Carnegie Moscow Center
On October 31, 2006, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted Ms. Asma Jehangir, Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Speaking on “Pakistan in Transition,” Ms. Jehangir presented her views on the political climate in the country.
Asian states have, for now, concluded that U.S. hegemony is robust and can provide the public goods that no other Asian country is yet willing to provide. Asian states have high expectations of peace in the future, and are committed to the use of political means to resolve disagreements.
Discussion of "Dangerous Nation" featuring Author Robert Kagan and New York Times' Thomas Friedman. The session was moderated by Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews.
Discussants focus on the likelihood that fast track trade negotiating authority will be renewed before it expires next June.
On October 17th, 2006, the Carnegie Endowment hosted Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani, the former Director-General of Pakistan military’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Bureau. Lt. Gen. Durrani spoke on “Disengaging Military from Politics in Pakistan,” commenting on the phenomenon of military takeovers and suggesting how Pakistan’s military could be disengaged from the political sphere.
On October 16, 2006, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Resources Institute co-sponsored a discussion entitled “China’s Challenge in Strengthening Energy Security” with Dr. Kelly Sims Gallagher and Dr. David Jhirad.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, former Director-General of the WTO and Carnegie Senior Associate Sandra Polaski addressed critical issues surrounding the WTO and the changing nature of world trade.
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Carnegie hosted a discussion, “Next Steps on North Korea: Options Beyond Sanctions” with Randy Schriver, a founding partner of Armitage International LLC and a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Alan D. Romberg, Senior Associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine moderated the discussion.
Carnegie hosted a meeting with Bruce Jackson, Project on Transitional Democracies; Charles King, Georgetown University; and Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in partnership with Wilton Park, held a conference October 6-8, 2006 on the challenges of top-down, managed reform efforts in Arab countries. Discussion focused on how reformers within or close to ruling establishments view prospects for reform inside their countries as well as the impact of pressure for change coming from outside.