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The Eurasia Project was launched in Jan. 1998 as a joint venture of the World Policy Institute and Eurasia Group. Directed by Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer and coordinated by Ambassador Heyward Isham and Dr. Alexander Motyl, the Eurasia Project focuses on three broad substantive policy areas: 1) Nation and state building: Race and ethnicity; gender and religion in developing authority and legitimacy in new states; implications of secessionist conflicts for economic and political stability; and the importance of international integration and "globalization. " 2) New security threats ("soft security "): The impact of ethno-nationalism and ethnic conflict, forced migration, terrorism, organized crime and environmental degradation; the role of international and subregional organizations in maintaining stability; and new opportunities for peacekeeping and conflict management. 3) Sustainable development: Building infrastructure in post-Soviet states; understanding links between democratization and marketization; the role played by civil society in global orientation; and the regional impact of demography, education and wealth on the next generation. Current program initiatives include: Emerging Markets Stability Project The Emerging Markets Stability Project (EMSP)is an innovative endeavor tracking domestic and international factors that have an impact on state stability in emerging markets. Focusing on 23 countries across global emerging markets, EMSP is the first major effort to marshal data on stability in emerging market countries and systematically apply it to financial markets. The goal of EMSP is to develop a standard measure that will permit comparison among countries and across regions, providing an essential tool for investors and policy analysts. The project is a dynamic endeavor, which aims not merely to track developments but to provide forward-looking analysis. A stability index has been developed, based on 20 variables that are assessed on a monthly basis. This index is designed to capture state stability through an analytical framework which assesses countries according to key political, economic, security and social criteria. In-depth reports are issued on individual countries, also on a monthly basis, drawing on data from the index. For further information on the Emerging Markets Stability Project, contact Project Director Preston Keat at keat@eurasiagroup.net. Eurasia Leadership Roundtable Series The Roundtable Series convenes periodic symposia with leaders from the newly independent states and Eurasia Project network experts. The series seeks to bring together members of the policymaking, investment and academic communities for dialogue with Eurasia ¥s next generation of leaders. Distinguished guests have included former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kirienyko, Turkish Prime Minister Reycep Erdogan, Chairman of the Hungarian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs Istvan Szent-Ivanyi and Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. For more information on the Eurasia Leadership Roundtable Series, contact Programming Director Rachael Mark at mark@eurasiagroup.net. Eurasia Project provides regular updates on its work, available by request by e-mailing info@eurasiagroup.net.
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