On November 4, 2009, fifty-one prominent men and women from international financial institutions, major accounting and law firms, academia, media, and research and policy institutions, gathered at The University Club in New York City for a colloquium entitled...

There are two main strands to the special relationship between the United States and Britain, both of which are vulnerable to erosion in the coming years, although at differing speeds. One is the deep civilizational bond between the two leading "Anglo-Saxon"...

Sidney Weintraub examines the current relationship of Mexico and the United States as one of sustained dependence and dominance.

On Thursday, February 18, the CSIS Russia Eurasia Program hosted a dinner seminar discussion with Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Dr. Åslund’s presentation, “Gazprom: Ailing Giant in Need of...

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Harvard’s Joe Nye published a commentary this week arguing leaders in China betting against the United States might be making a mistake.  He is right.   Nye implies some Chinese...

Q1: Why is President Nicolas Sarkozy of France meeting with President Obama on Tuesday, March 30?

A1: As the last of the so-called EU-3 (the United Kingdom, Germany, and France) leaders to have a formal Oval Office meeting 14...

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are active fronts in the wider conflict against violent extremism centered on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although these states are less prominent in discussions about U.S. security interests in the region than nuclear-armed Pakistan,...

Caucasus  Emirate  (CE)  amir  Doku  Abu  Usman  Umarov  gave  an  interview  in  February which was posted on several CEsites including Kavkaz tsentr and Hunafa.com and transcribed and posted on Kavkaz tsentr in...

During the early days of his administration, President Obama had said he would give Iran until the end of 2009 to change their policy on nuclear weapons development. As reported by Reuters on Jan 29, 2009, the U.S. said that all options are on the table to deal with Iran,...

The time has come for a new approach to moving U.S. energy and climate policy forward. At this writing, against a backdrop of an increasingly limited congressional calendar and the adoption of a healthcare package that most certainly strained whatever appetite existed for...