Attention will soon be focused on the Fourth U.S. – India Strategic Dialogue, to be held on June 24 in New Delhi. It will be the first meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. It comes at a time when many close...

President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa this month is focused on the pressing issues of economic growth and investment, democratization, and the next generation of African leaders. Yet a central element for achieving those goals is missing from the...

Arab politics used to be simpler. The traditional “Big Three”—Egypt, Iraq, and Syria—all squabbled for primacy, against a backdrop of Saudi conservatism. Palestine was a unifying cause. The United States and the Soviet Union competed for clients. The...

In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of “blueprints” remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular...

While supportive of popular protesters and regime change in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, at no point has the Shi’a militant group Hezbollah signaled any intention of scaling back its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. To...

Oct. 13-18^th 2013

The program is designed to attract a diverse array of mid-career, international, government and non-government officials aspiring to become effective leaders. Each year, a select group of 10 candidates is chosen for a...

The United States Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) has produced a very interesting “Report on Reports.” Many of the reports cited include a number that CSIS has produced to over the last three years, such as

On June 14, 2013, the House of Representatives adopted its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14). Though the final version will likely differ from the current bill, it sheds important light on the priorities of the House Armed...

The United States' nuclear energy industry is in decline. Low natural gas prices, financing hurdles, failure to find a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste, reactions to the Fukushima accident in Japan, and other factors are hastening the day when existing U.S....

The Korea Chair team takes a biweekly look back at events of interest in Washington, Seoul and the region from May 29th - June 12, 2013.

ROK-CHINA RELATIONS | Park-Xi summit planned for June 27
On June 7, President Park...