In November, international policy experts will convene in Baku, Azerbaijan for the Internet Governance Forum.
As the Eurasian customs union’s influence on the world stage and in Europe’s neighborhood is likely to increase, the EU should attempt to understand the project and find ways to protect its own interests.
There is increasing concern that China’s economic slowdown is intensifying. However it turns out, this slowdown is occurring at a particularly inopportune time for China—just as the next generation of leaders is being anointed.
China and Japan both stand to lose if territorial disputes disrupt normal economic relations. Changing roles in the regional production sharing network, energy needs, and political rhetoric are all complicating the picture.
The U.S.-China Security Perceptions Project has released its first report on U.S. public and elite attitudes. Future project reports will also include data from surveys of Chinese public and elites, and will assess the policy implications of these survey results.
Redefining relations with China will require economic coordination with Europe, as France opens to Chinese investment while demanding more regulation and transparency from Beijing.
China urgently needs to rebalance its economy, but the exchange rate is only one of the mechanisms, and not even the most important, that will determine the price of Chinese goods abroad.
Indonesia—the fourth most populous nation on earth and the world’s largest Muslim country—is a vibrant, decentralized democracy that has enjoyed rapid and resilient economic growth.
Europe can pursue a more interests-based and assertive engagement with both China and India that finds the right mix of realism and self-confidence to make the most of its comparative advantages.
The U.S. election, whatever the outcome, will not eliminate the need for both parties to compromise in order to make meaningful headway on the tough economic challenges facing the country.






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