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.
April 1, 2003—June 30, 2004
| Chairs: | Daniel William Christman John G. Heimann, Financial Stability Institute |
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| Staff: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
August 1, 2002—May 1, 2003
| Director: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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| Chair: | Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command |
June 2005—Present
| Staff: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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| Chairs: | Vincent A. Mai, AEA Investors LLC Frank G. Wisner, External Affairs, AIG Inc. |
December 1, 2003—February 1, 2004
| Director: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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March 10, 2005—March 11, 2005
March 9, 2006—March 10, 2006
March 8, 2007—March 9, 2007
The Council’s Corporate Conference 2007, Beyond the Next Quarter: Forces Shaping the Future, featured global leaders and scenario-based approaches to consider the current forces that may affect the future of international business and policy. Speakers at the conference included Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson, a panel featuring NYSE Group CEO John Thain and Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO Craig Donohue, and an opening lunch panel that looked at “The Economic View from Abroad,” which featured Fred Hu, managing director and co-head of China investment banking at Goldman Sachs (Asia), and Tulio Vera, managing director, head of emerging market macro and debt strategy at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and Andrew Crockett, president, J.P. Morgan Chase International. Leading thinkers on climate change were also featured in a panel, including Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, Elizabeth Economy, the Council's C.V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies, and Meg McDonald, president, Alcoa Foundation.
March 6, 2008—March 7, 2008
The 2008 Corporate Conference "New Exposures, New Approaches: Considering the Geopolitical Portfolio," featured keynote speakers Timothy F. Geithner, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank. Panels of experts spoke on timely topics such as global corporate citizenship, geopolitical risks, the economic view from abroad, and the shifting political landscape of America in 2008, while smaller breakout sessions examined variables for growth in the BRICs and "frontier economies."
November 16, 2005—November 16, 2005
| Staff: | Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health |
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This day-long conference, which was held at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, examined preparedness and planning efforts in the United States as the world faces the possibility of an influenza pandemic caused by H5N1, the avian flu virus.
Annual Corporate Conference—New York, NY
The annual two-day Corporate Conference, held at the Council's New York headquarters, addresses the most pressing international business concerns. The 2009 Corporate Conference featured keynote speakers Robert Greifeld, president and chief executive officer of the Nasdaq OMX Group, and Neville Isdell, chairman of the board, The Coca-Cola Company. Panels of experts spoke on timely topics such as geopolitical risk, the financial markets, global trade, and corporate citizenship, while smaller breakout sessions examined the long-term outlook of emerging markets and pressing issues in today's business landscape.
The Council's 2010 Corporate Conference will be held on March 4-5, 2010.
April 15, 1998—April 15, 1998
December 1, 1994—January 1, 2000
| Director: | Barnett R. Rubin, New York University |
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| Chairs: | David A. Hamburg, Cornell University Medical College Richard C. Leone |
This annual event surveys the past year’s lessons in conflict prevention, promotes discussion and coordination among those involved, and introduces the idea of preventive action to key U.S. constituencies, represented in part by the Council membership. The keynote speaker for this year’s conference was George Soros. The day-long event addressed four topics: (1) assistance to civil society as a tool of conflict prevention; (2) curbing the proliferation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons; (3) the failure of early warning in Kosovo; and (4) financial crises and the escalation of conflict. The conference was held at the Council’s New York office on December 11, 1998.
June 18, 2008—Washington, DC
| Director: | Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action |
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On June 18, 2008, the Center for Preventive Action convened an expert workshop in Washington, DC, to take stock of the existing research and practical experience relating to the challenges of preventing conflict in weak and failing states. The event was made possible by the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007—Thursday, November 15, 2007
| Fellow: | James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy |
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Presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and hosted by
Edmund S. Phelps 2006 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, McVickar Professor Political Economy, Columbia University; Director, Center on Capitalism and Society
James P. Dougherty Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
May 18-19, 2009—Washington, DC
| Director: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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This workshop was made possible through the generous support of CFR’s International Institutions and Global Governance program and the Robina Foundation.
Summary Report (PDF, 72K)
June 12, 2002—June 13, 2002
May 1, 1997—May 1, 1997
January 30, 1998—January 30, 1998
| Directors: | Barnett R. Rubin, New York University Salih Booker |
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March 11, 1999—March 12, 1999
November 1, 1996—November 1, 1996
| Director: | Ruth Wedgwood |
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