Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Social media can both play a role in the dispersion of power and is itself a consequence of that dispersion.
The United States and Cuba have agreed to a prisoner swap that could signal the end of the embargo that dates to the Cold War.
The December 2014 election has given Abe four more years until the next election. This potentially gives Abe the time needed to implement unpopular economic measures like structural reform in Japan.
China faces challenges in achieving the ambitious carbon emissions targets announced during APEC, yet the country’s progress on clean energy technology could also benefit other developing countries.
The Iranian nuclear program can at best provide only two percent of Iran’s energy needs. It is an economic catastrophe when compared to the lost foreign investment, oil revenue, and sanctions.
As the world pivots to Asia, China has its own plans for this vast region.
With tensions between the West and Russia running high over Ukraine, China and Japan still wrangling over the Diaoyu islands, and America and China fighting over the same old stuff, it’s easy to be cynical about APEC. But this year’s summit seemed to accomplish quite a lot.
Even though Beijing’s leaders realize the need for reform, resistance from state-owned enterprises presents a political barrier to implementing changes.
When countries export raw materials, as Russia does, they do not need to worry about their relationships with other countries because their products are easily marketable everywhere.
Germany will continue its international commitment, from EU enlargement to the Western Balkans to violent conflicts in the world more broadly.