Carnegie Moscow Center
Under the Obama administration, the United States is increasingly committed to addressing the structural conditions that have undermined Yemen’s stability and rendered the country a haven for extremism.
China's economic prospects remain sound, but many observers point to the risk of an "unbalanced" growth process that has spurred investment and kept domestic consumption low.
While almost every economy in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to accelerate in 2011-2012, significant downside risks to this forecast remain.
Ankara’s new diplomatic activism represents a significant transformation of Turkey's regional role. However, some policy choices have created frictions in relationships with traditional allies.
With the ratification of the Lisbon treaty, the EU had hoped to develop the infrastructure to handle the challenges of the twenty-first century world, but recent developments have sparked widespread talk of Europe's relative decline.
As security concerns emanating from fragile states like Yemen and Somalia dominate recent headlines, the international community faces a number of challenges in its efforts to assist fragile states.
China’s economy is undergoing significant change, in large part due to the rapid growth of its high-tech industry. As the country has expanded its efforts to accurately report GDP data, a series of revisions to data from prior years has also affected estimates of its energy efficiency.
Despite the initial euphoria attached to the opening of established diplomatic relations between China and India sixty years ago, the bilateral relationship between Beijing and New Delhi continues to face numerous challenges.
Relationships between China and the rest of East Asia have evolved over time, from the tribute systems of ancient East Asia through the tensions of the Cold War.
As fears rise over currency clashes, policy makers must confront the challenges of a two-speed global economy where China and other emerging markets are surging ahead while Europe, the United States, and Japan face a number of serious economic concerns.