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Alan Tonelson
fellow, US Business and Industry Council
Alan Tonelson is a Research Fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization studying U.S. economic, national security, and technology policy. Tonelson is also a columnist for the Foundation's globalization website, Tradealert.org and a Research Associate at the George Washington University Center for International Science and Technology Policy. Tonelson's book on globalization, *The Race to the Bottom*, was published in 2000. Tonelson comments on economic and foreign policy issues frequently for radio and television programs such as *The Newshour with Jim Lehrer* and *The Nightly Business Report*. His articles and reviews have appeared in many leading national publications, including *Foreign Affairs*, *The Atlantic*, *Foreign Policy*, *The New York Times*, and *The Washington Post*. Tonelson has also lectured frequently on these subjects at universities, government agencies, and civic and business groups in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan. A former Associate Editor of Foreign Policy and Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute, Tonelson holds a B.A. with highest honors in history from Princeton University.