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der Strobe Talbott's leadership, the Brookings Institution has been consistently ranked Washington's most influential think tank. Talbott landed at Brookings after a long career that has included stints as both a journalist -- he was a correspondent and editor at Time magazine for decades, as well as the

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not only to look back but also to look ahead. On June 6, 2024, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the Governance Studies program at Brookings will examine the challenges the nation is facing over the next 50 years and how well-equipped the congressional budget process is to deal with them.

of immigration, and combating climate change. Participants include Anna Aizer of Brown University, Doug Elmendorf of Harvard, and Sanjay Patnaik of Brookings, moderated by David Wessel. Then we'll turn to a panel on the challenges that political polarization and rising party conflict pose to the congressi

e EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's geopolitical and geoeconomic standing, particularly in frontier regions like the Black Sea and the Balkans. Much like it relies on the American defense sector, Europe still relies on the United States to implement effective economic security policies. Th

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e a power-sharing deal with the opposition, as a precondition for ending sanctions and ending the associated punitive military campaign. A broader Balkans-like campaign to help depose Assad. In this option, air strikes would also target the heavy weapons that the Syrian army is using to shell cities;