Books published by Brookings Institution

Provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.

The days of rapid economic growth in China are over. Mounting debt and rising internal distortions mean that rebalancing is inevitable. Beijing has no choice but to take significant steps to restructure its economy. This title debunks the lingering bullish expectations for China's economic rise and details Beijing's options.

Identifies the factors that make some hybrid actors persistent and successful, as measured by longevity, influence, and ability to project power militarily as well as politically. This report finds that three factors correlate most closely with impact: constituent loyalty, resilient state relationships, and coherent ideology.

By design, the scope of Behavioral Science & Policy is broad, with topics spanning health care, financial decision-making, energy and the environment, education and culture, justice and ethics, and work place practices.

The suggestions featured in this report seek to intensify a broader and more comprehensive transatlantic partnership. The most important departure from present US policy is the report's emphasis on drawing Europe much further into a global strategic partnership with the United States.

Responding to the critical need of policymakers, and practitioners for current research on Indonesia, this text focuses on four areas: the economy; religion and ethnicitiy; civil society; and the military. A concluding chapter covers the International Monetary Fund and US policy towards Indonesia.

This is an overview of the process of "redefining" the US-Japan alliance. It presents four specific case studies, including the impact of macroeconomic and trade frictions on the alliance and the effect on the functions of the alliance of the suspicions about North Korea's nuclear programme.

Examining the direction and underlying assumptions of the transatlantic security relationship, this book presents three essays grounded in competing theoretical traditions. It aims to clarify the intellectual roots of ongoing debate about Atlantic security.

This volume recommends an integrated programme of strategy, policy, arms-control negotiations and nuclear deployments to foster the necessary co-operation between America and other countries, while retaining strong nuclear deterrence as the foundation of American security strategy.

These conference proceedings of offer a regional perspective on Russia's domestic politics, economic development, energy policies, and internal security, as well as Moscow's foreign policies toward its European and Central Asian neighbours, the European Union, NATO, and the United States.

Lays out the case for four different options, each of which could serve as the organizing principle for future US defense plans and budgets. This Council Policy Initiative presents these choices as presidential speeches, preceded by a memo that explains the strengths, weaknesses, and politics of each alternative.

Asia's rise over the past four decades is one of the most significant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments in world affairs. Yet the conventional narrative of Asia's rise is incomplete, if not misleading, given the region is home to the world's most dangerous, diverse, and divisive security, military, and political challenges. This volume addresses these challenges.

Examines what it is about Western democracy that non-Westerners react negatively to and whether critics often are equating a dislike for certain Western social or economic features with an aversion to Western political systems. It also explores the current state of debate about alternative forms of democratic practice in different regions.