Program
American Statecraft
Foreign Policy Strategy

The United States needs new strategies for an era of intensified great power competition. Workable strategies must be cognizant of the limits of American power and consonant with America’s history and values. We tackle the major challenges and ground our policy recommendations in analysis that leverages Carnegie’s unparalleled global reach.

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Carnegie Connects: Is It Too Late To Save the Planet?
May 10, 2023

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Sue Biniaz, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, to discuss what the United States and others in the international community do to deal with the global climate crisis.

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Biden Should Say Yes to Global Cooperation but No to Globalism

Biden’s foreign policy doctrine remains elusive. But one framework that was recently proposed—globalism—is strategically wanting and politically risky.

· November 17, 2021
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Biden’s Forthcoming National Security Strategy: Making It Real

While Biden may be tempted to frame his national security strategy around the litany of challenges facing the country and how the U.S. government will respond, he would be better off focusing on a few key priorities.

· November 10, 2021
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America Forward: Restoring Diplomacy and Development in a Fractured World

This fractured world will not organize itself. Washington has the opportunity to lead again, but if the United States chooses otherwise, Washington must not delude itself about the possible consequences.

· February 24, 2021
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
In the Media
Biden Must Craft a Foreign Policy for a World the U.S. Doesn’t Rule

The world Biden will inherit is a far cry from the one he occupied when he was the vice-president and during the 1990s when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. America’s unipolar moment has long been relegated to the dustbin of history.

· November 19, 2020
Politico
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Sustaining America’s Role in the World Demands Renewal at Home

When a diverse group of analysts studied the effects of U.S. foreign policy decisions on the middle class, they found a worrying picture. Here is how Washington can do a better job.

· October 21, 2020
In the Media
The Transformation of Diplomacy

The United States needs a great renewal of its diplomatic capacity, balancing America’s ambitions with the limits of what is possible, and rooting reform in the people who animate U.S. diplomacy.

· September 23, 2020
Foreign Affairs
In the Media
The United States Needs a New Foreign Policy

It’s time to move beyond the debate between retrenchment and restoration, and imagine a more fundamental reinvention of America’s role in the world.

· July 14, 2020
Atlantic