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.
January 1, 2004—Present
December 1, 2004—January 1, 2006
| Staff: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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This meeting series is designed to bring Council members together in a small seminar environment to discuss new and innovative thinking at the intersection of economics and foreign policy.
December 1, 2004—Present
| Staff: | Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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This roundtable series examines the prospects for regional monetary integration and other developments likely to affect the organization and functioning of the international monetary system.
January 1, 2004—Present
January 1, 2004—Present
November 1, 2004—September 1, 2005
| Director: | Chappell Lawson |
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| Chairs: | John Manley Pedro Armella Andres Rozental Thomas D’Aquino Robert A. Pastor William F. Weld |
July 2004—July 2005
| Staff: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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| Director: | Mona K. Sutphen, Foreign Service Officer, National Security Council 1991 to 2000 |
February 10, 2004—February 10, 2004
| Staff: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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This conference explored NAFTA's economic performance, its implications for continued North American integration and its lessons for the crafting of American trade policy.
January 1, 2004—Present
November 12, 2004—November 12, 2004
| Staff: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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Morning Panel 1: Macroeconomic Policy and the U.S. Deficits
Morning Panel 2: Monetary Policy in a Liquidity Trap
Luncheon Panel: Policy Challenges in an Interdependent World
Afternoon Panel 1: Inflation Targeting
Afternoon Panel 2: Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union
March 1, 2004—June 30, 2004
| Director: | Kenneth R. Maxwell, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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This series showcases some of the brightest younger scholars in the field and addresses some very tough and interesting issues confronting the Hemisphere with a fresh approach. Seminars take place over breakfast from 8:00 - 9:30 AM at the Council on a monthly basis.
For further information, please contact Marcio Siwi, research associate in Latin America Studies, at 212-434-9675 or msiwi@cfr.org.
January 1, 2004—Present
September 1, 2004—Present
The Nexus of Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative examines the role of religion in some of today’s critical foreign policy issues and explore the various ways in which religious beliefs both aggravate and ameliorate pressing global concerns.
The meeting series deviates from the traditional political-economic approach to international issues, providing members with a new perspective on international issues. Speakers, including religious leaders and scholars, explore the practical and theoretical implications of religious doctrine on foreign policy at home and abroad.
Past meetings can be found below.
For more information about the Council’s Nexus of Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative please contact:
Rob Kittleson
Program Coordinator
Washington Program
rkittleson@cfr.org
+1-202-518-3417
November 8, 2004—Present
Although science and technology concerns have not traditionally played a prominent role in U.S. foreign policy, they are integral to U.S. interests in national security, international economics, and the environment. Twenty-first century challenges demand a partnership between American scientific strength and U.S. foreign policy.
The Nexus of Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Initiative aims to draw attention to critical areas where science and foreign policy intersect and explore the implications of emerging technologies on trade, security, U.S. competitiveness, and global health.
Past meetings can be found below.
For more information about the Nexus of Science and Foreign Policy Initiative, please contact:
Rob Kittleson
Program Coordinator
Washington Program
rkittleson@cfr.org
+1-202-518-3417
May 2004—April 2005
| Director: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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March 8, 2004—July 16, 2006
| Director: | Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health |
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March 8, 2004—May 25, 2005
| Staff: | Elliot Schrage, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy |
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This roundtable series explored the influence of multinational corporations and business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa and discussed whether the private sector, as a byproduct of its operations, could influence development.
July 1, 2004—Present
| Staff: | Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Since September 11, 2001, U.S.-Middle East policy has sought to promote reform in the Arab and Islamic World as a U.S. national security priority. This roundtable series sheds light on the complex issues that the countries of the Middle East present and explores the different avenues available to U.S. policymakers seeking to promote change in that region. By drawing on the experience of a variety of speakers with particular expertise on social, political, and economic reform, women’s issues, education, and the media, this roundtable series intends to enrich the current debate on reform promotion in the Arab world with a range of top-tier perspectives and policy recommendations in an informal discussion setting.
January 1, 2004—Present
| Staff: | James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy |
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America’s ability to encourage innovative ideas has helped to establish it as the world’s economic and military leader. However, technological developments over the past thirty years have spawned an increasingly globalized world and created new challenges to American pre-eminence. This roundtable series investigates how the government’s response to these challenges will affect America’s global economic and political standing.
This roundtable series is made possible by the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation.
January 1, 2004—Present
| Chair: | Ellen Laipson |
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| Staff: | Rachel Bronson, Former Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies |
For fifty five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Since 9/11 this partnership has been sorely tested. InThicker than Oil: Ameica's Uneasy Relationship with Saudi Arabia(forthcoming Oxford University Press), funded in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, Rachel Bronson shows why the partnership became so intimate and the problems that it spawned.
Drawing on a wide range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, Bronson chronicles a long history of close contact. Contrary to popular belief, Bronson shows that the relationship was never just about “oil for security.” Saudi Arabia’s religiously motivated foreign policy was deemed an asset when fighting “godless communism,” as was Saudi Arabia’s geographic location. From Africa to Afghanistan, Egypt to Nicaragua the two worked to beat back Soviet influence. Overlapping strategic interests helped compartmentalized differences around issues such as the Arab-Israeli conflict. But decisions taken for hard headed Cold War purposes left behind a legacy that today enflames the Middle East.
In today’s fight against terrorism Saudi Arabia is both part of the problem and part of the solution. Not withstanding real troubles, Bronson outlines the dangers of allowing the relationship to further deteriorate. Saudi Arabia, she notes, faces a violent and zealous opposition. If this opposition gains complete control of the state's huge resources, it will direct its efforts towards destroying the United States, auguring a true clash of civilizations.
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