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Major fighting in Gaza has largely ended. But the staggering scale of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, as well as persistent divisions among leaders on all sides, means that true peace remains distant.
Aaron David Miller explains, for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/10/g...
Aaron David Miller explains, for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/10/g...
Challenges Overshadow Hope in Gaza
Major fighting has ended, but irreconcilable positions will bedevil Trump’s peace plan.
foreignpolicy.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Major fighting in Gaza has largely ended. But the staggering scale of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, as well as persistent divisions among leaders on all sides, means that true peace remains distant.
Aaron David Miller explains, for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/10/g...
Aaron David Miller explains, for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/10/g...
Last week, the UAE hosted talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States. It’s the latest example of Gulf monarchies positioning themselves as important venues for diplomacy. But what do they get out of hosting talks like these?
@andrewleber.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/U9qqE...
@andrewleber.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/U9qqE...
Why Is the UAE Hosting Ukraine-Russia Talks?
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
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February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Last week, the UAE hosted talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States. It’s the latest example of Gulf monarchies positioning themselves as important venues for diplomacy. But what do they get out of hosting talks like these?
@andrewleber.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/U9qqE...
@andrewleber.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/U9qqE...
Today, the last remaining nuclear treaty between Russia and the U.S. expired. What does that actually mean – and what could be next? @nktpnd.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/RxUMr...
The End of the Last U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
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February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Today, the last remaining nuclear treaty between Russia and the U.S. expired. What does that actually mean – and what could be next? @nktpnd.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/RxUMr...
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It's time for philanthropy to figure out how to help their grantees navigate new media before fact-based communication falls into irrelevance. @ReneeDiResta and I show how - and why: www.philanthropy.com/opinion/why-...
Why Social Media Is Now the Place to Build Trust
The nonprofit world excels at communications strategies that are almost irrelevant. Here’s a playbook for how to regain credibility by working with online influencers.
www.philanthropy.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It's time for philanthropy to figure out how to help their grantees navigate new media before fact-based communication falls into irrelevance. @ReneeDiResta and I show how - and why: www.philanthropy.com/opinion/why-...
As protests in Iran recede, the United States faces policy options that draw on Arab Spring lessons.
Amr Hamzawy and Sarah Yerkes outline nonviolent, regionally coordinated strategies: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Amr Hamzawy and Sarah Yerkes outline nonviolent, regionally coordinated strategies: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The United States Should Apply the Arab Spring’s Lessons to Its Iran Response
The uprisings showed that foreign military intervention rarely produced democratic breakthroughs.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
As protests in Iran recede, the United States faces policy options that draw on Arab Spring lessons.
Amr Hamzawy and Sarah Yerkes outline nonviolent, regionally coordinated strategies: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Amr Hamzawy and Sarah Yerkes outline nonviolent, regionally coordinated strategies: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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As we look towards the Munich Security Conference #MSC2026 next week, we find ourselves at a turning point in our international order.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
As we look towards the Munich Security Conference #MSC2026 next week, we find ourselves at a turning point in our international order.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
The killings of two Americans in Minneapolis by federal agents have roiled the country. The federal government has shown little interest in real accountability. Where can we go from here and what role can states play?
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Federal Accountability and the Power of the States in a Changing America
What happens next can lessen the damage or compound it.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The killings of two Americans in Minneapolis by federal agents have roiled the country. The federal government has shown little interest in real accountability. Where can we go from here and what role can states play?
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
President Trump famously claims to have solved eight wars. In most of them, while fighting may have ended, a real resolution remains far off. For Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump’s vision of “peace through construction” might actually work.
Garo Paylan explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Garo Paylan explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Trump Wants “Peace Through Construction.” There’s One Place It Could Actually Work.
An Armenia-Azerbaijan settlement may be the only realistic test case for making glossy promises a reality.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
President Trump famously claims to have solved eight wars. In most of them, while fighting may have ended, a real resolution remains far off. For Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump’s vision of “peace through construction” might actually work.
Garo Paylan explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Garo Paylan explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
“It’s magic-wand policymaking, where you need a crisis in order for something to happen.”
@sarahlabo.bsky.social weighed in on turmoil at FEMA under the Trump administration's “policy of chaotic austerity,” for @grist.org: grist.org/extreme-weat...
@sarahlabo.bsky.social weighed in on turmoil at FEMA under the Trump administration's “policy of chaotic austerity,” for @grist.org: grist.org/extreme-weat...
Turmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem
Lawmakers, disaster response experts, and disaster survivors say her policies have slowed emergency response and delayed recovery funding.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“It’s magic-wand policymaking, where you need a crisis in order for something to happen.”
@sarahlabo.bsky.social weighed in on turmoil at FEMA under the Trump administration's “policy of chaotic austerity,” for @grist.org: grist.org/extreme-weat...
