The heady optimism many in the West felt about the prospect for partnership with Russia in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union has since dissipated. Masha Lipman and Dmitri Trenin from the Carnegie Moscow Center shared their thoughts on President Putin's domestic and foreign policies and the course he has charted for Russia.
Carnegie's William Chandler argues that reforming China’s financial sector can curb China’s greenhouse gas emissions even as work continues on an international treaty. China’s impressive national policies to promote clean and renewable energy have been undermined by unnecessary financial hurdles and bureaucratic struggles that increase financial risks and costs for potential investors.
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri spoke at the Carnegie Endowment on December 5, 2007 to present India's menu of energy options.
Director of China Program Minxin Pei presented his latest policy brief Corruption Threatens China's Future in a seminar hosted by Carnegie Endowment on November 20, 2007
The critical moments of the general congress of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) came when the delegates voted on amendments to the party’s bylaws and on new leadership bodies. The votes served as evidence that the NDP has been sufussed with supporters of Gamal Mubarak and the modernizing agenda he represents.
Russia’s economic boom of recent years has placed it firmly back amongst the world’s most powerful nations and the nation goes to the polls on December 2 to elect the State Duma. The result appears almost inevitable-a landslide victory for the Putin-supported United Russia party and a continuation of the ‘Putin plan’. What does this mean for Russia and for the international community?
In a little-noticed mid-summer announcement, the Asian Development Bank presented official survey results indicating China's economy is smaller and poorer than established estimates say. The announcement cited the first authoritative measure of China's size using purchasing power parity methods. The results tell us that when the World Bank announces its expected PPP data revisions later this year, China's economy will turn out to be 40 per cent smaller than previously stated.
In attempting to hold on to power at any cost, Pervez Musharraf has alienated Pakistanis and precipitated a political crisis that could reverberate throughout the region. But in this unseemly effort the Pakistani president has found an important ally—the Bush administration.























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