On January 9, the people of southern Sudan will likely vote to secede from the north, marking the beginning of a complicated process that could create additional conflict in this troubled region. Carnegie’s new guide to Sudan offers background and analysis on the latest developments unfolding from the referendum and the many challenges ahead.
Jessica Mathews details the issues that will define the next twelve months and analyzes major challenges in a world where emerging powers are beginning to alter the global balance of power.
While Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming state visit to Washington is already generating positive momentum in Sino-U.S. relations, Douglas Paal suggests that high ranking Chinese and U.S. officials will need to continue high-level interaction to sustain the progress.
China has announced a breakthrough in the technology for reprocessing nuclear fuel. Mark Hibbs writes that the costs and challenges for China could be considerable if it prematurely commits itself to a commercial plutonium fuel cycle and commercial-scale reprocessing.
Internal UN reports suggest that the security situation in much of Afghanistan has grown more unstable over the past year. Gilles Dorronsoro writes that the current strategy of defeating the Taliban militarily is unrealistic and that the United States should pursue a political solution to the conflict.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s conviction shows the significant problems facing Russia’s political and judicial systems and underscores the personalized nature of Russia’s regime, writes Lilia Shevtsova.
Though nuclear reprocessing poses economic and nonproliferation challenges, it remains a factor in the nuclear power plans of several nations.
Olga Shumylo-Tapiola examines the many irregularities in Belarus’s recent presidential elections and looks at why things went so wrong.
Morocco must reconsider its poverty-reduction strategy if it hopes to sustain its positive momentum in fighting poverty, says Lahcen Achy.
While almost every economy in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to accelerate in 2011-2012, significant downside risks to this forecast remain.
commentary Tensions have eased slightly on the Korean Peninsula, but after years of playing international powers against each other to enhance its own position, Douglas Paal writes that Pyongyang may not be receptive to calls from the United States, China, and South Korea to return to six party talks.
event Carnegie hosted John Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, to discuss counterterrorism, capacity-building, and broader U.S. policy toward Yemen.
Q&A With time for a two-state solution running out, Washington needs a new strategy for promoting peace between Israel and Palestine. Marwan Muasher explains the necessity of a regional approach that pushes for peace between Israel and the entire Arab world. عربي
commentary The imprisonment and conviction of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a potent demonstration of Putin’s concentration of power, explains Lilia Shevtsova. Русский
q&a, Washington Post Matthew Rojansky explains why the ratification of New START by the U.S. Senate is an important step forward for both U.S.-Russian cooperation and global nuclear security.
commentary Marina Ottaway and Danial Kaysi examine the alliance between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi that paved the way for the naming of Maliki's cabinet and outline problems that may still lie ahead. عربي
With nearly 1 in 3 Tunisian youth unemployed, the country’s policymakers must develop a strategic vision for growth and create jobs quickly.
Lahcen Achy
As China's global influence continues to grow, the country must work to strengthen its relations with its neighbors and balance its economy in a way that promotes domestic growth without increasing international tensions.
Sun Zhe,
Xie Tao,
John Holden,
Geoff Dyer,
Robin Lustig
Achieving a genuinely collaborative approach to missile defense would address a common threat to the Euro-Atlantic region and help remove the misgivings that are blocking progress toward a common security space.
Sam Nunn and
Igor Ivanov and
Wolfgang Ischinger
Moscow's more active policy stance on North Korea serves Russia's strategic, political, and economic interests and could potentially have a positive impact on the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Dmitri Trenin