@sarahlabo.bsky.social weighed in on turmoil at FEMA under the Trump administration's “policy of chaotic austerity,” for @grist.org: grist.org/extreme-weat...
“Ali Khamenei’s January 2026 massacre—the climax of a decades-long reign of repression—will rank among modern history’s deadliest single episodes of state violence.”
@ksadjadpour.bsky.social on the Iranian regime’s abuses of its citizens, for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
@ksadjadpour.bsky.social on the Iranian regime’s abuses of its citizens, for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Islamic Republic’s Predatory Contract With Its People
No one would agree to the terms that Iran’s regime has forced on its citizens.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
“Ali Khamenei’s January 2026 massacre—the climax of a decades-long reign of repression—will rank among modern history’s deadliest single episodes of state violence.”
@ksadjadpour.bsky.social on the Iranian regime’s abuses of its citizens, for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
@ksadjadpour.bsky.social on the Iranian regime’s abuses of its citizens, for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The success of China’s DeepSeek was a shock to the West. But it shouldn’t have taken anyone by surprise – and neither should China’s next push: embodied AI.
Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi explain, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi explain, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DeepSeek was a warning shot. China is building its next surprise.
Beijing has a dominant lead in developing intelligent robots, drones and autonomous systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The success of China’s DeepSeek was a shock to the West. But it shouldn’t have taken anyone by surprise – and neither should China’s next push: embodied AI.
Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi explain, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi explain, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
News of Ubiquiti’s technology in Russian drones made waves this week, not least because the company’s CEO owns the Memphis Grizzlies.
But Ubiquiti isn’t the only U.S. company whose products are showing up in Russian weapons. @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/KQMC9...
But Ubiquiti isn’t the only U.S. company whose products are showing up in Russian weapons. @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/KQMC9...
Why Are U.S. Products in Russian Weapons?
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
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January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
News of Ubiquiti’s technology in Russian drones made waves this week, not least because the company’s CEO owns the Memphis Grizzlies.
But Ubiquiti isn’t the only U.S. company whose products are showing up in Russian weapons. @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/KQMC9...
But Ubiquiti isn’t the only U.S. company whose products are showing up in Russian weapons. @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/KQMC9...
Precision weapons revolutionized warfare. They allowed "limited" wars, but they also convinced leaders that tactical victories can come with very few costs -- and that's not really true.
Jeffrey E. Stern joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkI...
Jeffrey E. Stern joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkI...
How Smart Bombs Enable Dumb Wars
YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Precision weapons revolutionized warfare. They allowed "limited" wars, but they also convinced leaders that tactical victories can come with very few costs -- and that's not really true.
Jeffrey E. Stern joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkI...
Jeffrey E. Stern joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkI...
“Including more Venezuelan voices [...] will increase the credibility and legitimacy of the economic and political reforms for the entire population,” @jennifermccoy.bsky.social writes. What role should the U.S. play in the process?
Full article here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Full article here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Can Venezuela Move From Economic Stabilization to a Democratic Transition?
Venezuelans deserve to participate in collective decisionmaking and determine their own futures.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“Including more Venezuelan voices [...] will increase the credibility and legitimacy of the economic and political reforms for the entire population,” @jennifermccoy.bsky.social writes. What role should the U.S. play in the process?
Full article here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Full article here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
As plans for Gaza progress, Amr Hamzawy, Sarah Yerkes, and Kathryn Selfe reflect in @foreignaffairs.com on the United States’ past role in Middle East mediation—and what meaningful U.S. engagement must look like today.
Read here: www.foreignaffairs.com/palestinian-...
Read here: www.foreignaffairs.com/palestinian-...
The Folly of Fatalism in Gaza
To broker peace, America should draw on its past successes in the Middle East.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
As plans for Gaza progress, Amr Hamzawy, Sarah Yerkes, and Kathryn Selfe reflect in @foreignaffairs.com on the United States’ past role in Middle East mediation—and what meaningful U.S. engagement must look like today.
Read here: www.foreignaffairs.com/palestinian-...
Read here: www.foreignaffairs.com/palestinian-...
🧵 The Trump administration has upended the global order. What comes next? Carnegie experts Stewart Patrick and @sinanulgen.bsky.social weighed in for @politico.com.
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🧵 The Trump administration has upended the global order. What comes next? Carnegie experts Stewart Patrick and @sinanulgen.bsky.social weighed in for @politico.com.
🧵 “When you see tens of thousands, probably collectively millions, of protesters throughout the country, that’s very significant,” says @ksadjadpour.bsky.social, “because each of these people knows that they’re taking the ultimate risk."
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
🧵 “When you see tens of thousands, probably collectively millions, of protesters throughout the country, that’s very significant,” says @ksadjadpour.bsky.social, “because each of these people knows that they’re taking the ultimate risk."
After this month’s ouster of Nicolás Maduro, some within (and outside) the Trump administration are asking: who’s next? The question is concerning in any case, but especially when it targets democratic leaders.
