Chris Chivvis

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Senior Fellow and Director of @ceipStatecraft @CarnegieEndow. Author, teacher, and former senior intelligence official. Strategy and statecraft.

Washington, DC carnegieendowment.org/experts/2038 Joined March 2012

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Chris Chivvis @CChivvis Jul 29, 2024

Changing U.S. foreign policy is hard. Any new president entering the Oval Office needs a plan--not just for what to do, but how to do it. We did an in-depth study of multiple historical cases and distilled the findings into five factors that really help make change possible:

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Chris Chivvis @CChivvis Oct 23

Delighted with the new @stephenwertheim piece in our @CarnegieEndow series on the Future of American Power.

He lays out the domestic reality reshaping America's role in the world: U.S. leaders must heed the real interests of the American public--or pay the price.

Stephen Wertheim Verified account @stephenwertheim Oct 21

The domestic foundation of American global power is crumbling. Trump is less the cause than a symptom and an accelerant. Since the Cold War ended, the United States has pursued global primacy under an implicit bargain with the public: dominance would come cheap. Today Americans are no more willing to bear serious costs for foreign policy than they were in the 1990s. But a far more competitive world is driving up the price of upholding U.S. commitments.

No matter who wins the White House in 2028, this gap will constrain American power around the world.

In a new @CarnegieEndow paper, I trace the U.S. foreign-policy consensus from the Cold War to the present and outline three scenarios for the future:

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Chris Chivvis @CChivvis Sep 28

Delighted to have @asliaydintasbas join me on Pivotal States to talk about how Türkiye is managing a world of war: Iran, Syria, Israel, Ukraine--Erdogan and his associates face real dangers, but, Asli told me, they are confident it will work out well for them. Will it?

Chris Chivvis @CChivvis Sep 14

Fun to join the new Buffer State podcast with @SashainDenver @reidtsmith @ChartWestcott to talk about why America repeats its foreign policy blunders.

Check it out here:

youtu.be/xJQhTMEsEfc

www.youtube.com Why America’s Foreign Policy Machine Can’t Change Course with Chris... Why does U.S. foreign policy stay stuck even when Washington knows ...

Chris Chivvis @CChivvis Sep 11

Three stories about vets and their actual experiences in the post 9/11 wars, sketching the complex and conflicting realities of their experiences. An important piece of the puzzle of why this all happened and what it means.

Military Times Verified account @MilitaryTimes Sep 9

Nearly 3 million Americans served in the wars that followed Sept. 11. Three veterans reflect in The War Horse about what they saw, lost and still carry. militarytimes.com/news/your-mili…
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