Carnegie Moscow Center
On March 20, 2007, Dr. Dunn presented the findings of the SAIC report, Foreign Perspectives on U.S Nuclear Policy and Posture: Insights, Issues and Implications. report was sponsored by the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (ASCO) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The report covers foreign perceptions of U.S. nuclear posture and policy since the 2001 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).
On March 14, 2007, the Carnegie Endowment hosted the event “Between Politics and Markets: How is China’s Media Evolving?” with Hu Shuli, the founder and editor of Caijing Magazine.
The Carnegie Endowment's Trade, Equity and Development Program co-hosted a seminar in New Delhi with the Government of India, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Oxfam International, National Council for Applied Economic Research and CUTS International. The purpose was to identify constraints to progress and map out the way forward.
The so-called Seven Sisters—the major western oil firms that divided up world oil after WWII—now control only a small proportion of international reserves. Rather, state monopolies and emerging partially privatized firms now control the lion’s share of world oil. The Baker institute’s study is the first to look at how national oil companies affect the development of the global oil market.
On March 7, 2007, the Carnegie Endowment hosted a talk “Changing Orientations of the Military and Problems of Governance in Pakistan” by Hasan-Askari Rizvi from the School of Advanced International Studies at The John Hopkins University.
Economic and social rights have improved in China since normalization of Sino-American relations, but progress on political rights has been uneven. Has U.S. engagement to date advanced human rights in China, and how can the U.S. most effectively engage with China in the future?
On February 28, 2007, Carnegie hosted Ahmed Hashim and Judth Yaphe for a discussion on the nature of the insurgency in Iraq.
Dr. Faleh A. Jabbar, Director of the Beirut-based Iraqi Institute for Strategic Studies addressed the key questions regarding the dire situation in Iraq
On February 27, Nathan Brown presented his paper on Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement and Amr Hamzawy presented his forthcoming paper on Morocco’s Justice and Development Party. Leslie Campbell, National Democratic Institute, served as a discussant and Julia Choucair moderated.
In this discussion, India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns share their perspectives on how India and the United States view their interests in the emerging international system.