Policy Briefs

General Policy Briefs

Title: Uzbekistan: What Changes Can Be Expected?
Authors: Alexey Malashenko
Date: December 2012

Title: Beyond Treaties: Immediate Steps to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
Authors: James M. Acton
Date: October 2012

Title: A Regional Approach to WMD Nonproliferation in the Asia-Pacific
Authors: Togzhan Kassenova
Date: August 2012

Title: A Climate Vision for Russia: From Rhetoric to Action
Authors: Adnan Vatansever, Anna Korppoo
Date: August 2012

Title: Russia on the Move
Authors: Dmitri Trenin, Maria Lipman, Alexey Malashenko, Nikolay Petrov
Date: June 2012

Title: The Emerging Order in the Middle East
Authors: Sinan Ülgen, Nathan J. Brown, Marina Ottaway, Paul Salem
Date: May 2012

Title: Creating New Facts on the Ground
Authors: Ashley J. Tellis
Date: May 2011

Title: Global Rebalancing: The Dangerous Obsession
Authors: Uri Dadush
Date: February 2011

Title: Five Surprises of the Great Recession
Authors: Uri Dadush, Vera Eidelman
Date: November 2010

Title: Armenia and Turkey: Bridging the Gap
Authors: Thomas de Waal
Date: October 2010

Title: Pakistan's Roller-Coaster Economy: Tax Evasion Stifles Growth
Authors: S. Akbar Zaidi
Date: September 2010

Title: Armenia and Turkey: Bridging the Gap
Authors: Thomas de Waal
Date: April 2010

Title: (Re)Engaging Russia in an Era of Uncertainty
Authors: Dmitri Trenin, Sam Greene
Date: January 2010

Title: Migrants and the Global Financial Crisis
Authors: Uri Dadush, Lauren Falcao
Date: December 2009

Title: Sharing the Pain: The Global Struggle Over Savings
Authors: Michael Pettis
Date: November 2009

Title: Middle East Democracy Promotion Is Not a One-way Street
Authors: Marina Ottaway
Date: November 2009

Title: Manmohan Singh Visits Washington: Sustaining U.S.–Indian Cooperation Amid Differences
Authors: Ashley J. Tellis
Date: November 2009

Title: The United States and India 3.0: Cave! Hic Dragones
Authors: Ashley J. Tellis
Date: October 2009

Title: WTO Reform: The Time to Start Is Now
Authors: Uri Dadush
Date: September 2009

Title: The G20 Meetings: No Common Framework, No Consensus
Authors: Michael Pettis
Date: May 2009

Title: Islam and the Paths of Pakistan's Political Development
Authors: Peter Topychkanov
Date: April 2009

Title: Palestine and Israel: Time for Plan B
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: February 2009

Title: Democracy Promotion Under Obama: Finding a Way Forward
Authors: Thomas Carothers
Date: February 2009

Title: A New Direction for U.S. Policy in the Caspian Region
Authors: Martha Brill Olcott
Date: February 2009

Title: President Obama and Middle East Expectations
Authors: Amr Hamzawy, Marina Ottaway
Date: January 2009

Title: Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War
Authors: Gilles Dorronsoro
Date: January 2009

Title: Avoiding Mutual Misunderstanding: Sino-U.S. Relations and the New Administration
Authors: Tianjian Shi, Meredith Wen
Date: January 2009

Title: Thinking Strategically About Russia
Authors: Dmitri Trenin
Date: December 2008

Title: Syrian–Israeli Peace: A Possible Key to Regional Change
Authors: Paul Salem
Date: December 2008

Title: Sharing the Burden in the Middle East
Authors: Marina Ottaway
Date: December 2008

Title: Stabilizing Afghanistan: Threats and Challenges
Authors: William Maley
Date: October 2008

Title: Russian–American Security Relations After Georgia
Authors: Rose Gottemoeller
Date: October 2008

Title: Nuclear Renaissance: Is It Coming? Should It?
Authors: Sharon Squassoni
Date: October 2008

Title: Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?
Authors: Karim Sadjadpour
Date: October 2008

Title: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Why the United States Should Lead
Authors: George Perkovich
Date: October 2008

Title: Iran Says “No”—Now What?
Authors: George Perkovich
Date: September 2008

Title: China's Economic Rise -- Fact and Fiction
Authors: Albert Keidel
Date: July 2008

