Carnegie Transcript: Recent Episodes
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
On February 22, 2008, Carnegie Moscow Center Scholar-in-Residence Nikolai Petrov discussed Russia's March 2 presidential elections, which are widely expected to usher in the rule of Dmitry Medvedev, President Putin's favored successor.
On February 22, 2008, Carnegie Moscow Center Scholar-in-Residence Nikolai Petrov discussed Russia's March 2 presidential elections, which are widely expected to usher in the rule of Dmitry Medvedev, President Putin's favored successor.
On February 13, the Carnegie South Asia Program explored the Pakistani military’s possible reactions to various post-election scenarios.
On February 13, the Carnegie South Asia Program explored the Pakistani military’s possible reactions to various post-election scenarios.
On January 25, Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis presented the findings of his Carnegie Report, Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Tellis and Carnegie Visiting Scholar Frederic Grare provided first-hand commentary following President Musharraf's keynote speech at RUSI.
On January 25, Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis presented the findings of his Carnegie Report, Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Tellis and Carnegie Visiting Scholar Frederic Grare provided first-hand commentary following President Musharraf's keynote speech at RUSI.
On January 25, Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis presented the findings of his Carnegie Report, Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Tellis and Carnegie Visiting Scholar Frederic Grare provided first-hand commentary following President Musharraf's keynote speech at RUSI.
On January 25, Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis presented the findings of his Carnegie Report, Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Tellis and Carnegie Visiting Scholar Frederic Grare provided first-hand commentary following President Musharraf's keynote speech at RUSI.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan, discussed some of the challenges currently facing Afghanistan and how they may be addressed. According to Abdullah, the people living in dangerous areas of the country have no choice but to turn to the Taliban for protection, and cannot cooperate with other actors for fear of retaliation. The discussion was moderated by Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan, discussed some of the challenges currently facing Afghanistan and how they may be addressed. According to Abdullah, the people living in dangerous areas of the country have no choice but to turn to the Taliban for protection, and cannot cooperate with other actors for fear of retaliation. The discussion was moderated by Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews.
Before the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001, suicide attacks were considered alien to Afghanistan. They began to appear with regularity in 2005 and 2006 and are now commonplace. Christine Fair, former UNAMA political affairs officer, discusses her UNAMA report on the challenges of combating these attacks.
Before the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001, suicide attacks were considered alien to Afghanistan. They began to appear with regularity in 2005 and 2006 and are now commonplace. Christine Fair, former UNAMA political affairs officer, discusses her UNAMA report on the challenges of combating these attacks.
Economic reform remains a top priority for the Jordanian government, but it remains hindered by two major obstacles: a lack of public support, and the government’s inability to implement deep reform. In a recent seminar, Carnegie Middle East Center's Sufyan Alissa,discussed the steps Jordan should take to implement reform successfully.
Economic reform remains a top priority for the Jordanian government, but it remains hindered by two major obstacles: a lack of public support, and the government’s inability to implement deep reform. In a recent seminar, Carnegie Middle East Center's Sufyan Alissa,discussed the steps Jordan should take to implement reform successfully.
Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute; Christopher Ford, U.S. Department of State; Ambassador Naela Gabr, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt; Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking, Federal Foreign Office, Germany. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews and Carnegie Nonproliferation Program Director George Perkovich gave the opening remarks at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews and Carnegie Nonproliferation Program Director George Perkovich gave the opening remarks at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center; Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center; Ambassador Linton Brooks, formerly with the National; Nuclear Security Administration; Major General William Burns, U.S. Army (ret.); Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland
William Potter, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Ambassador Peter Burian, Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations; Igor Khripunov, University of Georgia; William Tobey, U.S. Department of Energy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Clay Moltz, Monterey Institute of International Studies/Naval Postgraduate School; Lt. Col. Peter Hays (ret.), Science Applications International Corporation; Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute; John Logsdon, George Washington University. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Jon Wolfsthal, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Michael Green, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Jae H. Ku, Johns Hopkins University; Wu Xinbo, Fudan University
Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center; and Clay Sell, U.S. Department of Energy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Barbara Slavin from USA TODAY, Alexei Arbatov from the Carnegie Moscow Center, Neil Crompton from the British Embassy, Glenn Kessler, from the Washington Post, and Bruno Tertrais from the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Thomas Biersteker, Brown University; Paula DeSutter, U.S. Department of State; Shen Dingli, Fudan University; Skip Fischer, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo; Tatsujiro Suzuki, University of Tokyo; Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; William Walker, University of St Andrews. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Mark Hibbs from Nucleonics Week, Matthew Bunn from Harvard University, and Joseph Cirincione from the Center for American Progress. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Peter Bradford, formerly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations; Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Kåre Aas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway; Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Africa; George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute; Christopher Ford, U.S. Department of State; Ambassador Naela Gabr, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt; Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking, Federal Foreign Office, Germany. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Keynote address was given by Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA); Congressman John Spratt Jr. (D-SC); Amy Woolf, Congressional Research Service. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Caroline Jorant, AREVA; Tariq Rauf, International Atomic Energy Agency; Ambassador Pedro Raul Villagra Delgado, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Ambassador S. Jaishankar, High Commission of India to Singapore; and Peter Potman, Royal Netherlands Embassy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Mustafa Kibaroglu, Bilkent University; Martin Briens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States; Pierre Goldschmidt, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Scott Sagan, Stanford University; Li Bin, Tsinghua University; Harald Mueller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt; Hugh Powell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom; Bruno Tertrais, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Steve Coll, The New Yorker; David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; Matti Tarvainen, International Atomic Energy Agency; Ralf Wirtz, Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Christopher Chyba, Princeton University; Dongli Chen, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association; Adel Mahmoud, Princeton University; John Steinbruner, University of Maryland; Respondent: Camille Grand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France.This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Jon Wolfsthal, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Michael Green, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Jae H. Ku, Johns Hopkins University; Wu Xinbo, Fudan University
Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center; and Clay Sell, U.S. Department of Energy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Barbara Slavin from USA TODAY, Alexei Arbatov from the Carnegie Moscow Center, Neil Crompton from the British Embassy, Glenn Kessler, from the Washington Post, and Bruno Tertrais from the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Thomas Biersteker, Brown University; Paula DeSutter, U.S. Department of State; Shen Dingli, Fudan University; Skip Fischer, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo; Tatsujiro Suzuki, University of Tokyo; Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; William Walker, University of St Andrews. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Mark Hibbs from Nucleonics Week, Matthew Bunn from Harvard University, and Joseph Cirincione from the Center for American Progress. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Peter Bradford, formerly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations; Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Kåre Aas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway; Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Africa; George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Keynote address was given by Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA); Congressman John Spratt Jr. (D-SC); Amy Woolf, Congressional Research Service. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Caroline Jorant, AREVA; Tariq Rauf, International Atomic Energy Agency; Ambassador Pedro Raul Villagra Delgado, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Ambassador S. Jaishankar, High Commission of India to Singapore; and Peter Potman, Royal Netherlands Embassy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Mustafa Kibaroglu, Bilkent University; Martin Briens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States; Pierre Goldschmidt, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Scott Sagan, Stanford University; Li Bin, Tsinghua University; Harald Mueller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt; Hugh Powell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom; Bruno Tertrais, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Steve Coll, The New Yorker; David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; Matti Tarvainen, International Atomic Energy Agency; Ralf Wirtz, Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Christopher Chyba, Princeton University; Dongli Chen, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association; Adel Mahmoud, Princeton University; John Steinbruner, University of Maryland; Respondent: Camille Grand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France.This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews and Carnegie Nonproliferation Program Director George Perkovich gave the opening remarks at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews and Carnegie Nonproliferation Program Director George Perkovich gave the opening remarks at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Moscow Center; Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center; Ambassador Linton Brooks, formerly with the National; Nuclear Security Administration; Major General William Burns, U.S. Army (ret.); Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland
William Potter, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Ambassador Peter Burian, Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations; Igor Khripunov, University of Georgia; William Tobey, U.S. Department of Energy. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
Clay Moltz, Monterey Institute of International Studies/Naval Postgraduate School; Lt. Col. Peter Hays (ret.), Science Applications International Corporation; Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute; John Logsdon, George Washington University. This session was part of the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, “Tomorrow's Solutions,” June 25–26, in Washington, D.C., which addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offered policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials.
In the sixth debate in the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates, Robert B. Cassidy and Albert Keidel addressed the question, "Do China’s violations of international commercial norms, including exchange rate manipulation, IPR violations and non-tariff barriers, require immediate forceful steps by its trading partners to make it play by the rules?" This debate, moderated by Roger Ferguson, is part of the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates.
