A major Washington, DC-based think tank founded in 1910 that produces independent policy research on international security, democracy, and governance, with a growing program on AI safety and technology governance.
A major Washington, DC-based think tank founded in 1910 that produces independent policy research on international security, democracy, and governance, with a growing program on AI safety and technology governance.
People
Updated 05/18/26Digital Democracy Network
Nonresident Scholar
Stanton Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program
Co-Director, Technology and International Affairs
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and International Affairs Program
Non-Resident Scholar | Cyber Policy Initiative
Nonresident Scholar
Non-resident scholar/Africa Program
Funding Details
Updated 05/18/26- Annual Budget
- $51,064,825
- Current Runway
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- Funding Goal
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- Funding Raised to Date
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Org Details
Updated 05/18/26The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was established in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie with a $10 million gift, making it one of the oldest foreign policy think tanks in the United States. Carnegie's stated mission is to advance the cause of peace through strategic analysis, fresh policy ideas, and direct engagement with decision-makers in government, business, and civil society. Over more than a century, the organization has built a global presence with centers in Washington DC (headquarters), Brussels (Carnegie Europe), Berlin (Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center), Singapore (Carnegie China), New Delhi (Carnegie India), and Beirut (Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center). The Technology and International Affairs Program is Carnegie's primary home for AI governance and safety research. Co-directed by Jon Bateman and Arthur Nelson, the program focuses on four technology domains: artificial intelligence, the information environment, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. Within AI, the program examines three intersecting areas: AI and geopolitics and international security (addressing risks of an accelerated race toward advanced AI), AI and international development and economics (supporting lower-income countries in the AI era), and AI governance (building relevant institutions at international, national, and subnational levels). Key researchers include Senior Fellow Matt Sheehan, who specializes in China's AI ecosystem and technology policy, and Senior Fellow Jon Bateman, who covers AI governance and U.S.-China technology decoupling. Carnegie co-hosted an expert workshop with the Oxford Martin School's AI Governance Initiative in July 2024 that produced a major report on the future of international scientific assessments of AI risks. In March 2025, Carnegie researchers contributed to a collaborative publication examining AI safety as a global public good. Carnegie has also published research on frontier model governance, AI safety institutional development in China, and global AI governance frameworks. Carnegie has received Open Philanthropy grants for AI governance research, including a $597,717 grant in 2022 and a $443,732 grant in 2025, both supporting Matt Sheehan's international AI governance research. Carnegie's large endowment (over $559 million in net assets as of June 2025) provides substantial financial stability independent of grant funding. The organization has earned a Charity Navigator 4-star rating and Platinum Transparency certification.
Theory of Change
Updated 05/18/26Carnegie believes that improving the quality of international policy debate and institutional frameworks around AI will reduce the probability of catastrophic outcomes. By producing rigorous, independent research that cuts through hype and fear, convening stakeholders across competing geopolitical blocs (including the US, China, and Europe), and building durable institutional capacity for AI governance at international and national levels, Carnegie seeks to create the conditions for coordinated global action on AI risks. The program focuses especially on the international security dimensions of AI—including the risks of an accelerated race toward advanced AI systems and the absence of adequate multilateral governance mechanisms—on the theory that better-informed governments and stronger international institutions will be better positioned to manage transformative AI safely.
Grants Received
Updated 05/18/26Projects
Updated 05/18/26
Averting Armageddon is a three‑year initiative of Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program that studies how limited nuclear use could inadvertently escalate and develops strategies to prevent crises from spiraling into civilization‑threatening war.
Carnegie’s Digital Democracy Network is a global community of scholars and activists working on technology and politics that produces cross‑regional analysis of how digital technologies, including AI, affect democracy and governance.
The Partnership for Countering Influence Operations (PCIO) is a Carnegie‑hosted initiative that analyzes how governments, technology companies, and civil society respond to influence operations and develops data‑driven guidance to strengthen these efforts.
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