Carnegie Moscow Center
Discussants analyze the current trends and forces that have been driving--and blocking--political opening in China in the reform era. Four panels were convened: (1) China's Political Development since 1979, (2) The Changing Communist Party, (3) Emerging Pluralism in China, and (4) China's Legal Reform.
A presentation by Yegor Gaidar, Institute of the Economies in Transition, Moscow.
A presentation by Irina Khakamada, Russian Presidential Candidate.
A working group of government officials, scholars, and representatives from international organizations discuss the causes, implications, and potential responses to state failure.
A discussion meeting with Pavel Daneiko, Director of the Institute of Privatization and Management in Minsk and a member of the Belarussian opposition.
11:00 AM EST. George Soros, investor and philanthropist, will launch his new book, The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power, with a speech and discussion at the Carnegie Endowment. Read text of speech
Authors present findings of new report, click for audio from the event.
A presentation by The Honorable Alexander Vershbow, Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation.
The rise of the middle class in China has heightened the demand for public participation in the Chinese government’s decision-making processes. Discussants examine public participation in China's policy-making process.
A panel discussion with Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Endowment Senior Associate and Director of Research at the Carnegie Moscow Center, and Celeste Wallander, Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.