In the Spotlight
Moving Forward in Afghanistan
Representatives from sixty countries will attend the London conference on Afghanistan this week, where they will discuss options for pursuing a political settlement with the Taliban. Fabrice Pothier explains that making the Taliban part of the solution is the only way to create a lasting peace in Afghanistan.
Armenia and Turkey: The Truce in Need of a Rescue
Armenia and Turkey have a chance to make peace over their troubled past and move forward, to the benefit of the entire region. However, Henri Barkey and Thomas de Waal explain, if the truce agreements fail, it will leave both countries, and the region, worse off than before.
Yemen's Grave and Growing Challenges
While growing Islamic extremism in Yemen is alarming, in the longer term it is the country’s domestic challenges that threaten to bring Yemen to its knees. Christopher Boucek outlined those challenges, and ways the United States can help, at a briefing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Obama’s Foreign Policy—One Year On
In the build up to the one year anniversary of his inauguration, Carnegie experts have been assessing President Obama’s first year in office. On BBC’s The World Tonight, a panel of Carnegie experts discussed Obama’s foreign policy performance.
Guantanamo's Impact on U.S. National Security
President Obama’s self-imposed deadline for closing the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay has passed. Christopher Boucek outlines the reasons why the administration missed the deadline, the importance of Guantanamo on broader U.S. counterterrorism objectives, and the options for a long-term solution.
Averting Disaster
The international community continues to struggle to get aid to Haiti’s earthquake survivors. David Rothkopf explains how Haiti can become a model for how the global community can help prevent future natural disasters from becoming megadisasters, by providing Port-au-Prince with essential infrastructure and early-warning technologies and regional and international disaster response training.
Global Implications of the U.S.-India Deal
A bill up for debate in the coming session of the Indian Parliament remains one of the last hurdles to implementing last year's landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal. George Perkovich explains that the integrity of the nonproliferation regime relies on the efforts of all 45 members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to ensure that the India deal does not turn into a dangerous precedent that could undermine the global nuclear order.
Foreign Policy Challenges in 2010
Efforts to combat terrorism largely defined the global security agenda during the past decade. Jessica Mathews talks about the ongoing challenges posed by terrorist groups, saying, “It is the curse of the times in which we live and it will continue to be for many, many years.”
Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative Launch
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace today announced the launch of the Euro–Atlantic Security Initiative (EASI), a two-year Commission to build the intellectual framework for an inclusive transatlantic security system for the 21st century. Co-chairs Sam Nunn in the United States, Igor Ivanov in Russia, and Wolfgang Ischinger in Belgium, discuss EASI's new role in addressing Euro-Atlantic security challenges.
A new vision for the Global Century - Highlights from our centers
The Real Lessons from the Google-China Spat
Google’s defiance of the Chinese government will likely remain a crucial moment in China’s relations with the West in general, suggests Minxin Pei, and it should be viewed as a lesson on China’s political calculations behind its policy toward Western companies.
Nuclear Proliferation: New Technologies, Weapons, Treaties
A number of complicated issues affect prospects for nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, including the development of nuclear energy, the deployment of strategic defense systems, and the militarization of space.
Egypt: Sectarian Tensions are Somebody's Fault
Egypt cannot afford to remain passive about sectarian tensions, nor it can afford to alienate and exclude people on the basis of their religious affiliation, explains Amr Hamzawy.
Traditional Values in Modern China
Experts discuss the reasons for and consequences of Confucianism's recent revival in China.
Upcoming event... Security Jam Session - February 4-9, 2010 - A web based brainstorm platform designed to analyze the changing threats to international peace
Iraqi Elections 2010 - Carnegie Expert Analysis & Background on the Political Landscape
Carnegie Europe Featured Events
Beyond the Surge: A Political Strategy for Afghanistan?
On the sidelines of the international ministerial conference on January 28th, Afghan stakeholders as well as Western experts brought their insights to shape the debate on the future of Afghanistan.
U.S.-China Relations: 21st Century Compact?
President Obama conducted a four-nation tour of Asia from November 12-19, which incorporated visits to Japan, China, Singapore and South Korea. The tour reflected the increasing significance of the region, and particularly China, for U.S. foreign policy.
Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World
While a greater degree of pluralism has been introduced into Arab societies, they are still likely to grapple with political apathy, low voter turnout, dwindling membership in registered parties, and shrinking constituencies for the foreseeable future.
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Carnegie Europe Initatives
The New Middle East
The Middle East remains one of the most volatile yet fast changing regions in the world. Carnegie Europe brings the Carnegie Middle East Center and Middle East Program together to foster a greater understanding in Europe on the Middle East’s new political and economic actors.
Transatlantic Afghanistan Initiative
The Transatlantic Afghanistan Initiative aims to formulate fresh ideas and foster an open debate on the choices ahead and critical challenges for Europe and the U.S. in Afghanistan and its surrounding region.
Russia and the World
Russia and the World brings the perspectives of our leading scholars in Moscow and Washington D.C. to Europe, and encourages a strategic dialogue between Russia, the U.S. and the EU to formulate ideas for a renewed Euro-Atlantic security compact.
Non-Proliferation and Global Security
Carnegie Europe links the Endowment's Nuclear Nonproliferation program and its leading scholars based in the U.S. and Europe with the reinvigorated non-proliferation discourse in Europe.
China's Economic Rise
China’s Economic Rise combines the resources of Carnegie’s leading Asia scholars on both sides of the Pacific, including Minxin Pei, Douglas H. Paal, and Michael Pettis, to encourage dialogue in Europe on how China's economic rise affects the world.