COrganization

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Also known as Carnegie Endowment, CEIP, Carnegie

Nonpartisan international affairs think tank founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1910; based in Washington, D.C.

• The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a nonpartisan international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., with centres in Europe, South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East.
• Andrew Carnegie founded it in 1910 with a gift of $10 million in bonds to "hasten the abolition of international war".
• It has a network of about 170 scholars.
• Avril Haines, director of national intelligence under Joe Biden, is its president; Jane D.
• Hartley chairs its board.

Why it matters

• One of the oldest and most highly ranked foreign-policy think tanks.

Key facts

Founded

1910, by Andrew Carnegie, with $10 million in first mortgage bonds announced on his 75th birthday, 25 November 19101

Mission

Generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of scholar-practitioners2

Based in

Washington, D.C., with operations in Europe, South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East1

Scholars

A network of about 1701

Centres

Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut (2006), Carnegie Europe in Brussels (2007), Carnegie-Tsinghua Center in Beijing (2010)1

President

Avril Haines, US director of national intelligence in the Biden administration3

Chair

Jane D. Hartley, US ambassador to the UK from 2022 to 20251

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