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• Moscow Summit: Expert Briefing Live From Moscow

  Wednesday, July 1, 2009  – Moscow

  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.

• Georgian Foreign Minister: U.S.–Georgia Strategic Partnership on Democracy and Security

  Thursday, June 25, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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 Twenty Roundtable: Multilateralism after the Financial Crisis

  Wednesday, June 24, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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.

• WMD Threats and International Organizations

  Wednesday, June 17, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  In just twelve years of existence the Chemical Weapons Convention has succeeded in destroying 43% of the world’s chemical weapons.

• Will Pakistan Break Up?

  Wednesday, June 10, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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 Deputy Prime Minister Al-Eissawi on Political Developments Since the Surge

  Tuesday, June 9, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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 Wirajuda on the U.S.-Indonesian Comprehensive Partnership

  Monday, June 8, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda discussed the new Comprehensive Partnership between the United States and Indonesia, which includes democracy, nuclear disarmament, and economic development.

• Twenty Years After Tiananmen

  Thursday, June 4, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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.

• Ahmadinejad's Uncertain Future: Assessing Iran's Presidential Elections

  Tuesday, June 2, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  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.

• The Dangers in Pakistan: Can They Be Overcome?

  Tuesday, May 26, 2009  – Washington, D.C.

  An elected, democratic government and a national political consensus against extremism would increase the chances Pakistan can successfully confront radical groups.