Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topics on the agenda for the Strategic and Economic Dialogue include the state of the U.S. economy, the progress of China’s economic reforms, the bilateral investment treaty, and climate change.
Xi Jinping’s upcoming summit visit to the United States in September will be on the minds of political figures throughout the Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia has high value in the wake of the Ukraine crisis and the West’s response.
The rising relationship between China and Russia is based both on a common resentment toward Washington’s world dominance as well as on shared interests.
The reaction from the United States over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) translates into a victory for China.
Washington has made a mistake in approaching the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a competition between the United States and China.
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 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.
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.
The U.S. rebalance toward East Asia is an effective strategy to unite diplomacy, economics and trade, and security in a critical and fast-growing region of the world.