Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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At the start of the Obama administration’s second term, it is unclear how Washington and Moscow will approach relations going forward.
A two-state solution will soon be impossible. Despite the difficulties, the United States needs to make a major effort to find a solution—the costs of waiting are much too great.
The leading candidates in South Korea’s election have been running to the middle, but they have different approaches to Seoul’s relations with North Korea and the United States.
Perhaps no state in India provokes as much political hysteria as Gujarat. Its December 2012 assembly elections will also have significant implications for national politics.
The best possible outcome of Japan’s upcoming elections is the formation of a stable government that breaks the policy inertia plaguing the country.
Potential tensions between developed and developing nations as well as economic difficulties and domestic politics could hinder progress at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Given the dynamism of Southeast Asia, Washington should seek a relationship with the region that goes beyond military ties and encompasses economic and governance issues.
China has often been a rhetorical target in U.S. presidential campaigns, a trend that could have damaging ramifications on bilateral relations in the future.
Asia needs to first get past leadership transitions and elections and then give measured diplomacy a chance to cool tensions over disputed territories in Asian waters.
Although European and Chinese leaders are conscious of the huge benefits of better cooperation, they have yet to find an effective way to work together.