Carnegie Moscow Center
During the G20 summit, the world leaders need to tackle serious economic challenges. At the same time, the abrupt halt to a scheduled U.S.-Russia summit and a potential intervention in Syria have pushed security issues to the top of the summit’s agenda.
Russia has diverse oil resources, but current policies encourage the extraction of the dirtiest fuels. A more economically and environmentally sound approach is needed.
Hugo Chávez shattered Venezuela’s peaceful coexistence with poverty, but leaves behind a weaker democracy, an economy in shambles, a fiercely polarized society, and high crime and murder rates.
Although the world has grown increasingly more globalized and intertwined, there has been a simultaneous rise in the inability of countries to collaborate to tackle international challenges.
Syria may not be a major oil or gas producer, but the country's strategic location may allow it to determine the shape of the region's energy future by offering Mediterranean access to landlocked countries.
It is time to move the global climate agenda forward by exploring alternative platforms for collaboration.
As Gazprom and a European Union commission go head to head over the Russian gas giant's aggressive moves in Eastern Europe, Russia may miss an opportunity to help itself.
The EU's Competition Commission recently decided to investigate whether Gazprom, the Russian gas company, had hindered competition in Eastern Europe by holding back gas deliveries.
Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization remains a controversial issue in the country. It will not necessarily bring an end to trade disputes with the EU, but is likely to advance the establishment of a free trade zone and the signing of a new cooperation agreement.
While the Yanukovych government has managed to initiate a number of economic reforms, they were implemented only partially and their success has been limited.