
Sheila A. Smith introduced important developments of the Japanese politics and economy in 2013, and then explained how these developments will influence the political agenda of 2014.
The second conference in the Carnegie Middle East Center’s security sector reform project followed up on the progress of participants in the two years since the previous conference.

A number of big foreign and domestic policy challenges face Japan in 2014.

The United States must confront the uncomfortable reality that China’s economic and military might may eventually rival or even surpass its own.

Sectarianism appears to be on the rise across the Middle East.

A number of significant challenges face emerging political parties in the Arab world.

Islamic parties in Egypt and Morocco have taken very different paths.

The status of human rights and civil society across the broader Middle East has been shifting since the Arab uprisings began three years ago.

Three years after the Arab uprisings began in Tunisia and Egypt, Arab practitioners and experts will join Carnegie scholars for a day-long conference to examine the political, religious, and social trends shaping the future of the region.

The European Union is mired in the worst crisis it has seen for many decades. This threatens to undercut the EU’s ambitions to develop a coherent and active foreign policy.