New York: Harper [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2008. First U.S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv,[3], 346, [2] pages. Sources. Index. This was published in cooperation with the Council on FOreign Relations. Edward Alden (born 1961) is an American journalist, author, and the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Alden specializes in U.S. economic competitiveness, U.S. trade policy, and visa and immigration policy. The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11, a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize] and Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy. Alden was the Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times, a reporter for the Vancouver Sun and the managing editor for Inside U.S. Trade. He has been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The Globe and Mail, and appeared on PBS NewsHour, NPR, BBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. More