Timeline of Brookings Institution

This is a timeline of , a United States group which conducts research and education in the, primarily in , metropolitan policy, , , and and.

Sample questions
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:


 * What are some landmark studies Brookings has conducted throughout its history?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Research".
 * You might also be interested in the group of rows with value "Influence" -- although these are not directly about studies, they talk about ways these studies affected policy.
 * What are some important books published by the institution?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Publication".
 * You'll see a lot of rows, with the earliest being from 1919 (in Brookings' days as the Institute for Government Research). Note that most but not all publications are books.
 * What are some programs launched by Brookings?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Program launch".
 * You'll see a list of programs with description and launch year, starting from 1957 and going all the way to 2012.
 * What are some important conferences held by Brookings?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Conference".
 * You'll get a list of key conferences held by Brookings, along with the years they were held.
 * How did leadership at Brookings change over time?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Leadership".
 * You'll get information on the founder as well as the various presidents Brookings has had and the years they served, starting with the first president  and going up to its current (as of 2019) president.
 * How did Brookings react to historic events, like or the ?
 * Look at the rows in the big picture corresponding to the timeframe of the historic event, to get a big-picture sense.
 * Look at the rows in the full timeline corresponding to the timeframe of the historic event, to learn more details. For instance, for the September 11 attacks, look at rows in the full timeline for 2001 in particular.
 * What other think tanks and institutions has Brookings collaborated with in its lifetime?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Collaboration".
 * You'll see names like, , , and
 * What other notable think tanks rival Brookings?
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Competition".
 * You will see names like and the.
 * Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Recognition (ranking)".
 * You will see recent positions of Brookings among other think tanks on different rankings.

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How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.

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