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Carnegie Hosts and Producers’ Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2024
  • Carnegie Podcast Hosts and Producers
· December 23, 2024

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Carnegie’s Must-Read Pieces From 2024
  • Carnegie Program Directors
· December 23, 2024

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With Its Latest Rule, the U.S. Tries to Govern AI’s Global Spread

How to understand the Biden administration’s new AI diffusion framework.

· January 13, 2025
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The California Fires Could Upend the U.S. Disaster Recovery System

Hurricane-strength fires in dense, urban areas are a game-changer for an already fragile federal recovery structure.

· January 10, 2025
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Trump’s Greenland and Panama Canal Threats Are a Throwback to an Old, Misguided Foreign Policy

Reviving the interventionist Monroe Doctrine would be deeply counterproductive to U.S. foreign policy and the global order.

· January 7, 2025
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Carnegie Hosts and Producers’ Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2024

They pick their best work of the year and the episodes from other shows that resonated most.

  • Carnegie Podcast Hosts and Producers
· December 23, 2024
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Carnegie’s Must-Read Pieces From 2024

Program directors share the analysis and research that stood out this year.

  • Carnegie Program Directors
· December 23, 2024
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Türkiye Has a Wish List in Syria. It Should Tread Lightly.

Assad’s fall has changed the region’s power equilibrium, and Türkiye is eager to capitalize. But it should be aware of the pitfalls.

· December 19, 2024
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Ghana’s Presidential Contest Shows Why Democracy Requires More Than Well-Run Elections

The recent vote offers lessons for Accra and other middle-aged democracies.

· December 19, 2024
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Three Conclusions From the Global Year of Elections

The disparate cases and hard questions of interpretation underline the need for nuance.

· December 18, 2024
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Grand Tamasha’s Best Books of 2024

The host of Carnegie’s podcast on Indian politics shares his three favorite reads from the year.

· December 17, 2024
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Election-Related Protests Surged in 2024

More than 160 significant anti-government protests erupted around the world this year, according to Carnegie’s Global Protest Tracker, with many driven by voting-related grievances.

· December 16, 2024