Introduction. Transitional economies ; This report -- The macroeconomy -- Oil and natural gas : prices, production, and exports -- Markets and reform -- International transactions -- Russian military spending -- Conclusions and implications

Objectives, background, context -- Population trends in China and India: -- Demographic dividend or demographic drag? -- China-India: a macroeconomic assessment -- Science and technology -- Chinese & Indian defense and defense procurement spending to 2025 -- Conclusions and implications --...

"Scientific and technological competition has emerged as a front on which strategic competition between the United States and China is contested. Scientific and technological dominance-the prize of this competition-has been recognized as a national priority by high-level leadership from both...