Russia Update: Is the Reset Working?
Speaker: Stephen F. Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies, New York University; Author, "Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War", Celeste A. Wallander, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
National Teleconference: Russia Update: Is the Reset Working?
Panelist: Stephen F. Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies, New York University; Author, Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, Dimitri K. Simes, President, The Nixon Center, Celeste A. Wallander, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
Presider: David A. Andelman, Editor, World Policy Journal
1:00-2:00 p.m. - (ET)
This meeting is on the record.
DePaul University's President's Book Club with Julia E. Sweig
Speaker: Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Dennis H. Holtschneider, President, DePaul University
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Term Member Discussion: Central Asia
Speakers:
EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM
Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
DAVID S. SEDNEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, U.S. Department of Defense
Presider:
TRESSA GUENOV
Legislative Assistant, National Security Affairs, Office of Senator Claire McCaskill
Central Asia, rich in energy, ripe for economic development, and vital to U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, plays an important role in the advancement of the administration’s foreign policy agenda. Join Evan Feigenbaum and David Sedney for an in-depth discussion of U.S. strategic interests and influence in Central Asia.
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
U.S.-China Economic Relations Under the Obama Administration
Speaker: Franklin L. Lavin, Former Undersecretary for International Trade; Chairman of the Public Affairs Practice, Edelman Asia Pacific
Presider: Kevin G. Nealer, Senior Fellow, Forum for International Policy
President Obama's November trip to China comes as China is quickly emerging from the global recession and entering a new period of robust economic growth while the U.S. economic recovery is moving more slowly and is more uncertain. Yet, diminished demand from Asia's economies and from the West may check China's growing economic and political influence. How will changing economic fortunes shape the U.S.-China relationship and impact President's Obama agenda for discussions with President Hu Jintao? Please join us as Ambassador Frank Lavin, a veteran China hand and former undersecretary for international trade who is currently based in China, discusses U.S.-China economic relations as well as the future of China's economic policy in greater Asia, and the implications for the region and for the United States.
8:00-8:15 a.m. - Breakfast
Term Member Dinner with James Lambright
Speaker: James Lambright, Former Chief Investment Officer, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), U.S. Department of the Treasury; former President and Chairman of the Board, U.S. Export-Import Bank
Presider: Neal Goldman, Managing Partner, Uhuru Capital Management, LLC
7:00-8:30 p.m. - Dinner and Roundtable Discussion
Foreign Affairs LIVE featuring Zbigniew Brzezinski
Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Author, “An Agenda for NATO,” Foreign Affairs (September/October 2009)
Presider: James F. Hoge Jr., Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs
Please join Zbigniew Brzezinski for the first Washington installment of the Foreign Affairs LIVE series. The series brings together authors, Council members, and friends of the magazine, for timely, in-depth discussions on significant global issues. At this meeting, Dr. Brzezinski will offer insight into his recent Foreign Affairs article “An Agenda for NATO,” which examines NATO’s history and next course of action, as well as his thoughts on the broader challenges confronting U.S. foreign policy.
To view “An Agenda for NATO,” by Zbigniew Brzezinski, please click on the following link: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65240/zbigniew-brzezinski/an-agenda-for-nato
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Registration and Reception
This meeting is on the record.
Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities
Speaker: John F. Kerry, Member, United States Senate (D-MA); Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Presider: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, "The New York Times"
As the administration continues to review its strategy in Afghanistan, please join Senator John F. Kerry for a congressional perspective on U.S. policy and the current situation in the region.
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
This meeting is on the record.
**UPDATED** Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities
Speaker: John F. Kerry, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (D-MA)
Presider: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, "The New York Times"
As the administration continues to review its strategy in Afghanistan, please join Senator John F. Kerry for a congressional perspective on U.S. policy and the current situation in the region.
**PLEASE NOTE the new meeting date**
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
This meeting is on the record.
National Teleconference: Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities
Speaker: John F. Kerry, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (D-MA)
Presider: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times
12:30-1:30 p.m. - (ET)
This meeting is on the record.
New York Teleconference with John F. Kerry
Speaker: John F. Kerry, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (D-MA)
Presider: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times
**Please note the new date**
This meeting will take place at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC, and will be available to New York members via teleconference.
