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Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
Ambassador Holbrooke is vice chairman of Perseus LLC, a leading private equity firm. He is the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and member of the cabinet (1999-2001). He was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement (which ended the war in Bosnia), assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs (1994-96), U.S. ambassador to Germany (1993-94), assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs (1977-81), and a member of Averell Harriman’s delegation at the 1968-69 Paris Peace talks on Vietnam. He has also served as vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, managing director of Lehman Brothers, managing editor of Foreign Policy, and director of the Peace Corps in Morocco. Ambassador Holbrooke has received seven Nobel Peace Prize nominations; is the author of To End A War; and is the co-author of Counsel to the President and one volume of the Pentagon Papers. He is the chairman of the Asia Society, chairman of the American Academy in Berlin, president and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, and serves on numerous boards. He is based in New York, NY.
Past Research Project
December 5, 2007
Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, The Council on Foreign Relations
Interview
Richard C. Holbrooke, the architect of the Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnia war, says Russia’s uncooperative attitude in Kosovo combined with western inaction could spark renewed conflict.
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Peacemaking
September 27, 2007
| Speaker: | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Watch Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discuss Turkey's recent elections and its foreign policy goals for the years ahead.
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September 27, 2007
| Speaker: | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Listen to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discuss Turkey's recent elections and its foreign policy goals for the years ahead.
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September 27, 2007
| Speaker: | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey, discusses Turkey's recent elections and the country's foreign policy goals for the year ahead.
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November 7, 2006
Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC interviewed by Lionel Beehner
Interview
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Richard C. Holbrooke says a Bosnia-like regional conference on Iraq is a “very good idea” but that “none of the major factors that occurred in Bosnia would apply here.”
See more in Iraq, Nation Building, International Organizations, International Peace and Security
November 7, 2006
Podcast
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Richard C. Holbrooke says a Bosnia-like regional conference on Iraq is a “very good idea” but that “none of the major factors that occurred in Bosnia would apply here.”
See more in Iraq, Nation Building
October 10, 2006
| Speaker: | Festus G. Mogae, President of Botswana |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Watch Botswana President Festus G. Mogae discuss how diamond production has shaped the country's economy and development.
See more in Southern Africa, Economic Development
October 10, 2006
| Speaker: | Festus G. Mogae, President of Botswana |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Botswana’s President Festus G. Mogae speaks with CFR members about the use of diamonds in development and the problem of HIV/AIDS in his country.
See more in Southern Africa, Economics, Public Health Threats
October 10, 2006
| Speaker: | Festus G. Mogae, President of Botswana |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Listen to Botswana President Festus G. Mogae discuss how diamond production has shaped the country's economy and development.
See more in Southern Africa, Economic Development
March 14, 2006
| Author: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Richard Holbrooke writes in the Financial Times that although a Milosevic verdict was denied, justice was not.
See more in Serbia
March 14, 2006
| Authors: | Ronald D. Asmus Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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Must Read
NATO must decide whether to begin what we would call the third phase of its history, and must answer a fundamental question: Should it play a role in dealing with problems outside its historical "space"?
See more in NATO
July 18, 2005
| Speakers: | Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health, Council on Foreign Relations Peter Piot, executive director, UN Program on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS]; undersecretary-general, United Nations |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard N. Haass, president, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presiders: | Richard C. Holbrooke, president and chief executive officer, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; vice chairman, Perseus, LLC Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche senior fellow in Africa policy studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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See more in Health, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 18, 2005
| Speakers: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS; Under Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC |
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July 18, 2005
| Speakers: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS; Under Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC |
Audio
May 13, 2005
| Speaker: | Jose Barroso, President, European Commission |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
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See more in EU, International Organizations
May 13, 2005
| Speaker: | Jose Barroso, President, European Commission |
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| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice chairman, Perseus LLC |
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April 22, 2005
| Speaker: | Richard C. Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; vice chairman, Perseus, LLC |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Robbins, chief diplomatic correspondent, Wall Street Journal |
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March 31, 2004
| Speakers: | John Lange, deputy coordinator, Office of the Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State Richard C. Holbrooke, president & CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; former U.S. ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations |
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See more in Global Health, Health
December 10, 2003
| Speaker: | William J. Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard C. Holbrooke, chairman, The Asia Society; vice chairman, Perseus, LLC |
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November 6, 2003
| Speaker: | Richard C. Holbrooke, chairman, Asia Society; vice chairman, Perseus LLC |
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