On September 16, the 2007- 2008 International Fellows came together for the firstt ime.  Arriving from seven different countries to spend a week in advanced leadership training workshops, they are the largest and most diverse class of fellows to date.

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In recent months, India's ties with Iran have come under pressure as the civil-nuclear deal falters in New Delhi. Although maintaining positive relations with Washington is a critical foreign policy objective, India's relations with Iran are important for reasons such as...

Following the recently concluded U.S.- China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), it is time once again for Washington trade pundits to comment on and critique the quality of this year’s holiday bounty. Adjectives already...

Several of my year-end commentaries in recent years have focused on the situation in Latin America. Looking at the region as whole, recent improvements in basic social and economic indicators have been considerable compared with the abysmal regional performance in the 1980s...

The obituaries for political Islam have begun to be written. After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, Islamic parties have begun to stumble. In Morocco, the Justice and Development Party (or PJD) did far worse than expected in last September’s elections, and...

Global oil prices have more than tripled since 2003, and volatility has become the rule rather than the exception. Between September and December 2007, future prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI), a sweet marker crude, ranged from $70 to just under $100 per barrel. Yet...

Q1: Will the next administration abandon or at least diminish the role of democracy and democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy?

A1: The next administration will almost certainly undertake a substantial rhetorical shift,...

The PRD scores a major victory in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Alvaro Colom defeats former General Otto Perez Molina in Guatemala’s runoff presidential elections. Voters narrowly defeat President Hugo Chávez’s...

The Russia and Eurasia Program Monthly Update highlights the program's work of the previous month. The update includes: publications, events, media coverage, and announcements.

The countries along the northern shore of the Persian Gulf have become in recent years one of India's major economic relationships, with energy security, financial flows and a large and increasingly diverse Indian expatriate population. These countries account for over half...

Germany’s grand coalition government has defied public opinion in pushing votes through parliament to extend the country’s military deployments in Afghanistan, which include 3,000 troops, six Tornado reconnaissance aircraft and associated support personnel, and 100...