Title: Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
Authors: Marina Ottaway
Date: June 2008

Title: Asia — Shaping the Future
Authors: Douglas H. Paal
Date: June 2008

Title: Sunset for the Two-State Solution?
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: May 2008

Title: Is a League of Democracies a Good Idea?
Authors: Thomas Carothers
Date: May 2008

Title: Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.–China Cooperation on Climate Change
Authors: William Chandler
Date: March 2008

Title: Pakistan—Conflicted Ally in the War on Terror
Authors: Ashley Tellis
Date: December 2007

Title: Corruption Threatens China’s Future
Authors: Minxin Pei
Date: October 2007

Title: China’s Looming Crisis—Inflation Returns
Authors: Albert Keidel
Date: September 2007

Title: U.S. Living Standards in an Era of Globalization
Authors: Sandra Polaski
Date: July 2007

Title: Russia’s Strategic Choices
Authors: Dmitri Trenin
Date: June 2007

Title: Punching the U.S. Military’s “Soft Ribs”: China’s Antisatellite Weapon Test in Strategic Perspective
Authors: Ashley Tellis
Date: June 2007

Title: Don’t Give Up on Democracy Promotion
Authors: Nathan Brown, Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy
Date: June 2007

Title: "Democratic Bomb": Failed Strategy
Authors: George Perkovich
Date: November 2006

Title: China's Social Unrest: The Story Behind the Stories
Authors: Albert Kiedel
Date: September 2006

Title: China's Charm: Implications of Chinese Soft Power
Authors: Josh Kurlantzick
Date: June 2006

Title: Living with Palestinian Democracy
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: May 2006

Title: Pakistan: The Myth of an Islamist Peril
Authors: Frederic Grare
Date: February 2006

Title: Simmering Fire in Asia: Averting Sino-Japanese Strategic Conflict
Authors: Minxin Pei, Michael Swaine
Date: November 2005

Title: Back From the Brink: A Strategy for Iraq
Authors: Marina S. Ottaway
Date: November 2005

Title: Reading Russia Right
Authors: Dmitri Trenin
Date: October 2005

Title: Putin's Decline and America's Response
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: August 2005

Title: The Key to Arab Reform: Moderate Islamists
Authors: Amr Hamzawy
Date: July 2005

Title: Evaluating Palestinian Reform
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: June 2005

Title: China's Currency: Not the Problem
Authors: Albert Keidel
Date: June 2005

Title: Lessons Not Learned: Problems with Western Aid for Law Reform in Postcommunist Countries
Authors: Wade Channell
Date: May 2005

Title: Judicial Reform in China: Lessons from Shanghai
Authors: Veron Hung
Date: April 2005

Title: The Chosen Nation: The Influence of Religion on U.S. Foreign Policy
Authors: John B. Judis
Date: March 2005

Title: South Asian Seesaw: A New U.S. Policy on the Subcontinent
Authors: Ashley J. Tellis
Date: March 2005

Title: Iraq: Without Consensus, Democracy Is Not the Answer
Authors: Marina Ottaway
Date: March 2005

Title: A Spreading Danger: Time for a New Policy Toward Chechnya
Authors: Thomas de Waal, Fiona Hill, Anatol Lieven
Date: March 2005

Title: Post-Election Iraq: Facing the Constitutional Challenge
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: February 2005

Title: Iran Is Not an Island: A Strategy to Mobilize the Neighbors
Authors: George Perkovich
Date: February 2005

Title: Evaluating Middle East Reform: How Do We Know When It Is Significant?
Authors: Marina S. Ottaway
Date: February 2005

Title: A Better Way to Support Middle East Reform
Authors: Thomas Carothers
Date: February 2005

Title: Political Alternation, Regardless of Ideology, Diminishes Influence Buying: Lessons from Transitions in Former Communist States
Authors: Karla Hoff, Shale Horowitz, Branko Milanovic
Date: January 2005

Title: How Russia is Not Ukraine: The Closing of Russian Civil Society
Authors: Maria Lipman
Date: January 2005

Title: Libya: Security Is Not Enough
Authors: Michele Dunne
Date: October 2004

Title: States at Risk and Failed States
Authors: Stefan Mair, Marina S. Ottaway
Date: September 2004

Title: Development and Foreign Investments: Lessons Learned from Mexican Banking
Authors: Jacob Steinfeld
Date: July 2004

