How should the U.S. confront nuclear proliferation today? Carnegie, together with @nti.org and @belfercenter.bsky.social, convened a bipartisan Task Force to explore this question – and point to some possible answers. Read the full report here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

A new Task Force report by NTI, @carnegieendowment.org, and the @belfercenter.bsky.social warns of rising nuclear proliferation risks and lays out a strategy to protect global security. Read the full report now: www.nti.org/news/biparti...

New: The Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation and U.S. National Security today published its final report urging the U.S. to strengthen its strategy to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and safeguard national security. Convened by the @carnegieendowment.org, @nti.org and the Belfer Center.

China is trying to sell itself as the safest country in the world – especially, implicitly, as safer than the West. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social on the success of this sales pitch at last week’s global forum, for @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/5c42...

The Trump administration is slow-walking disaster aid, write Jennifer DeCesaro and @sarahlabo.bsky.social – and risks leaving people and communities to “clean up on their own.” More in Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Are we in a “post-Western” world? If so, how did we get here? And what does the decline of U.S. hegemony mean for middle powers around the world? Stewart Patrick on these questions and more, for @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The government-led campaign against Türkiye’s main opposition party appears to follow a central principle, says @iacoskun.bsky.social: “If you can’t beat them, find another way to contain them.” What this containment looks like & what it may mean: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

“Electrostate” is “the geopolitical buzzword of the year,” says @noahjgordon.bsky.social, especially in regard to China. But when writers say “electrostate,” are they using it right? And why does that matter? Noah explains, for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Today, Arab foreign ministers will meet in Qatar for an emergency summit in the wake of Israeli attacks. But, says Aaron David Miller, it’s not likely to yield anything more than “rhetoric.” Full conversation with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social on @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/09/15/n...

Across the Middle East, Israel’s strikes on Qatar have raised questions– among them whether the region can rely on the U.S. for protection. Amr Hamzawy, Sarah Yerkes, @andrewleber.bsky.social, and Marwan Muasher share more: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

The Trump administration’s condemnation of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction is just the latest in a string of attacks on judges at home and abroad. @carnegiedcg.bsky.social’s Thomas Carothers, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Last week, ICE detained 300 South Korean workers at a raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia. In Seoul, the images “sparked a rare cross-partisan, national consensus.” @darciedraudt.bsky.social explains the international impact of a supposedly domestic action: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Check out our new work, Statutory Construction and Interpretation for Artificial Intelligence, doing exactly this! Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01186 Policy Brief: www.polarislab.org/briefs/Statu... Blog: www.polarislab.org#/blog/statut...

Interpretive ambiguity is a major challenge for legal systems and AI models. But AI doesn’t have the institutional safeguards that the law uses to manage ambiguity. Carnegie president Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and co-authors on what to do, on @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01186

Luxi He, Nimra Nadeem, Michel Liao, Howard Chen, Danqi Chen, Mariano-Florentino Cu\'ellar, Peter Henderson Statutory Construction and Interpretation for Artificial Intelligence https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01186

"Democracies are weaker than they have been for decades," write Carnegie president Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and @sethlazar.org for @knightcolumbia.org. "A great wave is coming, and they are ill-prepared." AI agents could help or hurt. And they won't protect democratic values on their own.

In the latest essay in our AI & Democratic Freedoms series, @sethlazar.org and Tino Cuéllar (@carnegieendowment.org) discuss how AI agents might affect the realization of democratic values. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

New paper by @sethlazar.org and Tino Cuéllar of @carnegieendowment.org for @knightcolumbia.org's project on AI & Democratic Freedoms - AI Agents and Democratic Resilience. Short 🧵 below with a few screenshots from the essay to pique your interest: knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

At this week's military parade, China showed off land, sea, and air-base nuclear capabilities for the first time. What's so significant about these weapons and China's choice to display them so prominently? @nktpnd.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/mj8S2...

Economic hardship is deepening in Indonesia. But lawmakers just got a pay raise. The protests that resulted have brought politics as usual, writes Sana Jaffrey, to an end. Read more here: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...

The Development Finance Corporation, the U.S. development bank, is set to expire next month. Securing its future is crucial for the U.S. -- but why? @afreenakhter.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/pG5Sh...

China’s latest AI strategy is ambitious: Beijing wants to deploy AI tools across 90% of its economy by 2030. It also (probably) won’t work. Scott Singer explains why: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

South Korea and Japan face geopolitical, demographic, and economic challenges – and the unpredictability of the Trump administration doesn’t help. But last week’s meeting between the two countries’ leaders was a positive sign, writes @kenjikushida.bsky.social: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Britain, France, and Germany just triggered the snapback mechanism for sanctions on Iran. With the deadline on a deal now set to 30 days, “time is running out to avert a renewed nuclear crisis with Iran,” says @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social. More in Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

🆕Fear-based messages about corruption often backfire, leading to apathy, acquiescence, or even authoritarianism. @abigailbellows.bsky.social offers lessons and best practices for advocates pushing back on worsening corruption in a new piece for @carnegieendowment.org

Live now: Carnegie president Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar joins @politico.com’s California policy summit to discuss what the state’s decisionmakers need to know about AI and how to adapt to this rapidly changing technology.     Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/FvYD2QD...

