Carnegie Moscow Center
The United States must look beyond short-term goals if it hopes to maintain its economic vitality in Asia. Its regional stake will be challenged by China, whose relative rise has been accelerated by its effective response to the global crisis.
President Hamid Karzai has placed many warlords in positions of authority. Their use of informal powers has proven to be successful in areas ranging from security and reconstruction to counternarcotics.
In his first major foreign policy address, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, presented the basis for a new strategic partnership with Russia, laying out the specific areas where practical cooperation could be extended.
The imbalance of power in Arab countries allows regimes to stay in control virtually unchallenged by non-violent opposition groups. Without a break in the stalemate between the key players—ruling establishments, moderate Islamist movements, and secular parties—democratization is impossible.
The financial crisis underscored the importance of the World Trade Organization in warding off protectionism, but as the WTO is increasingly bypassed in trade reform, questions arise about its role in world trade.
Gilles Dorronsoro, who spent August traveling throughout Afghanistan, shared his thoughts on conditions on the ground—security, public opinion and the elections—and discussed the long-term strategies of the International Coalition and the Taliban.
A group of current and former high-level British parliamentarians discussed the need for American leadership in pursuit of global nuclear disarmament, the importance of developments in Iran for British security, and the challenges of engaging public opinion across Europe on issues of nonproliferation and disarmament.
On his return from a month-long trip to Afghanistan, Gilles Dorronsoro provided a briefing on the security situation on the ground and offered a post-election strategy for addressing the Taliban threat.
The IMF is perceived to neither adequately reflect the needs of developing countries nor their rising weight in today’s globalized economy, sparking discussion on the need for comprehensive reform.
The fragile global recovery is gaining traction, but it is still too early to begin reversing government stimulus efforts. A panel of experts discussed the worldwide economic rebound and offered policy advice as to how it can be sustained.