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Although China has captured the world's attention because of its impressive growth rates, its economy remains smaller than Japan's. Some analysts argue that the United States has engaged China at the expense of disengaging from Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, offer a perspective on Japan's role in Asia.
Although China has captured the world's attention because of its impressive growth rates, its economy remains smaller than Japan's. Some analysts argue that the United States has engaged China at the expense of disengaging from Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, offer a perspective on Japan's role in Asia.
Although China has captured the world's attention because of its impressive growth rates, its economy remains smaller than Japan's. Some analysts argue that the United States has engaged China at the expense of disengaging from Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, offer a perspective on Japan's role in Asia.
Thomas Carothers from the Carnegie Endowment argues that there is a lack of appetite in the world right now for a League of Democracies. The greatest challenges the United States faces—including nuclear proliferation, energy, Iraq, Middle East peace, and climate change—all require close U.S. cooperation with autocratic regimes, who would be antagonized and alienated by the creation of such a League.
Thomas Carothers from the Carnegie Endowment argues that there is a lack of appetite in the world right now for a League of Democracies. The greatest challenges the United States faces—including nuclear proliferation, energy, Iraq, Middle East peace, and climate change—all require close U.S. cooperation with autocratic regimes, who would be antagonized and alienated by the creation of such a League.
Former Palestinian negotiator Ghaith al-Omari and Carnegie Middle East expert Nathan J. Brown discuss Brown’s new report “Sunset for the Two-State Solution?” in which he argues that the current U.S. approach to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict actually further undermines the chances for a two-state solution.
Former Palestinian negotiator Ghaith al-Omari and Carnegie Middle East expert Nathan J. Brown discuss Brown’s new report “Sunset for the Two-State Solution?” in which he argues that the current U.S. approach to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict actually further undermines the chances for a two-state solution.
Progress in Afghanistan requires more focused coordination by the international community and increased civilian/military cooperation to meet political goals, said Ambassador Kai Eide, the new UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, at Carnegie on April 28, 2008. Eide discussed how other nations can work together to address the ongoing threats to stability in Afghanistan, such as mitigating the food price crisis, promoting more effective aid, and supporting national reconciliation efforts.
Progress in Afghanistan requires more focused coordination by the international community and increased civilian/military cooperation to meet political goals, said Ambassador Kai Eide, the new UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, at Carnegie on April 28, 2008. Eide discussed how other nations can work together to address the ongoing threats to stability in Afghanistan, such as mitigating the food price crisis, promoting more effective aid, and supporting national reconciliation efforts.
Acclaimed author and visiting scholar at Carnegie, David Rothkopf discusses how a select, insular group of the six thousand most powerful people on the planet make daily decisions that impact the lives of millions across borders and develop ideas that are shaping the history of our times. In his new book, Superclass, Rothkopf reveals a harsh truth: The most powerful individuals in the world are not elected. Indeed, they have helped shape a system that is producing historic inequities not just in wealth but in the distribution of world power.
Acclaimed author and visiting scholar at Carnegie, David Rothkopf discusses how a select, insular group of the six thousand most powerful people on the planet make daily decisions that impact the lives of millions across borders and develop ideas that are shaping the history of our times. In his new book, Superclass, Rothkopf reveals a harsh truth: The most powerful individuals in the world are not elected. Indeed, they have helped shape a system that is producing historic inequities not just in wealth but in the distribution of world power.
After five years of conflict, the costs of our involvement In Iraq and Afghanistan now total $3 trillion—and counting. In discussing his new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict, Joseph E. Stiglitz reveals a litany of costs—the vast majority financed through borrowing—that have been hidden from U.S. taxpayers and will continue to add up in the years ahead.
After five years of conflict, the costs of our involvement In Iraq and Afghanistan now total $3 trillion—and counting. In discussing his new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict, Joseph E. Stiglitz reveals a litany of costs—the vast majority financed through borrowing—that have been hidden from U.S. taxpayers and will continue to add up in the years ahead.
On March 11, Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour discussed his new report, Reading Khamenei:The Word View Of Iran's Most Powerful Leader. He was joined by a panel of leading Iran experts.
On March 11, Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour discussed his new report, Reading Khamenei:The Word View Of Iran's Most Powerful Leader. He was joined by a panel of leading Iran experts.
On March 11, Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour discussed his new report, Reading Khamenei:The Word View Of Iran's Most Powerful Leader. He was joined by a panel of leading Iran experts.
On March 11, Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour discussed his new report, Reading Khamenei:The Word View Of Iran's Most Powerful Leader. He was joined by a panel of leading Iran experts.
