Carnegie Moscow Center
The next administration will confront numerous domestic economic policy challenges, including persistently high unemployment, a surging national debt, tax and social spending reform, and the energy and climate nexus.
With aviation emissions predicted to grow 300 to 400 percent between 2005 to 2050, the outcry over the EU’s new aviation policy feeds into the larger debate between trade interests and climate change initiatives.
Ukraine’s European integration has slowed and relations with Russia show no signs of progress.
The UN secretary-general’s new five-year action agenda identifies sustainable transport as critical to sustainable development. Yet transport is virtually invisible in the initial framing of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
A year has passed since the first uprisings in Tunisia spurred a fundamental change in the dynamics of Europe’s southern neighborhood, creating a host of domestic and external challenges for the region and its neighbors.
China's growing involvement in conflict-affected states has been criticized for being focused on profits at the expense of stability and accountability. At the same time, China's investments in infrastructure especially can have a stabilizing effect. These different perspectives arouse a debate on China's aid and investment model and the implications of this model for other actors.
After the presidential election, which Vladimir Putin won, a significant portion of the population doubts the legitimacy of the election results. These doubts will contribute to the rise of social and political movements in Russia.
As Iran continues to expand its nuclear activities in defiance of its international obligations, politicians in the United States, Israel, and elsewhere are increasingly weighing a military conflict to head off the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran.
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been persistent criticism, both inside and outside India, that the country lacks a considered grand strategy.
Despite common views on international affairs and economic interests, the Russian-Chinese relationship is weak—even in the sphere of energy trade—and needs to be strengthened.