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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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soldier_SupportU.S._Army_Reserve_Urban_Augmentation_Medical_Task_Force_Soldiers_board_buses_at_Joint_Base_McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,_New_Jersey.jpg>Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris (CC)</a>

APR 21, 2020 Article

Further on Pandemics, Solidarity, & Narratives

Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on the erosion of solidarity between nations admidst the COVID-19 pandemic. What will a "new normal" in world affairs look ...

Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 24, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belfast_COVID19_Traffic_Management_Sign.jpg">Gerry Lynch (CC)</a>

APR 17, 2020 Podcast

Fractured Globalization & Dissolving Ethics, with Nikolas Gvosdev

If global interconnections begin to fray in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, what happens to the ethical underpinnings of international relations? Senior Fellow Nikolas ...

Senator Bernie Sanders in Phoenix, Arizona, March 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/49625737102/">Gage Skidmore</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 10, 2020 Article

Senator Sanders Departs . . . But What of His Foreign Policy Narrative?

Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his campaign for the 2020 presidency, but his influence will live on, writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev. Joe Biden has pledged ...

USNS <i>Comfort</i> arrives in New York City, March 30, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/navymedicine/49721679586/in/photostream/">U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Adelola Tinubu (Public Domain)</a>

APR 2, 2020 Article

Narratives, Priorities, and Defense Spending

Is the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic going to have major changes in how Americans perceive foreign policy? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev considers this question ...

Tehran's Azadi Tower lights in support of China against coronavirus, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azadi_Tower_lights_in_support_of_China_against_coronavirus_2.jpg">Amin Yari (CC)</a>

MAR 18, 2020 Podcast

The Coronavirus Pandemic & International Relations, with Nikolas Gvosdev

With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting all aspects of daily life around the world, what will be the effect on international relations? Will it increase cooperation ...

Taiwan, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href=“https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:蔡總統視導33化學兵群_02.jpg“>Military News Agency Zhou Lihang (CC)</a>.

MAR 17, 2020 Article

Does COVID-19 Change International Relations?

Does a global pandemic change the nature of international affairs? Is it likely to foster international cooperation, or will it promote disintegrative tendencies within the ...

Health checkpoints at an airport in Milan, Italy on February 7, 2020. CREDIT: <a href= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emergenza_coronavirus_(49501382461).jpg> Protezione Civile (CC)</a>.

MAR 14, 2020 Article

Peace By Poison: How the Coronavirus Could Fix Globalization Problems

How is the COVID-19 pandemic stress-testing the international system? Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes that the virus is accelerating a series of disintegrative processes, which ...

U.S. representative Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Taliban representative Abdul Ghani Baradar (right) sign the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020. CREDIT: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present)#/media/File:Secretary_Pompeo_Participates_in_a_Signing_Ceremony_in_Doha_(49601220548).jpg">U.S. Department of State/Public Domain</a>

MAR 10, 2020 Podcast

The U.S.-Taliban Agreement & the Future of Afghanistan, with Jonathan Cristol

On February 29, the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement that could potentially end the longest-running war in American history. Jonathan Cristol, author of "...

CREDIT: 2020 <a href=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpvqqGDGeLgoWIH_1EGK4N5vdof8jru7wT33gEJBGJs0mEmQ/viewform>survey of attitudes</a>, U.S. Global Engagement program. Map provided by <a href=https://pixabay.com/photos/blur-close-up-continent-exploration-1869546/>Pixabay (CC)</a>.

MAR 9, 2020 Article

What Do Americans Think . . .

The U.S. Global Engagement program at Carnegie Council has been conducting a survey of attitudes about U.S. foreign policy with an eye to ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voting_United_States.jpg">Tom Arthur (CC)</a>

MAR 5, 2020 Article

Super Tuesday and the Clash of Foreign Policy Narratives

Democratic voters are now presented with a clear choice between two different foreign policy narratives and ethical considerations when it comes to U.S. engagement ...