Ahead of the July 6-8 U.S.-Russia summit, Carnegie experts in Moscow discussed expectations for the visit, prospects for START negotiations, and areas for potential cooperation, including Iran, Afghanistan, and energy security.
Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, discussed the United States–Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership and the security environment in the Caucasus.
The G-20 has emerged as an effective forum for coordinating the international response to the global economic crisis by bringing together a select group of countries that have a large impact on the global economy.
In just twelve years of existence the Chemical Weapons Convention has succeeded in destroying 43% of the world’s chemical weapons.
The United States should support Pashtun and Baluch political aspirations in Pakistan and focus on countering the Islamist threat in Punjab rather than the threat posed by the Taliban.
Iraqi security forces are increasingly capable of maintaining the relative calm in Iraq, and U.S. role is shifting toward providing logistical support and training, which is a “tremendous change in the mission” according to Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Rafe H. Al-Eissawi.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda discussed the new Comprehensive Partnership between the United States and Indonesia, which includes democracy, nuclear disarmament, and economic development.
On the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident, Carnegie brought together a group of experts including: Brent Scowcroft, Ted Koppel, Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, and Minxin Pei, to discuss how the ensuing years have transformed China's political trajectory and what changes may be near.
On June 12 Iranians will vote in the country’s tenth presidential election since 1979. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be challenged in his bid for re-election by three well-known Iranian political figures.
An elected, democratic government and a national political consensus against extremism would increase the chances Pakistan can successfully confront radical groups.