How serious is China about “the introduction of a new reserve currency to replace the dominant U.S. dollar,” one of its proposed steps for creating the “de-Americanized world” that the official Xinhua news agency called for in the run-up to the denouement-cum-deferral of the U.S. fiscal crisis? American commentators’ responses have ranged from the […]
Tomorrow, March 17th, the Asia Society in New York City is hosting a discussion entitled “The Future of Central Asia: A New Great Game?” Its focus is on current dynamics in Central Asia and how today’s developments will impact the region’s future featuring Philip Shishkin, a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society and a […]
A film not to miss–FIXER: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi–at the Asia Society in New York on Wednesday, August 12. The film is the story of the relationship between Naqshbandi and one of his clients, American journalist Christian Parenti. It has won critical acclaim, and is a rare inside look at the world of journalists […]
Forging a new partnership between the United States and China can help address climate change, but only if regulatory and market shortcomings can be overcome. A new alignment on energy and the environment between China and the United States sounds like a formula capable of delivering real solutions on climate-change issues. China’s abundant scientific research-and-development […]
Forging a new partnership between the United States and China can help address climate change, but only if regulatory and market shortcomings can be overcome. A new alignment on energy and the environment between China and the United States sounds like a formula capable of delivering real solutions on climate-change issues. China’s abundant scientific research-and-development […]