Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Minister Xie Zhenhua of China and Senator Maria Cantwell discussed U.S.-China climate cooperation, stressing that China and the U.S. are already engaging in dialogue and taking important action.
The co-chairs of the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, gave a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment on the Commission’s progress and future direction following meetings with senior officials in the Obama administration.
In a special live broadcast of the BBC’s The World Tonight program, Carnegie experts assessed the foreign policy priorities facing President-elect Barack Obama. The wide-ranging discussion focused on issues from Iraq, climate change, and the Middle East peace process, to Russia and Iran.
The incoming Obama administration faces a variety of challenges and opportunities in China and Asia more broadly. Many in Asia have assessed Barack Obama's presidential victory as a mandate for a more thoughtful, engaging American foreign policy.
Jessica T. Mathews on Obama's victory, transatlantic cooperation and U.S. foreign policy during the next administration.
Jessica T. Mathews, Tom Burke and Laurence Tubiana on what the EU and the U.S. need to do to address climate change.
Expectations are running high for major changes in the next U.S. administration's foreign policy, but how much change is likely, and will it be enough to close the gap between America and the world? Top experts from the Carnegie Endowment and elsewhere discussed this question during a two-day conference in Brussels.
Remarks from Michael Cox and Jessica T. Mathews on the disappointment of European expectations of the U.S.
The international community and the Gulf states are not providing sufficient funding or accepting enough Iraqi refugees. The current situation is highly unstable and fragile, and very little progress can be expected without Iran’s and Syria’s involvement. No significant return of refugees can be expected in the next ten years.
Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Stubb, discusses the prospects and challenges of the EU becoming a superpower in the international arena.
