Defense and Security

Analysis

    • Article

    The Mirage of the Deal: Trump’s Grand Bargains with Russia and China

    Trump needs to look beyond illusory bargains with Russia and China and instead develop clear-eyed frameworks to manage bilateral disagreements and make progress on common policy objectives based on U.S. national security interests.

    • Op-Ed

    Here’s Why Closing the Foreign Policy Gender Gap Matters

    If women continue to be underrepresented in foreign policy circles, governments risk missing important empirical insights that highlight the importance of gender in national security issues.

    • Article

    The Real Problem With a Nuclear Ban Treaty

    • Matthew Harries
    • March 15, 2017

    A world without nuclear weapons would be, in the long term, a better world than today’s. But, with treaty negotiations about to start at the UN, it is time to be blunt about the practical implications of a ban, as opposed to its principled ambitions.

    • Op-Ed

    Can Trump Stop Kim Jong Un?

    North Korea has nuclear weapons, something that won’t change anytime soon. As bad as this is, recognizing that status in a way that paves the road for South Korea to follow suit would be even worse.

    • Op-Ed

    Revisiting the 2014 Annexation of Crimea

    • Gwendolyn Sasse
    • March 15, 2017
    • Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

    By reminding themselves of 2014’s sequence of events, and of Crimea’s long and varied history, observers can avoid buying into the Russian narrative that legitimizes the annexation.

    • Stabilization Planning in Syria

      • Bruce Jones, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Sarah Yerkes
      • March 14, 2017
      • Brookings Institution

      Policymakers examining the real options for bringing Syria’s civil war to an end, or mitigating its destructive violence, must start with a number of realities.

      • Task Force White Paper

      The New NATO-Russia Military Balance: Implications for European Security

      NATO needs to strengthen its defenses while taking measured steps to contain an escalating adversarial relationship with Russia.

      • Prognosticating Proliferation in Asia

        With the July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action diminishing the near-term prospect of an Iranian nuclear bomb, most proliferation prognosticators would likely pick South Korea, Japan, or perhaps Taiwan as the next place that could opt to develop nuclear weapons.

        • Op-Ed

        Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Trump’s Misguided Views of European Defense Spending

        The transatlantic relationship is already a good deal for America. The Trump administration needs to face that NATO at its core is not about dollars or GDP shares; rather, it is about trust and solidarity.

        • Testimony

        Checking China’s Maritime Push

        The only effective way to create a more stable environment in the maritime areas near China is for the United States to lead a serious diplomatic dialogue with Beijing and other claimants aimed at establishing mutually acceptable restraints, accompanied by strong U.S. and allied deterrence signals.

