Brookings Books and Journals

• Global China February 18, 2021
  The global implications of China’s rise as a global actor In 2005, a senior official in the George W. Bush administration expressed the hope that China would emerge as a “responsible stakeholder” on the world stage. A dozen years later, the Trump administration dramatically shifted course, instead calling China a “strategic competitor” whose actions routinely…      
• Xi Jinping’s China and the International Nonprofit Community February 18, 2021
  Independent organizations aided China’s rise but face an uncertain future Before the Communist Party took power in China in 1949, businesspeople and missionaries were among the most important and numerous Westerners in China. Since China’s reopening to the world in the late 1970s, thousands of non-profit organizations, schools, universities, foundations, and trade associations—many of them…      
• Wealth After Work February 18, 2021
  Pensions and retirement saving plans have helped millions of households build financial security. But tens of millions of people have been left behind, without access to these wealth accumulation vehicles. For many others, the plans they have do not ensure financial security in retirement. The problems that underlie these failures can be addressed. This book…