Title: Deterring Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: The Successes and Failures of Taiwan’s Defense Reform and Modernization Program
Authors: Micheal D. Swaine
Date: July 2004

Title: Democracy and Constituencies in the Arab World
Authors: Marina S. Ottaway
Date: July 2004

Title: Europe’s Uncertain Pursuit of Middle East Reform
Authors: Richard Youngs
Date: June 2004

Title: Job Anxiety Is Real-And It's Global
Authors: Sandra Polaski
Date: May 2004

Title: Small Enterprises and Economic Policy
Authors: Anders Åslund, Simon Johnson
Date: March 2004

Title: Middle Eastern Democracy: Is Civil Society the Answer?
Authors: Amy Hawthorne
Date: March 2004

Title: Greater Middle East Initiative Off to a False Start
Authors: Thomas Carothers, Marina Ottaway
Date: March 2004

Title: Women's Rights and Democracy in the Arab World
Authors: Marina S. Ottaway
Date: February 2004

Title: The Hinge to Europe: Don't Make Britain Choose Between the U.S. and the E.U.
Authors: Anatol Lieven
Date: August 2003

Title: Decoding Cancun: Hard Decisions for a Development Round
Authors: John Audley, George Perkovich, Sandra Polaski, Scott Vaughan
Date: August 2003

Title: Lessons from the Past: The American Record in Nation-Building
Authors: Sara Kasper, Minxin Pei
Date: April 2003

Title: Political Reconstruction in Iraq: A Reality Check
Authors: Marina Ottaway, Judith Yaphe
Date: March 2003

Title: Reverse Course? The Fragile Turnaround in U.S.-China Relations
Authors: Michael Swaine
Date: February 2003

Title: Beyond Arms Control: How to Deal with Nuclear Weapons
Authors: Rose Gottemoeller
Date: February 2003

Title: Democratic Mirage in the Middle East
Authors: Daniel Brumberg, Thomas Carothers, Amy Hawthorne, Marina Ottaway
Date: October 2002

Title: America's New Alliance with Pakistan: Avoiding the Traps of the Past
Authors: Husain Haqqani
Date: October 2002

Title: New Role in U.S. Trade Policy
Authors: John Audley
Date: September 2002

Title: September 11, One Year Later: A World of Change
Authors: Jessica T Mathews
Date: August 2002

Title: Global Challenges: Beating the Odds
Authors: P.J. Simmons
Date: August 2002

Title: Summit with Substance: Creating Payoffs in an Unequal Partnership
Authors: Andrew Kuchins
Date: May 2002

Title: U.S. Climate Policy After Kyoto: Elements for Success
Authors: Daniel Bodansky
Date: April 2002

Title: End of a Brief Affair? The United States and Iran
Authors: Daniel Brumberg
Date: March 2002

Title: Rebalancing United States-China Relations
Authors: Minxin Pei, Michael Swaine
Date: February 2002

Title: Rebuilding Afghanistan: Fantasy versus Reality
Authors: Anatol Lieven, Marina Ottaway
Date: January 2002

Title: Preventing New Afghanistans: A Regional Strategy for Reconstruction
Authors: Martha Brill Olcott
Date: January 2002

Title: Future Shock: The WTO and Political Change in China
Authors: Minxin Pei
Date: December 2001

Title: Building Capitalism: Lessons of the Postcommunist Experience
Authors: Shlomo Avineri
Date: December 2001

Title: A Realistic U.S. Role in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Authors: Shlomo Avineri
Date: December 2001

Title: After the Attacks: Protecting Borders and Liberties
Authors: Doris Miessner
Date: November 2001

Title: The World Bank of the Future: Victim, Villain, Global Credit Union?
Authors: Nancy Birdsall
Date: October 2001

Title: Overhauling the WTO: Opportunity at Doha and Beyond
Authors: John Audley, Ann M. Florini
Date: October 2001

Title: Soldiers Before Missiles: Meeting the Challenge from the World's Streets
Authors: Anatol Lieven
Date: May 2001

Title: Russia: Key to U.S. Missile Plan
Authors: Lee Feinstein
Date: May 2001

Title: Ousting Foreign Strongmen: Lessons from Serbia
Authors: Thomas Carothers
Date: May 2001

Title: McNamara on Cuba, Nuclear Weapons and Fallibility
Authors: Robert McNamara
Date: May 2001

