James J. Murren, also known as Jim Murren, is Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, headquartered in Paradise, Nevada.
(Mandalay Bay owned/operated by MGM Resorts International).
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Board of Trustees for Brookings Institution
He is also an alumnus of Trinity College
The Brookings Institution is a century-old American research group on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C.[1] It conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development.[2][3] Its stated mission is to "provide innovative and practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and secure a more open, safe, prosperous, and cooperative international system."[1]
Formed: 1916
Headquarters: 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Brookings has five research programs at its Washington, D.C. campus (Economic Studies,[4] Foreign Policy[5] Governance Studies,[6] Global Economy and Development,[7] and Metropolitan Policy[8]) and three international centers based in Doha, Qatar (Brookings Doha Center);[9] Beijing, China (Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy);[10] and New Delhi, India (Brookings India).[11]
In the University of Pennsylvania's Global Go To Think Tanks Reports 2015 and 2016, Brookings was named "Think Tank of the Year."[12][13] It is described by The Economist as "perhaps America’s most prestigious think-tank".[14]
The same study found Brookings to be the most frequently cited think tank by the US media and politicians.[19]
In October 2006, Brookings announced the establishment of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing. In July 2007, the Institution announced the creation of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform to be directed by senior fellow Mark McClellan, and then in October 2007, the creation of the Brookings Doha Center directed by fellow Hady Amr in Qatar.[citation needed] During this period the funding of Brookings by foreign governments and corporations came under public scrutiny.
In October 2017, former general John R. Allen became the seventh president of Brookings.[28]
(Mission accomplished?)
Brookings traces its history back to 1916 and has contributed to the creation of the United Nations.
Along with the Council on Foreign Relations and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brookings is generally considered one of the most influential policy institutes in the U.S.[43]
pursuing its mission, the Brookings Doha Center undertakes research and programming that engages key elements of business, government, civil society, the media, and academia on key public policy issues in the following three core areas:
Democratization, political reform and public policy
Emerging powers in the Middle East
Conflict and peace processes in the region
There are complaints that the funding received by the Brookings Institution from Qatari sources has affected its neutrality. In fact the New York Times has reported that (It) is a major recipient of overseas funds, producing policy papers, hosting forums and organizing private briefings for senior United States government officials that typically align with the foreign governments’ agendas.[76]
P. W. Singer, author of Wired for War, serves as Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative, and Michael O'Hanlon serves as Director of Research.[78] Senior Fellow Stephen P. Cohen and Vanda Felbab-Brown[79] are also affiliated with 21CDI.[80]
As of 2016 the Brookings Institution had assets of $473.8 million.
The Qatari government was named by The New York Times as "the single biggest foreign donor to Brookings", having reportedly made a $14.8 million, four-year contribution in 2013. A former visiting fellow at a Brookings affiliate in Qatar reportedly said "he had been told during his job interview that he could not take positions critical of the Qatar government in papers".[84]