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, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Peter Harrell

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Jennifer Kavanagh

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow

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.

All Work from American Statecraft

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in the media
NATO Is Turning 75, but How Much Is There to Celebrate?

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.

· July 1, 2024
Foreign Policy
his aerial photo taken on July 16, 2023 shows cranes and shipping containers at Lianyungang port in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
paper
U.S. Engagement in the Indo-Pacific: Don’t Trade Away Trade

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.

in the media
Could the Israel-Hamas War Engulf the Entire Middle East?

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.

· June 24, 2024
KCRW
in the media
Israel Shift to Hezbollah Can Bring In United States, Iran

A conversation about the idea of a ceasefire in Gaza and an Israeli shift toward toward Hezbollah.

· June 24, 2024
Bloomberg
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article
How AI Might Affect Decisionmaking in a National Security Crisis

In a time-sensitive U.S. national crisis, AI would impact the speed, perception, and groupthink of bureaucratic decisionmakers.

in the media
Why Biden’s Gaza Gambit Is Likely to Fail

The U.S. president wants a truce more than Israel and Hamas do.

· June 14, 2024
Foreign Policy
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commentary
To Address the Migration Crisis, the G7 Should Look to the LA Declaration

The three-pronged approach developed by Western Hemisphere leaders should be a road map for how the world’s major economies can tackle the challenge together.

· June 12, 2024
in the media
Un Says Both Israel and Hamas Committed War Crimes in First Major Inquiry Into the War

The United Nations says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes in its first comprehensive inquiry into the Oct. 7 attacks and the wider conflict. This comes as a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal remains in limbo after Hamas proposed a number of changes to the deal.

· June 12, 2024
Here & Now (WBUR)
in the media
America Isn't Leading the World

Never in the years since the Cold War has the United States looked less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction — reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries

· June 11, 2024
The New York Times
in the media
Blinken Says Israel's Netanyahu Backs Cease-Fire Plan

U.S. Secretary of State Atony Blinken said Israeli PM Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to a cease-fire proposal to end the war with Hamas.

· June 11, 2024
Bloomberg Surveillance