China's faltering economic growth is posing the hardest test yet to the resilience of the Chinese Communist Party.
Drops in Chinese export figures and declines in world GDP suggest there will not be an economic recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009. The upcoming G-20 meeting must focus on halting the contraction as opposed to reforming the financial architecture.
Aggressive action is needed to address the global financial crisis, but bailouts could—if not orchestrated carefully—provoke a devastating global trade war. Leaders at the G20 meeting on April 2 must devise a coordinated and transparent plan to re-ignite growth and avoid a resurgence of protectionism.
An examination of the current structure of China's healthcare system, the obstacles that the regime must overcome to achieve universal healthcare, and the competing proposals for improving it.
In light of the Obama administration's forecast that the government will borrow $3.7 trillion in the next two years, there are growing concerns over the willingness and ability of global investors to finance American debt.
China's future economic performance could be undermined by half-finished and misguided government policies that have created persistent flaws in its economic institutions and structures.
Strengthening regional cooperation in Central Asia is one of the most powerful ways to foster development and would enable the states of the region to better meet the daunting individual and collective challenges they face.
Investors from emerging surplus capital economies no longer restrict themselves to financing the debt burden of big public and private players; they also strategically seek equity stakes in companies based in industrialized economies.
Relations between India and the U.S. have improved in recent years, thanks in part to a “building block” approach that aims to build trust from the bottom-up. Carnegie hosted Ambassador David Mulford to discuss this relationship.
As the global economic crisis deepens, Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds can overcome the concern many foreign governments harbor about accepting investment money from them by providing greater transparency about their holdings and investment strategies.























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