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Our Mission

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace.

Our Mission

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace.

Our Leadership

Under the direction of President Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Carnegie’s centers and programs are helmed by leaders with deep knowledge and experience in international affairs.

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Our Leadership

Under the direction of President Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Carnegie’s centers and programs are helmed by leaders with deep knowledge and experience in international affairs.

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Our Experts

With over 170 experts from diverse disciplines and perspectives, we work across borders to expand cooperation and understanding. Against the backdrop of a changing geopolitical landscape, we generate pragmatic ideas and advance knowledge on critical issues including climate, emerging technologies, democracy, and governance.

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Our Experts

With over 170 experts from diverse disciplines and perspectives, we work across borders to expand cooperation and understanding. Against the backdrop of a changing geopolitical landscape, we generate pragmatic ideas and advance knowledge on critical issues including climate, emerging technologies, democracy, and governance.

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Our Board

Chaired by Catherine James Paglia, the Carnegie Endowment’s Board of Trustees includes business and finance leaders, former diplomats, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who each bring unique regional and subject matter expertise. 

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Our Board

Chaired by Catherine James Paglia, the Carnegie Endowment’s Board of Trustees includes business and finance leaders, former diplomats, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who each bring unique regional and subject matter expertise. 

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Recent Policy Ideas

We generate actionable policy ideas to reduce international conflict, advance cooperation, and improve governance.

Our scholars from around the world provide decisionmakers with pragmatic recommendations to support viable long-term solutions to global challenges.

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Examining U.S. Relations With Authoritarian Countries

Relations between the United States and many undemocratic countries around the world vary widely from cozy to conflictive. Understanding the drivers and evolving dynamics of these relationships is vital to grasping the realities of U.S. foreign policy in an age of sharp geostrategic competition.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1910 to advise policymakers, support diplomacy, and conduct independent research on international cooperation, conflict, and governance.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1910 to advise policymakers, support diplomacy, and conduct independent research on international cooperation, conflict, and governance.

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  • We deliver unbiased research to decisionmakers who help set the global policy agenda

    Our scholars generate strategic ideas and independent analysis to help inform countries, institutions, and leaders as they take on the most difficult global problems.
  • We have on-the-ground experts in every region of the world

    Over 170 experts from diverse disciplines and perspectives work together across borders to expand cooperation and understanding.
  • We focus on cross-cutting policy issues and key regions

    Carnegie scholars provide topical analysis on democracy, technology, climate, and other issues within the regional context in Asia, Africa, Europe, East and South Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Eurasia, the United States, and Latin America.
  • We convene strategic dialogues, support diplomacy, and bring fresh insights

    From major conferences to back-channel diplomatic exchanges to incubating new projects and initiatives supporting international cooperation, Carnegie brings together experts, government officials, journalists, and industry leaders to challenge conventional thinking, discuss, debate, and find solutions for the most complex challenges of our time.
  • We generate actionable policy ideas to help forge a safer world

    Our scholars from around the world provide decisionmakers with pragmatic recommendations to support viable long-term solutions to global challenges
  • We use data to guide our understanding of complex issues

    Carnegie leverages data to understand the threats and opportunities affecting global security and well-being.
  • We host events worldwide to unpack the most difficult global challenges

    Carnegie’s regular series of global public events, both virtual and in person, bring together top experts to discuss and debate pressing threats to global security and provide solutions.
  • We invest deeply in the next generation of scholars and practitioners

    We prioritize creating opportunities and access for new and diverse voices.
  • We remain fundamentally independent.

    Carnegie scholars operate with integrity and independence within a non-partisan entity that leverages ideas to promote responsible international cooperation and does not take institution-wide positions on specific issues. Our research and policy activities are not driven by any government or corporate entity, and no funder can prescribe policy recommendations or approve work prior to publication.
  • We deliver unbiased research to decisionmakers who help set the global policy agenda

    Our scholars generate strategic ideas and independent analysis to help inform countries, institutions, and leaders as they take on the most difficult global problems.
  • We have on-the-ground experts in every region of the world

    Over 170 experts from diverse disciplines and perspectives work together across borders to expand cooperation and understanding.
  • We focus on cross-cutting policy issues and key regions

    Carnegie scholars provide topical analysis on democracy, technology, climate, and other issues within the regional context in Asia, Africa, Europe, East and South Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Eurasia, the United States, and Latin America.
  • We convene strategic dialogues, support diplomacy, and bring fresh insights

    From major conferences to back-channel diplomatic exchanges to incubating new projects and initiatives supporting international cooperation, Carnegie brings together experts, government officials, journalists, and industry leaders to challenge conventional thinking, discuss, debate, and find solutions for the most complex challenges of our time.
  • We generate actionable policy ideas to help forge a safer world

    Our scholars from around the world provide decisionmakers with pragmatic recommendations to support viable long-term solutions to global challenges
  • We use data to guide our understanding of complex issues

    Carnegie leverages data to understand the threats and opportunities affecting global security and well-being.
  • We host events worldwide to unpack the most difficult global challenges

    Carnegie’s regular series of global public events, both virtual and in person, bring together top experts to discuss and debate pressing threats to global security and provide solutions.
  • We invest deeply in the next generation of scholars and practitioners

    We prioritize creating opportunities and access for new and diverse voices.
  • We remain fundamentally independent.

    Carnegie scholars operate with integrity and independence within a non-partisan entity that leverages ideas to promote responsible international cooperation and does not take institution-wide positions on specific issues. Our research and policy activities are not driven by any government or corporate entity, and no funder can prescribe policy recommendations or approve work prior to publication.

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