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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.

Projects

Pivotal States Series

The American Statecraft Program’s Pivotal States Series examines U.S. foreign policy through the lens of key bilateral relationships, mapping the way to a foreign policy more responsive to the realities of the mid-twenty-first century.

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Program experts

Christopher S. Chivvis

Senior Fellow and Director, American Statecraft Program

Suzanne DiMaggio

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Peter Harrell

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Jennifer Kavanagh

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow

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

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.

All Work from American Statecraft

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in the media
Where Is the Biden Administration’s Red Line When It Comes Palestinian Deaths in Gaza?

Did an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp near Rafah cross a red line with the Biden administration? 

· May 29, 2024
Morning Edition (NPR)
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A Conversation with Senior Advisor to the President for Energy and Investment, Amos Hochstein
May 30, 2024

Aaron David Miller and Amos Hochstein discuss how the Israel-Hamas war may affect the international economy, supply chains, and the global trade of hydrocarbons.

in the media
How China Will Squeeze, Not Seize, Taiwan

China’s patient, long-term Taiwan policy, together with its modest record of military action abroad, suggests that Beijing’s more probable plan is to gradually intensify the policy it is already pursuing: a creeping encroachment into Taiwan’s airspace, maritime space, and information space. 

· May 22, 2024
Foreign Affairs
in the media
Aaron David Miller on ICC Seeking Arrest Warrants

A conversation on the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Hamas, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli officials.

· May 22, 2024
Bloomberg Television
truck-sized 30-ton shipping containers are stacked aboard the Hanjin Oslo freighter in the Port of Los Angeles
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Time to Reset the U.S. Trade Agenda

The strongest argument for rebooting U.S. trade policy ultimately may not be geopolitics, nor even the economic argument that trade deals will help an already-strong U.S economy. Instead, the best argument is that trade is a key element of solving global challenges that affect us all, like the green energy transition and the risks of AI and the digital economy.

· May 20, 2024
in the media
Rift or Rupture? What the War in Gaza Is Doing to U.S.-Israeli Relations.

More than likely, the U.S.-Israeli operating system will fi nd a way to manage or muddlethrough these issues—especially in an election year—without a sustained break orfracture in the relationship. But what are the trend lines?

· May 17, 2024
Foreign Policy
in the media
Where Israel Stands 76 Years After Its Creation

A conversation about how Israelis perceived this year’s Independence Day and where Israel stands today.

· May 17, 2024
WBUR Here & Now
in the media
Stephen Wertheim Returns: Restraint and Retrenchment

A discussion of Ukraine, NATO, restraint, “retrenchment” and the foreign policy implications of the 2024 elections.

· May 15, 2024
Security Dilemma
in the media
What Does America Want in Ukraine?

Washington’s current approach is a strategic cop-out—and risks making another forever war.

· May 9, 2024
Foreign Policy
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The Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog
May 9, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog to discuss the Israel-Hamas war and other issues, in the next episode of Carnegie Connects.

  • Ambassador Michael Herzog