From the Brookings Institution web site.

"The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings to 1916, when a group of leading reformers founded the Institute for Government Research (IGR), the first private organization devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level.

In 1922 and 1924, one of IGR’s backers, Robert Somers Brookings (1850-1932), established two supporting sister organizations: the Institute of Economics and a graduate school bearing his name.

In 1927, the three groups merged to form the Brookings Institution, honoring the businessman from St. Louis whose leadership shaped the earlier organizations.

Time line of Brookings history: can be found at the site.

So, why am I mentioning this Institution here?

Two reasons –

1. The institution is currently discussing President Hu Jintao’s Upcoming Visit .

2. I recently attended a presentation of five Brookings Institution Fellows at UC San Francisco.

In subsequent blogs, I want to introduce the five fellows and then in further blogs I will introduce some of the key points each made that might/will/could affect Asian business practices – in China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

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