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Policy Brief Number 5: Kazakhstan and the OSCE Human Dimension

bbocka — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

First Election in Independent Kosovo

pfrank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: Kosovo is on the eve of its first elections as a sovereign state. What does this mean for the new country?

PacNet #69 - Will SBY Strive for Greatness? Prospects for the Indonesian President's Second Term

dfernandez — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, familiarly known as SBY, will be inaugurated for a second term on Oct. 20, 2009. As the first democratically elected president and the first to be elected to a second term, SBY has opportunities that no other Indonesian leader has had.

Measuring Corruption and increasing Corruption Awareness in China

rgundu — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Most indices for measuring corruption rely surveys of perception of people. The corruption index devised by the Hills Governance Center at Tsinghua University takes an objective, quantifiable approach to the measurement of corruption.

Toward a New Multilateralism

ian — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

When President Barack Obama steps onto the podium at the United Nations on September 23, 2009, he will have a chance to reaffirm that U.S.

From Assistance to Engagement

jdunton — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Over 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.

Cuba Outlook

jdunton — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Nearly 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.

PacNet #56 - Securing Cory Aquino’s Legacy

dfernandez — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who died on Aug. 1 after a year-long battle with colon cancer, was laid in a “quasi-official ceremony” Aug. 5 after hundreds of thousands paid final respects to the unassuming former housewife who became an international icon for her role in restoring democracy in the Philippines in 1986.

South Asia Monitor: "A Calculated Risk": India's New Budget - August 03, 2009

udukkipati — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

On Monday, July 6, India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a $210 billion budget that emphasized rural spending, took a cautious approach to reform, and included some useful changes in tax policy. The rise in government spending should stimulate domestic demand, but it will also widen the fiscal deficit to its largest gap in 18 years.

Strengthening Institutional Integrity and Transparency in Russia

rgundu — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Russia-US Joint Working Group on Investment and Institutional Integrity – 12 concerned Russian and US business leaders, civil society representatives, and academics – has formulated a set of concrete and actionable recommendations for collaborative public and private sector initiatives to strengthen institutions of integrity, governance, and transparency in Russia.