The Global Analyst. Volume 1, Issue 1. November, 2008 - "Changing China: Engaging China in the 21st Century."
The Global Analyst. Volume 2, Issue 2. March, 2009 - "Terror in Nigeria: The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta."
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Global Analyst - Issues 1 and 2
Friday, March 6, 2009
Daily Update
Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Geneva for the first time since taking office - closer ties between U.S. and Russia are seen as a pragmatic move by U.S. administration
UN can't make up its mind about how to approach the Sudan crisis, but knows that further inaction will have "dire consequences"
Military coups rock Guinea-Bissau, threaten a return to "the bad old days" of African politics
"Illegal" Israeli actions in East Jerusalem: EU accuses Israel of "annexing East Jerusalem"
"Seoul, Canberra sign defense pact"
African Churches leading resistance against violence towards women in Africa
National Stats adviser: China has no need for second stimulus
Wife of Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai dies in auto accident
Obama's gifts for British PM Gordon Brown: not up to snuff? Decide for yourself
Activist slimes UK Business Secretary with green custard - "The only thing green about Peter Mandelson is the slime coursing through his veins...that he is trying to make political capital out of climate change...is an insult to my generation"
UN can't make up its mind about how to approach the Sudan crisis, but knows that further inaction will have "dire consequences"
Military coups rock Guinea-Bissau, threaten a return to "the bad old days" of African politics
"Illegal" Israeli actions in East Jerusalem: EU accuses Israel of "annexing East Jerusalem"
"Seoul, Canberra sign defense pact"
African Churches leading resistance against violence towards women in Africa
National Stats adviser: China has no need for second stimulus
Wife of Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai dies in auto accident
Obama's gifts for British PM Gordon Brown: not up to snuff? Decide for yourself
Activist slimes UK Business Secretary with green custard - "The only thing green about Peter Mandelson is the slime coursing through his veins...that he is trying to make political capital out of climate change...is an insult to my generation"
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Daily Update
Sudan leader rejects calls by International Criminal Court to arrest him on war crime charges
Cologne Archives collapse, a portion of Germany's "most valuable documentary treasures," including original manuscripts by Marx, Hegel, and medieval records buried beneath the rubble
Car bomb kills 14 in Iraq
Eastern European Central Banks defend their financial stability
Afghan elections rescheduled due to security concerns
Roman Catholic Church in South Korea begins training North Korean bishops again for the first time in 40 years
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Weekly Update - DC Events of Interest
@ Georgetown:
The Bilden Asian Security Speaker Series
presents
An American Strategy for Asia:
Prosperous, Peaceful, and Free
featuring
Daniel Blumenthal
Resident Fellow in Asian Studies
The American Enterprise Institute
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
McGhee Library
301 Intercultural Center
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC
Please RSVP to http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/cpass
@ The Center for Strategic and International Studies:
The Center for Strategic and International Studies
cordially invites you to attend
A conversation on U.S.-China relations
with
Dr. Wang Jisi
Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University
and
Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates
Moderated by:
Bonnie Glaser
Senior Associate, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies
Friday March 6 ~ 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
CSIS, B-1 Level
Please RSVP by emailing your name and affiliation to Savina Rupani at
srupani@csis.org or at (202) 457-8719.
More events at CSIS: http://www.csis.org/events/
Please register by providing your full contact information to Nick Malouta at nmalouta@csis.org.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006
@ The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars:
RSVP and More Information - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.welcome
The Bilden Asian Security Speaker Series
presents
An American Strategy for Asia:
Prosperous, Peaceful, and Free
featuring
Daniel Blumenthal
Resident Fellow in Asian Studies
The American Enterprise Institute
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
McGhee Library
301 Intercultural Center
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC
Please RSVP to http://www12.georgetown.edu/
@ The Center for Strategic and International Studies:
The Center for Strategic and International Studies
cordially invites you to attend
A conversation on U.S.-China relations
with
Dr. Wang Jisi
Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University
and
Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates
Moderated by:
Bonnie Glaser
Senior Associate, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies
Friday March 6 ~ 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
CSIS, B-1 Level
Please RSVP by emailing your name and affiliation to Savina Rupani at
srupani@csis.org or at (202) 457-8719.
More events at CSIS: http://www.csis.org/events/
Monday, March 2, 2009, 2-4 pm, B-1 Level Conference Center
Please register by providing your full contact information to Nick Malouta at nmalouta@csis.org.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 9:30 am - 11:00 am, B-1 Level Conference Center
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., B-1 Level Conference Center
Please RSVP to the CSIS Africa Program at africa@csis.org to attend.
