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Dr Barack versus President Obama

Barack Obama’s foreign policy reflects a moral duality that has befuddled friends and enemies alike

Publication Date: Mar 14, 2016

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: Middle East, Libya, Syria, United States

Topic(s): Global Governance, International Security, Transnational Threats

The United States, India and Iran: Managing a Delicate Balance

The India-U.S. relationship is presently stronger than at anytime in their history. The twin summits – less than six months apart – in September 2014 and January 2015 between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have repaired, revived and revitalized the strategic partnership. Yet there remain several hurdles to deepening the relationship, notably, geopolitical differences over Iran, Russia, Syria and India’s membership of various nuclear and missile export control regimes.

Publication Date: Feb 23, 2016

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: Middle East, United States, South Asia, India

Topic(s): Global Governance, India, South Asia

We can contribute more to US debate on our region

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull presented a forward-looking conception of the Australia-US alliance on his recent visit to Washington DC.

Publication Date: Jan 24, 2016

Region/Country: China, East Asia, United States

The global implications of Barack Obama’s speech

The US president’s swan song has eloquently, though incompletely, spelt out an ambitious but essential vision for a new world order

Publication Date: Jan 19, 2016

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, India

Topic(s): India, South Asia

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, US seek roadmap to peace

As the battlefield losses in Afghanistan mount and entire swathes of the country that cost hundreds of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan military lives to secure slip back into Taliban hands.

Publication Date: Jan 11, 2016

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Seven Big Crisis Management Questions for a Disorderly World in 2016

International conflict management is not necessarily a rewarding occupation for people who have neat and orderly minds. Well-made plans tend to fall apart in fast-moving crises. As I noted in a chapter in a book on the Security Council published earlier this year, the recent history of United Nations peace operations is basically a story of “one damn thing after another.” U.N.

Publication Date: Dec 28, 2015

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Libya, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa

Program(s): Prevention and Peacebuilding

Topic(s): Global Governance, International Security, United Nations

Ahmed Rashid and Barnett Rubin: Afghanistan and Pakistan

CIC Associate Director Barnett Rubin spoke on November 24 at the Carnegie Council along with Ahmed Rashid on Af-Pak, Taliban and Daesh. View the full video of the dialogue below:

Event Date: Nov 24, 2015

Facilitator(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Fragile States, Humanitarian Crises, International Security, South Asia

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

The New Silk Roads: China, the U.S., and the Future of Central Asia

President Xi Jinping first presented China’s vision for a “Silk Road Economic Belt” during a 2013 speech in Kazakhstan. The idea was to “forge closer economic ties, deepen cooperation, and expand development in the Euro-Asia region”. In early 2015, the contours of Beijing’s strategy began to emerge as China’s leadership laid out plans for this “Silk Road Economic Belt” through Central Asia, and a “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” through Southeast and South Asia. China referred to both collectively as “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR).

Publication Date: Oct 13, 2015

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Thomas Zimmerman

Region/Country: China, United States, South Asia, Afghanistan

Topic(s): Afghanistan, South Asia

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

What Becomes Of The Taliban After Mullah Omar's Death?

Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with the Center on International Cooperation's Barnett Rubin about the future of the Taliban.

Publication Date: Aug 01, 2015

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): International Security, Pakistan, South Asia