There is an urgent need for a more disciplined U.S. foreign policy that is clear-eyed about a more competitive world, realistic about the limits of American power, and aligned with domestic renewal. The Carnegie American Statecraft Program examines America’s role in the world and recommends policy ideas to help meet this need.
But if Ukraine joins the alliance, NATO will have to engage in serious military planning in ways it did not for the Baltic states.
Advocating for Kyiv’s membership doesn’t make sense without addressing Article V guarantee credibility.
As the 2024 election cycle kicks into high gear, a new Carnegie survey examines how important foreign policy topics are to African American voters.
But Russian aggression was the impetus for the new membership bids.
Members’ interests don’t outweigh the risks.
Ukrainian membership in the security alliance is the only basis for a more stable relationship with Russia.
Christopher S. Chivvis is the director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment.
Suzanne DiMaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and Asia, especially Iran and North Korea.
Matthew Duss is a visiting scholar in the American Statecraft program at the Carnegie Endowment.
Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on global macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), and questions facing the economic intelligence community.
Peter Harrell is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Ethan B. Kapstein is a nonresident scholar with the American Statecraft Program and the executive director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University.
Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.
Christopher Shell is a fellow in the American Statecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.