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  • Feb. 4, 2010
    Brookings Mountain West

    Nuclear Renaissance, How Real Is It?

    Charles Ebinger, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative There are several technical, institutional and geopolitical challenges facing an expanded nuclear industry in the…
  • Jan. 26, 2010
    Brookings Mountain West

    Urban Form in Europe and America

    Pietro S. Nivola, Brookings Institution, Senior Fellow Governance Studies Urban settlements grow in three directions: up into high-rise buildings, in by crowding, or out into the suburbs. Although cities everywhere have…
  • Nov. 30, 2009
    Brookings Mountain West

    A Fateful Year for Climate Change - Domestic Politics and International Diplomacy in 2009

    William J. Antholis, Brookings Institution Nonresident Fellow - Governance Studies
  • Nov. 17, 2009
    Brookings Mountain West

    Climate Change Economics 101

    Adele Morris, Brookings Institution, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Policy Director - Climate and Energy Economics Project Climate change, in economic terms, can be viewed as an external cost of greenhouse gas emitting…
  • Oct. 14, 2009
    Brookings Mountain West

    The Geopolitics of Arctic Melt

    Charles K. Ebinger, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative Global climate change has catapulted the Arctic into the centre of geopolitics, as melting Arctic ice…
  • Oct. 7, 2009
    Brookings Mountain West

    Should the Economic Crisis Change Our Assessment of Markets and Government?

    Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow - Economic Studies The speaker is an applied micro-economist who specializes in the analysis of industrial organization, regulation, and…
  • Sep. 8, 2009
    Brookings Mountain West

    Brookings Mountain West Announcement

    On Sept. 8, 2009 UNLV and The Brookings Institution announced a significant joint initiative that addresses infrastructure, public policy and quality of life challenges in Las Vegas and the mountain west states. Opening…