Policy makers should heed the lessons of the Great Recession and enact the structural and regulatory reforms needed to protect the world against the next crisis, write Uri Dadush and Vera Eidelman.
If China prematurely commits itself to a commercial plutonium fuel cycle, Mark Hibbs writes that the costs and challenges for China could be considerable.
Tensions are running high in Lebanon in advance of findings from the UN-backed investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Paul Salem describes how domestic and regional powers are preparing for the findings, the resulting potential backlash, and how the United States views Lebanon’s internal instability.
Despite California's high unemployment, plummeting tax receipts, and fierce political gridlock, financial markets are treating it far more leniently than several European countries. Carnegie experts identify the underlying reasons for this discrepancy, and what Europe can do about them.
With GDP growth likely to remain robust, China must immediately turn its attention to inflation caused by excessive credit creation in 2009 and much of 2010. In the medium term, China should rebalance its economy, writes Pieter Bottelier.
As Turkey moves toward national elections in 2011, Henri Barkey examines the influence that Prime Minister Erdogan’s personal ambition, popularity, and political savvy could have on the country’s growing role in the international community.
Controversy over the nascent political agreement intended to pave the way for the formation of an Iraqi government suggests there is a strong possibility that it may fail, write Marina Ottaway and Danial Kaysi.
Speaking at the Carnegie Endowment, His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia discussed the current state of the Middle East peace process and examined the prospects for achieving a sustainable resolution for Israel, Palestine, and the entire region.
In a letter to the chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Bill Bradley, Tom Ridge and David Walker—co-chairs of the Leadership Initiative on Transportation Solvency—recommend three important principles for ending the U.S. transportation system’s burden on the national deficit.
Douglas Paal challenges the assumption that the Obama administration has shifted to a harder stance on China, and instead explains that the media is misinterpreting many regional and bilateral issues.
International attention is once again focused on Yemen after the recent discovery of two bombs on cargo planes originating from the country. Christopher Boucek explains that an exclusive reliance on counterterrorism and military assistance from the West is not enough to prevent the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
At an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment, Senator John McCain spoke about the future of the strategic partnership between the United States and India and outlined three strategic goals that Washington and New Delhi should work together to achieve.
In a new statement released by the EASI Commission, Sam Nunn, Wolfgang Ischinger, and Igor Ivanov explain that the United States, Europe, and Russia have a crucial stabilizing role to play in the world, and they must begin by transforming the Euro-Atlantic space into a stronger, inclusive security community.
