Foreign Policy

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As countries grapple with global issues, such as climate change and the impact of emerging technology, the way that nations interact has never been more consequential. Our experts, programming, and impact initiatives work to analyze the foreign policy of the United States and other nations with an aim to explore shared values and produce agenda-setting resources.

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MAR 28, 2024 Podcast

The Humanization of Warfare: Ethics, Law, and Civilians in Conflict

APR 9, 2024 Video

Algorithms of War: The Use of AI in Armed Conflict

From Gaza to Ukraine, the military applications of AI are fundamentally reshaping the ethics of war. How should policymakers navigate AI’s inherent trade-offs?

MAR 28, 2024 Video

Unlocking Cooperation: The Global South and Global North

In the inaugural panel of the "Unlocking Cooperation" series, Ramu Damodaran leads a discussion on forging a path forward for Global South/North collaboration.

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SEP 29, 2020 Podcast

Great Power Competition: What Role Does It Play in the 2020 Presidential Race? with Ali Wyne

Foreign policy may not be in the headlines when it comes to Biden vs. Trump, but U.S-China competition and questions about America's role in ...

Donald Trump & Xi Jinping in Beijing, November 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/more-photos-foreign-trip/">Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks</a>.

SEP 25, 2020 Article

Searching for a Post-Pandemic Order

In this blog post, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on his recent webinar with Ali Wyne of the Atlantic Council. What will the role of ...

SEP 25, 2020 Podcast

The Doorstep: Financial Scandals, Trump vs. Biden, & What To Do About China

Hosted by award-winning professor of journalism Tatiana Serafin, with international relations scholar and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev, The Doorstep is an innovative international ...

H&M Asia flagship store, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H%26M_Flagship_store_in_HK_CWB_Exterior_201511.jpg>Wpcpey/Wikimedia</a> <a href=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en>(CC)</a>

SEP 21, 2020 Article

Will Consumers Pay More To Not Source from China?

Retailer H&M will stop relying on Chinese garment factories and suppliers located in Xinjiang, over concerns about the use of Uyghers as forced labor. ...

Honor Guard of Republic of China at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei City, Taiwain, 2004. <br>CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Military_parade_in_front_of_Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall.jpg">Batiste Pannetier/Free Art License</a>.

SEP 18, 2020 Article

Preventing the Taiwan Flash Point

"A confrontation about Taiwan is viewed by many as the most likely place where the rising tensions between the U.S. and China may lead ...

SEP 17, 2020 Podcast

What is Asia to the U.S.? Connecting the Pacific Region to the American Doorstep, with Christopher Hill

In this wide-ranging conversation, Christopher Hill, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, among other nations, and Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev discuss U.S.-Asian ...

SEP 14, 2020 Transcript

Protests in Perspective: The Protests Go Global, with Mary L. Dudziak & Brenda Gayle Plummer

The killing of George Floyd and the wave of protests that followed bring to life the current struggle for civil rights, human rights, and social ...

Satellite view of California, September 9, 2020. Source: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOES17_geocolor_Western_US_2020-09-09_1100AM.jpg>U.S. National Weather Service/Wikimedia (Public Domain)</a>.

SEP 11, 2020 Article

Ecological Dimension of Foreign Policy

One of the emerging narratives about United States foreign policy is the use of climate change as a central organizing principle. How can ecological and ...

COVID-19 samples being studied at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 2020.<br> CREDIT: <a href="https://www.army.mil/article/238434/usaisec_enabling_rapid_secure_communications_for_army_covid_19_research">U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters</a>

SEP 3, 2020 Article

The Ethics of Non-Cooperation: COVID Vaccine Questions

The search for a COVID-19 vaccine is another example of how the pandemic has increased competition among nations, writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev. Will the ...

Secretary of State John Kerry's car, Beijing, April 2013. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/8644267001">U.S. State Dept./Alison Anzalone/Public Domain</a>.

AUG 25, 2020 Article

Hard Choices on China

The USGE program has opened its second survey on U.S. foreign policy, and this one has an emphasis on assessing the relative ranking of ...