Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Project Details
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is one of the world's oldest and most influential foreign policy think tanks, with offices spanning Washington D.C., Brussels, Beirut, Berlin, New Delhi, and beyond. Serving researchers, diplomats, journalists, and policymakers across the globe, their website is a critical gateway to world-class analysis and insight. Carnegie needed a modern, high-performance web experience that could keep pace with their international reach and the expectations of a sophisticated, time-pressed audience.
The Problem
Carnegie's existing site was slow, technically constrained, and struggling to serve a global audience efficiently.
- Near four-second delays before content appeared
- Page load times exceeding 8 seconds for international visitors
- Performance deficits eroding credibility and user engagement
How Did We Help?
Fusionary redesigned and rebuilt Carnegie's site from the ground up with a relentless focus on speed, global performance, and technical excellence.
- Rebuilt site architecture for maximum load efficiency
- Optimized delivery for domestic and international audiences
- Achieved Google Core Web Vitals scores well within "good" thresholds
The Outcome
Carnegie's new site loads in milliseconds, not seconds — delivering a fast, seamless experience to visitors everywhere in the world.
- First Contentful Paint reduced by 81%
- Page load times reduced by 99.5% globally
- Site now meets and exceeds Google performance standards
A Global Audience Deserves a Fast Experience
Carnegie's reach is inherently international. With visitors from Brussels to Beijing, every second of load time was a barrier between world-class research and the people who needed it. Fusionary eliminated that barrier — cutting European page load times from over 8 seconds to just 32 milliseconds.
Performance That Meets the Moment
Speed isn't just a technical achievement — it's a measure of respect for your audience's time. Carnegie's new site now loads core content in under a second, giving visitors immediate access to the analysis and insights they came for.
The Results
First Contentful Paint
Visitors now see content in 0.7 seconds, down from 3.6s — an 81% improvement.
Largest Contentful Paint
Main page content loads in 1.1 seconds, down from 3.8s — comfortably inside Google's "good" benchmark of 2.5s.
Speed Index
Overall perceived load speed improved 70%, from 4.7s to 1.4s.
81%
99.5%
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