Please RSVP to the CSIS Africa Program at africa@csis.org to attend.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006
@ The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars:
RSVP and More Information - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.welcome
China’s Green Revolution: Prioritizing Technologies to Achieve Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Monday, March 02 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Jonathan Woetzel, McKinsey & Company’s Shanghai office; Martin Joerss, McKinsey & Company’s Beijing office; Rob Bradley, World Resources Institute
Winning the Peace in Burundi and DR Congo
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Alain Pekar Lempereur, Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris; Elizabeth McClintock, Managing Partner, CMPartners; Steve McDonald, Consulting Program Director, Africa Program (moderator)
Transnational Integration Regimes as Development Programs
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Gerald A. McDermott, Associate Professor, Sonoco International Business Department, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Global Health Spending: Why Maternal Health Is Not a Political Priority
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration, The Campbell Public Affairs Institute Maxwell School, Syracuse University; Ann M. Starrs, President, Family Care International
Protection of the Mediterranean Ecosystem
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Spyridon Kouvelis, Member of Parliament, Greece, and in charge of the Environment Sector, Policy Coordination Body, PanHellenic Socialist Movement
China's Carbon Cost Abatement Curve: What it Means for U.S. Climate Policy
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
with Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey & Company Shanghai Office; and David Moulton, Director, Climate Policy and Conservation Funding, The Wilderness Society. Moderated by: Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Daily Update
ASEAN states decide what to do with the Rohingya refugees of Burma
Japan's recession could be the most severe of all: unemployment skyrocketing, exports plummeting, factories shutting down
European leaders meet in summit to discuss economic crisis in Europe in an effort to determine which powerful nations will aid those struggling the most. Meanwhile, tensions continue to grow between Czech President Topolanek and French President Sarkozy
Contrary to US allegations of disrespect, China defends its actions regarding human rights
Israel still cannot reach coalition agreement as April 3rd deadline quickly approaches, worrying Netanyahu
Iran's quest for hegemony
Rwandan soldiers begin to move out of the DR Congo after entering to attack Hutu rebels
Zuma, the possible next president of South Africa, remains unaffected by opposition party, Cope, despite its mounting strength and his own corruption charges
Japan's recession could be the most severe of all: unemployment skyrocketing, exports plummeting, factories shutting down
European leaders meet in summit to discuss economic crisis in Europe in an effort to determine which powerful nations will aid those struggling the most. Meanwhile, tensions continue to grow between Czech President Topolanek and French President Sarkozy
Contrary to US allegations of disrespect, China defends its actions regarding human rights
Israel still cannot reach coalition agreement as April 3rd deadline quickly approaches, worrying Netanyahu
Iran's quest for hegemony
Rwandan soldiers begin to move out of the DR Congo after entering to attack Hutu rebels
Zuma, the possible next president of South Africa, remains unaffected by opposition party, Cope, despite its mounting strength and his own corruption charges
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Daily Update
Mutiny by Bangladesh paramilitary boarder guards for higher wages leaves 50 dead; mutineers accepted government amnesty and laid down their arms
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif is ousted from office, threatening to plunge nation into chaos again just as the government tries to muster a response to Islamic Extremism
Iran's nuclear program "gains speed" as Russo-Iranian collaboration on the Bushehr light water reactor intensifies - by itself, the reactor doesn't pose a significant nuclear proliferation risk, but it could be targeted by Israeli air strikes against Iran's nuclear infrastructure as a whole
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has relocated preparations for the launch of its Taepodong-2 intercontinental ballistic missile to an underground refueling station, making it more difficult for the U.S. and its allies to determine when the launch will occur
India files murder charges against one of the Mumbai gunmen, death sentence expected
U.S. Attorney General commends Guantanamo's facilities, "professionalism," and care for inmates, but maintains that the prison's days are numbered
Afghanistan is so far removed from global financial and trading markets that it's weathering the current financial crisis with little difficulty - the U.S.'s backing of the Afghan Central Bank to keep its currency stable helps, too
U.S. State Dept. criticizes China, Russia, North Korea, and others on 2008 human rights record; China deems accusations "groundless"
Japan's recession is predicted to deepen as exports fall by more than 45%
Investigation of deadly Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam begins
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif is ousted from office, threatening to plunge nation into chaos again just as the government tries to muster a response to Islamic Extremism
Iran's nuclear program "gains speed" as Russo-Iranian collaboration on the Bushehr light water reactor intensifies - by itself, the reactor doesn't pose a significant nuclear proliferation risk, but it could be targeted by Israeli air strikes against Iran's nuclear infrastructure as a whole
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has relocated preparations for the launch of its Taepodong-2 intercontinental ballistic missile to an underground refueling station, making it more difficult for the U.S. and its allies to determine when the launch will occur
India files murder charges against one of the Mumbai gunmen, death sentence expected
U.S. Attorney General commends Guantanamo's facilities, "professionalism," and care for inmates, but maintains that the prison's days are numbered
Afghanistan is so far removed from global financial and trading markets that it's weathering the current financial crisis with little difficulty - the U.S.'s backing of the Afghan Central Bank to keep its currency stable helps, too
U.S. State Dept. criticizes China, Russia, North Korea, and others on 2008 human rights record; China deems accusations "groundless"
Japan's recession is predicted to deepen as exports fall by more than 45%
Investigation of deadly Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam begins
Monday, February 23, 2009
Daily Update
Sudanese President Bashir may soon be arrested on charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court
Tamil Tigers' offer to ceasefire is rejected by Sri Lanka, who says peace cannot be possible until rebels lay down arms
A reform-minded Saudi Arabia
Rivals meet in Madagascar to stop violence political and social unrest
North Korea recently finished deploying new medium-range missiles with expanded reach capabilities
Spain's People's Party falling apart from internal scandal and disunity?
Pakistan seeks support from China in order to achieve economic security
Human rights group Amnesty International urges an Israel-Hamas arms embargo
Tamil Tigers' offer to ceasefire is rejected by Sri Lanka, who says peace cannot be possible until rebels lay down arms
A reform-minded Saudi Arabia
Rivals meet in Madagascar to stop violence political and social unrest
North Korea recently finished deploying new medium-range missiles with expanded reach capabilities
Spain's People's Party falling apart from internal scandal and disunity?
Pakistan seeks support from China in order to achieve economic security
Human rights group Amnesty International urges an Israel-Hamas arms embargo
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