Economy

Analysis

    • Op-Ed

    Why Countries Resort to Trade Protectionism

    The overvalued U.S. dollar has been unable to adjust sufficiently against Asian currencies, creating a risk that the United States will revert to trade protectionism in its attempt to achieve a better trade balance.

    • Q&A

    Yemen on the Brink

    War, terrorism, a deepening secessionist movement, and interconnected economic and demographic trends threaten to overwhelm the Yemeni government, provide a breeding ground for terrorists, and destabilize the region.

    • Article

    Bilateral U.S.-China Imbalances Not the Issue

    The recent emphasis on the trade imbalance between the United States and China—which was high on President Obama’s agenda in Asia this week—is largely misplaced and diverts attention from more pressing domestic problems.

    • Article

    Building Support for U.S. Trade

    The White House must put forth a visionary new trade agenda to rebuild U.S. leadership abroad. However, it must first reinvigorate domestic support for its plans among the public, the private sector, and Congress.

    • Article

    Developing Countries Changing the World of Trade

    Developing countries already play a substantial role in world trade, and their significance is only expected to rise. As they diversify and grow as export markets, emerging economies will come to dominate international trade.

    • Article

    China: What Risks Lie Ahead?

    China’s recovery is broadening and is expected to hold strong through 2010, but an unclear strategy for tightening monetary policy and domestic asset bubbles could pose significant risks to longer-term growth.

    • Article

    Middle East and North Africa: Resilient Amid the Global Financial Storm

    Government spending in oil-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa cushioned the impact of the global economic crisis, though it could not prevent asset values from collapsing and credit from tightening.

    • Article

    The G20 in 2050

    By 2050, emerging countries in Asia and Latin America are expected to become economic powers comparable to the United States and Europe, dramatically shifting the world’s balance of power.

    • Article

    The WTO Ministerial: Making Virtue of Necessity

    While the WTO Ministerial will not address Doha, it does present an opportunity to strengthen the WTO by increasing transparency, providing better access to data, broadening monitoring, and easing the accession process.

    • Op-Ed

    China’s War on Low U.S. Interest Rates—When Imbalances Get Out of Hand

    Despite recent Chinese criticism of low U.S. interest rates, changing these rates in either direction would have adverse effects on China’s economy, underscoring the deep imbalances in the global financial system.

Carnegie Economists

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    Rozlyn C. Engel
    Nonresident Scholar
    Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
    Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on global macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), and questions facing the economic intelligence community.
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    Yukon Huang
    Senior Fellow
    Asia Program
    Huang is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program, where his research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
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    Moisés Naím
    Distinguished Fellow
    Moisés Naím is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a best-selling author, and an internationally syndicated columnist.
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    Michael Pettis
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
    Pettis, an expert on China’s economy, is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.
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    Sinan Ülgen
    Visiting Scholar
    Carnegie Europe
    Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.

Carnegie Experts on
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    Cornelius Adebahr
    Nonresident Fellow
    Carnegie Europe
    Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on foreign and security policy, in particular regarding Iran and the Persian Gulf, on European and transatlantic affairs, and on citizens’ engagement.
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    Salman Ahmed
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
    Salman Ahmed is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the future of U.S. national security strategy and its role in promoting national economic interests.
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    Thomas Carothers
    Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies
    Senior Vice President for Studies
    Thomas Carothers is senior vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a leading authority on international support for democracy, human rights, governance, the rule of law, and civil society.
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    James F. Collins
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Russia and Eurasia Program;
    Diplomat in Residence
    Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
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    Judy Dempsey
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Carnegie Europe
    Editor in chief
    Strategic Europe
    Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.
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    Evan A. Feigenbaum
    Vice President for Studies
    Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
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    François Godement
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Asia Program
    Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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    Paul Haenle
    Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
    Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
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    Kheder Khaddour
    Nonresident Scholar
    Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
    Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
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    Jessica Tuchman Mathews
    Distinguished Fellow
    Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
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    Marwan Muasher
    Vice President for Studies
    Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.
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    Douglas H. Paal
    Nonresident Scholar
    Asia Program
    Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
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    Pang Xun
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
    Pang Xun is a resident scholar at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, where she is part of the China and the Developing World Program.
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    George Perkovich
    Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair
    Vice President for Studies
    Perkovich works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues; cyberconflict; and new approaches to international public-private management of strategic technologies.
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    Tang Xiaoyang
    Deputy Director
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
    Tang Xiaoyang is a resident scholar and the deputy director of the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and an associate professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. His research interests include political philosophy, China’s modernization process, and China’s engagement in Africa.
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    Dmitri Trenin
    Director
    Carnegie Moscow Center
    Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
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    Milan Vaishnav
    Director and Senior Fellow
    South Asia Program
    Vaishnav’s primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior.
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    Richard Youngs
    Senior Fellow
    Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
    Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.

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