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It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is to be any hope of doing ...

The Russian regime increasingly resembles the gerontocracy that ran the late Soviet Union, with elderly officials replacing ...

The American Statecraft Program develops and advances ideas for a more disciplined U.S. foreign policy aligned with American ...

Since September 2024, the Hezbollah–Israel Conflict has escalated significantly. Initially limited to southern Lebanon, the conflict has expanded to Beirut and its southern suburbs, with Israeli ...

IMGXYZ817IMGZYXThe China Program at Carnegie Endowment hosted a seminar on October 11, 2007 entitled: "China 's Olympian Challenge: Can Beijing Deliver on its Promises?" The seminar consisted of two ...

The U.S.-China confrontation has severely damaged the willingness of Washington and Beijing to continue their cooperation on key global issues like the Korean Peninsula. As the United States prepares ...

There are hundreds of thousands of European citizens in harm’s way in Lebanon who could soon require costly and dangerous evacuation. A further collapse of the state in Lebanon—one of the major risks ...

The Political Economy Program will analyze the different crises afflicting the region, examine the politics of austerity and inequality, and review the adjustment and transformation challenges many ...

With a quarter of the global tanker fleet transporting Russian cargo in 2024, the so-called “shadow fleet” is neither as separate nor as obscure as might have been thought. Carnegie Politika is a ...

As Lebanon was rocked by two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies directed at Hezbollah’s communications network, killing dozens and injuring thousands, tensions between Israel and Hezbollah ...