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Yes, America Can Still Lead the World: Jake Sullivan and Jeffrey Goldberg in Conversation
Fri, January 18th, 2019
Washington, DC
Online registration for this event is now closed. Onsite registration will be available. Watch the livestream here:
“Everything is up for debate when it comes to the basic purpose of U.S. foreign policy,” writes Jake Sullivan in the current issue of the Atlantic. Sullivan lays out a plan and makes the case for a new “American exceptionalism… as the basis for American leadership in the twenty-first century.”
Sullivan will join The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss his argument and how America can return to its historic role as world leader. Carnegie President William J. Burns will introduce the conversation.
This event is cosponsored by The Atlantic.
William J. Burns
William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. He is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror.
Jake Sullivan
Jake Sullivan is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Geoeconomics and Strategy Program. He served in the Obama administration as national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and director of policy planning at the U.S. Department of State, as well as deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
William J. Burns
Former Career Diplomat
A former career diplomat, William J. Burns served as director of the CIA, deputy secretary of State, and ambassador to Russia and Jordan. Burns was also president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 2015 to 2021.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jake Sullivan
Former U.S. National Security Advisor to Former President Joe Biden
Jake Sullivan, a senior fellow at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, served as the United States national security advisor to former President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. Sullivan previously served as deputy assistant to former President Barack Obama, national security advisor to former Vice President Biden, director of policy planning in the State Department, and as deputy chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.