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{{Short description|Moscow-based think tank}}
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| name = Carnegie Moscow Center
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| established = 1994
|caption = <small>Carnegie Moscow Center is a think tank in Moscow, Russia. Its director is Dmitri Trenin (bottom, left), and its offices are on Tverskaya St. in downtown Moscow (bottom, right)</small>
| dissolved = 2022
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|headquarters = 16/2 Tverskaya St., Moscow
| headquarters = 16/2 Tverskaya St., Moscow
|leader_title = Director
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|leader_name = [[Dmitri Trenin]]
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|website = [http://carnegie.ru/about/?lang=en carnegie.ru]
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The '''Carnegie Moscow Center''' ({{Langx|ru|Московский центр Карнеги}}) was a Moscow-based [[think tank]] that focuses on domestic and foreign policy. It was established in 1994 as a regional affiliate of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carnegie Moscow Center|url=https://www.macfound.org/maceirecipients/2012/carnegie-moscow-center|access-date=2021-09-10|website=[[MacArthur Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://carnegiemoscow.org/about/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Carnegie Moscow Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-01-01|title=Carnegie Moscow Center|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/aboutthinktanks/40|journal=About Think Tanks: The Mission and Impact of the World's Leading Think Tanks|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]]}}</ref> It was the number one think tank in Central and Eastern Europe and the 26th top think tank in the world,<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index |url=http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=think_tanks |publisher=}}</ref> according to the [[University of Pennsylvania]]’s 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index. In April 2022, the Carnegie Moscow Center was forced to close at the direction of the Russian government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement on the Closing of the Carnegie Moscow Center |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/04/18/statement-on-closing-of-carnegie-moscow-center-pub-86915 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |language=en}}</ref>
The '''Carnegie Moscow Center,''' also known as '''Carnegie Russia''' or '''CMC''', is a [[think tank]] and research center that focuses on international and domestic affairs in [[Russia]] and [[Eurasia]]. It is a regional affiliate of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] in [[Washington, DC]] and a non-profit organization.


== Controversies ==
In 2013, the [[University of Pennsylvania]]’s "Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report" ranked Carnegie Moscow Center as the most influential think tank in Russia. The Center is the second most influential think tank in Central and Eastern Europe, and the 28th most influential think tank in the world.<ref>[http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf "2013 Global Go-To Think Tank Index"]</ref>
According to American journalist [[James Kirchick]], the Carnegie Moscow Center was one of the leading "Western" think tanks in the field of Russian research, but the situation changed after the [[2012 Russian presidential election]], when [[Vladimir Putin]] became the [[president of Russia]] again. In January 2013, Putin's critic and the then chair of the think tank's Society and Regions Program, {{Interlanguage link|Nikolai Petrov (scholar)|lt=Nikolai Petrov|ru|Петров, Николай Владимирович}}, left the center after the cancellation of his program. Petrov said that the decision to cancel the program was initiated by the head of the center, [[Dmitri Trenin]], who did not want to annoy Putin. In 2014, the then editor-in-chief of the center's magazine, [[Maria Lipman]], and Russian political scientist [[Lilia Shevtsova]] also left the center. Both Lipman and Shevtsova were also critics of Putin.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirchick |first=James |author-link=James Kirchick |date=2015-07-27 |title=How a U.S. Think Tank Fell for Putin |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/how-a-u-s-think-tank-fell-for-putin |access-date=}}</ref>


The Center's director Dmitri Trenin was described by Russian political writer [[Andrey Piontkovsky]] as an “elite Kremlin propagandist targeting the Western expert audience” suggesting that the Carnegie Foundation was complicit in Kremlin propaganda for the 30 years Trenin was director of Carnegie's Moscow Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piontkovsky |first=Andrey |date=10 February 2022 |title=Одним броском костей... |url=http://www.politexpert.org/material.php?id=62055615264B9 |access-date= |website=[[Echo of Moscow]] |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Piontkovsky |first=Andrey |date=8 August 2017 |title=Андрей Пионтковский: The Beginning of the End |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/28659184.html |access-date= |website=[[Radio Liberty]] |language=ru}}</ref>
==History==


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== Scholars ==
[[File:Arbatov Topychkanov Conference.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Alexei Arbatov (left) and Petr Topychkanov (right) at the Carnegie Moscow Center in 2013]]
* [[Dmitri Trenin]], director of the center, chair of the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Dmitri Trenin|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/287|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>

* Alexander Gabuev, senior associate, chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexander Gabuev|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1017|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace launched the Carnegie Moscow Center concept in 1993. The premise of the idea was that, "in today's world, a think tank whose mission is to contribute to global security, stability, and prosperity requires a permanent presence and a multinational outlook at the core of its operations."<ref>[http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/ About the Endowment]</ref> Carnegie Moscow physically began its Moscow operations in 1994, and became the first major think tank to begin work in Russia following the break-up of the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov|Andrei Kolesnikov]], senior associate, chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrei Kolesnikov|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1015|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>

* {{Interlanguage link|Andrey Movchan|WD=Q30175543}}, nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrey Movchan|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1057|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>
Today, Carnegie Moscow Center is part of a global network of Carnegie regional think tanks, including Carnegie Europe in [[Brussels]], the [[Carnegie Middle East Center]] in [[Beirut]], and the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in [[Beijing]].
* [[Alexander Baunov]], senior associate, editor-in-chief of Carnegie.ru.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexander Baunov|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1030|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>

* Maxim Samorukov, fellow, deputy editor of Carnegie.ru.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maxim Samorukov|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1031|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref>
The director of the Carnegie Moscow Center since 2008 has been [[Dmitri Trenin]], the Center's first Russian director.

