Presidents Obama and Medvedev announced this week a preliminary agreement to cut U.S. and Russian stockpiles of strategic nuclear weapons. Before and after the summit, Carnegie experts offered analysis of and recommendations for the U.S.-Russia relationship. | RESOURCES >
As a major military offensive aimed at improving security continues in the Taliban stronghold of southern Afghanistan, Gilles Dorronsoro argues that Coalition forces should focus on securing Kabul and the North where a greatly developed Taliban is still weak but making alarming progress. | MORE >
Leaders of the G8 nations meeting in L'Aquila Italy acknowledged in a joint statement that there are signs the world economy is stabilizing, but cautioned that "significant risks remain." Carnegie's International Economic Bulletin explores the impact of the crisis and how the chance for recovery vary across the world.
Top Chinese officials warned that those responsible for the unrest in Xinjiang province will face severe consequences. Minxin Pei explains on PBS' NewsHour that the violence is an inevitable result of the lack of dialogue and growing income inequality between the Han Chinese and the Uighur minority, as well as the government's portrayal of Uighurs as separatist terrorists.
Despite Asia's rapid growth, it is nowhere near to closing the economic and military gap with the West, explains Minxin Pei.
Internal fissures among Asian countries will allow the United States to check the geopolitical influence of potential rivals such as China and Russia with manageable costs and risks.
Senator Jon Kyl and Richard Perle published a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last week criticizing President Obama’s agenda for a nuclear-free world. Carnegie experts respond by arguing that the op-ed is based on a series of invalid premises and misreadings of key administration positions on nuclear issues.
U.S. and Yemeni counterterrorism efforts in Yemen have waned in recent years, allowing al-Qaeda to become stronger than ever. Experts at a recent Carnegie event stressed that addressing economic and governance problems are critical to winning the long-term fight against the group in Yemen.
President Obama's outreach to Islamist opposition movements in his Cairo speech was a clear break from past U.S. policy. Amr Hamzawy explains that a pragmatic collaboration between the new U.S. administration and peaceful Islamist movements could help spur authoritarian rulers towards a more pluralistic Arab world.
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Leaders of the G8 nations meeting in L'Aquila Italy acknowledged in a joint statement that there are signs the world economy is stabilizing, but cautioned that "significant risks remain." Carnegie's
Top Chinese officials warned that those responsible for the unrest in Xinjiang province will face severe consequences. 
Despite Asia's rapid growth, it is nowhere near to closing the economic and military gap with the West, explains 
Senator Jon Kyl and Richard Perle published a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last week criticizing President Obama’s agenda for a nuclear-free world. Carnegie experts respond by arguing that the op-ed is based on a series of invalid premises and misreadings of key administration positions on nuclear issues.
U.S. and Yemeni counterterrorism efforts in Yemen have waned in recent years, allowing al-Qaeda to become stronger than ever. Experts at a recent Carnegie event stressed that addressing economic and governance problems are critical to winning the long-term fight against the group in Yemen.
