Has Trump ushered in a new era of foreign policymaking, or beneath the bluster, is it business as usual? In our latest newsletter, we asked @CarnegieEndow scholars: What sets Trump's foreign policy apart this term? See more – and subscribe for our latest foreign policy analysis! – in the Next Generation Statecraft newsletter (link below).

.@carnegieendow @ceipstatecraft Are we headed back to war or toward an agreement? Join me tomorrow June 9 1-145 EDT when I sit down with the inestimable @citrinowicz to disciss. Register here: carnegieendowment.org/events…

Delighted to contribute a German-language essay in Aufbau on the crisis in U.S. grand strategy: aufbau.eu/artikel/schwerpunk…

.@carnegieendow @foreignpolicy As left blasts him for starting war and parts of right charge he lost it, Trump will look to blame others. Netanyahu may well be at the top of his list.foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/01…

“Historian and analyst Stephen Wertheim credited @RoKhanna with articulating ‘what the vast majority of Democrats believe, but too few of their leaders say and mean.’ “A March poll by Pew Research Center found that nearly 90% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said the Trump administration had made the wrong decision going to war against Iran.” commondreams.org/news/ro-kha…

We document the Biden administration’s China diplomacy in this report and assess that it was largely successful, especially after initial challenges were overcome. carnegieendowment.org/resear…

Has Trump irreparably damaged U.S.-European trust? @CChivvis and @SophiaBesch discuss on the latest episode of the Pivotal States podcast⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=BCNfKMTv…

Will Germany make good on the promise of the Zeitenwende or drift back toward a more cautious defense policy? @SophiaBesch tells @CChivvis that Germany's strategic shift is here to stay. Full podcast episode: youtube.com/watch?v=BCNfKMTv…

Washington needs to be doing much more hard-nosed thinking about what a realistic future for U.S.-Germany relations looks like. Germany is undeniably a pivotal state and U.S. relations with it can't be sidelined without serious consequences. But old shibboleths will have to be chucked to make the relationship productive again for both sides. Great to have @SophiaBesch on Pivotal States to think through what we need to do NOW to build the intellectual foundations for the future relationship.

🎧 NEW on the Pivotal States podcast: The war with Iran, Trump’s claims on Greenland, and possible U.S. troop withdrawals have all put U.S.-German relations under strain. Has trust been irreparably broken? @SophiaBesch joins @CChivvis to discuss⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=BCNfKMTv…

🆕What can the United States do with the power it has? Our Future of American Power projectexamines the sources and trajectory of U.S. influence. In the first paper of the series, @NickKitchen1 tackles how to measure national power in the first place: carnegieendowment.org/resear…

As Trump meets with Xi in Beijing this week, U.S.-China relations are at the center of global attention. What lessons can be drawn from Biden's China strategy? @CChivvis & @mrworldwide1701 offer insights on how America can manage the relationship: carnegieendowment.org/resear…

.@carnegieendow @ceipstatecraft Want the best analysis of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit? Tune into my conversation with @DSORennie May 12 10-1045 EDT Register here: carnegieendowment.org/events…

.@carnegieendow @ceipstatecraft Want 45 minutes of the best analysis of next week's Trump-Xi summit? Tune into my conversation @DSORennie Tuesday May 12 10-1045 EDT. Register here: carnegieendowment.org/events…

.@carnegieendow @ceipstatecraft @DSORennie is the best China analyst in biz. Join us May 12 10-1045 EDT to discuss upcoming Trump-Xi summit. Register here: carnegieendowment.org/events…

What’s the best way to assess a nation’s power? Quantitative rankings can be misleading, says @NickKitchen1. See the first paper in @CEIPStatecraft's Future of American Power project for what analysts can turn to instead: carnegieendowment.org/resear…

.@CarnegieEndow @ceipstatecraft @foreignpolicy with the inestimable @DanKurtzer Trump wanted an historic transformation; what he may end up with is just another round with benefits - for Iran. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/01…

What can the U.S. actually do with the power it has? @CEIPStatecraft’s new Future of American Power project assesses both the quantity and quality of American power. We broke down some key indicators – and put them in comparison to China.

"If allies want American protection, they are in competition with each other." @stephenwertheim at the @QuincyInst: