Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In his second inaugural, Bush put democracy promotion at the top of his foreign policy agenda and argued that the events of his first term proved that our freedom is inextricably linked to the freedom abroad. Thomas Carothers discusses the reputation of U.S. democracy promotion in the world and what a post-Bush administration can do to reclaim democracy promotion credibility in the world.
Douglas Paal appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight to discuss the political ramifications of China’s massive earthquake—which saw the collapse of numerous buildings with substandard construction, prompting public outrage and calls for investigations of corruption.
Carnegie Senior Associate Robert Kagan appeared on Charlie Rose to discuss his book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams.
Carnegie's Martha Brill Olcott spoke with host Bob Moon about Vladimir Putin's legacy, the Russian economy, and the course Putin's successor Dmitry Medvedev might take.
Dmitri Trenin, deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, appeared on the English-language Russia Today to discuss the state of affairs after the recent April NATO summit in Bucharest. Trenin laid out the various motivations behind the Bush administration's decision to push the issue of Georgian and Ukrainian membership and analyzed the recent dynamics of U.S.-Russian relations.