Vera Songwe
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, Founder and Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility
Vera Songwe, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is Founder and Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and Co-Chair of the Expert Review on Debt, Nature, and Climate.
Jan 13, 2026
“There’s no question about it,” US President Donald Trump said at this month’s FIFA World Cup Final Draw ceremony: The game that Americans call soccer “is football,” and the United States has to “come up with another name” for its National Football League (NFL).
