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Saturday November 7, 2009 UP FRONT BLOG Reuters - Montage image of President George H.W. Bush with Boris Yeltsin, and Mikhail Gorbachev with President Ronald Reagan The Four Who Ended the Cold War Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009 The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday has become for many a celebration of Ronald Reagan’s starring role in the demise of the Evil Empire, writes Brookings President Strobe Talbott. But, he says, it was a group of four who ended the Cold War peacefully: Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and the calm—and calming—"air traffic controller" George H.W. Bush. Read More and Comment DiplomacyEurope SPOTLIGHT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP Reuters/Jason Reed - U.S. President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu. Obama Goes to Asia: Understanding the President’s Trip Friday, November 06, 20099:00 AM to 12:00 PM President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on November 12, beginning his first trip to Asia as president. He will also travel to China, South Korea and Singapore, where he will take part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. On November 6, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion of President Obama’s upcoming trip and the issues he is likely to face. AsiaChinaJapanTrade UP FRONT BLOG New Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009 The latest employment and unemployment statistics confirm that, at least in the job market, this is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, says Gary Burtless. These jobs numbers followed on the heels on new stronger productivity numbers, showing truly bad news for job seekers. Read More and Comment Q&A VIDEO The Senate's Climate Change Bill and the Outlook for Copenhagen , November 06, 2009 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill this week despite a boycott from Republican committee members. Fellow Adele Morris examines the legislation and what policymakers will be able to offer at the climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. Watch More Videos Census Dodges a Bullet but the Immigration Issue Remains Andrew ReamerAudrey Singer, November 06, 2009 The Senate voted 60-39 to approve cloture on the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, effectively blocking the controversial amendment that would bar the 2010 Census, unless it collected data on citizenship and immigration status. Audrey Singer responds to this news, and shows that though the Census will continue, the issue still remains. Read More and Comment Political Polarization in Latin America Mauricio Cárdenas, November 06, 2009 In the 2005 questionnaire, the World Values Survey asked 77,000 individuals in 54 countries the following question: “In political matters, people talk of ‘the left’ and ‘the right.’ How would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?” Respondents placed their ideological preference in a scale from 1 (left) to 10 (right). New Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009 The Four Who Ended the Cold War Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009 @ Brookings Podcast: Previewing President Obama's Trip to China; Climate Change Legislation in Congress. November 06, 2009 DIPLOMACYThe Four Who Ended the Cold War Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009 UNEMPLOYMENTNew Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009 LATIN AMERICAPolitical Polarization in Latin America Mauricio Cárdenas, November 06, 2009 @ Brookings Podcast Previewing President Obama's Trip to China; Climate Change Legislation in Congress. "We are ready to talk to North Korea in the context of the six-party talks, with the explicit goal of denuclearization." - Jeffery Bader, Special Assistant to the President Download
Saturday November 7, 2009
Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday has become for many a celebration of Ronald Reagan’s starring role in the demise of the Evil Empire, writes Brookings President Strobe Talbott. But, he says, it was a group of four who ended the Cold War peacefully: Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and the calm—and calming—"air traffic controller" George H.W. Bush. Read More and Comment
DiplomacyEurope
Friday, November 06, 20099:00 AM to 12:00 PM
President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on November 12, beginning his first trip to Asia as president. He will also travel to China, South Korea and Singapore, where he will take part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. On November 6, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion of President Obama’s upcoming trip and the issues he is likely to face.
AsiaChinaJapanTrade
Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009
The latest employment and unemployment statistics confirm that, at least in the job market, this is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, says Gary Burtless. These jobs numbers followed on the heels on new stronger productivity numbers, showing truly bad news for job seekers. Read More and Comment
, November 06, 2009
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill this week despite a boycott from Republican committee members. Fellow Adele Morris examines the legislation and what policymakers will be able to offer at the climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. Watch More Videos
Andrew ReamerAudrey Singer, November 06, 2009
The Senate voted 60-39 to approve cloture on the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, effectively blocking the controversial amendment that would bar the 2010 Census, unless it collected data on citizenship and immigration status. Audrey Singer responds to this news, and shows that though the Census will continue, the issue still remains. Read More and Comment
Mauricio Cárdenas, November 06, 2009
In the 2005 questionnaire, the World Values Survey asked 77,000 individuals in 54 countries the following question: “In political matters, people talk of ‘the left’ and ‘the right.’ How would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?” Respondents placed their ideological preference in a scale from 1 (left) to 10 (right).
November 06, 2009
"We are ready to talk to North Korea in the context of the six-party talks, with the explicit goal of denuclearization." - Jeffery Bader, Special Assistant to the President
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