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.
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.
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
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.
A growing number of analysts argue that the era of U.S. hyperpower is over and that the country needs a strategic reorientation. But major changes in U.S. foreign policy are difficult to achieve and have occurred only rarely in history.
Experts opine on whether the NATO alliance can survive a second presidency of Donal Trump.
It is important that NATO has survived for so many decades, but staying alive can’t be the standard for judging success. Real success comes from serving the concrete interests of the members of the alliance.
A different approach to trade in Asia could represent a middle way between the Biden administration's current approach and the so-called Washington Consensus of old.
A ceasefire in Gaza seems unlikely. With escalating conflict involving Israel and Hezbollah, U.S. officials fear this could lead to a broader Middle East war.
A conversation about the idea of a ceasefire in Gaza and an Israeli shift toward toward Hezbollah.
In a time-sensitive U.S. national crisis, AI would impact the speed, perception, and groupthink of bureaucratic decisionmakers.
The U.S. president wants a truce more than Israel and Hamas do.
