Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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On December 12, 2006, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace sponsored an event with Visiting Scholar Joshua Kurlantzick and former ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia Dr. David Shinn. This event was organized in coordination with the release of Kurlantzick’s Policy Outlook, “Beijing Safari” and was moderated by Carnegie Senior Associate Minxin Pei.
Many analysts predict that China’s economy, even if its growth trajectory gradually slows, will be larger than the U.S. economy before the middle of the 21st century. But without domestic reform, will China's economy unravel before overtaking the U.S.?
At an event to launch Confronting the Weakest Link, Thomas Carothers was joined by discussants Ivan Doherty, Gerald Hyman, and Judy Van Rest. The session was moderated by Jennifer Windsor. 
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Dr. Amy Smithson explains his finding on the extent of the biological weapons threat, the available policy options, and finally the U.S. government’s performance and future priorities for biological weapons nonproliferation.
Carnegie hosted a seminar on Russia's accession to the WTO, including a presentation by AUSTR Dorothy Dwoskin on the negotiation of the U.S.-Russia bilateral agreement. Features event audio and video
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, religion, in particular Islam, has come to play an important role in Russia’s regions. Two different processes characterize religion and society in Russia: on one level, there has been a desecularization of the elite, and on another, there have been significant changes within Russian Islam.
The discussion on Afghanistan should shift from the question of whether NATO should have gone into the country to what it would mean for both NATO and the international community to fail this mission.
Carnegies's third meeting dealing with political reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries featured researchers from across the region. The discussion focused on various drivers of political reform: political actors; new political institutions; economic transformation; and the impact of new ideas and debates to which the region's population is increasingly exposed through mass media.
Carnegie hosted Jeroen de Zeeuw and Krishna Kumar, who presented thier new book, Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies on November 9, 2006. Thomas Carothers moderated the event.