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The Brookings Cafeteria — 434 episodes · page 1 of 5
Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward
More than ever, cities and metro areas matter for America's future
Political polarization in America is worse than ever, and what we can do about it
Challenges in the post-COVID global economic recovery
The state of jobs and the US labor market
Iran's nuclear aspirations
How to fix America's broken housing systems
Valuing Black assets in Black communities
Invest in brain health to combat America's crisis of despair
Russia, China, and beyond: Key U.S. foreign policy challenges
Is American democracy failing?
The top economic issues in 2022
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2021
Brookings Metro at 25: Building a more prosperous, just, and resilient future
Ten commitments to save democracy
17 Rooms, a new podcast for the Sustainable Development Goals
When is a public policy racist?
Computer science education builds skills for life
Putin, Trump, and the road to authoritarianism
Cyberbullying and bystander intervention
What does success at the Glasgow climate conference (COP26) look like?
Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction
Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities
Unpacking Opportunity Zones tax havens
White decline and increased diversity in America's aging population
Jordan and America's decades-long friendship
Rule the waves, rule the world
How 9/11 changed the policy world
Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19
Why high unemployment persists for Black workers
The Taliban takes Afghanistan
Why it's harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it
How to make retirement income more accessible for all Americans
After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers
A plan for marijuana policy reform
The Trump Organization tax fraud charges
Global China's growing role in the world
Dirty money in offshore banks
Defending truth from the war on facts
A public reckoning on racial injustice and inequality
The race gap in multigenerational poverty; Census 2020 findings
The art of war in an age of peace
Regulating markets most efficiently
China's middle class in dynamic Shanghai
Bipartisan criminal justice reform
How mothers spend their time
Girls' education is key to climate change solutions
Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?
Betting on the future with infrastructure
What online forum discussions reveal about segregation in DC public schools about segregation in DC public schools
Why teacher diversity benefits students of color
An American journalist in Cold War Moscow
Policy priorities for women, by women
Proposals for US climate leadership and managing built environment risks and costs
Lessons from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, 10 years on
Proposals to meet global challenges in artificial intelligence and technology regulation
Proposals to streamline and improve US government performance
How social networks impact economic mobility
The US-China strategic rivalry in Southeast Asia
How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19
Proposals for the Biden administration on the Middle East and countering extremism
Biden's inauguration, Trump's impeachment, and the politics ahead
After the insurrection, ideas to tackle polarization in America
The top economic issues in 2021
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2020
Organizing the presidency, from Roosevelt to Biden
Proposals for U.S. economic growth and dynamism
Proposals for racial justice and worker mobility
Playful learning: A new path to education reform
Trump, Biden, and the future of the liberal world order
Future trends for Israel and the Middle East
Pursuing sustainable development amidst global challenges
Election 2020: Where does it stand, what's next, what happens in a transition?
Race and social justice in the 2020 presidential election
State and local issues in the 2020 election
Economic issues in the 2020 election, and beyond
Global China is contesting the US-led order
Foreign policy's role in the 2020 presidential election
The 2020 election in blue metros and red states
Will the 2020 presidential election be safe and secure?
Environmental racism and the struggle for climate justice
Our Nation of Immigrants: Solving the immigration challenge
Our Nation of Immigrants: The search for belonging
Our Nation of Immigrants: The economics of immigration
Our Nation of Immigrants: On the border
Our nation of immigrants
Global China's energy and climate policies
How education technology can improve learning for all students
Time for a new contract with the middle class
Why Democratic communities flipped for Trump (and might do so again)
Reflections on gender equality and the 19th Amendment at 100
The evolution of the US vice president
Scaling impact in education to reach the world's most vulnerable children
Will artificial intelligence lead to utopia or dystopia?
Global China in the Middle East
How cultural factors shape children's social and economic outcomes
Why we still use fossil fuels
Opioids in America
A new social contract for Big Tech
Can impact bonds help solve the global education crisis?