401 | 77 | Brookings Institution -- Census 2020: Navigating The National And Local Challenges Census 2020: Navigating The National And Local Challenges
Since 1790, the United States has conducted a once-a-decade census of its population. As we approach 2020, the stakes are increasingly high for cities and regions, which depend on a full, fair, and accurate population count to ensure their... |
2019_DC_Enabling5G_190123 | 55 | Brookings Institution -- Enabling Opportunities: 5G, The Internet Of Things, And Communities Of Color Enabling opportunities: 5G, the internet of things, and communities of color
Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks are expected to be the next big leap in mobile broadband. Peak download speeds as high as 20 gigabits-per-second will enable specialized tasks like remote precision medicine, connected... |
2019_DC_Jourova_190411 | 43 | Brookings Institution -- EU-US Digital Cooperation: A Common Response To Tech Challenges? (w/Věra Jourová) EU-US Digital Cooperation: A Common Response To Tech Challenges?
The U.S. and the EU face similar challenges stemming from the digitalization of everything. Online disinformation, data protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence all pose serious questions about how to embrace new... |
2019_DC_Berlin30_191112 | 66 | Brookings Institution -- Europe 1989-2019: Lessons Learned 30 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Europe 1989-2019: Lessons Learned 30 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The 30 years since the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 have been marked by incredible progress toward a Europe “whole and free.” The European Communities became the European Union, grew to 28 member states, and... |
2018_DC_Facial_Recog_181206 | 107 | Brookings Institution -- Facial Recognition w/Brad Smith Facial recognition: Coming to a street corner near you
Facial recognition technology raises issues that go to the heart of fundamental human rights protections, like privacy and freedom of expression. As this technology advances and is adopted at a global pace, we need to ensure that it is used in a... |
2019_DC_New_START_190107 | 47 | Brookings Institution -- Falling Apart? The Politics of New START and Strategic Modernization Falling apart? The politics of New START and strategic modernization
At the end of the Obama administration, a fragile bipartisan consensus had emerged with regard to U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Under the terms of this agreement—memorialized in the U.S. Senate’s resolution to ratify the New START... |
2018_DC_Employment_181206 | 71 | Brookings Institution -- From Job Guarantees to Wage Subsidies: Panel 1 w/Robert Rubin, Denis McDonough, Donald Cravins Jr., Stephanie Aaronson, Emily Martin, Jay Shambaugh From job guarantees to wage subsidies: Exploring policy options to promote employment
A Hamilton Project policy forum
Even as the unemployment rate reaches a 50-year low, and businesses across the U.S. report more vacancies than ever, the economic recovery remains uneven for many Americans. In fact,... |
2018_DC_Employment2_181206 | 37 | Brookings Institution -- From Job Guarantees to Wage Subsidies: Panel 2 w/Edwin Dolan, Darrick Hamilton, Thea Lee, David Neumark, and Soumaya Keynes) From job guarantees to wage subsidies: Exploring policy options to promote employment
A Hamilton Project policy forum
Even as the unemployment rate reaches a 50-year low, and businesses across the U.S. report more vacancies than ever, the economic recovery remains uneven for many Americans. In fact,... |
2019_DC_Warner_190509 | 28 | Brookings Institution -- Global China: Assessing China’s Growing Role In The World (w/Mark Warner and Victoria Nuland) Global China: Assessing China’s growing role in the world
Recent years have witnessed an expansion of China’s influence, both within the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. On Thursday, May 9, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) for a discussion on the implications... |
2019_DC_Tech_Change_190312 | 84 | Brookings Institution -- How Can Public Policy Keep Up With Technological Change? (w/Tom Wheeler, E.J. Dionne, and Mike Doyle) How Can Public Policy Keep Up With Technological Change?
