Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution
AbbreviationBrookings
Formation1916; 108 years ago (1916)
FounderRobert S. Brookings
TypePublic policy think tank
53-0196577
Headquarters1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Location
Coordinates38°54′33″N 77°02′27″W / 38.90917°N 77.04083°W / 38.90917; -77.04083
President
Cecilia Rouse
Revenue (2020)
$86.28 million[1]
Expenses (2020)$93.372 million[1]
Endowment$355.2 million (2020)[2]
Websitebrookings.edu
Formerly called
Institute for Government Research

The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings,[3] is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development.[4][5]

Brookings has five research programs: Economic Studies,[6] Foreign Policy,[7] Governance Studies,[8] Global Economy and Development,[9] and Brookings Metro.[10] It also operated three international centers: in Doha, Qatar (Brookings Doha Center);[11] Beijing, China (Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy);[12] and New Delhi, India (Brookings India).[13] In 2020 and 2021, the Institution announced it was separating entirely from its centers in Doha and New Delhi, and transitioning its center in Beijing to an informal partnership with Tsinghua University, known as Brookings-Tsinghua China.[14]

The University of Pennsylvania's Global Go To Think Tank Index Report has named Brookings "Think Tank of the Year" and "Top Think Tank in the World" every year since 2008.[15] In September 2017, The Economist described Brookings as "perhaps America's most prestigious think-tank." Though the same article discussed threats to its institutional credibility via troubling donor relationships. [16]

Brookings states that its staff "represent diverse points of view" and describes itself as nonpartisan.[17] Media outlets have variously described Brookings as centrist,[18] conservative,[19] liberal,[20] center-right,[21] and center-left.[22] An academic analysis of congressional records from 1993 to 2002 found that Brookings was cited by conservative politicians almost as often as by liberal politicians, earning a score of 53 on a 1–100 scale, with 100 representing the most liberal score.[23] The same study found Brookings to be the most frequently cited think tank by U.S. media and politicians.[23]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Annual Report 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Brookings". Brookings. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "Brookings Institution". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Robert Somers Brookings". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. ^ "Economic Studies". Brookings.edu. Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Foreign Policy". Brookings.edu. Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Governance Studies". Brookings.edu. Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Global Economy and Development". Brookings.edu. Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Brookings Metro". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  11. ^ "Brookings Doha Center". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  12. ^ "Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on September 13, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  13. ^ "Brookings India". Brookings Institution. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  14. ^ "The Brookings Institution transitions from foreign centers to focus on digital and global engagement" (Press release). The Brookings Institution. September 29, 2021. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  15. ^ "TTCSP GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK INDEX REPORTS". University of Pennsylvania. January 28, 2021. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  16. ^ "The New America Foundation falls into a familiar trap". The Economist. September 7, 2017. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  17. ^ "Brookings Research". Brookings Institution. June 25, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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  19. ^ Husseini, Sam (November–December 1998). "Brookings: The Establishment's Think Tank". Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  20. ^ Kurtzleben, Danielle (March 3, 2011). "Think Tank Employees Tend to Support Democrats". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  21. ^ Soley, Lawrence (1991). "Brookings: Stand-In for the Left". Extra!. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
  22. ^ Stein, Jeff (June 24, 2019). "Sanders proposes canceling entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt, escalating Democratic policy battle". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  23. ^ a b Groseclose, Tim; Milyo, Jeffrey (November 2005). "A Measure of Media Bias". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 120 (4): 1191–1237. doi:10.1162/003355305775097542. S2CID 54066953.