Brookings Institution Press Summaries and Reviews

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8 Book

Of Boys and Men

Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
Richard V. Reeves
Brookings Institution Press, 2022
9 Book

The Future of Work

Robots, AI, and Automation
Darrell M. West
Brookings Institution Press, 2019
8 Book

Circus Maximus

The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
Andrew Zimbalist
Brookings Institution Press, 2015
8 Book

Moving Money

The Future of Consumer Payments
Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan
Brookings Institution Press, 2009
7 Report
Olivier Blanchard et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
6 Book

Lessons from Deregulation

Telecommunications and Airlines after the Crunch
Alfred E. Kahn
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
8 Book

Imperial Gamble

Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War
Marvin Kalb
Brookings Institution Press, 2015
8 Article
Martin Neil Baily and James M. Manyika
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
8 Book

Dance of the Trillions

Developing Countries and Global Finance
David Lubin
Brookings Institution Press, 2018
9 Book

Beyond NATO

A New Security Architecture for Eastern Europe (The Marshall Papers)
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
8 Book

The Fog of Peace

A Memoir of International Peacekeeping in the 21st Century
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Brookings Institution Press, 2015
8 Book
Elaine C. Kamarck
Brookings Institution Press, 2016
9 Book

The Risk Pivot

Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution
Bruce D. Jones and David Steven
Brookings Institution Press, 2014
8 Book

Oil Titans

National Oil Companies in the Middle East
Valerie Marcel and John V. Mitchell
Brookings Institution Press, 2006
8 Book

Equality and Efficiency

The Big Tradeoff
Arthur M. Okun
Brookings Institution Press, 1975
8 Book

National Pastime

How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer
Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
7 Book

Governing by Network

The New Shape of the Public Sector
Stephen Goldsmith and William D. Eggers
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
7 Book

The Nuclear Tipping Point

Why States Reconsider Their Nuclear Choices
Kurt M. Campbell et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
6 Book

Restructuring Sovereign Debt

The Case for Ad-Hoc Machinery
Lex Rieffel
Brookings Institution Press, 2003
8 Book
Lilia Shevtsova
Brookings Institution Press, 2003
8 Book

The Intersector

How the Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sectors Can Address America’s Challenges
Neil Britto and Daniel Gitterman
Brookings Institution Press, 2021
7 Book

Bytes, Bombs and Spies

The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations
Herbert Lin and Amy Zegart
Brookings Institution Press, 2019
8 Book

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Hyperconflict in the Trump Era
Darrell M. West
Brookings Institution Press, 2019
6 Book

The Senkaku Paradox

Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes
Michael E. O'Hanlon
Brookings Institution Press, 2019
7 Book

Turkey and the West

Fault Lines in a Troubled Alliance
Kemal Kirisci
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
8 Book

Kings and Presidents

Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)
Bruce Riedel
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
8 Book

Epidemic

Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak
Reid Wilson
Brookings Institution Press, 2018
8 Book

Mr. Putin

Operative in the Kremlin
Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy
Brookings Institution Press, 2015
8 Book

Pakistan Under Siege

Extremism, Society, and the State
Madiha Afzal
Brookings Institution Press, 2018
8 Book

Dream Hoarders

How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It
Richard V. Reeves
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
8 Book

Open for Business

Building the New Cuban Economy
Richard E. Feinberg
Brookings Institution Press, 2016
9 Book

Billionaires

Reflections on the Upper Crust
Darrell M. West
Brookings Institution Press, 2014
8 Report
Jonathan Rothwell
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
7 Report
Lewis Milford et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2014
8 Report

How Well Are American Students Learning?

The 2014 Brown Center Report on American Education. With sections on the PISA-Shanghai Controversy, Homework, and the Common Core
Tom Loveless
Brookings Institution Press, 2014
8 Book

The Metropolitan Revolution

How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy
Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
8 Report
Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings and Donald Kohn
Brookings Institution Press, 2014
7 Report

Revisiting Sovereign Bankruptcy

Committee on International Economic Policy and Reform
Lee C. Buchheit et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
9 Report
Greg Clark and Tim Moonen
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
7 Report
Charles K. Ebinger and Kevin Massy
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
7 Article
Ron Haskins
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
6 Article
Douglas J. Elliott
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
7 Report

Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government Are Working?

Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate
Robert P. Jones et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
8 Report

Big Bets & Black Swans

A Presidential Briefing Book
Martin Indyk et al.
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
7 Article
Douglas J. Elliott
Brookings Institution Press, 2013
9 Book

Collapse of an Empire

Lessons for Modern Russia
Yegor Gaidar
Brookings Institution Press, 2007
7 Book
Riordan Roett
Brookings Institution Press, 2010
8 Book

Fast Forward

Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming
William Antholis and Strobe Talbott
Brookings Institution Press, 2010
8 Book

Rising Star

China's New Security Diplomacy
Bates Gill
Brookings Institution Press, 2007
6 Book

Transforming East Asia

The Evolution of Regional Economic Integration
Naoko Munakata
Brookings Institution Press, 2006
9 Book

Too Big to Fail

The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
7 Book

Blindside

How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics
Francis Fukuyama
Brookings Institution Press, 2007
8 Book

The Market for Virtue

The Potential And Limits Of Corporate Social Responsibility
David Vogel
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
8 Book

Engaging India

Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb
Strobe Talbott
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
7 Book

Inheriting Syria

Bashar's Trial by Fire
Flynt Leverett
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
8 Book

Parting Ways

The Crisis In German-American Relations
Stephen F. Szabo
Brookings Institution Press, 2004