In the sixth debate in the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates, Robert B. Cassidy and Albert Keidel addressed the question, "Do China’s violations of international commercial norms, including exchange rate manipulation, IPR violations and non-tariff barriers, require immediate forceful steps by its trading partners to make it play by the rules?" This debate, moderated by Roger Ferguson, is part of the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates.
On February 6, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed how the borderless, information-rich world created by the Internet is challenging historic conceptions of regulation, political participation, and governance. His keynote address was part of the Carnegie New Vision launch and also featured Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews; Carnegie Board of Trustees Chairman James C. Gaither; and Jonathan F. Fanton, president, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The rising conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, as well as tensions between the U.S. and Iran, have recently overshadowed political reform debates. Given these developments, what is the state of the Arab political reform agenda and what can be expected in terms of political change in the region in the near future? On February 6, Carnegie hosted four top political analysts from the region with expertise spanning all different parts of the Arab world discussed this issue.
The session, part of the Carnegie's day-long program of events to launch its New Vision, examined the national interests and strategies of the U.S., Russia, and China in the region. Has a new Great Game taken shape? What kinds of competition and what degree of cooperation can be expected? How will political and social dynamics within Central Asia affect the plans of the great powers?
The session, part of the Carnegie's day-long program of events to launch its New Vision, examined the national interests and strategies of the U.S., Russia, and China in the region. Has a new Great Game taken shape? What kinds of competition and what degree of cooperation can be expected? How will political and social dynamics within Central Asia affect the plans of the great powers?
The New Vision changes the structure of a think tank from a group of scholars in one place, to an integrated global network. The goal is to build a body of work that generates fresh ideas and proves its value by affecting policy choices in the U.S., Russia and Eurasia, China, the Middle East, and Europe. These five locations include the centers of world governance and the places where political and economic evolution will most determine the near-term possibilities for peace and human progress. Carnegie launched its New Vision with a series of events on February 5-6, a new logo, and redesigned publications and website.
The rising conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, as well as tensions between the U.S. and Iran, have recently overshadowed political reform debates. Given these developments, what is the state of the Arab political reform agenda and what can be expected in terms of political change in the region in the near future? On February 6, Carnegie hosted four top political analysts from the region with expertise spanning all different parts of the Arab world discussed this issue.
On February 6, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed how the borderless, information-rich world created by the Internet is challenging historic conceptions of regulation, political participation, and governance. His keynote address was part of the Carnegie New Vision launch and also featured Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews; Carnegie Board of Trustees Chairman James C. Gaither; and Jonathan F. Fanton, president, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The New Vision changes the structure of a think tank from a group of scholars in one place, to an integrated global network. The goal is to build a body of work that generates fresh ideas and proves its value by affecting policy choices in the U.S., Russia and Eurasia, China, the Middle East, and Europe. These five locations include the centers of world governance and the places where political and economic evolution will most determine the near-term possibilities for peace and human progress. Carnegie launched its New Vision with a series of events on February 5-6, a new logo, and redesigned publications and website.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and former Director-General of the WTO spoke recently at Carnegie about the future of the WTO, how to get the Doha Round back on track, and South-South cooperation. Carnegie Senior Associate Sandra Polaski offered comments.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and former Director-General of the WTO spoke recently at Carnegie about the future of the WTO, how to get the Doha Round back on track, and South-South cooperation. Carnegie Senior Associate Sandra Polaski offered comments.
Threatening more nuclear tests, North Korea called the recent UN sanctions resolution, approved after the first test, a "declaration of war." Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine, an expert on East Asian security issues, recently moderated a discussion with Randy Schriver and Alan Romberg on options beyond sanctions. They discussed steps to dissuade other states from contemplating the acquisition of nuclear weapons and to constrain North Korea from escalating the situation even further.
Threatening more nuclear tests, North Korea called the recent UN sanctions resolution, approved after the first test, a "declaration of war." Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine, an expert on East Asian security issues, recently moderated a discussion with Randy Schriver and Alan Romberg on options beyond sanctions. They discussed steps to dissuade other states from contemplating the acquisition of nuclear weapons and to constrain North Korea from escalating the situation even further.