A book discussion with Tom Wheeler
As the internet continues to enable new technologies like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and blockchain to develop, rapid-fire innovations are upending our society. In business, communications,... |
2019_DC_Cybersecurity_190313 | 33 | Brookings Institution -- How To Improve Cybersecurity Career And Technical Education (w/Jim Langevin and Glenn Thompson) How To Improve Cybersecurity Career And Technical Education
Cybersecurity represents one of the most important challenges in the digital era. Malicious actors have targeted governments, businesses, and civil society seeking confidential information or outright disruption of digital networks. To... |
2019_DC_Lord_191011 | 50 | Brookings Institution -- In Kissinger’s Orbit: A Conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord In Kissinger’s orbit: A conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord
Few people know that Winston Lord was one of only three American attendees at the historic Beijing summit between President Nixon and Chairman Mao in February 1972. Although Lord sat alongside his boss, Henry Kissinger, his presence was... |
2019_DC_Callamard_190702 | 46 | Brookings Institution -- Investigating the Khashoggi murder: Insights from UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard Investigating the Khashoggi murder: Insights from UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard
Two weeks ago, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Agnes Callamard issued a report on the shocking murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and columnist for the Washington... |
2023_DC_Gonzalez_230621 | 49 | Brookings Institution -- Online speech after Gonzalez v. Google Online speech after Gonzalez v. Google
In spring 2023, with the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule on Gonzales v. Google, it seemed possible that the Court might upend the future of internet law by significantly narrowing the scope of Section 230, the law that protects online platforms from liability for... |
2024_02_06B_Parking_Evol | 93 | Brookings Institution -- Panel: America’s Parking Evolution America’s parking evolution
Following a century of automobile-centric development, it’s little wonder that parking is now one of the most common features in America’s cities and suburbs. Yet what seems like a minor convenience for each driver is, in fact, a contributor to lower public health,... (Partially reviewed) |
2018_DC_Panic_181211 | 62 | Brookings Institution -- Premiere of "Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis" Washington, D.C. premiere of ‘Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis’
On Tuesday, December 11, Brookings will host a screening of “Vice Special Report: Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis.” The film is a collaboration of Vice and HBO that “provides the definitive look... |
2019_DC_Putins_World_190313 | 59 | Brookings Institution -- Putin’s World Putin’s World
On March 13, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies; professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; and nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, for a discussion inspired by her new... |
2019_DC_Democracy_191001 | 32 | Brookings Institution -- Renovating Democracy: Governing In The Age Of Globalization And Digital Capitalism Renovating Democracy: Governing In The Age Of Globalization And Digital Capitalism
The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a debate about the role of democracy in the international system. The impact of globalization and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide... |
2023_DC_Aggression_230330 | 89 | Brookings Institution -- Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the international legal order Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the international legal order
The ninth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law
Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor Ukraine last year – following on its seizure and annexation of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent proxy war in eastern... |
2024_03_04B2_Seeing | 77 | Brookings Institution -- Seeing and reaching others Seeing and reaching others
A discussion about the power of recognition and belonging to strengthen divided societies
How do we decide and convey who is seen and valued -- recognized -- in a diverse, changing, and often divided society? Brookings hosted a discussion on the impacts of recognition and a... (Partially reviewed) |
2016_DC_CEA70_160211 | 194 | Brookings Institution -- The Council of Economic Advisers: 70 Years of Advising the President The Council of Economic Advisers: 70 Years of Advising the President:
The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) was created by Congress in 1946 to advise the president on ways “to foster and promote free competitive enterprise” and “to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing... |
2018_DC_Defense_Budget_181120 | 49 | Brookings Institution -- The Future Of The Defense Budget The future of the defense budget
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act raised the U.S. national defense budget to $716 billion for the current fiscal year 2019. This was an increase of $82 billion relative to 2017, and begins to reverse the seven-year budgetary effects of the Budget... |
2019_DC_Reversal_191206 | 49 | Brookings Institution -- The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets (w/Thomas Philippon) The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets
American markets, once a model of competition for the world, have experienced a growing concentration of economic power in a few large corporations. The rise of corporate economic—and political—power has emerged as one of the most important issues... |
2019_DC_Mueller_190423 | 34 | Brookings Institution -- The Mueller Report: What Did We Learn? The Mueller Report: What Did We Learn?
Attorney General Barr released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Trump-Russia investigation. President Trump and his allies have taken up the rallying cry of “No Obstruction. No Collusion.” Meanwhile, the president’s... |
2018_DC_Kyte_181119 | 38 | Brookings Institution -- The New Dynamics Of Global Energy And Climate (w/Rachel Kyte) The new dynamics of global energy and climate
A conversation with CEO of Sustainable Energy for All Rachel Kyte
On November 19, the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate will host Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte in discussion with Initiative Co-Chair David G. Victor on... |
2018_DC_Minority_Voters_181101 | 44 | Brookings Institution -- The Role of Minority Voters in the 2018 Midterm Elections The Role of Minority Voters in the 2018 Midterm Elections
High levels of minority voter turnout were credited with swinging the results of several high-profile special elections over the past year. As this year’s midterm elections draw near, it is clear that the votes of minority... |
2023_DC_WCNationalism_230208 | 172 | Brookings Institution -- Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today
Findings from the PRRI and Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey
Join the conversation on Twitter using #ChristianNationalism
The rising influence of white Christian nationalism in some circles of American politics... |
2024_03_06B_USMCA | 99 | Brookings Institution -- USMCA Forward 2024 launch event USMCA Forward 2024 launch event
Assessing the state of USMCA and North American economic relations
It has been over three years since the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (UMSCA) was signed, ushering in a new era for North American economic cooperation. During its passage, the overwhelming... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_03_04B1_Brookings | 7 | DC -- Dupont Circle -- Brookings Institution (1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW) (Partially reviewed) |