There is an urgent need for a more disciplined U.S. foreign policy that is clear-eyed about a more competitive world, realistic about the limits of American power, and aligned with domestic renewal. The Carnegie American Statecraft Program examines America’s role in the world and recommends policy ideas to help meet this need.
Politics are a necessary and often inconvenient part of democracy.
The Biden administration wanted to send a clear message of strong re-engagement in Africa.
Macron’s visit is a chance for Washington to realize the value of its independent-minded ally.
France and America face a new raft of challenges.
Today’s policymakers understand the power of networks but need more guidance on how to build and employ them as tools of competition in a contested world rather than a world of open borders and markets.
It responds to an increasingly challenging security environment not by growing the DOD’s responsibilities, but by refining and focusing its commitments.
Christopher S. Chivvis is the director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment.
Suzanne DiMaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and Asia, especially Iran and North Korea.
Matthew Duss is a visiting scholar in the American Statecraft program at the Carnegie Endowment.
Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on global macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), and questions facing the economic intelligence community.
Ethan B. Kapstein is a nonresident scholar with the American Statecraft Program.
Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.
Christopher Shell is a fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.