Carnegie California
Carnegie California
About the Program

Carnegie California links developments in California and the West Coast with national and global conversations around technology, subnational affairs, and trans-Pacific relationships. At distance from national capitals, and located in one of the world’s great experiments in pluralist democracy, Carnegie California engages a wide array of stakeholders as partners in its research and policy engagement.

Program experts

Ian Klaus

Founding Director, Carnegie California

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Mark Baldassare

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Liliana Gamboa

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California; Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Kate Gordon

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Kiran Jain

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Holden Karnofsky

Visiting Scholar, Carnegie California

Scott Kohler

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Didi Kuo

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Nancy Kwak

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Kenji Kushida

Senior Fellow, Asia Program

Beatriz Magaloni

Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Margaret Peters

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Ato Quayson

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Rob Reich

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

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Micah Weinberg

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California

Scholars on Key Issues

Scholars on Key Issues

Aubra Anthony

Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program

Aubra Anthony is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at Carnegie, where she researches the human impacts of digital technology, specifically in emerging markets.

Dan Baer

Senior Vice President for Policy Research, Director, Europe Program

Dan Baer is senior vice president for policy research and director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Under President Obama, he was U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)  and he also served deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Vice President for Studies, Acting Director, Carnegie China

Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees its work in Washington, Beijing, New Delhi, and Singapore on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and advised two Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary on Asia.

Francis Fukuyama

Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Francis Fukuyama is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where his research focuses on democratization and international political economy.

Chung Min Lee

Senior Fellow, Asia Program

Chung Min Lee is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Asia Program. He is an expert on Korean and Northeast Asian security, defense, intelligence, and crisis management.

Matt Sheehan

Fellow, Asia Program

Matt Sheehan is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on global technology issues, with a specialization in China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Milan Vaishnav

Director and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program

Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program and the host of the Grand Tamasha podcast at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior. He also conducts research on the Indian diaspora.

Alicia Wanless

Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Director, Information Environment Project

Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project.

Aubra Anthony

Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program

Aubra Anthony is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at Carnegie, where she researches the human impacts of digital technology, specifically in emerging markets.

Dan Baer

Senior Vice President for Policy Research, Director, Europe Program

Dan Baer is senior vice president for policy research and director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Under President Obama, he was U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)  and he also served deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Vice President for Studies, Acting Director, Carnegie China

Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees its work in Washington, Beijing, New Delhi, and Singapore on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and advised two Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary on Asia.

Francis Fukuyama

Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Francis Fukuyama is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where his research focuses on democratization and international political economy.

Chung Min Lee

Senior Fellow, Asia Program

Chung Min Lee is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Asia Program. He is an expert on Korean and Northeast Asian security, defense, intelligence, and crisis management.

Matt Sheehan

Fellow, Asia Program

Matt Sheehan is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on global technology issues, with a specialization in China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Milan Vaishnav

Director and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program

Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program and the host of the Grand Tamasha podcast at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior. He also conducts research on the Indian diaspora.

Alicia Wanless

Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Director, Information Environment Project

Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project.

Pillars

Key Areas of Research

Pillars

Key Areas of Research

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Subnational Affairs

We explore the role of subnational jurisdictions, including cities and states, in addressing global challenges, including climate change and migration, and in implementing innovative policy, including around artificial intelligence and industrial policy.

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Subnational Affairs

We explore the role of subnational jurisdictions, including cities and states, in addressing global challenges, including climate change and migration, and in implementing innovative policy, including around artificial intelligence and industrial policy.

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Tech in Context

We examine ecosystems that inform and shape technological innovation and the political economies, geographies, and relationships that emerge in response to new developments.

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Tech in Context

We examine ecosystems that inform and shape technological innovation and the political economies, geographies, and relationships that emerge in response to new developments.

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Trans-Pacific Relationships

We analyze the unique set of exchanges—educational, commercial, cultural, infrastructure and diaspora—that inform the West Coast’s relationships with Asia, Oceania, as well as countries in Latin and South America.

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Trans-Pacific Relationships

We analyze the unique set of exchanges—educational, commercial, cultural, infrastructure and diaspora—that inform the West Coast’s relationships with Asia, Oceania, as well as countries in Latin and South America.

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All work from Carnegie California

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63 Results
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Californian Perspectives on China, National Security, and U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Californians recognize the vulnerability of the state’s critical infrastructure—especially its ports.

· October 30, 2024
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Democracy and the New Media Landscape
October 23, 2024

2024 is a critical year for democracy around the world, and Californians understand democracy to be an international, national, and local issue. Carnegie California’s new survey shows that Californians are widely supportive of a U.S. foreign policy that advances democracy and human rights.

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2024 Carnegie California Global Affairs Survey

The 2024 Carnegie California Global Affairs Survey reflects Californians’ heightened concerns about ongoing conflicts and critical elections, including in the United States. It arrives at a tense moment in American democracy and during a critical election year for many of the world’s leading democracies.

· October 21, 2024
California capitol building dome with US and state flags
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A Heated California Debate Offers Lessons for AI Safety Governance

The bill exposed divisions within the AI community, but proponents of safety regulation can heed the lessons of SB 1047 and tailor their future efforts accordingly.

· October 8, 2024
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Japan’s Aging Society as a Technological Opportunity

Japan’s extreme demographics are shaping the country’s innovation trajectory.

· October 3, 2024
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New Cities and Capitals: The Future of Urban Planning
September 25, 2024

We are in an era in which states seek to demonstrate their power and values through the construction of new cities. This new wave of development is global: in Egypt with the New Administrative Capital, in Indonesia with Nusantara, in Kenya with Konza Techno City and Tatu City, and in California’s Solano County.

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How Californian and African City Connections Can Build Up Smart City Diplomacy

As the testing ground for subnational diplomacy, Los Angeles and African cities can partner to leverage innovation to meet global challenges like climate change and emerging technology governance.

· September 19, 2024
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If-Then Commitments for AI Risk Reduction

If-then commitments are an emerging framework for preparing for risks from AI without unnecessarily slowing the development of new technology. The more attention and interest there is in these commitments, the faster a mature framework can progress.

· September 13, 2024
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The Future of AI Regulation: A California Bill Shaping the Debate
September 12, 2024

This sixty-minute debate will feature four leading voices—two pro, two con—addressing this proposition before our local and global audience: “If SB-1047 in its current form becomes law, it will do more good than harm.” 

  • Dan Hendrycks
  • Lauren Wagner
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All Eyes on Sacramento: SB 1047 and the AI Safety Debate

The bill has galvanized a discussion about innovation, safety, and the appropriate role of government—particularly at the subnational level—in AI regulation.

· September 11, 2024