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.

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

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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Strategy

Innovative foreign policy recommendations grounded in reality

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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Strategy

Innovative foreign policy recommendations grounded in reality

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Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy

How large foreign policy shifts happen despite pressures to maintain the status quo.

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Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy

How large foreign policy shifts happen despite pressures to maintain the status quo.

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Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft

Collectively, a group of emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the world stage? How can the United States integrate them into its foreign policy strategy?

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Emerging Powers and the Future of American Statecraft

Collectively, a group of emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are growing in their geopolitical weight and diplomatic ambition. How closely do they align with the United States when it comes to Russia and China? What drives their decisions on the world stage? How can the United States integrate them into its foreign policy strategy?

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Pivotal States: Russia and U.S. Global Strategy
May 1, 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought bilateral relations with the U.S. to their lowest point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Russia holds sway over many U.S. foreign policy priorities. How can the U.S. support European security without sacrificing its other interests?

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Pivotal States: Russia and U.S. Global Strategy
May 1, 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought bilateral relations with the U.S. to their lowest point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Russia holds sway over many U.S. foreign policy priorities. How can the U.S. support European security without sacrificing its other interests?

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A More Disciplined American Global Leadership

Challenging assumptions about America’s global priorities to serve the needs of the future.

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A More Disciplined American Global Leadership

Challenging assumptions about America’s global priorities to serve the needs of the future.

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American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy

Ensuring that American foreign policy serves the needs of its citizens

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American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy

Ensuring that American foreign policy serves the needs of its citizens

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Economic Statecraft

Aligning U.S. foreign policy with changing domestic and global economic realities

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Economic Statecraft

Aligning U.S. foreign policy with changing domestic and global economic realities

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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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Explosive Triangle: Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah in Lebanon
10:00 AM — 10:45 AM EDT

Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon has broken a status quo that could carry potentially momentous consequences for a country and a region already marked by a year of conflict. Critical questions loom. Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Kim Ghattas and Ambassador David Satterfield for the next Carnegie Connects. 

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Navigating a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations
October 17, 2024

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?

U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s
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U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s: Toward a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence

It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is to be any hope of doing so, however, policy experts need some realistic vision of what those calmer waters might look like.

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· October 17, 2024
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Explaining the THAAD Anti-Missile Defense System and Why It’s Stoking Tensions in the Middle East

A conversation about about the U.S. troops and THAAD anti-missile defense system that have touched down in Israel.

· October 15, 2024
AirTalk with Larry Mantle
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America’s Foreign Policy Inertia

Since World War II, many U.S. leaders have attempted to change the country’s foreign policy, and their efforts have often fallen short. Inertia is a powerful force.

· October 14, 2024
Foreign Affairs
A Black person holds scissors and a sheet of "I Voted" stickers.
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How Do Americans Feel About the Election and Foreign Policy?

Undecided voters from minority groups are paying close attention to foreign policy in 2024.

· October 11, 2024
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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. 

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.

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‘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
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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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2024
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Explosive Triangle: Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah in Lebanon
10:00 AM — 10:45 AM EDT
U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s
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U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s: Toward a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence
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· October 17, 2024
In The Media
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America’s Foreign Policy Inertia
· October 14, 2024
Foreign Affairs
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Israel and Iran at War?
October 10, 2024
In The Media
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‘Closer Than Ever’ to a ‘Major, Multi-front Regional War’
· October 8, 2024
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
In The Media
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One Year On: The World After Oct. 7
· October 7, 2024
Foreign Policy