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 4, the Carnegie Endowment hosted a discussion with Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Hadley discussed the Bush administration's efforts to promote economic growth and disease prevention in Africa and commented on the president's upcoming travels to Africa and his Smart Development Policy. Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews moderated the event.
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 18, 2008, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan, discussed some of the challenges currently facing Afghanistan and how they may be addressed. The discussion was moderated by Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews.
In a speech at the Carnegie Endowment, European Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson argued that the European Union and the United States must use their collective economic weight to underwrite the openness of the global economy as its adjusts to the rise of new economic powers and greater global flows of investment. Mandelson said that the U.S. and the EU should use their own openness to "underwrite a strong multilateral order based on cooperation and economic openness."
Drawing on their diplomatic experience spanning a period of more than four decades, the ambassadors discussed challenges and opportunities that face the two countries in the 21st century. As former senior officials, they brought unique perspective to the diplomacy that brought a peaceful end to the Cold War and saw the development of post-Cold War relations between the United States and Russia.
An interview with Amb. Alexander Bessmertnykh following the a September 24-25 Carnegie event featuring former Russian and American ambassadors who discussed the bilateral relationship. Drawing on their unique diplomatic experience spanning a period of more than four decades, the ambassadors produced a joint-statement outlining a strategic framework for productive diplomacy to resolve old problems and meet new challenges.
The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, delivered the keynote address at a celebration of 200 years of U.S.-Russian diplomatic relations, honoring former Russian and American ambassadors to Washington and Moscow.
Carnegie Vice President for Studies Thomas Carothers, Francis Fukuyama, Vin Weber, and Jennifer Windsor discuss the present and future of democracy promotion.
Dan Blumenthal, resident fellow in Asian Studies, AEI, and Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS, evaluate China’s role in seven key areas—energy security, counter-proliferation, Asian security, economic development and assistance, peacekeeping and enforcement, human rights—especially in Darfur—and promotion of a fair international trade environment. This debate, moderated by Carnegie’s Michael D. Swaine, 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?" Roger Ferguson served as the moderator.
On May 11, Carnegie's Trade, Equity and Development Project launched the first event in a new series, Development Policy: What Do We Really Know? This event featured an in-depth discussion of the impact on developing countries of unilateral trade preferences programs. The series will examine existing knowledge about the impact of trade, migration and inequality on growth and poverty reduction.
In the fifth debate in the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates, Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and Robert Sutter of School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, address the question, “Does China seek to dominate Asia and drastically reduce (if not eliminate) U.S. influence as a regional power?” Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine served as the moderator.
John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, discussed his recent trip to Darfur, Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic in an event at the Carnegie Endowment. Holmes described the successes and challenges of the humanitarian effort, but stressed the importance of a political solution, “The peacekeeping operation itself, even when it’s there in full, is not the solution to the problem. What is needed above all is a political settlement there.”
The fourth debate in the series, Reframing China Policy: The Carnegie Debates, asked the question, “Has American engagement with China produced a significant improvement in human rights?” Addressing this topic were Jacques deLisle, professor of law, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and Sharon K. Hom, executive director, Human Rights in China, and emerita professor of law, City University of New York School of Law. Carnegie China Program Director Minxin Pei moderated the discussion.
In a discussion hosted by the Carnegie Endowment, India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns share their perspectives on how India and the United States view their interests in the emerging international system and how both countries are working toward the construction of a global partnership in a variety of functional and regional areas that include India's immediate and extended neighborhood.
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.
The third debate in the Carnegie's Reframing China Policy Series featured Larry Wortzel and David Finkelstein—two of the world's preeminent specialists on Chinese security issues and the Chinese military, and included remarks by Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy and Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine.
Thomas Carothers' recent Journal of Democracy article, “How Democracies Emerge: The ‘Sequencing' Fallacy,” is a critical response to the viewpoint that certain preconditions –especially a well-functioning state and the rule of law– should be in place before a country attempts democratization. In this debate Carothers expanded on his core arguments about the relative compatibility of authoritarianism versus democracy with rule-of-law development and state-building, exploring cases ranging from El Savador and Nigeria to Egypt and Iraq. Jack Snyder emphasized the high costs of failed democratization and suggested that the United States and other international actors should give less priority to elections in their democracy promotion efforts. Francis Fukuyama drew attention to democracy's relation to good governance and state-building, stressing that state consolidation is a long, arduous process. Marc Plattner moderated the session.
The rise of China presents one of the most important global challenges facing the United States. The second debate in Carnegie's Reframing China Policy Series features Wing Woo, University of California, Davis, and Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego, who address the question, "Without accelerated reforms, will China's rapid growth unravel before its economy overtakes the U.S.?"