• TV/Radio Broadcast

State of the Union: Reaction

• Jessica Tuchman Mathews
• January 28, 2008
• NPR's All Things Considered

• TV/Radio Broadcast

The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

• Jessica Tuchman Mathews
• January 25, 2008
• Minnesota Public Radio

• Event

Pakistan: More Effective Counterterrorism

• Ashley J. Tellis, Frederic Grare, Alexander Neill
• January 25, 2008
• London
• Event Transcript (PDF)

On January 25, Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis presented the findings of his Carnegie Report, Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Tellis and Carnegie Visiting Scholar Frederic Grare provided first-hand commentary following President Musharraf's keynote speech at RUSI.

• TV/Radio Broadcast

The Democrats

• John Judis
• January 24, 2008
• WBUR's Here and Now

• Op-Ed

Pakistan’s Iranian Shadow

• Karim Sadjadpour
• January 23, 2008
• Project Syndicate

Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour compares the turmoil in Pakistan to conditions that led to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran, in a Project Syndicate article. "Once again, a 'pro-American' autocrat seems to be rapidly losing his grip on power, with his U.S. ally only half-heartedly standing by him."

• Op-Ed

Illiberal Capitalism

• Robert Kagan
• January 22, 2008
• Financial Times

Since communism failed as an economic system, Russia and China have had to embrace free markets. But hopes that reform of communist economies would produce western-style democracies have been shaken.

• Op-Ed

An Unlikely New Ally

• Minxin Pei
• January 21, 2008
• Newsweek

Although most of the world sees U.S. behavior under President Bush as "an unmitigated disaster," China has benefited dramatically from declining U.S. influence, meaning Chinese leaders are quite satisfied with U.S.-China relations.  Below the top levels of government, Chinese views of America are more ambivilent, falling into three categories: the sophisticated realists, the conservative nationalists, and the cosmopolitan elite.

• Testimony

U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability and the Future of U.S. Policy

• Ashley J. Tellis
• January 16, 2008
• Testimony before the House Congressional Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Ashley J. Tellis emphasized that the United States should focus its efforts in Pakistan on ensuring a credible and legitimate electoral process whose outcome is acceptable to the Pakistani people, and not on securing political outcomes that favor Musharraf.

• TV/Radio Broadcast

President Bush's Visit to the Middle East

• Amr Hamzawy
• January 09, 2008
• BBC Radio Scotland

Carnegie's Amr Hamzawy appeared on BBC Radio Scotland to discuss President Bush's visit to the Middle East. The poor domestic situation in Israel and Palestine make significant diplomatic gains unrealistic, argued Hamzawy. Mr. Bush is more likely to make progress on his Iran agenda—pulling Gulf countries closer to the American perception of Iran as the main threat to Western and Arab interests.

• Op-Ed

The Failed Policy That Won't Die

• Josh Kurlantzick
• January 03, 2008
• The New Republic

 Normally known for his grandiose statements and public flourishes, two weeks ago Fidel Castro made a momentous announcement relatively quietly. In a letter read on state media, Fidel, who in the summer of 2006 had handed caretaker power to his brother Raul while battling a serious (and still not fully identified) illness, wrote that "my basic duty is not to cling to office, and even less to obstruct the path of younger people." For many longtime Cuba-watchers, this was Fidel's final admission that he would never return to power.