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.

Projects

Pivotal States Series

The American Statecraft Program’s Pivotal States Series examines U.S. foreign policy through the lens of key bilateral relationships, mapping the way to a foreign policy more responsive to the realities of the mid-twenty-first century.

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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

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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2024
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Navigating a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations
1:30 PM — 3:30 PM EDT

U.S.-China relations have deteriorated to the point that war is a possible outcome. What strategic options exist for the next U.S. president on China? And what pathways exist towards more positive bilateral relations by 2035?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping hold glasses during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
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Cooperation Between China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia: Current and Potential Future Threats to America

Each one of these states threatens U.S. interests. Yet they are far from a coherent bloc and largely pose threats independent of one another.

in the media
‘Closer Than Ever’ to a ‘Major, Multi-front Regional War’

A conversation about the Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon and the potential ramifications.

· October 8, 2024
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
in the media
One Year On: The World After Oct. 7

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel and set in motion a new cycle of violence that has rocked the Middle East. With the risk of yet more escalation, where did things go so wrong?

· October 7, 2024
Foreign Policy
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Israel and Iran at War?
October 10, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program, and Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, to discuss how Iran perceives the current landscape and may act as the crisis unfolds. 

in the media
America Needs to Start Getting Israel and Ukraine to Negotiate

Whoever enters the White House in January needs to align U.S. foreign policy broadly with American values, but also focus more clearly on U.S. interests and not shy away from difficult conversations with friends.

· October 2, 2024
Guardian
in the media
Middle East Tensions Have Markets in Wait-and-See Mode

A conversation on the impact that tensions in the Middle East might have on economic markets.

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· October 2, 2024
Bloomberg Surveillance
in the media
What Iran’s Missile Attack on Israel Means for Risk of Wider Conflict

A conversation about what might happen next, following Iran launching about 200 missiles at Israel, risking a wider war in the region.

· October 2, 2024
Wall Street Journal
in the media
Don’t Blame Biden for the Yearlong War in Gaza

it should be painfully obvious that, despite its tireless efforts, Washington has been unable to negotiate a cease-fire to de-escalate the Israel-Hamas war, let alone end it.

· October 2, 2024
Foreign Policy
in the media
'Every Sign Appears to Indicate' Israel Preparing for Ground Offensive in Lebanon

A conversation on the possibility of an Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon.

· September 30, 2024
MSNBC