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.
The 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War has raised tensions over competing narratives of Europe’s troubled past.
Mark Medish writes in the New York Times that Russian Prime Minister Putin’s visit to Poland on September 1 could advance the cause of reconciliation and the search for historical truth.
Economies are gradually growing again, with both production and demand indicators showing improvement. Asia is leading the recovery effort, but expectations that the region can revive the rest of the world alone are unrealistic.
The July 25 elections for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) changed the dynamics of Kurdish politics in Iraq; for the first time real political opposition to the two ruling Kurdish parties emerged. Qubad Talabani, the representative of the KRG to the United States, Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group,
Henri Barkey, and Aliza Marcus discussed implications of the elections on Kurdish relations within Iraq and the region.
The Obama administration deserves credit for its approach to gaining the release of two American journalists from North Korea.
Douglas Paal explains in the
New York Times
that by treating the rogue regime with dignified tact and detaching the
negotiations from larger nonproliferation objectives, the United States
may have opened future diplomatic doors.
Writing from Beirut, Paul Salem explains how Fatah leader Abu Mazen carried off the Palestinian movement’s first Congress in 20 years without a hitch, strengthening his hold on power, bolstering the group’s diminished appeal, and conferring new legitimacy on the peace option among Palestinians.
U.S. Vice President Biden created a stir in U.S.-Russia relations recently by stating that Russia's economic troubles provide Washington an opportunity to extract concessions from Moscow.
James Collins explains that sustaining progress on key challenges facing both countries is only possible if the bilateral relationship is given priority, structure, and above all consistent attention.
There is no single solution to the effects of the financial crisis on middle-income countries, but introducing fundamental labor market reforms to create high-paying jobs will be the key to restarting economic growth, according to a new report by Carnegie’s
Alejandro Foxley, the former foreign and finance minister of Chile.
The accelerating pace of climate change, increasing competition over resources, and new territorial claims demand that greater attention be paid to the Arctic. Minimizing the environmental impact of climate change and resource development must be the top priority, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment, the University of the Arctic, and Dartmouth College.
Presidents Obama and Medvedev announced 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.
If the Iranian regime did rig the presidential elections, it will join a long roster of governments that have tried to preserve their power through fraudulent means.
Minxin Pei explores forty years of compromised elections in authoritarian countries to conclude that the Iranian regime is likely to survive the current crises as long as it maintains united support among the ruling elite and security forces.
Much of what President Obama promised in his historic speech in Cairo will take a long time to fulfill.
Henri Barkey identifies one issue where Obama's influence could be used for immediate and important results: resolving the Kurdish question in Turkey and northern Iraq.
