U.S. Global Engagement (USGE)
For the last five years, the post-Cold War bipartisan consensus in U.S. foreign policy—that the sustained deployment of U.S. power around the world is indispensable for maintaining the international system—has been called into question. There are now a series of competing narratives providing very different rationales for the degree and scope of U.S. engagement being advanced by different groups on the U.S. domestic political spectrum—each resting on a different understanding of what constitutes ethics in international affairs.
In this context, Carnegie Council's U.S Global Engagement program (USGE) seeks to:
- Reshape wider discussions on American foreign policy to seriously address the causes and consequences of U.S. disengagement and re-engagement;
- Move ethical considerations to the center of policymakers' thinking about international relations, including the emergence of new ethical perspectives based on environmentalism, a focus on greater inclusivity, and the emergence of new technologies;
- Probe the ethical considerations in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical and ideological competition among major powers; and
- Inform democratic citizens' understanding of international affairs, global engagement, and U.S. foreign policymaking.
USGE gratefully acknowledges the support for its work from the following:
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Rockefeller Family & Associates
The USGE program has recently started The Doorstep podcast, co-hosted by Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev.
The Doorstep is an innovative international news podcast that invites listeners to recognize that all global news is local in a borderless internet. Each week, Serafin and Gvosdev will tackle new topics and regions discussing why they matter to a rising young electorate changing the shape of the United States today.
Listeners are encouraged to send questions in via Twitter, to @TatianaSerafin or @CarnegieCouncil, or via info@cceia.org.
Doorstep podcasts
February 12, 2021: Can the U.S. Regain the World's Trust? with Eurasia Group's Ali Wyne
January 29, 2021: TikTok & the Normalization of Protests Around the World, with Dr. Tia C. M. Tyree
January 15, 2021: Reviving Democracy & Re-establishing Alliances, with the Atlantic Council's Ash Jain
January 8, 2021: Capitol Chaos, Power Vacuums, & a Global Reckoning
December 18, 2020: Connecting U.S. Foreign & Domestic Policy in 2021, with Judah Grunstein
December 4, 2020: Opportunities for a New U.S. Policy Toward African Nations, with Ambassador Charles A. Ray
November 20, 2020: The U.S. & Latin America under Joe Biden with the Wilson Center's Cynthia Arnson
November 5, 2020: The World Waits for the Next U.S. President, with Professor Tom Nichols
October 23, 2020: America in the Middle East & the "Caliphate" Controversy, with NYU's Mohamad Bazzi
October 9, 2020: Spy Games & Trump's Health, Pence vs. Harris, & Europe's Refugee Crisis, with Politico's Nahal Toosi
September 25, 2020: Financial Scandals, Trump vs. Biden, & What To Do About China
Webinars
October 15, 2020: The Democratic Community: A Path for U.S. Engagement? with Ash Jain
September 29, 2020: Great Power Competition: What Role Does It Play in the 2020 Presidential Race? with Ali Wyne
September 17, 2020: What is Asia to the U.S.? Connecting the Pacific Region to the American Doorstep, with Christopher Hill
July 27, 2020: Human Security is National Security in a Time of Pandemic, with Derek Reveron
May 29, 2020: Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy, with Dina Smeltz & Mark Hannah
April 17, 2020: Fractured Globalization & Dissolving Ethics, with Nikolas Gvosdev