This meeting will be on the record.
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Teleconference
This meeting is on the record.
The New Power Brokers: How Oil, Asia, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity are Faring in the Financial Crisis
Speaker: Susan Lund, Director of Research, McKinsey Global Institute, Aly Sheezar Jeddy, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Presider: David R. Malpass, President, Encima Global
A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute, "The New Power Brokers: How Oil, Asia, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity are Faring in the Financial Crisis," discusses how the global financial crisis and recession altered the paths of four influential groups of investors: oil exporters, Asian sovereign investors, hedge funds and private equity. The report finds that while Asian sovereigns and petrodollar investors emerged as more influential than ever, hedge funds and private equity saw their previously rapid growth interrupted. Join Susan Lund, Aly Sheezar Jeddy, and David Malpass in discussing the changed landscape of global capital markets.
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew
Speaker: Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor, Republic of Singapore
12:15-1:00 p.m. - Served Lunch
Addressing Corruption: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria
Presider: John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Farida Waziri, Chair, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria
Prior to being named the chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ms. Farida Waziri served for nearly four decades in the Nigerian police force, retiring as an assistant inspector general and head of the anti-fraud unit. Most recently, the EFCC has been at the center of the investigation of five major banks in Nigeria, which will be the focus of this discussion.
12:00-1:30 p.m.
The Future of the Dollar
Speaker: Marc Levinson, Senior Fellow for International Business, Council on Foreign Relations
The global financial crisis has revealed many vulnerabilities in the international financial system. China has been notably outspoken in its desire to see a new international monetary system that is not centered around the dollar to ostensibly create international stability, as well to protect the value of China's dollar assets. Along with the recent depreciation of the dollar, rumors have emerged of oil-exporting countries wanting to denominate oil using a basket of currencies. What is the short and long-term future of the dollar as the de facto international currency? Is there any alternative? And how will the stimulus and any further growth of the U.S. budget deficit impact global imbalances? Join Marc Levinson in discussing these issues.
10:00-10:45 a.m. - Conference Call
Tokyo National Program Roundtable: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Speaker: Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
9:00-10:30 a.m.
U.S. Immigration Policy: Report of a CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force Report
Speaker: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Thomas F. McClarty III, President, McLarty Associates; former White House Chief of Staff; Task Force Co-Chair, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Frances Fragos Townsend, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Task Force Member, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy
Presider: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Director, Harvard Immigration and Integration Studies Project, and Adjunct Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
The report of this bipartisan Task Force of distinguished leaders and experts represents a strong consensus on the importance of repairing America's immigration policy. It makes the case that maintaining America's political and economic leadership depends on attracting talented and hard-working immigrants, and on securing the country's borders in a smart, effective, and humane way.
Related readings:
A Bipartisan Blueprint for Immigration Reform
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
Audio: U.S. Immigration Policy (Audio)
Video: U.S. Immigration Policy (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
U.S. Immigration Policy
Speaker: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Thomas F. McLarty III, President, McLarty Associates; Task Force Co-Chair, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Frances Fragos Townsend, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP; Task Force Member, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy
The report of this bipartisan Task Force of distinguished leaders and experts represents a strong consensus on the importance of repairing America's immigration policy. It makes the case that maintaining America's political and economic leadership depends on attracting talented and hard-working immigrants, and on securing the country's borders in a smart, effective, and humane way.
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
This meeting is on the record.
Roundtable on Climate Change and National Security
Speaker: Alan Dupont, Michael Hintze Chair of international security, University of Sydney, Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Dupont will lead an off-the-record discussion on the national security challenges posed by climate change. This meeting is part of the energy security and climate change roundtable series.
Dr. Dupont directs the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on defense and international security issues and was the lead author on the national security implications of climate change for the 2008 "Garnaut Review on Climate Change," prepared for the Australian federal and state governments. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a Sydney based think tank; a senior fellow at the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defense Studies Centre; and the acting CEO of the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre. Dr. Dupont has worked on defense and Asian security issues for more than thirty years as a strategist, diplomat, policy analyst and scholar.
7:45-9:00 a.m.
Boston National Program Roundtable: President Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges
Speaker: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Chair: Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
12:00-1:30 p.m.
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