American Statecraft
American Statecraft
About the Program

The American Statecraft Program develops and advances ideas for a more disciplined U.S. foreign policy aligned with American values and cognizant of the limits of American power in a more competitive world.

Program experts

Christopher S. Chivvis

Senior Fellow and Director, American Statecraft Program

Suzanne DiMaggio

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Peter Harrell

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Brett Rosenberg

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Christopher Shell

Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Katie Tobin

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Stephen Wertheim

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Strategy

Innovative foreign policy recommendations grounded in reality

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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Strategy

Innovative foreign policy recommendations grounded in reality

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Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy

How large foreign policy shifts happen despite pressures to maintain the status quo.

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Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy

How large foreign policy shifts happen despite pressures to maintain the status quo.

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Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft

Collectively, a group of emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the world stage? How can the United States integrate them into its foreign policy strategy?

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Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft

Collectively, a group of emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the world stage? How can the United States integrate them into its foreign policy strategy?

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Pivotal States: Russia and U.S. Global Strategy
May 1, 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought bilateral relations with the U.S. to their lowest point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Russia holds sway over many U.S. foreign policy priorities. How can the U.S. support European security without sacrificing its other interests?

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Pivotal States: Russia and U.S. Global Strategy
May 1, 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought bilateral relations with the U.S. to their lowest point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Russia holds sway over many U.S. foreign policy priorities. How can the U.S. support European security without sacrificing its other interests?

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A More Disciplined American Global Leadership

Challenging assumptions about America’s global priorities to serve the needs of the future.

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A More Disciplined American Global Leadership

Challenging assumptions about America’s global priorities to serve the needs of the future.

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American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy

Ensuring that American foreign policy serves the needs of its citizens

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American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy

Ensuring that American foreign policy serves the needs of its citizens

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Economic Statecraft

Aligning U.S. foreign policy with changing domestic and global economic realities

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Economic Statecraft

Aligning U.S. foreign policy with changing domestic and global economic realities

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Podcast Series

Carnegie Connects

Carnegie Connects is our premier live podcast hosted by Aaron David Miller. Every other week, he tackles the most pressing foreign policy issues of the day in conversations with journalists, policymakers, historians, and experts.

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How Can the U.S. and China Reach a Realistic Coexistence?

Tensions between the United States and China have made many strategists pessimistic about the future of their relationship. With the two powers competing in nearly every domain, there is a real risk of conflict over the next decade. If there is to be any possibility of stability in their relationship, we need a positive vision for how to get there. In the Carnegie Endowment’s new edited volume, ten experts present their ideas about positive and realistic scenarios for the U.S.-China relationship over the next decade. 

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How ISIS Is Adapting Its Tactics to Survive

A conversation about how ISIS is changing in order to survive.

· January 7, 2025
NPR’s Morning Edition
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America Is Locked in a New Class War

In analyzing the U.S. political scene, people have to allow for a three-class rather than a two-class model: the working class, the rich, and the professional-managerial class.

· January 7, 2025
Foreign Policy
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Jimmy Carter’s Diplomatic Success in the Middle East ‘Was Quite Extraordinary’

A conversation on the late former President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy success, especially his heavy involvement in the Camp David Accords.

· January 7, 2025
MSNBC
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How Jimmy Carter’s Impact on Global Affairs Shaped History

A conversation on former President Jimmy Carter’s impact on the push for peace in the Middle East.

· December 31, 2024
MSNBC
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It’s Time For Europe’s Magical Thinking on Defense to End

The United States has not really underwritten European security for decades. No matter what happens next, European defense depends on Europeans themselves.

· December 30, 2024
Financial Times
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Gaza Tragedies Will ‘Harden’ Positions of Israel, Hamas in Ceasefire Delay: Fmr. Mid-East Expert

A conversation on the continued tragedies in the Gaza Strip and the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

· December 26, 2024
MSNBC
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Can Syrian Rebel Forces Form a Stable Government? ‘Have to Wait to See’, Former Negotiator Says

A conversation about the future of Syria.

· December 24, 2024
MSNBC
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What Does the Fall of the Assad Regime Mean for Syria and the Middle East?
December 20, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and Charles Lister, senior fellow and the director of the Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute, to explore the fall of the Assad regime and Syria's future.

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How to Stop a Trade War

Trump’s willingness to be a disrupter gives him the potential to bring about the most significant changes to the international trading order since the current liberal global system arose in the early 1990s. 

· December 19, 2024
Foreign Affairs
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A Conversation with Efraim Halevy and Ami Ayalon
December 11, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Ami Ayalon, the former head of Shin Bet, and Efraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad, to discuss the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas War and rising tensions in the Middle East.