Last week, former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested. What was behind the protest movement that led to his – and his predecessor’s – ouster, and what can we learn from it? David Timberman explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

“Putin is using NATO as a rationalization of his actions, not as the reason for his actions,” says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. Why is that distinction important? Andriy discussed on @lawfaremedia.org’s Lawfare Daily podcast: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

Hurricane Katrina was a “before-and-after moment” for emergency management in the U.S., says @sarahlabo.bsky.social. The Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA are setting 2025 up to be another.    Sarah explained on @kcrw.com: www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

“In the Kremlin’s assessment, time is on Russia’s side,” says @alexgabuev.bsky.social. Last week’s flurry of diplomacy wasn't catastrophic for Ukraine, but Putin is counting on Trump to lose patience. He may not have to wait long.   More in @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin...

With the U.S., Russia, and China apparently comfortable gaining territory through war, is the UN prohibition on use of force still relevant? If not, how can the international community build a safer future? @oonahathaway.bsky.social and Stewart Patrick explain: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

As Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, survivors and experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA may leave the agency as unprepared as it was in 2005, with states like Louisiana facing the greatest impact.

Before South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung met with Trump, he went to Tokyo. That’s not typical. But why was Lee’s first international trip such a break for his country’s progressive foreign policy? @darciedraudt.bsky.social breaks it down, for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

How have members of the Congressional Black Caucus shaped U.S. responses to global challenges, and what are the pathways to utilize their foreign policy leadership?   Christopher Shell sheds light on a few key avenues: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

South Korea’s president Lee Jae-myung heads to the White House on Monday. Can he strike the right balance between short-term strategy and the long-term strength of the U.S.-South Korea alliance? Emma Whitmyer and @darciedraudt.bsky.social, for Emissary:

How is the clean energy transformation taking shape around the world? A new @economist.com article explains, with the help of @milomcbride.bsky.social and Carnegie’s Clean Energy Tracker. Read here: www.economist.com/science-and-...

President Trump’s “coddling of Putin” in Alaska last week wasn’t surprising, says Stewart Patrick, in light of a second-term track record that shows a clear – and dangerous – disdain for democracy. Full article: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

President Trump’s meetings with Putin and Zelensky have brought security guarantees for Ukraine back in the limelight. But without a clear commitment from allies, these guarantees don't mean much, says Eric Ciaramella. Full article in @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...

President Trump “has the ingredients” for peace in Ukraine, says Eric Ciaramella. The problem is that the recipe is lost. Read more in the full transcript of this week’s Carnegie Connects, with @andrewsweiss.bsky.social and Aaron David Miller: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

🧵As Americans grow more vulnerable to extreme weather and natural disasters, the country’s infrastructure will have to adapt. In two new Carnegie papers, @scrawford.bsky.social explains what’s at stake and charts a path forward.

Around the world, governments and corporations treat climate protests more and more like criminal activity. @berglundoscar.bsky.social ‬explains three key ways activists respond. More in his latest paper in Carnegie’s new series on climate activism: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

At Friday’s meeting with President Trump, anything other than a ceasefire in Ukraine would have been “a win for Putin,” says Alexander Baunov. And that’s what he got. What did and didn't happen at the summit, and what it means, in @ceip-politika.bsky.social: carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...

President Trump has federalized the D.C. police force. But what does politicization of security forces mean, more broadly, and what guardrails does the U.S. have to protect against it? @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/BjoSO...

What exactly does Putin want from tomorrow’s historic summit with President Trump? The Russian president might be “more interested in splitting the West than making a deal,” says Nathan Reynolds. More here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

“Analysts and policymakers are used to thinking about China’s military as a global security actor,” says @sheenagreitens.bsky.social‬. But its internal security apparatus also plays a significant role. Sheena, @ibkardon.bsky.social, and Cameron Waltz explain: youtu.be/X0Vtai8xccE?...

What exactly is the government hiding in Tucson? Not much, says @nuclear-jim.bsky.social. He got an interesting souvenir there, regardless. See the first installment of Carnegie Office Hours for more treasures from James (if not nuclear secrets) here: buff.ly/dlUzF6n

The Trump administration has made a deal to allow Nvidia to sell AI chips to China. Why is this deal so unprecedented? What does it mean for U.S. companies – and for national security? @petereharrell.bsky.social discussed with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...

The Trump administration’s budget restrictions have impeded FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters nationwide – including in states like North Carolina, where funds have already been approved. @sarahlabo.bsky.social weighed in for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Authorization for the United States’ development bank is set to run out in October. But to protect its economic future, “America needs a DFC that is faster, bolder, and more willing to take risks.” @afreenakhter.bsky.social‬ for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

President Trump praised FEMA after last month’s deadly floods in Texas. But the data reveal that his administration’s changes to the agency have caused major delays to assistance, making disaster recovery more difficult. @sarahlabo.bsky.social explains on @pbsnews.org: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...