The next Russian administration, with Dmitry Medvedev as president and Vladimir Putin remaining at the helm as prime minister, may evolve into something different from Putin's current rule. But the expectations of liberalization that Medvedev's rhetoric and non-KGB background might have raised in some circles are wishful thinking.
Since its inception in Fall 2006, the series has addressed the most critical—and controversial—issues involving China's economic, socio-political, and military evolution and their policy implications for policy makers on Capitol Hill.
Taking us from the corporate boardrooms of America’s most powerful companies to a dinner meeting with Russia’s most notorious oligarch, from the secretive meetings of the Trilateral Commission and the Bohemian Grove to China’s upstart Boao Forum for Asia, Rothkopf draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our everyday lives.
The role of Sovereign Wealth Funds, large state-owned investment vehicles, in the global financial architecture is beginning to top the political agenda in Europe and the United States. Europeans and Americans have voiced their concerns about the economic and political influence that foreign governments could exercise through their SWFs.
Ali A. Jalali, distinguished professor from the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, spoke about NATO's record in Afghanistan just ahead of the NATO summit in Bucharest.
Michael Reid, a British journalist who has covered Latin America for 25 years for the Economist and other publications, does not mention "Ugly Betty" in Forgotten Continent, his comprehensive and erudite assessment of the region. But his story line is similar: Latin America, which has long suffered from economic and social ugliness, is getting prettier.
Tibetans' violent rebellion against China has been simmering for a long time.
U.S.–China climate cooperation is the crucial step toward a global climate agreement. Together both nations produce 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain locked in a “suicide pact” -- each demanding that the other take responsibility.
In a talk moderated by Carnegie Senior Associate Albert Keidel, Minxin Pei, director of the Carnegie China Program and Wing Thye Woo, senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, discussed the implications of the recent National Party Congress.
With Dmitry Medvedev's triumph in the presidential election grabbing the spotlight, elections for regional leaders went almost entirely unnoticed, despite the fact that elections were held simultaneously for legislative assemblies in 11 regions and a large number of municipalities and mayors as well.























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