Carnegie Moscow Center
As a new round of Russian-EU negotiations on visa-free travel begins, the difficult task of improving the process by which citizens of Russia and the CIS obtain Schengen visas remains.
For the moment, pragmatism has gained the upper hand over idealism and emotions in Russian-Ukrainian relations. As long as the two countries are willing to work together, they both have a good chance of achieving their core interests.
Switzerland and Lebanon are both complex multi-communal societies, and they both have a long history of trying to manage pluralism, sometimes with more success than others.
China’s evolving foreign policy continue to dominate discussions of Sino-U.S. relations. Yet there has been little in-depth analysis of Chinese public opinion and its impact on China’s foreign policy.
In Russia, the politics of historical interpretation are at the forefront of political discourse, as the authorities and segments of society struggle to use history and national memory to promote certain ideologies.
The recent U.S. focus on global nuclear issues has left some of China’s future arms control experts encouraged by the emphasis on governmental cooperation in securing nuclear materials, while others worry that the United States is blurring the distinction between tactical and strategic missile defenses.
In recent months, the United States and China have gone through a rough patch in bilateral relations. Yet such setbacks represent a very short period in a much longer timeframe of U.S.-China cooperation.
The global financial crisis calls for new thinking on the role that capital controls can play to reduce vulnerability to financial shocks and economic downturns.
Last August Turkey's ruling party launched a new policy approach aimed at resolving tensions between the Turkish government and Turkey’s Kurdish population. Almost nine months later, the policy seems to have run aground.
To counter the steep economic downturn in 2009, Russia enacted a stimulus package equivalent to almost 7 percent of GDP. The Kremlin's response was effective and its consequences lead Russia's relatively quick recovery.