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The current split over the war in Iraq shows how important and fragile the US-Russian alliance can be. But who is Vladimir Putin? Will he be able to further reforms? And is he willing to fully integrate with the West?
A panel discussion with authors of a new paper in Carnegie's Trade, Equity and Development Series on "Liberalizing Agriculture Trade and Developing Countries."
Discussants debate the impact of the internet revolution in China on the future development of politics and bureaucracy.
A seminar by Dipankar Banerjee, Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, and Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
It is commonly believed that privatization and economic modernization lead, if not directly then at least indirectly, to democratization. China, however, illustrates the limits of such wisdom.
Mikhail Margelov is the Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council. He gave a brief presentation and answered questions from the audience at a lunch seminar, focusing on Russian foreign policy regarding the "Axis of Evil" and the future of Iraq.
Sergey A. Kovalev, an outspoken critic of the Russian military action in Chechnya and one of Russia's leading advocates of human rights, discussed the current situation regarding human rights violations in Chechnya as well as the upcoming referendum.
While America is focused on fighting terror, it has turned the attention of policy makers and citizens away from Northeast Asia. China is no longer seen as the primary threat to the US. This has given China room to wield a new foreign policy in the region that establishes China's influence. Meanwhile, Russia and China are growing farther apart.
Viktor Yuschenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, speaks on current political situation in Ukraine and on his role as a member of the Ukrainian parliament. Read the summary of the full transcript.
Presentation by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman and CEO of the Russian oil company Yukos. Read the transcript and see the slides.