Check out Carnegie's latest on Egypt's political transition:
Yezid Sayigh looks at Syria’s ongoing conflict and examines the options for intervention by Arab states and the West.
Andrew Burns, a lead economist at the World Bank, outlines why the World Bank significantly downgraded its forecasts for global growth in the year ahead.
Douglas Paal examines the challenges facing Taiwan’s President Ma as he prepares to launch his second four-year term.
Nathan Brown writes that Hamas’s recent steps toward reconciliation with Fatah are significant, but they do not yet represent any clear commitment to a different path.
Thomas Carothers takes stock of Obama’s democracy policy, finding valuable revitalization with continued troubling shortcomings.
The Libyan transition has entered the difficult phase of creating a new political system, which will be shaped by both formal and informal processes.
New commentary Vikram Nehru analyzes Southeast Asia’s tumultuous year ahead as it faces economic uncertainty, tension in Malaysia, Thailand, and the South China Sea, and positive developments in Myanmar.
policy outlook Togzhan Kassenova examines how the establishment of national strategic trade control systems could help limit the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
op-ed, Financial Times Yukon Huang argues that global trade imbalances would moderate and China’s growth would be more robust if its citizens were less frugal.
New economy in crisis Uri Dadush examines the likelihood that Europe will experience a recession this year and what steps policymakers could take to mitigate it.
op-ed, Foreign Policy Nathan Brown explains why the political changes unleashed by the Arab Awakening may slow down the process of judicial reform in Saudi Arabia.
op-ed, Foreign Policy Marwan Muasher writes that the Arab Awakenings have created an opportunity to strengthen the Arab League and bolster its ability to play a positive role in the region. عربي
Unless Cairo acts to promote tolerance and understanding of various religious identities to truly build a democratic, pluralistic society, sectarian conflict will continue to plague Egypt.
China’s traditional diplomacy is at a crossroads as it adjusts to the new global order. The financial crises, climate change, and regional instability have propelled China into a new global role and in turn, a new era of diplomacy.
Faced with the consequences of the Arab Spring, Turkey's foreign policy is changing. This has significant consequences for Turkey’s relations with its neighbors, as well as its partners in the West.
The Kremlin is trying to present President Dmitry Medvedev's new bill as a way of bringing back direct gubernatorial elections, but in fact governors will still remain beholden to the president, not the people.
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