Title: Fighting Terrorism: Lessons from the Cold War
Authors: Anatol Lieven
Date: May 2001

Title: The Business of Russian Cooperation with Iran
Authors: Alexander Pikayev
Date: April 2001

Title: How Effective is the MTCR?
Authors: Richard Speier
Date: April 2001

Title: A Step Backward on Nuclear Cooperation
Authors: Mike McFaul
Date: April 2001

Title: A New Nuclear Posture For the United States
Authors: Jan Lodal
Date: April 2001

Title: Russian Arms and Technology Transfers to Iran
Authors: Michael Eisenstadt
Date: March 2001

Title: North Korea: Hard Line is Not the Best Line
Authors: Jon B. Wolfsthal
Date: March 2001

Title: Did China Threaten to Bomb Los Angeles?
Authors: Chas Freeman
Date: March 2001

Title: Ballistic Missile Arsenals in the Middle East
Authors: Justin Anderson
Date: March 2001

Title: The Greatest Unmet National Security Threat
Authors: Lloyd Cutler, Susan Eisenhower
Date: January 2001

Title: Less is Better: An Agenda for Africa
Authors: Marina Ottaway
Date: December 2000

Title: Back to the Future in North Korea
Authors: Jon Wolfsthal
Date: December 2000

Title: The Election Matrix
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: November 2000

Title: Querying Saddam's Bombmaker
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: November 2000

Title: Nuclear Nirvana
Authors: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Date: November 2000

Title: NMD Stirs European Anxieties
Authors: Joseph Cirincione, Camille Grand
Date: November 2000

Title: The Case of the Missing Technology
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: October 2000

Title: Korean Security: The Highest Hurdle
Authors: Jon Wolfsthal
Date: October 2000

Title: Lost At Sea
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: September 2000

Title: Kursk: Cold War Casualty
Authors: Jon Wolfsthal
Date: August 2000

Title: Common Wisdom on NMD
Date: August 2000

Title: CIA Reports on States Acquiring WMD
Date: August 2000

Title: Weaponization in South Asia
Authors: Neil Joeck
Date: July 2000

Title: Russia's Missile Assistance to Iran
Authors: Robert Gallucci, Viktor Mizin, Robbie Sabel
Date: July 2000

Title: Georgia: Political Developments and Regional Security
Authors: Erik Scott
Date: July 2000

Title: Frances Fitzgerald on the National Mythology of Missile Defense
Authors: Frances Fitzgerald
Date: July 2000

Title: China's Proliferation Record
Authors: Rodney Jones
Date: July 2000

Title: Completing the Deterrence Triangle
Authors: Reuven Pedatzur
Date: June 2000

Title: The Incredible Shrinking Russian Nuclear Force
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: May 2000

Title: The Grand Nuclear Bargain
Authors: Todd Sechser
Date: May 2000

Title: Senator Domenici Endorses Accelerated Funding for Nuclear Threat Reduction
Authors: Pete Domenici
Date: May 2000

Title: Assessing Arab Anger
Authors: Miriam Rajkumar, Adrienne Weiner
Date: May 2000

Title: Arbatov on U.S.-Russian Arms Reduction
Authors: Alexei Arbatov
Date: May 2000

Title: START II Nears Ratification, Implementation Still at Risk
Authors: Joseph Cirincione, Jon Wolfsthal
Date: April 2000

Title: Report: Bold New Steps on US-Russian Nuclear Security for Clinton-Putin Summit
Authors: Matthew Bunn
Date: April 2000

Title: NMD: An Untested and Dangerous Remedy
Authors: Kurt Gottfried
Date: April 2000

Title: French Political Director Errera Discusses U.S. Missile Defense at Carnegie Conference
Authors: Gerard Errera
Date: April 2000

Title: The Asian Nuclear Reaction Chain
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: March 2000

Title: President Clinton's Remarks at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference
Authors: William J. Clinton
Date: March 2000

Title: Pacific Command Chief Assesses Asian Security Community at Carnegie Conference
Authors: Dennis Blair
Date: March 2000

Title: Getting to "Maybe" in South Asia
Authors: Todd Sechser
Date: March 2000

Title: French Political Director Errera Stresses Need for Cooperation and Broad Perspective
Authors: Gerard Errera
Date: March 2000

Title: Former Joint Chief Chairman Shalikashvili Makes Test Ban Case at Carnegie Conference
Authors: John Shalikashvili
Date: March 2000

Title: Why U.S. Allies Do Not See a Missile Threat
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: January 2000

Title: The Missile Threat: An Intelligent Assessment
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: January 2000

Title: Proliferation Resources on the Web
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: January 2000

Title: India's Slow-Motion Nuclear Deployment
Authors: P.R. Chari
Date: January 2000

Title: Cuba's Nuclear Straddle
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: January 2000

Title: Chechnya: Effects of the War and Prospects for Peace
Authors: Dmitri Trenin
Date: January 2000

Title: Financing Nuclear Security
Authors: Todd Sechser
Date: December 1999

Title: U.S. Military Wants Test Ban
Authors: Jon B. Wolfsthal
Date: October 1999

Title: Rep. Tauscher on Winning the Post-Cold War
Authors: Jon B. Wolfsthal
Date: October 1999

Title: A Watershed Vote
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: October 1999

Title: A Verifiable Test Ban
Authors: Toby Dalton
Date: October 1999

Title: The Ballistic Missile Threat Evolves
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: September 1999

Title: Secretary Albright Champions Test Ban
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: September 1999

Title: Second Chance in North Korea
Authors: Jon B. Wolfsthal
Date: September 1999

Title: Understanding the BW Threat
Authors: Janice Sung
Date: July 1999

Title: Rocky Road for NPT Review
Authors: Rebecca Johnson
Date: July 1999

Title: U.S.-Russia Programs Survive Kosovo, Face Congressional Threat
Authors: Toby Dalton
Date: May 1999

Title: China's Changing Nuclear Posture
Authors: Chas W. Freeman, Robert S. Norris, Ming Zhang
Date: May 1999

Title: China's Nuclear Modernization
Authors: Joseph Cirincione, Matt Rice
Date: April 1999

Title: U.S. Programs Face Growing Russian Threat
Authors: Toby Dalton
Date: March 1999

Title: The China Nuclear Controversy
Authors: Gary Samore
Date: March 1999

Title: Missile Defense Failures Offer Lessons
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: March 1999

Title: March Missile Madness
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: March 1999

Title: Russian Nuclear Insecurity
Authors: Alexander Pikayev
Date: February 1999

Title: Luncheon Discussion on the Sphere Project
Authors: Nan Buzard, Kathleen Newland, Joelle Tanguy, Nicole W. W. Green
Date: February 1999

Title: China's Missile Warning
Authors: Sha Zukang
Date: February 1999

Title: A New Low in U.S.-Russian Relations
Authors: Alexander Pikayev
Date: February 1999

Title: START II: Better Late Than Never
Authors: Alexander Pikayev
Date: December 1998

Title: Nuclear First Use....For What?
Authors: George Perkovich
Date: December 1998

Title: Canada Aims to Shift Nuclear Policy
Authors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: December 1998

Title: Non-Proliferation Congress Update
Authors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: October 1998

Title: Breach of Contract in Korea
Authors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: October 1998

Title: New Declassified 1998 Report on the Ballistic Missile Threat
Authors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: September 1998

Title: Nuclear Free-Fall
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: August 1998

Title: Iran Missile Sanctions
Authors: Richard Speier
Date: August 1998

Title: Deterring the CBW Threat
Date: July 1998

Title: A New Approach for South Asia
Date: July 1998

Title: The China Satellite Debate
Date: June 1998

Title: Russian Domestic Concerns Stall START
Authors: Toby Dalton
Date: June 1998

Title: Ministers Meet on Nuclear Crisis
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: June 1998

Title: U.S. Tries to Stifle Pakistan Nuclear Test
Authors: Joseph Cirincione, Toby Dalton
Date: May 1998

Title: Russia Tries Again to Ratify START
Authors: Joseph Cirincione
Date: May 1998

Title: India Tests Three Nuclear Weapons
Authors: Joseph Cirincione, Toby Dalton
Date: May 1998

Title: Tbilisi: The Tip of the Nuclear Iceberg
Authors: Toby F. Dalton
Date: April 1998

Title: Reorganizing The Immigration Function
Authors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: January 1998

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Reports

Title: Understanding the Bergdahl Prisoner Exchange
Authors: Mieke Eoyang, Ben Freeman
Date: June 2014

Title: Balancing Without Containment: An American Strategy for Managing China
Authors: Ashley J. Tellis
Date: January 2014

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