RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ted Piccone and Emily Alinikoff, January 09, 2012, The Brookings Institution
Ted Piccone and Emily Alinikoff offer an in-depth assessment of international democracy and human rights policy approaches of five rising global powers: Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
December 02, 2011, Foreign Policy
Contrary to what many believe, Jack Goldstone argues that over the next 50 years, the economic and political story will not be of the United States and China competing for dominance. Instead, Goldstone points to the quiet rise of Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil and India.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nigel Purvis and Michael Wolosin, November 21, 2011, The Brookings Institution
On November 19, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a new partnership agreement with the Indonesian government, which will provide more than $600 million of U.S. aid through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Nigel Purvis examines this new partnership and what this investment could mean for Indonesia's green prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jonathan Pollack, November 09, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Jonathan Pollack writes on President Obama's upcoming trip across the Pacific, with stops at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, the U.S.-ASEAN Summit, the East Asia Summit, and in Australia. While the president will focus on America’s enduring commitment to regional diplomacy, economics and security, Pollack argues that the immobilized political process in Washington, D.C. could diminish the seriousness of this strategic purpose. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ted Piccone, October 2011, Journal of Democracy
Ted Piccone assesses where the world's six most influential rising democracies—Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey—stand on supporting democracy and human rights outside their borders. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon and Ömer Taşpınar, September 20, 2011, USA Today
While much of the attention in the decade after September 11 has been focused on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now on the unrest across parts of the Middle East and North Africa, Michael O'Hanlon and Ömer Taşpinar examine progress in other major Muslim countries. They find that, on the whole, many are considerably better off now than they were 10 years ago. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vanda Felbab-Brown, June 2011, The Brookings Institution
Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming one of the world’s "wildlife trade hotspots," despite the enormous threat this illicit activity poses to the area’s biodiversity and species preservation. Vanda Felbab-Brown offers a broad set policy recommendations that form a regulatory structure to counteract the detrimental effects of this market and enhance conservation. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, April 14, 2011
to
Friday, April 15, 2011
Washington, DC
On April 14 and 15, the Managing Global Order project at Brookings and the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy hosted a conference on the foreign policies of emerging-market democracies and their efforts to advance human rights and democracy. On April 15, Samantha Power, special advisor to the president and senior director for multilateral affairs and human rights at the National Security Council, provided commentary on the administration’s efforts to work with the emerging democracies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hakan Altinay, October 2010, The Brookings Institution
Fairness in global governance matters more than cynics claim, and it will matter more in the future. This working paper, edited by Hakan Altinay, includes essays by authors analyzing 12 countries and whether their policy elites and public view the international order as either predatory or fair and rule-based.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda, October 2010, The Brookings Institution
Is the global economic recovery on track or are we in a lull before the next phase of the storm? While this question dominates the present global economic debate, we need to first know where the world economy currently stands. In a new index and interactive map from the Brookings Institution and the Financial Times, Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda track the global economy recovery based on a set of macroeconomic, financial, and confidence variables for the G-20 economies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda, May 2010, Financial Times
Is the global economic picture in any better shape than it was a year ago given the rough patches some economies have experienced in the past couple of months? Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda use indicators from G-20 economies of real economic activity, financial markets, and business and consumer confidence to paint a picture of where the world economy and individual G-20 economies currently stand. They find that despite some unevenness and the financial markets dipping with the debt crisis in Europe, the global economy turned the corner by mid-2009 and has strengthened gradually since then. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda, May 2010, The Brookings Institution
Is the global economic recovery on track or are we in a lull before the next phase of the storm? While this question dominates the present global economic debate, we need to first know where the world economy currently stands. In a new index and interactive map from the Brookings Institution and the Financial Times, Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda track the global economy recovery based on a set of macroeconomic, financial, and confidence variables for the G-20 economies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ted Piccone, April 22, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Ted Piccone outlines his trip to the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta, where civil society leaders from more than 100 countries discussed strategies for political reform, women’s and youth empowerment and cross-border solidarity. In his report, Piccone highlights the keynote address by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, writing that the president's stirring remarks resonated not only with the people of Indonesia, but across borders and around the globe. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lex Rieffel, March 10, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Many Americans underestimate the significance of Indonesia—often described as the most important country in the world that people know the least about. President Obama hopes to raise Indonesia's global profile with his upcoming trip. Lex Rieffel discusses the country's strengths and weaknesses, and how Obama's trip can benefit the United States. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Homi Kharas, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution
The recent earthquake in Haiti caused a staggering number of casualties, with the greatest loss of life and destruction in the poorest areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Homi Kharas highlights three valuable lessons from the recovery effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that can be applied to the current rebuilding efforts in Haiti. Read More