
Co-Directors and Senior Associates of Carnegie's China Program, Minxin Pei and Michael Swaine, took part in a panel discussion assessing the just-concluded 16th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. They were joined by David "Mike" Lampton, Professor and Director of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Tom Carothers, Director of Carnegie's Democracy and Rule of Law Project, served as moderator.

Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Mary Ryckman and Dr. José Manuel Salazar of the Organization of American States (OAS) discuss the newly launched FTAA Hemispheric Cooperation Program.

Most observers examine the extent to which the Chinese government fulfills its WTO obligations. Carnegie's Veron Hung offers a different perspective. She examines a key aspect of China's legal system essential to China's implementation of its WTO obligations-independent judicial review.
Richard Rose, Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, discusses the "Putin phenomenon."
Marat Tazabekov, a journalist and publisher of the Kyrgyz news service AKI press, discusses political and economic reform in Kyrgyzstan.
On November 16-17, the China Program sponsored a two-day conference, "China after the 16th Party Congress," at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Twelve leading political scientists, economists, and sociologists from China, the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore met to discuss recent trends in the Chinese economy, politics, society, and foreign policy.

Held at the International Trade Center.
A Congressional Briefing with Carnegie Senior Associate John Audley and Carlos Murillo of the International Center for Political Economy, Costa Rica.
Olexander Moroz is the leader of Ukrainian Socialist Party, and served as speaker of the Rada from 1994 to 1998. He spoke at the Carnegie Endowment on the possibilities for political change in Ukraine.
Anatol Lieven reports on the Pakistani elections and security dynamics emanating from Afghanistan through Pakistan and into Kashmir.