Central Asia - Carnegie Endowment

NATO and Russia: Partnership or Peril?

Dmitri Trenin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

The West and Russia need to embark on a long, tortuous, and potentially rocky path toward creating a security community in Europe that would include both NATO members and nonmembers.

Russia Reborn

Dmitri Trenin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

The current Russian model—growth without development, capitalism without democracy, and great-power policies without international appeal—cannot hold forever. Russia's foreign policy requires a new strategy and new policy instruments and mechanisms to implement it.

Russia's Spheres of Interest, not Influence

Dmitri Trenin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Russian interests remain present throughout the entire post-Soviet space, but Moscow’s influence, although considerable, is nowhere dominant.

Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Improving the Western Track Record

Martha Brill Olcott — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:00:00 -0700

As the twentieth anniversary of the independence of the Central Asia states approaches, the international community's track record in Central Asia is mixed at best. The adoption of new strategies offers Western institutions a chance to achieve some measurable successes in the region.

Violence in Ingushetia

Alexey Malashenko — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:00:00 -0700

Ingushetia’s corrupt officials and extreme Islamists may be behind a suicide bomb explosion at a police station in the capital of Nazran.

Recovery: The Economic Crisis and Middle-Income Countries

Alejandro Foxley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:00 -0700

There is no single solution to the financial crisis for middle-income countries, but fundamental labor markets reforms that create high-paying jobs are key to restarting economic growth.

Asia's Overlooked Middle

Martha Brill Olcott — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:00:00 -0700

The economic crisis has had a clear impact on the already impoverished countries of Central Asia, but few Americans and Europeans have noticed. China and Russia have stepped in to provide aid, and their investments threaten institutional reform in the region.

Democracy Assistance Without a Plan

Thomas Carothers — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0700

Democratization is a process of accumulating experience and building institutions that gradually start to take hold. Past experiences in various countries show what has been learned and the future prospects for democratization.

Kyrgyzstan's Role in Regional Security

Kadyrbek Sarbaev — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbaev stressed that many of the problems plaguing Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, such as security and drug trafficking, are in fact regional problems, and that multilateral negotiations and mutual concessions can help find solutions to these problems.

Carnegie launches project on Renewable Energy and Remote Community Assistance in Tajikistan

Wed, 20 May 2009 02:00:00 -0700

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN, May 20—The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Association of Energy Specialists of Tajikistan have launched a pilot program to provide independent sources of renewable energy and education assistance to remote rural communities in Tajikistan.