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Nikolas K. Gvosdev was a senior fellow for the U.S. Global Engagement Initiative (USGE) at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
He is also a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, the director of the Policy Analysis sub-course in the National Security Affairs Department, and the Captain Jerome E. Levy Chair in economic geography and national security.
Gvosdev was the editor of The National Interest and remains a senior editor at the magazine. In addition, he holds a non-residential senior fellowship at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a co-author of U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy: The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower (2015). He previously published Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Vectors and Sectors (with Christopher Marsh) in 2013.
Gvosdev is a frequent commentator on U.S. foreign policy and international relations, Russian and Eurasian affairs, and developments in the Middle East.
Featured Work
![Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, in Eastern Ukraine, May 15, 2018. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassykyiv/42148984241/>U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/05.26.20_Volker_2023-04-10-044918_mfac.jpg?v=1719366438)
MAY 26, 2020 • Article
TIGRE: The Missing Link? Operationalizing the Democratic Community Narrative
Does the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as renewed concerns about overdependence on China, create an opening for the United States to move forward on decoupling ...
![President Trump at Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2020. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49863033943/>Shealah Craighead/White House/Public Domain</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/05.14.20_us_featurebox.jpg?v=1719363813)
MAY 14, 2020 • Podcast
Fractured Globalization & the Future of the International System, with Nikolas Gvosdev
Nikolas Gvosdev, direct of the U.S. Global Engagement program, recently spoke to the World Affairs Forum to discuss "fractured globalization" amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
![President Trump at Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2020. <br>CREDIT: <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49863033943/>Shealah Craighead/White House/Public Domain</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/05.14.20_us_featurebox.jpg?v=1719363813)
MAY 14, 2020 • Transcript
Fractured Globalization & the Future of the International System, with Nikolas Gvosdev
Nikolas Gvosdev, direct of the U.S. Global Engagement program, recently spoke to the World Affairs Forum to discuss "fractured globalization" amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_%26_Donald_Trump_in_Helsinki,_16_July_2018_(7).jpg">Kremlin.ru (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/PutinTrumpPopulism.jpg?v=1719364711)
MAY 12, 2020 • Podcast
Great Power Populism, COVID-19, & Missing Leadership, with Damjan Krnjević Mišković & Nikolas Gvosdev
What is "great power populism" and what does it mean during the pandemic? Are we heading towards another global conflict? And are there any leaders ...
![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>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/USsoldierfeaturebox2_2023-04-10-044930_fosk.jpg?v=1719366574)
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>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Belfast_COVID19.jpg?v=1719364196)
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>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/SandersMarch2020_2023-04-10-044933_zcva.jpg?v=1719373999)
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 ...
![European Parliament in session, February 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/49524887688/in/album-72157713053981602/>European Union (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/04.08.20_Europarl_2023-04-10-044936_hkhw.jpg?v=1719366605)
APR 8, 2020 • Article
COVID-19: Eroding the Ethics of Solidarity?
"Solidarity is easy when there is no perceived cost or major sacrifice entailed," writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev. How has the COVID-19 pandemic stress-tested the ...
![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>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/USNSComfort_2023-04-10-044940_riec.jpg?v=1719366521)
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 ...
![Hungary's President Orbán in Helsinki, November 2018. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EPP_Helsinki_Congress_in_Finland,_7-8_November_2018_(45053885904).jpg>European People's Party (CC)</a>.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/03.31.20_orbanfeaturebox_2023-04-10-044943_sbua.jpg?v=1719367135)
MAR 31, 2020 • Article
Hungary and the Values Test
In the wake of the Hungarian parliament's vote to allow the executive to rule by decree, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev reflects on the call by ...