A New Vision:
Pioneering the Global Think Tank
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results.
The last decade saw rapid internationalization in all kinds of fields—from small business to terrorism to religion and social activism. Oddly, think tanks—even those whose interests are international—remained largely national enterprises, rooted in the views of one country. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was the first to break the pattern.
In 1993, the Endowment launched the Carnegie Moscow Center, pioneering the idea that in today's world a think tank whose mission is to contribute to global security, stability, and prosperity requires a permanent international presence and a multinational outlook at the core of its operations.
Building on the strength of this success and following its century-long practice of changing as global circumstances change, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is therefore undertaking a fundamental redefinition of its role and mission. Carnegie aims to transform itself from a think tank on international issues to the first truly multinational — ultimately global — think tank.
International Offices
With operations in Moscow, Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, and Washington, the Carnegie Endowment will not only change its nature but is also likely to alter the way think tanks operate and can be effective in a global marketplace of ideas where a single national outlook is bound to be overly restrictive.
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Washington, DC
With over 100 employees, Carnegie's Washington, DC, headquarters serve as the hub through which the other programs collaborate on issues of shared interest from trade to energy policy to political transitions.
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Moscow
Established in 1993, the Carnegie Moscow Center was the first public policy research institution of its size and kind in the region. With a staff of over 40 Russians and one American on the directing staff, the Moscow Center has become a brand name in Russia for rigorous, independent, and top-quality analysis.
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Beijing
Carnegie first established its presence in Beijing in 2004, expanding its operations through a joint program with the China Reform Forum (CRF) the following year. At the close of 2006, the joint program has a staff of five, including three senior Chinese scholars based at CRF and research partnerships with five other leading Chinese institutions as well.
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Beirut
The Endowment established its regional Middle East office in Beirut in 2006. Headed by Paul Salem, a distinguished Middle Eastern scholar and policy player, the Center works closely with the very active Middle East Program at Carnegie in Washington and with institutional partners throughout the region and in Europe.
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Brussels
Carnegie opened its Brussels office in Spring 2007 to provide a multilateral policy forum for senior policy makers in European Union institutions and national governments. It also reaches out to leading journalists, think-tanks, and scholars across Europe.
Carnegie Europe leverages Carnegie’s global work in Washington, D.C., and that of its other main regional research centers in Moscow, Beirut, and Beijing. Programs range from policy seminars and consultations in Europe, through to establishing local partnerships and integrating a stronger European component into Carnegie’s global activities.
A New Vision
Pioneering the
Global Think Tank
Carnegie launched its New Vision with a series of events on February 5-6, 2007, a new logo, and redesigned publications and website.