Carnegie Endowment Events

The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.

As the war in the Donbas rages on, Eugene Rumer, Jeremy Shapiro, Steven Pifer, and John Herbst debate whether the West should arm Ukraine.

Houthi advances in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a and the subsequent resignation of the president and his cabinet have thrown the country into chaos in recent weeks. In this new reality, will Yemen be able to find a balance of power, or will it descend into greater violence and instability? This event explored the factors driving the Houthis, the current government, the former regime, the Islamist Islah party, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and addressed how these forces will shape Yemen’s domestic political map going forward.

Six months since the creation of the international coalition against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), the military campaign is entering a new phase following the gruesome murder of a Jordanian pilot and the defeat of IS in Kobane last month. As the coalition prepares for a new ground campaign to retake major urban areas in Iraq, key questions loom about the role of U.S. troops, the progress of political change in Iraq, and the willingness and ability of coalition partners to address the underlying political and socioeconomic factors at the root of the Islamic State’s appeal. Questions also remain regarding the political, military, and regional aspects of the fight against the Islamic State, as well as the larger role that it plays within the ongoing struggle over ideas and values in the Arab world.

Corruption is an unexpected link in the world’s multiplying security crises.

Although the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is now a century old, it is still a live and divisive issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S. politicians for years.

Sri Lanka After the Presidential Election by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

During his tenure as Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe has faced particularly challenging foreign policy issues in his own back yard. He is pursuing better relations with Russia during its confrontation with Europe and the United States over Ukraine, managing a wide gulf over historical and territorial issues with South Korea and China, and maintaining solidarity with the world vis-à-vis North Korea’s nuclear and human rights transgressions even while seeking to resolve cases of Japanese citizens abducted by the North. Yasuhiro Izumikawa will examine Abe’s foreign policy approach in Northeast Asia, with a particular focus on Russia, and explain the logic behind Tokyo’s strategic choices and the implications for Washington. Joseph Ferguson will offer comments, and Carnegie’s James L. Schoff will moderate.

Overcoming the U.S.-India Divide by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 - presented by Yoshifumi Fukunaga of ERIA by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The steady decline of global oil prices since June 2014 is shifting economic, political, and strategic calculations of key Middle East actors, and adding a new element of uncertainty at a time of increased regional conflict and polarization. Carnegie hosted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss the 2015 update of the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and North Africa. The conversation focused on the impact of both lower oil prices and slower demand growth on the region in the year ahead. Masood Ahmed, along with Carnegie’s Uri Dadush and Deborah Gordon, discussed the impact of fluctuating oil prices on regional economies, and the overall outlook for global markets and international economic relations. Carnegie’s Katherine Wilkens moderated.

The economic and social development challenges facing Myanmar are enormous and require sustained support from its international development partners. The country needs sound diagnostics, well-sequenced economic reforms, increased public and private investment, and steady development of its institutions and human capital. Asian Development Bank Vice President Stephen Groff discusses the challenges that lie ahead for Myanmar up to and beyond this year’s elections, and recommends how the international development community can best support Myanmar’s future. Carnegie’s Vikram Nehru moderates.

The China-Pakistan axis plays a central role in Asia’s geopolitics. For decades, each side has been the other’s only “all-weather friend,” but their relationship is still little understood. Andrew Small’s new book, The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics, explains the ramifications of Sino-Pakistani ties for the West, India, Afghanistan, and Asia as a whole. It sheds light on the relationship’s most sensitive aspects, including Beijing’s support for Pakistan’s nuclear program, China’s dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military’s planning for crises in Pakistan. From China’s involvement in South Asia’s wars to the Obama administration’s efforts to secure Chinese cooperation in stabilizing the region, Small traces the dilemmas Beijing increasingly faces as it pursues its strategic rivalry with India and the United States, while addressing a terrorist threat that has become one of the gravest dangers to China’s internal stability.

The recent Senate report about the CIA’s use of torture against suspected terrorists renews important questions about the most effective and ethical means to counter the threat of global jihadism. Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist turned liberal activist, will offer an assessment of how and why young men around the world are recruited into jihadist groups as well as provide policy prescriptions to reverse these trends. Carnegie’s Karim Sadjadpour will moderate.

As tensions flare in the South Caucasus, Swiss diplomats continue to play a critical role in ongoing negotiations.

Caucasus experts discuss the role of the Madrid Principles in resolving the decades-old conflict in Nagorny Karabakh.

Even before the Gaza war and its related demonstrations in Jerusalem and the West Bank in summer 2014, tensions were building in Jerusalem. These tensions were a result of the Israeli policies that are gradually transforming the territorial, demographic, and religious character of the city, as well as its connection to the West Bank. Violent attacks and counterattacks have escalated as access to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount has changed, raising the profile of the religious aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alongside its nationalist and territorial dimensions. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a panel discussion on the roots and implications of the crisis in Jerusalem. Renowned Palestinian expert Khalil Toufakji reviewed the changing map of Jerusalem, including Israeli policies and the implications for Palestinian life in the city. Israeli national security expert Shlomo Brom discussed Israeli policies surrounding Muslim, Christian, and Jewish holy sites in the city, as well

In his first major public event since becoming EU ambassador, David O’Sullivan offered his perspective on the many common challenges shared by the European Union and the United States.

There is a powerful nexus between severe, systemic corruption and international security challenges, including violent extremism, mass atrocities, and state failure.

Aid in Afghanistan After 2014 by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace