Nov 20, 2009
Human Rights
- ReportNov 20, 2009
This policy brief focuses on the challenges to the OSCE Human Dimension and the challenges to Kazakhstan as Chairman-in-Office of the organization in 2010.
- NewsletterNov 17, 2009
Until Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, it was taken for granted that no African-American could become president of the United States. Any great talent in that population group, about 13.5 percent of Americans, was discarded for the top position in the country. The situation has changed, and the United States is surely better for it.
ReportSep 22, 2009Over two days in July 2009, CSIS, along with colleagues from the Eurasia Foundation and the New Eurasia Foundation, convened a “Civil Society Summit” (CSS) in Moscow that explored how U.S. and Russian civil society ought to engage one another. At the end of the second day, we were joined by President Barack Obama.
ReportSep 21, 2009Nearly two decades after the end of the Cold War, Cuba remains a policy dilemma for the United States. The transition from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl, which began when Raúl assumed the responsibilities of the presidency of the Council of State on July 31, 2006, as a result of Fidel’s illness, is still ongoing after three years.
- ReportSep 17, 2009
One of the main factors behind the November 2007 decision to award Kazakhstan the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2010 was to recognize the country’s economic achievements and its economic potential.
- NewsletterSep 10, 2009
The government of Iran struggled for decades to fit into the broader Middle East, and it has finally succeeded: it now sees its people principally as a source of instability rather than a source of legitimacy. Thirty years after the Revolution, the Iranian government has concluded it is far better to anesthetize the population than mobilize it.
ReportAug 31, 2009Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus is on the rise. Since January 2004, CSIS staff have been compiling, almost daily, a database that tracks incidents of violence occurring in the region.
- ReportAug 12, 2009
The level of violence in the North Caucasus has spiked in recent months, with July by far the most deadly month in years.
- Critical QuestionsAug 4, 2009
Q1: What is the main purpose of President Clinton’s trip to North Korea?
- ReportJul 7, 2009
On July 6 and 7, 2009 over 75 civil society leaders from Russia and the United States met in Moscow to exchange views and experience on challenges that confront both countries. The conference aimed to move Russian‐American collaboration beyond traditional models of foreign assistance toward more equitable engagement to address issues that have real meaning in the lives of ordinary citizens.
