{"id":1282,"date":"2025-11-04T21:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cascadiafp.org\/?page_id=1282"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:25:49","slug":"team-edward-alden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cascadiafp.org\/?page_id=1282","title":{"rendered":"Team-Edward Alden"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(65.2% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(34.8% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1282_31de36-ea alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1282_017c69-87{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1282_017c69-87 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1282_017c69-87\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-2-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1282_ee95eb-33\"><strong>Edward Alden<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Edward Alden<\/strong>\u202fis the Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of <em>Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy<\/em>, and co-author of <em>When the World Closed its Doors: The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future of Border Control<\/em>. His first book, <em>The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9\/11<\/em>, was a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize for narrative nonfiction. He has directed several CFR-sponsored independent task forces, including the 2018 report <em>The Work Ahead: Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century<\/em>\u202fand the 2009 report <em>U.S. Immigration Policy<\/em>. 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