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Morocco's political future will be determined not only by the king’s actions in the coming months, but also on the capacity and willingness of Moroccan political organizations to build on the opportunities the new constitution, presented on June 17, offers them.
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), by nearly a three-to-one margin, declared Syria out of compliance with its safeguards obligations and reported the issue to the UN Security Council on June 9.
While providing support to Moldova is important, it’s essential that the EU be tougher on Chisinau regarding its inability to implement reforms.
Despite politicians lamenting the decline of U.S. competitiveness, America remains one of the most competitive and productive nations in the world. Policy makers should instead focus on the real problem: spending.
The strength of Egyptian institutions and continuing post-revolutionary enthusiasm will help Egypt overcome the growing political chasm between Islamist and non-Islamist political forces inside the country and the political mistakes made by the country’s ruling council.
Beirut’s new Hezbollah-dominated government will return some measure of predictability to the country’s governing institutions, but Lebanon’s stability remains fragile as the government faces a number of serious challenges.
The recent parliamentary elections in Turkey demonstrated the popular appeal of the ruling party and while the outcome will have a significant affect on Turkish domestic policy, it is unlikely to alter the general thrust of Ankara’s foreign policy.
If Europe wishes to prevent long-term high unemployment and stagnation, Spain must acknowledge its own debt problems and Germany needs to recognize its role in promoting regional and global imbalances.
In this week’s legislative elections, a few hundred thousand votes will determine whether or not Turkey’s ruling party can move forward unimpeded with the most radical change in the country’s constitutional order since the transition to multi-party democracy in 1946.
The West must look ahead to when President Lukashenka is no longer in office and help the people of Belarus develop its civil society.
Though capital controls are generally disliked by economists, they remain popular among countries, as both emergency measures and part of longer-term strategies. If designed correctly, they do not pose a threat to country welfare or to the global economy.
The coalition that underpins Iraq’s national unity government is showing increasing signs of strain, threatened by rising divisions among its parties, tension between the parliament and the executive, and competition between the central and regional governments.
Although regional institutions have proliferated in East Asia in recent years, their ability to provide a cohesive governance structure for the region is limited by mutual mistrust among their member states.
China is promoting the use of its currency for trade and investment, but this will eventually require China to open its capital account and make its exchange rate more flexible—moves that political considerations may block for years to come.
While Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and its new Freedom and Justice Party have gone to lengths to clarify their stances on social issues and the relation between religion and the state, they must further clarify their relationship to each other and allow the party a sufficient level of independence.
The European Union’s response to the dramatic events in Egypt has shown that in a fast-moving environment the Union has difficulty reacting in the way required of a serious global player.
Western support towards democratic transformations in the Middle East will require walking a fine line between welcome support and unwelcome interference.
The forces that kept protectionism at bay during the financial crisis—chief among them, national laws, regional agreements, and structural economic shifts—should be the focus of future trade negotiations.
President Obama's visit to Warsaw serves as a geopolitical re-investment in a region that hosts Europe’s most pro-American populace, and which had developed very serious doubts over whether the United States was still the reliable friend and ally they want so much.
The unprecedented change in the Middle East has created immediate challenges to maintaining social cohesion and macroeconomic stability. Over the longer-term, countries must define their own political, social, and economic transformations.