Carnegie Moscow Center
The Conference on Disarmament has lost traction, and it seems clear that it will not initiate negotiations on an FMCT unless Pakistan (and maybe others) decides to join the consensus. Amid this gloomy outlook, are these treaties vital to progress on nonproliferation and disarmament?
A large-scale effective cyberattack could bring a highly complex modern society to its knees. Because of the severe consequences, some believe the threat of nuclear retaliation is appropriate as a deterrent. Is there a role for nuclear weapons in deterring a space attack or a cyberattack? If so, what is it? If not, how are such attacks to be deterred?
Economies continue to buckle under the uncertainty that has engulfed the European Union since the sovereign debt crisis broke out in 2009.
As China’s trade, economic, and popular links with Africa grow, public opinion will have important repercussions for China’s interactions with the continent.
China’s 12th National People’s Congress has concluded and Xi Jinping assumed the presidency of a country that is at a domestic crossroads and is simultaneously a rising international power.
Despite the “reset” of U.S.-Russian relations during the first Obama administration, tensions seem to be increasing between Moscow and Washington.
Current tension in Japan-China relations has implications beyond short-term concerns about an accidental clash at sea or a drop in bilateral trade.
Richard Nixon’s 1972 decision to normalize relations with the Peoples’ Republic of China changed the global political balance in deep and lasting ways. While today’s U.S.-China relationship—a direct result of that groundbreaking trip—is in a place few could have imagined in 1972, it faces many difficult challenges in the coming years.
Leaders in China and the EU currently claim to have a stable, mutually beneficial bilateral relationship bolstered by economic and trade ties, but Sino-EU relations still face significant obstacles.
India’s defense policies are in transition—and remain mired in controversy—as India continues its steady march toward great-power status.