The Brookings Institution conducts in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global levels. Bringing together more than 300 experts in government and academia from all over the world and representing diverse perspectives, Brookings is one of the most influential, most quoted, and most trusted think tanks. Brookings’ research topics span public policy issues in economics, foreign policy, development, governance, and metropolitan policy.

The Brookings Foreign Policy program, one of five Brookings research program areas, is the leading center of policy-relevant scholarship exploring the major challenges to international peace and security posed by rapidly re-ordering geopolitics of major powers, the disordering relations among states and transnational actors, and changing dynamics in defense, technology, energy, and climate.