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.
Kazakhstan’s vast energy resources, rapidly growing economy, and important geographical position make the country a key player both in global energy markets and regional power relations. The Carnegie Endowment hosted H.E. Marat Tazhin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for a discussion of Kazakhstan’s position in an increasingly globalizing world.
Panel discussion on the expectations of China and India of the next U.S. president, and the rising importance of those expectations.
As the U.S. government steps in to rescue the financial system, Latin American leaders are using the crisis to justify their own leftist policies, claiming the United States' free-market approach has collapsed. But some U.S. scholars see a middle ground; future regulation may help guide markets on the national and even the global stage, without completely departing from the free market system.
In the first presidential debate, the candidates discussed the way forward on numerous foreign policy challenges, but they left out the one country who must be engaged to solve many of these issues – China.
Ongoing violence in Pakistan serves as a constant reminder of the immense challenges facing President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. efforts to effectively balance security and policy imperatives in this volatile region have not succeeded. The U.S. and Europe can develop a successful new strategy if they engage directly with Pakistan’s civil society while continuing to recognize the military’s importance.
The financial crisis in the US provide a strong indication of how Wall Street has become the "near abroad" of Arab investors and how tightly the Arab world is weaved into global financial markets. How it navigates the financial turmoil is going to make a huge impact on its reputation and standing among other global investors.
Although much of the world is relying on an American economic recovery to fend off a global recession, China has proven that it can support its own growth.
2007 witnessed a "notable setback for global freedom." Some of this is the fault of the Bush administration, whose policies have given democratization a bad name. At the same time, new democracies have not figured out how to secure their new political systems beyond their first elections. Some democratization advocates wonder whether democracy has reached its global limits.
The next U.S. administration should commit greater leadership time to developing a more considered and engaged Asian policy that begins with a call for a new multilateral organization in East Asia.























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