Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Western aid for civil-society development in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union needs to be evaluated from a past-present-future standpoint. It is also important to place the aid in the context of developments in the region.
Presentations by Martha Brill Olcott, Lilia Shevtsova, and Michael McFaul, Thomas Graham.
Breakfast Briefing on the repatriation of refugees to Kosovo.
Breakfast Briefing on human rights violations in Kosovo.
Presenter: Maryann Cusimano, Assistant Professor of International Relations, The Catholic University of America
The debate about international financial architecture is ending in a whimper. This is too bad for Asian voters and for Asian democracies. Financial faults both at home and abroad were the seeds of the Asian crisis. But it was nurtured by unfortunate politics in Thailand, Indonesia and Korea. The end of the crisis should not mean the end of efforts to make political life a part of the solution.