International Seattle

A Discovery Institute project, International Seattle: Creating a Globally Competitive Community, is aimed at helping the region define a new strategy for increasing its international competitiveness. With the help of a 24-member advisory board and a host of volunteers, Discovery conducted interviews throughout the Pacific Northwest and studied a dozen other cities’ international programs. The report finds that internationalism offers opportunities, but it also issues a challenge to local and regional leadership: either one adapts to the increasingly global standards of competition or hard-won economic and social gains can be lost.