Carnegie Moscow Center
The class of 2005-2006 Carnegie Junior Fellows were proud to present the first annual conference for young professionals, The Carnegie Foreign Policy Conference: Managing U.S. Dominance. Speakers remarked on the recent historical context of America's position in the world and idenified some of the debates that today's younger generation will be faced with over the course of their careers.
Although important steps have been made since the November 2004 cease fire in Kashmir, a long term solution to the crisis is not likely to come quickly. Recent efforts at reconciliation like re-establishing communication and shipping routes have been symbolic than substantive.
China's soft power strategy hopes to promote its image as a benign power, while reducing Taiwanese and American regional influence. By these criteria, China has been successful. In order to protect its position in Southeast Asia, the U.S. needs to improve its public diplomacy in the region, as the Chinese have proven adept at doing.
Stephen J. Weber, of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, presented the findings of his recent poll on how Russians and Americans view each other, themselves, China, and Iran.
Ambassador Mia Horn commented on the progress of the WTO Aid for Trade Task Force; Sherman Katz moderated the discussion with comments by Congressman Jim Kolbe and Dr. Bernard Hoekman of the World Bank.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace held a joint conference with the China Reform Forum in Beijing on China-U.S.-India relations.
Stephen J. Blank, of the U.S. Army War College, and energy consultant Edward Chow looked at the future of Russian oil and gas and the possibility of shipping it to China.
Carnegie President Jessica Tuchman Mathews discusses U.S.-Iran Relations and whether war with Iran would help or hurt U.S. national security.
The Trade, Equity and Development Project hosted a discussion with Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization, on the Doha Round of trade negotiations.
May 18, 2006 - Nathan Brown presented his Policy Brief "Living with Palestinian Democracy." Larry Garber, the New Israel Fund, and Ori Nir, The Forward, served as discussants and Julia Choucair served as moderator.