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THE BROOKINGS ALERT
week of Monday, February 26, 2001
http://www.brookings.edu


E V E N T S
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  KIM DAE-JUNG'S VISIT TO THE U.S.
  A Brookings press briefing on the visit of South Korea's president
  Thursday, March 1, 2001, 2:00pm at the National Press Club
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20010301.htm

  A PRESCRIPTION FOR WORKER ANXIETY:
  Wage and Health Insurance For Displaced Workers
  A luncheon featuring Robert Litan of Brookings and Lori Kletzer of the
  Institute for International Economics discussing a program to help
  workers displaced by trade, technology and other causes. Ambassador and
  former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills will comment on the
  proposal. March 6, 2001, 325 Russell Senate Office Building
  RSVP: Alicia Jones, ajones@brook.edu, or call 202/797-6131

  Video and text transcripts of Debating Welfare Reform and Iraq
  and America: Ten Years After Desert Storm, now available:
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/archive.htm


P U B L I C A T I O N S
***********************************
  Growth at the Ballot Box: Electing the Shape of Communities
  in November 2000. A complete report of the outcome of growth-related
  ballot measures before voters in November, with state-by-state maps.
  Phyllis Meyers and Robert Puentes
  http://www.brook.edu/es/urban/ballotbox/abstract.htm

  Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary
  E.J. Dionne, Jr., and William Kristol, eds.
  http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/bush_v_gore.htm
  Use the web companion to the book to access complete text
  of all the legal proceedings in the 2000 presidential election
  dispute: http://www.brookings.edu/bushvgore/

  Brookings books can be ordered on-line or by calling the Brookings
  Institution Press: 800-275-1447 (U.S.); 44-1235-766662 (U.K./Europe);
  202-797-6258 (all other countries). See complete catalog:
  http://www.brookings.edu/press/inprint.htm


P O L I C Y  B R I E F S,
 P A P E R S,  A R T I C L E S
***********************************
  "Prudent or Paranoid? The Pentagon's Two-War Plans,"
  article by Michael O'Hanlon; Survival (Feb. 2001)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/OHanlon/2001survival.htm

  "Iraq: Time for a Modified Approach,"
  Policy Brief no. 71, by Meghan O'Sullivan (Feb. 2001)
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb071/pb71.htm

  "Defending America: A Plan for a Limited National Missile Defense,"
  Policy Brief no. 70, by James Lindsay and Michael O'Hanlon (Feb. 2001)
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb070/pb70.htm

  Complete policy brief and conference report index:
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/archive.htm


T E S T I M O N Y
***********************************
  Religious Freedom, Regime Control, and U.S. Policy in Vietnam
  testimony by Catharin Dalpino before the United States Commission
  on International Religious Freedom (2/13/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/Dalpino/20010213.htm


I N  T H E  P R E S S
***********************************
  "Transition: Less Seems to be More," opinion by Stephen Hess
  on the first month of the Bush presidency; Los Angeles Times (2/25/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Hess/20010225.htm
  (note: available on the Brookings website on Monday by 10am Eastern)

  "How Operational and Visible an NSC?," opinion by Ivo Daalder and
  I.M. Destler; The Brookings Institution (2/23/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Daalder/20010223.htm

  Israel Still Seeks Peace," opinion by Philip Gordon and
  Alan Makovsky; Financial Times (2/22/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Gordon/20010222.htm

  "Bush's $1.6 Trillion Plan isn't a Tax Cut-it's a Budget Buster,"
  opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr.; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2/20/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Dionne/20010220.htm

  "For Star Wars, Small Is Beautiful," opinion by James Lindsay and
  Michael O'Hanlon; The Baltimore Sun (2/19/01)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Lindsay/20010219.htm


B R O O K I N G S  N E W S
***********************************
  Richard N. Haass, vice president and director of Foreign Policy
  Studies at the Brookings Institution, has accepted an appointment
  from President George W. Bush to become director of policy planning
  at the State Department, with the rank of ambassador.
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/news/0226Haass.htm


M U L T I M E D I A
 &  C H A T S
***********************************
  Transcript of live chat with James Lindsay on missile defense is
  now available: http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/Lindsay010222.htm

  Complete chat transcripts are located at:
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/chat.htm

  Complete catalog of scholar videos on the website at:
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/clips/archive.htm


E X E C U T I V E
 E D U C A T I O N
*******************************
  "Governing in the 21st Century," March 12-16
  This week-long program for rising mid-level managers will address
  key issues such as privatization, performance measurement, budget
  policy, procurement, and human resource management.
  http://www.brookings.edu/execed/open/governing_in.htm

  "Executive Leadership in a Changing Environment," March 26-30
  Charlottesville, Virginia
  Brookings hallmark program for senior government executives focuses
  on broad issues of governance and major trends affecting the future
  policy environment.
  http://www.brookings.edu/execed/open/exec_leadership.htm

  For more information see http://www.brookings.edu/ExecEd or call
  1-800-925-5730 to register.
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