Recent economic growth and stabilization in Egypt has been largely fueled by external factors which may not be sustainable. During the same period, Egypt has failed to address pressing social and economic challenges, according to a new paper from the Carnegie Endowment.
After much behind-the-scenes horse-trading, China’s Communist party this week unveiled the country’s new top leadership for the next five years. Hu Jintao, president, and Wen Jiabao, premier, remained in their posts, while four new members, including the possible successors to Mr Hu and Mr Wen, joined the nine-strong Standing Committee of the Politburo, the party’s top echelon.
Is China a threat to Western countries? This was the key question at Carnegie Europe’s China roundtable. Senior Associate Robert Kagan analyzes this question by using historical patterns of behavior of rising powers.
Edited by Ashley Tellis, with contributions by leading Asia specialists including Frederic Grare of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this book, the seventh in NBR's strategic Asia series, examines the varied political transitions and internal changes occurring in pivotal Asian states and evaluates the impact on Asian foreign policymaking and strategy.
The argument that the ingredients for democracy and hunger for it are missing in Burma, is plain wrong. Also, the idea that Burma is multi-ethnic and hence needs autocracy to maintain stability is debunked by its giant neighbor, India. Missing from this argument justifying the junta in Burma is a crucial fact - the international community has supported the regime until the recent past.
International conference, co-organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC)
Failure to contain endemic corruption among Chinese officials poses one of the most serious threats to the nation’s future economic and political stability. Minxin Pei argues that corruption not only fuels social unrest and contributes to the rise in socioeconomic inequality, but holds major implications beyond its borders for foreign investment, international law, and environmental protection.
Josh Kurlantzick discusses how the increase of oil price present opportunites and challenges for countries in Southeast Asia.
An analysis of the World Bank’s approach to core labor standards and employment creation, which can be improved by developing a coherent policy across all departments.























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