==Mission==

Specialists at the Carnegie Moscow Center produce expert research and nonpartisan analysis that is independent of government or commercial interests.

While committed to the principles of international scholarship and objectivity, the Center pursues a three-fold mission:
* To embody and promote the concepts of disinterested social science research and the dissemination of its results in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia;
* To provide a free and open forum for the discussion and debate of critical national, regional, and global issues;
* To further cooperation and strengthen relations between Russia and the United States by explaining the interests, objectives, and policies of each.

==Activities==

[[File:Eurasia Outlook logo.png|thumb|right|Eurasia Outlook, the blog of Carnegie Moscow Center]]

Carnegie Moscow Center organizes roundtables, presentations, seminars and conferences on key issues in domestic and foreign policy, international relations, international security, and the economy. These events draw participants from across the Russian political spectrum and from Moscow’s policy, diplomatic, academic, and media communities.

Carnegie Moscow Center regularly publishes articles, monographs, reference works, periodicals and brochures—up to 30 titles per year in all.<ref>[http://carnegie.ru/?lang=en#/ Carnegie Moscow Center]</ref> Center publications appear in both Russian and English, and are distributed in Russia and abroad.

In 2013, Carnegie Moscow Center established the Eurasia Outlook blog on its website, which provides daily, timely analysis of current events in Russia and Eurasia. Scholars from Carnegie Moscow Center and from the Carnegie Endowment regularly contribute to the blog, as do policy makers, academics, and other contributors with insights into the region and its issues.

The work of Carnegie Moscow Center's staff of Russian and international experts is enhanced by support from the Carnegie Endowment’s "Russia and Eurasia Program" in Washington, DC.

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===Scholars===

Carnegie Moscow Center's five resident scholars are well recognized in their fields and frequently cited by the world's leading media outlets. They include:
* [[Dmitri Trenin]]: foreign and security policy
* Alexei Arbatov: nuclear nonproliferation
* Alexey Malashenko: religion, society, and security
* Lilia Shevtsova: Russian domestic politics and political institutions
* Petr Topychkanov: nuclear nonproliferation


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://carnegie.ru/?lang=en#/ Carnegie Moscow Center]
* [http://carnegie.ru/?lang=en Carnegie Moscow Center]
* [http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/ Eurasia Outlook Blog]
* [http://carnegieendowment.org/ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]
* [http://carnegieendowment.org/ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]
* [http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index]
* Carnegie Moscow Center [https://twitter.com/CarnegieRussia on Twitter]
* Carnegie Moscow Center [https://www.facebook.com/CarnegieMoscow on Facebook]


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Latest revision as of 23:34, 28 October 2024

Carnegie Moscow Center
Established1994
Dissolved2022
TypeThink tank
Headquarters16/2 Tverskaya St., Moscow
Director
Dmitri Trenin
Websitecarnegie.ru

The Carnegie Moscow Center (Russian: Московский центр Карнеги) was a Moscow-based think tank that focuses on domestic and foreign policy. It was established in 1994 as a regional affiliate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[1][2][3] It was the number one think tank in Central and Eastern Europe and the 26th top think tank in the world,[4] according to the University of Pennsylvania’s 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index. In April 2022, the Carnegie Moscow Center was forced to close at the direction of the Russian government.[5]

Controversies

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According to American journalist James Kirchick, the Carnegie Moscow Center was one of the leading "Western" think tanks in the field of Russian research, but the situation changed after the 2012 Russian presidential election, when Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia again. In January 2013, Putin's critic and the then chair of the think tank's Society and Regions Program, Nikolai Petrov [ru], left the center after the cancellation of his program. Petrov said that the decision to cancel the program was initiated by the head of the center, Dmitri Trenin, who did not want to annoy Putin. In 2014, the then editor-in-chief of the center's magazine, Maria Lipman, and Russian political scientist Lilia Shevtsova also left the center. Both Lipman and Shevtsova were also critics of Putin.[6]

The Center's director Dmitri Trenin was described by Russian political writer Andrey Piontkovsky as an “elite Kremlin propagandist targeting the Western expert audience” suggesting that the Carnegie Foundation was complicit in Kremlin propaganda for the 30 years Trenin was director of Carnegie's Moscow Center.[7][8]

Scholars

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  • Dmitri Trenin, director of the center, chair of the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.[9]
  • Alexander Gabuev, senior associate, chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program.[10]
  • Andrei Kolesnikov, senior associate, chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program.[11]
  • Andrey Movchan, nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program.[12]
  • Alexander Baunov, senior associate, editor-in-chief of Carnegie.ru.[13]
  • Maxim Samorukov, fellow, deputy editor of Carnegie.ru.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Carnegie Moscow Center". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  2. ^ "About Us". Carnegie Moscow Center. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. ^ "Carnegie Moscow Center". About Think Tanks: The Mission and Impact of the World's Leading Think Tanks. University of Pennsylvania. 2015-01-01.
  4. ^ "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index".
  5. ^ "Statement on the Closing of the Carnegie Moscow Center". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  6. ^ Kirchick, James (2015-07-27). "How a U.S. Think Tank Fell for Putin". The Daily Beast.
  7. ^ Piontkovsky, Andrey (10 February 2022). "Одним броском костей..." Echo of Moscow (in Russian).
  8. ^ Piontkovsky, Andrey (8 August 2017). "Андрей Пионтковский: The Beginning of the End". Radio Liberty (in Russian).
  9. ^ "Dmitri Trenin". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  10. ^ "Alexander Gabuev". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  11. ^ "Andrei Kolesnikov". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  12. ^ "Andrey Movchan". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  13. ^ "Alexander Baunov". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  14. ^ "Maxim Samorukov". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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