Despite expert warnings, global policymaking communities lack a comprehensive understanding of the changing composition of their oil supplies and their impact on the climate.
In his new book, David Rothkopf traces the changing relationship between public and private power and looks at the implications of the rise of great private actors and the weakening of many states.
2012 has the markings of a difficult year. The future of the euro is inscrutable and Europe is likely already in recession. Growth is slowing in the major emerging economies, and the recovery in the United States remains slow and fragile.
EASI brought together former policymakers, diplomats, generals, and business leaders from Russia, North America, and Europe to look at options to address the region’s faltering security system and to chart a roadmap of practical action that would lead to a more secure future.
Congressman Chris Van Hollen, the senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee, discussed what steps Congress can realistically take during the months ahead to reduce unemployment and improve America’s long-term economic outlook.
One year after the Arab Spring began, Lebanon reflects on its own experience with popular protests during the Cedar Revolution.
The Libyan transition has entered the difficult phase of creating a new political system, which will be shaped by both formal and informal processes.
While there were high hopes for Ukraine’s speedy transition to a wealthy free market democracy and full membership in the European and Euro-Atlantic communities when it declared independence in 1991, it has fallen short of these targets.
Russia has witnessed an unsettling trend of long-term population decline since the mid-1990s, with alarming mortality rate statistics, falling fertility rates, and waves of emigration draining the nation of its best and brightest.
Russia’s approach to the Middle East is at a turning point, as the changes associated with the Arab Spring continue to destabilize regimes and alliances and Iran appears to be moving ahead with its nuclear program in defiance of Russia and the West.
Iraq is facing a new crisis as the government of national unity is under severe strain and sectarian tensions increase.
Absent a good education environment, there is little room for the Arab world’s youth to turn into responsible citizens who can consolidate and stimulate social transformation to bring about more prosperous and free societies.
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.
The obvious and often painful mismatch between aspiration and reality in European foreign policy has plagued discourse on European integration during the last decade.
While there are a number of reasons behind Moscow’s stance on Syria, confronting the West and increasing tension in their relations with the broader Middle East is at odds with Russia’s wider interests.
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