      Carnegie Experts on
      Defense and Security

      • expert thumbnail - Acton
        James M. Acton
        Jessica T. Mathews Chair
        Co-director
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Ahmed
        Salman Ahmed
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Salman Ahmed is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the future of U.S. national security strategy and its role in promoting national economic interests.
      • expert thumbnail - Al-Saif
        Bader Al-Saif
        Nonresident Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Bader Mousa Al-Saif is a nonresident fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
      • expert thumbnail - Arbatov
        Alexey Arbatov
        Alexey Arbatov is the head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Axyonova
        Vera Axyonova
        EASI-Hurford Next Generation Fellow
        Vera Axyonova is an EASI-Hurford Next Generation fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Baruah
        Darshana M. Baruah
        Nonresident Scholar
        South Asia Program
        Darshana M. Baruah is a nonresident scholar with the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her primary research focuses on maritime security in Asia and the role of the Indian Navy in a new security architecture.
      • expert thumbnail - Bateman
        Jon Bateman
        Fellow
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Jon Bateman is a fellow in the Cyber Policy Initiative of the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Baunov
        Alexander Baunov
        Senior Fellow
        Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and editor in chief of Carnegie.ru.
      • expert thumbnail - Bellows
        Abigail Bellows
        Nonresident Scholar
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Abigail Bellows is a nonresident scholar in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
      • Elena Bogatyreva
        Program Coordinator
        Foreign and Security Policy
        Carnegie Moscow Center
      • expert thumbnail - Botto
        Kathryn Botto
        Senior Research Analyst
        Asia Program
        Kathryn Botto is a senior research analyst in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on Asian security issues, with particular emphasis on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. defense policy towards East Asia.
      • expert thumbnail - Brattberg
        Erik Brattberg
        Director
        Europe Program
        Fellow
        Erik Brattberg is director of the Europe Program and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. He is an expert on European politics and security and transatlantic relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Brose
        Christian Brose
        Christian Brose is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and head of strategy at Anduril Industries.
      • expert thumbnail - Brown
        Frances Z. Brown
        Senior Fellow
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a senior fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, who previously worked at the White House, USAID, and in non-governmental organizations. She writes on conflict, governance, and U.S. foreign policy.
      • expert thumbnail - Chaudhuri
        Rudra Chaudhuri
        Director
        Carnegie India
        Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His primary research interests include the diplomatic history of South Asia and contemporary security issues.
      • expert thumbnail - Crocker
        Ryan Crocker
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Ryan Crocker is a nonresident senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Cunningham
        Fiona Cunningham
        Stanton Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Fiona Cunningham is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Dvorkin
        Vladimir Dvorkin
        Major General Dvorkin (retired) is a chief researcher at the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Feigenbaum
        Evan A. Feigenbaum
        Vice President for Studies
        Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
      • expert thumbnail - Gabuev
        Alexander Gabuev
        Senior Fellow and Chair
        Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
      • expert thumbnail - Ghanem
        Dalia Ghanem
        Resident Scholar
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Dalia Ghanem is a resident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism with an emphasis on Algeria.
      • expert thumbnail - Godement
        François Godement
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Gokhale
        Vijay Gokhale
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Carnegie India
        Mr. Vijay Gokhale is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India and the former foreign secretary of India.
      • expert thumbnail - Gottemoeller
        Rose Gottemoeller
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
      • expert thumbnail - Grare
        Frederic Grare
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        South Asia Program
        Grare is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s South Asia Program. His research focuses on security issues and democratization in India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Previously, he led the Asia bureau at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs in the French Ministry of Defense.
      • expert thumbnail - Haenle
        Paul Haenle
        Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
      • expert thumbnail - Hellyer
        H. A. Hellyer
        Nonresident Scholar
        Middle East Program
        Dr. H.A. Hellyer is a senior associate fellow and scholar at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on politics, international relations, security, and religion in the West and the Arab world.
      • expert thumbnail - Hooper
        Charles Hooper
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Charles Hooper is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Jaffrey
        Sana Jaffrey
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Sana Jaffrey is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on violent conflict and the challenges of state-building in developing democracies.
      • expert thumbnail - Kleinfeld
        Rachel Kleinfeld
        Senior Fellow
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. She was the founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project.
      • expert thumbnail - Kozhanov
        Nikolay Kozhanov
        Former nonresident scholar
        Foreign and Security Policy Program
        Moscow Center
        Kozhanov is a former nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center and a contributing expert to the Moscow-based Institute of the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Kühn
        Ulrich Kühn
        Nonresident Scholar
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
      • expert thumbnail - Jinghua
        Lyu Jinghua
        Visiting Scholar
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Lyu Jinghua is a visiting scholar with Carnegie’s Cyber Policy Initiative. Her research focuses primarily on cybersecurity and China-U.S. defense relations.
      • expert thumbnail - MacDonald
        Thomas MacDonald
        Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Thomas MacDonald is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Mathews
        Jessica Tuchman Mathews
        Distinguished Fellow
        Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
      • expert thumbnail - Maurer
        Tim Maurer
        Director
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Senior Fellow
        Technology and International Affairs Program
        Dr. Tim Maurer is director of the Cyber Policy Initiative and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - McDonough
        Denis McDonough
        Nonresident Scholar
        Technology and International Affairs Program
        Denis McDonough is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Medeiros
        Evan S. Medeiros
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Evan S. Medeiros is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Meghji
        Sultan Meghji
        Nonresident Scholar
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Sultan Meghji is a nonresident scholar in the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on the architecture of the global financial system and the impact of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
      • expert thumbnail - Miller
        Andrew Miller
        Nonresident Scholar
        Middle East Program
        Andrew Miller is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Nerguizian
        Aram Nerguizian
        Senior Advisor
        Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Aram Nerguizian is senior advisor of the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his work focuses on the Lebanese security sector, long-term force transformation in the Levant, and efforts to develop national security institutions in post-conflict and divided societies.
      • expert thumbnail - Paal
        Douglas H. Paal
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
      • expert thumbnail - Page
        Matthew T. Page
        Nonresident Scholar
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Matthew T. Page is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Panda
        Ankit Panda
        Stanton Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Ryu
        Rexon Y. Ryu
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
      • expert thumbnail - Sayigh
        Yezid Sayigh
        Senior Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
      • expert thumbnail - Schwemlein
        James Schwemlein
        Nonresident Scholar
        South Asia Program
        James Schwemlein is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Staniland
        Paul Staniland
        Nonresident Scholar
        South Asia Program
        Paul Staniland is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Tellis
        Ashley J. Tellis
        Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
        Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
      • expert thumbnail - Toronto
        Nathan Toronto
        Commissioning Editor
        Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Nathan Toronto is the commissioning editor for the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. His research and practitioner work focus on civil-military relations, battlefield effectiveness, military recruitment and education, and Middle East security, especially in the Gulf region.
      • expert thumbnail - Trenin
        Dmitri Trenin
        Director
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Vaddi
        Pranay Vaddi
        Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Pranay Vaddi is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • Jodi Vittori
        Nonresident Scholar
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Jodi Vittori is a nonresident scholar in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. She is an expert on the linkages of corruption, state fragility, illicit finance, and U.S. national security.
      • expert thumbnail - Walles
        Jake Walles
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
      • expert thumbnail - Wehrey
        Frederic Wehrey
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research deals with armed conflict, security sectors, and identity politics, with a focus on Libya, North Africa, and the Gulf.
      • expert thumbnail - West
        Tom West
        Nonresident Scholar
        South Asia Program
        Tom West is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an associate vice president at the Cohen Group.
      • expert thumbnail - Xuetong
        Yan Xuetong
        President, Carnegie–Tsinghua Management Board
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Yan Xuetong is one of China’s leading experts on China’s foreign policy, national security, and U.S.-China relations. At Tsinghua University, he is dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Yerkes
        Sarah Yerkes
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
      • expert thumbnail - Zhao
        Tong Zhao
        Senior Fellow
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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