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Atlantic-community.org’s editorial team summarizes the best reports from the world’s most renowned think tanks.

The Future of the G8: From "Library Group" to G13?

Anthony Payne | Chatham House | May 2008
Over the last few years, the annual G8 summits have attracted more attention than ever before in the history of this group of states originally known as the "Library Group." The rise in power of Brazil, China or India sparks heated debates ...More

India Strives for Influence in the Indian Ocean

A. Vines & B. Oruitemeka | Chatham House | April 2008
The Indian Ocean will be a strategic bridgehead for the big players of the 21st century. This relates to the Indian sea doctrine, which has been determining India's policies in the region since its release in 2004. China's advance in particular is ...More

The Future Should be Energy Efficient

Nader Elhefnawy | Survival | April/May 2008
Growing oil prices and diminishing supplies of natural resources increasingly give rise to doubts regarding the long-term stability of an economy that relies on fossil fuels. The underlying assumption of pessimistic analyses based on the "peak oil" theory is that ...More

What Will Follow US Dominance?

Richard N. Haass | Foreign Policy | May/June 2008
The end of the unipolar world is approaching. The unipolar world emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union when the bipolar era of the cold war came to an end. Yet just after one decade and a half of US supremacy, the international system is once again in the ...More

Challenges and Promises of China's Urbanization

Jonathan Woetzel et al. | McKinsey Global Institute | April 2008
China's growth is especially generated in the cities. Their contribution to the GDP is around 75 percent. In 2025, there should be a billion Chinese living in urban areas, 350 million more than today. They could then be responsible for 95 percent of ...More

The Worldwide Democratization Wave is Waning

Larry Diamond | Foreign Affairs | April 2008
Since 1974, over 90 countries have adopted a democratic course. Around the turn of the century, 60% of the world's independent states were considered democratic. Yet in Foreign Affairs, Larry Diamond warns us against celebrating the triumph of democracy ...More

Purchasing in China is Becoming More Expensive

Pricewaterhouse Coopers | April 2008
Thanks to its massive workforce and low labor costs, China has become the twenty first century's leading global production plant. Even for German companies, China has long been a fundamental market for supplies. Yet an inquiry released ...More

State-owned Enterprises and the Global Economy

Josh Kurlantzick | Carnegie Endowment | April 2008
An increasing number of governments are becoming global economic players - and this in the form of state-controlled companies or gigantic sovereign wealth funds. The global economy used to be dominated by the democratic West but the states that are ...More

Saudi Arabia: Between Reform and Preserving Power

Mai Yamani | Survival | March 2008
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has come to play a peculiar role on the Arabian Peninsula. This country has the largest petroleum resources in the world, is the home to the most important historic holy sites of Islam, and entertains good relations with ...More

Global Capital Markets: The USA Stands its Ground

Diana Farell et al. | The McKinsey Quarterly | February 2008
The world financial markets' present bout of turbulences should not hide the long-term and often brighter trends: Despite occasional crises, global financial assets have expanded continuously over the last decades. In 2006 alone, global ...More