Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

PA via ReutersLuke Jerram's artwork Gaia, a replica of planet earth created using detailed NASA imagery of the Earth's surface, goes on display in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, as part of the 2020 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival. Picture date: Friday August 28, 2020. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/EmpicsNo Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward

John R. Allen and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2022

Jan 22, 2022; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Views of downtown Nashville before an AFC Divisional playoff football game at between the Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

More than ever, cities and metro areas matter for America’s future

Amy Liu and Fred Dews

Friday, March 18, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What can we do about worsening political polarization in America?

Darrell M. West and Fred Dews

Friday, March 11, 2022

Signage for Sarafu on the streets of Mukuru Kayiaba slum in Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi

Challenges in the post-COVID global economic recovery

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Fred Dews

Friday, March 4, 2022

Help wanted sign in a restaurant window in HellÕs Kitchen in New York on Sunday, January 9, 2022. (Photo by Richard B. Levine)No Use Germany.

The state of jobs and the US labor market

Stephanie Aaronson and Fred Dews

Friday, February 25, 2022

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 3, 2021. EU Delegation in Vienna/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s nuclear aspirations

Suzanne Maloney and Fred Dews

Friday, February 18, 2022

Homes in San Marcos, California

How to fix America’s broken housing systems

Jenny Schuetz and Bill Finan

Friday, February 11, 2022

Robert Brox, center, and his wife, Jolie Brox, co owners of Fit 4 You MKE discuss their lavender lemonade and health products at their booth set up as part of the annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society on West Center Street in Milwaukee on Sunday. The annual celebration of African American culture featured speakers, various food vendors and dancing and drumming.Kwanzaa 4310

Valuing Black assets in Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Fred Dews

Friday, February 4, 2022

A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. Picture taken February 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 20 OF 33 FOR PACKAGE 'CURING CHINA'S INTERNET ADDICTS'TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'INTERNET BOOT CAMP'

Invest in brain health to combat America’s crisis of despair

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, January 28, 2022

Service members of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in artillery drills at a shooting range in an unknown location in eastern Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 17, 2021. Picture released December 17, 2021. Press Service of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Russia, China, and beyond: Key U.S. foreign policy challenges

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews

Friday, January 21, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Is American democracy failing?

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 14, 2022

A large "NOW HIRING" sign is pictured outside Zoots in Brockton on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

The top economic issues in 2022

David Wessel and Fred Dews

Friday, January 7, 2022

podcasting studio equipment

Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2021

Thursday, December 30, 2021

City illustration

Brookings Metro at 25: Building a more prosperous, just, and resilient future

Jade Arn, Alan Berube, Molly Kinder, Amy Liu, Mark Muro, Joseph Parilla, Andre M. Perry, Jenny Schuetz, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 17, 2021

Ten commitments to save democracy

Norman Eisen, Susan Corke, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 10, 2021