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2 weeks ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Ankit Panda
The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War. With major powers like Russia issuing threats of nuclear strikes, China and North Korea continuing to grow their arsenals, and new prospects for proliferation from the Middle East to East Asia, the world has been thrust into a new era of heightened nuclear risk.
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1 month ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Milan Vaishnav
In recent years, India has asserted its desire not simply to be a balancing power but to become a leading power on the world stage. As India’s economic development has steadily progressed, so too have its foreign policy and security ambitions. However, India’s ability to sustain high rates of economic growth at home and project power overseas rests on unsteady state capacities.
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1 month ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Michael Pettis
This publication is a product of Carnegie China. For more work by Carnegie China, click here. On March 14, China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration, the country’s top financial regulator, urged Chinese banks to expand consumer loans as part of Beijing’s attempt this year to boost consumption.
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1 month ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas de Waal
On March 13, in separate statements, Azerbaijan and Armenia said they had finally settled their differences on the text of an agreement to normalize relations for the first time after more than three decades of conflict. The announcement was described as “historic” by U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio. European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas called it “a decisive step.” The second statement is a bit nearer the mark.
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1 month ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Sarah Labowitz |Debbra Goh
Data from Carnegie’s Disaster Dollar Database shows that states in the Gulf and mid-Atlantic would be most affected if the federal government steps back from disaster recovery.
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1 month ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Joe Mathews
In February 2025, the state of California announced a new deliberative democracy program and platform. Carnegie California played a collaborative role in its development and launch, bringing in scholarly and practitioner expertise from California and around the world. The essay below captures key ideas from scholars and practitioner experts that informed that process. Governments around the world, especially those at the subnational and local levels, find themselves stuck in a vise.
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2 months ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Eric Ciaramella |Michael Kofman |Aaron Miller |Alexandra Prokopenko
On this week’s episode of Carnegie Connects, Aaron David Miller spoke with Carnegie experts Eric Ciaramella, Michael Kofman, Alexandra Prokopenko, and Andrew Weiss on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They discussed battlefield conditions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s domestic challenges, the Russian economy, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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2 months ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Michael Pettis
This publication is a product of Carnegie China. For more work by Carnegie China, click here. On Monday, February 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping set off a frisson of economic excitement by speaking at a high-level symposium of private sector entrepreneurs.
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2 months ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Michael Pettis
This publication is a product of Carnegie China. For more work by Carnegie China, click here. Last month, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) released the aggregate finance data for December 2024. Also known as total social financing (TSF), this is a broad measure of credit and liquidity in the economy that includes off-balance sheet forms of financing such as initial public offerings, loans from trust companies, and bond sales.
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2 months ago | 
carnegieendowment.org | Zainab Usman
program The Africa Program focuses on economic, political, and transnational issues shaping Africa’s future. By conducting data-driven research, convening high-level dialogues, forging strategic partnerships, and amplifying African voices, the program addresses a crucial knowledge gap on Africa’s role in a changing global environment.