Below you will find a chronological list of current Council projects. You can search by issue or region by selecting the appropriate category. In addition to this sorting control, you can search for specific subjects within the alphabetical, regional, and issue categories by choosing from the selections in the drop-down menu below.
Each project page contains the name of the project director, a description of the project, a list of meetings it has held, and any related publications, transcripts, or videos.
October 1, 1997—May 1, 1998
| Director: | Nicholas X. Rizopoulos, Senior Studies Editor, Council on Foreign Relations |
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February 1, 1997—June 1, 1998
| Staff: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies |
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April 1, 1997—October 1, 1997
| Director: | Bruce Stokes |
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January 1, 1997—June 1, 2000
| Directors: | Barnett R. Rubin, New York University Nancy Lubin |
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| Chair: | Sam Nunn |
May 1, 1997—May 1, 1997
April 1, 1997—April 1, 1997
| Directors: | Jeffrey A. Reinke, Chief of Staff to the President Jacqui Selbst Schein Nancy Yao |
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| Staff: | Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies |
February 1, 1997—February 1, 1997
| Director: | Ruth Wedgwood |
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March 1, 1997—March 1, 1997
| Director: | Kenneth R. Maxwell, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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September 1, 1997—Present
| Director: | Alton Frye, Presidential Senior Fellow Emeritus |
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| Chairs: | Thomas E. Donilon Kenneth M. Duberstein, Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group, Inc. |
While many able and dedicated public servants work in the legislative branch, their hectic schedules often deprive them of the chance to engage in reflective, nonpartisan discussion about essential policy issues outside their professional duties. An informed Congress is essential to an effective American foreign policy, and an informed congressional staff is essential to an effective Congress. The Council’s congressional staff roundtables provide a forum for discussion of essential issues under the Council tradition of nonattribution.
This Council project engages key congressional staff in a neutral setting outside the political arena to discuss international issues of concern to them. To date the program has enlisted some one hundred staff members of both parties and both houses in three roundtable discussion groups, focused respectively on Asian politics and security, national security, and international trade and economics. These groups are chaired by R. James Woolsey (Asian politics and security), Stephen J. Hadley (national security), and Thomas E. Donilon and Robert B. Zoellick (international trade and economics).
For topics and speakers, the project draws upon the Council’s ongoing studies in the general topic areas, as well as on proposals of legislative staffers participating in the program. A Congressional Staff Advisory Committee of senior staff members helps to guide the program and ensure the quality of its participants and programs. Four Council members with long experience as leaders in the House and Senate—Howard H. Baker Jr., Thomas S. Foley, George J. Mitchell, and Vin Weber—serve as conveners for the project.
September 1, 1997—December 31, 1998
| Director: | John Hillen |
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September 1, 1997—Present
The David A. Morse Lecture was inaugurated in 1994, and supports an annual meeting and dinner with a distinguished speaker. It honors the memory of David A. Morse, an active Council on Foreign Relations member for nearly 30 years, a lawyer, a public servant, and an internationalist. Morse lecturers are invited to focus on one of David Morse’s many concerns, which included North-South relations, human rights, international organizations and labor, conflict resolution, and relations with Asia. The lecture program is funded by gifts from Council members and friends of the Morse family.
November 1, 1997—November 1, 1997
| Staff: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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January 1, 1997—Present
Global Kids and CFR hold frequent roundtables on international affairs.
December 1, 1997—March 1, 1998
| Director: | Richard W. Murphy |
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February 1, 1997—August 31, 2002
| Staff: | Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy |
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January 1, 1997—December 31, 2000
| Director: | Michael J. Green |
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| Chair: | James T. Laney |
| Staff: | The Honorable Morton I. Abramowitz, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation |
This Task Force will examine various scenarios for reunification of the Korean Peninsula and their implications for regional security. Problems such as mass population exodus from North Korea, the viability of the South Korean economy under tremendous new pressures, and security concerns relating to China and Japan will be discussed in relation to their impact on American policy. The Task Force will prepare a draft document of analysis and recommendations that will be compared to a similar draft by a South Korean Task Force at a conference in 1998. Representatives from the two Task Forces will then hold a second conference to explore the same issues with scholars and policymakers from other northeast Asian countries.
September 1, 1997—September 1, 1998
| Staff: | Robert D. Blackwill, Counselor |
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Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Western Europe were inextricably bound together in the Atlantic alliance by the need to deter Soviet aggression in Europe. However, a gap has begun to emerge between American and European perceptions of their respective vital interests. Can the United States and Europe protect their common interests only through cooperation, or is the depth of commonality overstated? This Task Force will expand upon previous efforts on the subject through a policy-driven, comprehensive dialogue between U.S. and European interlocutors dominated by the younger generation of policymakers, business people, and journalists. In a series of ten monthly meetings over the course of 1997-98, the Task Force will examine the various dimensions of transatlantic relations and their future direction. The Task Force will decide whether there are mutual Western interests and foreign policy challenges that, due to their interdependent nature, can be managed fruitfully only through U.S.-European collaboration and if so, how this collaboration can be sustained. The Task Force will release its answers to these questions in a published report in the summer of 1998.
December 1, 1997—December 1, 1997
November 1, 1997—Present
| Staff: | Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies |
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June 1, 1997—June 1, 1997
| Staff: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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