Sarah Yerkes and Amr Hamzawy explain: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Sarah Yerkes and Amr Hamzawy explain: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The Danger of Treating Colombia Like Venezuela
When democracies and autocracies are seen as interchangeable target, the language of democracy becomes hollow.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:29 PM
After this month’s ouster of Nicolás Maduro, some within (and outside) the Trump administration are asking: who’s next? The question is concerning in any case, but especially when it targets democratic leaders.
Sarah Yerkes and Amr Hamzawy explain: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Sarah Yerkes and Amr Hamzawy explain: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The United States' pursuit of Greenland threatens trust in the NATO alliance.
@sophiabesch.bsky.social analyzes President Trump’s motivations and the responses from European leaders: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@sophiabesch.bsky.social analyzes President Trump’s motivations and the responses from European leaders: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The Greenland Episode Must Be a Lesson for Europe and NATO
They cannot return to the comforts of asymmetric reliance, dressed up as partnership.
carnegieendowment.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The United States' pursuit of Greenland threatens trust in the NATO alliance.
@sophiabesch.bsky.social analyzes President Trump’s motivations and the responses from European leaders: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@sophiabesch.bsky.social analyzes President Trump’s motivations and the responses from European leaders: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
“No matter how much a leader might behave like a character from Mean Girls, the world isn’t a giant high school.”
@lageneralista.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social, @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social, & Stewart Patrick discussed Canadian PM Carney’s Davos speech: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@lageneralista.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social, @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social, & Stewart Patrick discussed Canadian PM Carney’s Davos speech: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Carney’s Remarkable Message to Middle Powers
And how they can respond.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“No matter how much a leader might behave like a character from Mean Girls, the world isn’t a giant high school.”
@lageneralista.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social, @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social, & Stewart Patrick discussed Canadian PM Carney’s Davos speech: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@lageneralista.bsky.social, @sophiabesch.bsky.social, @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social, & Stewart Patrick discussed Canadian PM Carney’s Davos speech: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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If you’ve been following developments at the World Economic Forum, you’ll know that the international system is in flux.
A key challenge for policymakers is to navigate competing power aspirations and nodes of order. 🧵
A key challenge for policymakers is to navigate competing power aspirations and nodes of order. 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
If you’ve been following developments at the World Economic Forum, you’ll know that the international system is in flux.
A key challenge for policymakers is to navigate competing power aspirations and nodes of order. 🧵
A key challenge for policymakers is to navigate competing power aspirations and nodes of order. 🧵
This week, the Supreme Court heard a landmark case: can President Trump fire Fed governor Lisa Cook? Andrew O'Donohue weighed in on what the outcome might be – and what the case means for presidential power: youtube.com/shorts/yD0Yh...
Trump Takes the Fed to Court
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
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January 21, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This week, the Supreme Court heard a landmark case: can President Trump fire Fed governor Lisa Cook? Andrew O'Donohue weighed in on what the outcome might be – and what the case means for presidential power: youtube.com/shorts/yD0Yh...
In the sudden absence of the United States in global affairs, middle powers have an “opportunity to fill the leadership vacuum and exercise agency.”
Stewart Patrick explains the new roles middle powers are playing in international cooperation: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Stewart Patrick explains the new roles middle powers are playing in international cooperation: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The Middle Power Moment
Middle powers have an important role to play in reviving international cooperation at this dawning moment of a new multipolar world.
carnegieendowment.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In the sudden absence of the United States in global affairs, middle powers have an “opportunity to fill the leadership vacuum and exercise agency.”
Stewart Patrick explains the new roles middle powers are playing in international cooperation: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Stewart Patrick explains the new roles middle powers are playing in international cooperation: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Major efforts in policy and diplomacy to address the fentanyl crisis in the United States have begun to see a remarkable decline in overdose cases.
@jeffreyprescott.bsky.social discusses this milestone: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@jeffreyprescott.bsky.social discusses this milestone: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Foreign Policy Outcomes Can Be Hard to Measure. This One Isn’t.
A new study found that a combination of policy and diplomatic focus contributed to a dramatic shift in fentanyl-related overdose deaths.
carnegieendowment.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Major efforts in policy and diplomacy to address the fentanyl crisis in the United States have begun to see a remarkable decline in overdose cases.
@jeffreyprescott.bsky.social discusses this milestone: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
@jeffreyprescott.bsky.social discusses this milestone: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
China faces some of the biggest economic challenges it’s seen in decades. How does that influence its policy at home and abroad – and its relationship with the U.S.?
Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSmu...
Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSmu...
China’s Economic Challenges
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
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January 20, 2026 at 9:18 PM
China faces some of the biggest economic challenges it’s seen in decades. How does that influence its policy at home and abroad – and its relationship with the U.S.?
Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSmu...
Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSmu...