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  2008 (continued)

  September 2, 2008

  2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration

  Speakers:	Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council On Foreign Relations Kim R. Holmes, Vice President, Davis Institute For International Studies, Heritage Foundation Michael Levi, Fellow For Science And Technology And Director, Program On Energy Security And Climate Change, Council On Foreign Relations Benn Steil, Senior Fellow And Director Of International Economics, Council On Foreign Relations
  Introductory Speaker:	Larry Jacobs, Center For The Study Of Politics And Governance, University Of Minnesota
  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council On Foreign Relations

  Experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

  This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, NATO, Economics, Energy/Environment, Energy, Energy Security, Immigration, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  August 27, 2008

  2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on International Relations: Luncheon Discussion: Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration (Video)

  Speakers:	Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Former U.S. Secretary of State, Special Address Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Tom J. Farer, Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
  Introductory Speakers:	Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor, University of Denver John Hickenlooper, Mayor, City of Denver Jim Polsfut, Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable
  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

  Watch experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

  This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  August 27, 2008

  2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on International Relations: Luncheon Discussion: Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration (Audio)

  Speakers:	Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Former U.S. Secretary of State, Special Address Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Tom J. Farer, Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
  Introductory Speakers:	Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor, University of Denver John Hickenlooper, Mayor, City of Denver Jim Polsfut, Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable
  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

  Watch experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

  This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  August 27, 2008

  Combating Global Poverty

  Speakers:

  Ben Affleck, Actor; Supporter, Ngo-Led Poverty Reduction Initiatives Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Former Secretary Of State Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation Tom Daschle, Former Senator (D-sd), Co-Chair, One Vote '08 Health and Poverty Initiative Hernando de Soto, President, Institute For Liberty and Democracy; Co-Chair, Commission on Legal Empowerment ff the Poor Donald M. Payne, Representative (D-nj) Timothy E. Wirth, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Co.; Former President, World Bank

  Presider:

  Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center For American Progre

  Experts discuss the challenges global poverty presents and recommend approaches that can help to overcome poverty, inequality, and the concomitant barriers to opportunity for the world's poor at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, cosponsored with the National Democratic Institute, the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

  This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

   

  See more in Africa, Americas, Asia, Health, Science, and Technology, Poverty

   

   

  August 27, 2008

  Enhancing The U.S. Role in the World

  Speakers:

  Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Former U.S. Secretary of State Geoffrey Garin, President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus, Llc; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Vin Weber, Chair, National Endowment for Democracy Timothy E. Wirth, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

  Presider:

  Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News

  Experts discuss the deterioration of U.S. international standing and challenges and strategies for enhancing the U.S.'s role in the world at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, cosponsored with the National Democratic Institute, the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

  This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress, Public Diplomacy, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  August 27, 2008

  2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on International Relations: Luncheon Discussion: Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration

  Speakers:	Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute For International Affiars, Former U.S. Secretary of State Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow And Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Tom J. Farer, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow For Energy and The Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
  Introductory Speakers:	Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor, University of Denver John Hickenlooper, Mayor, City of Denver Jim Polsfut, Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable
  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

  Experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

  This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  See more in United States, Congress, Foreign Policy History, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  June 18, 2008

  CFR Meeting with Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

  Speaker:	William B. Richardson, Governor, State of New Mexico
  Presider:	Garrick Utley, Council on Foreign Relations

  See more in United States, Homeland Security, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Immigration

   

   

  June 13, 2008

  CFR Press Briefing: Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

  Speakers:	George E. Pataki, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP and Former Governor, State of New York, Task Force Co-Chair Thomas J. Vilsack, Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Former Governor, State of Iowa, Task Force Co-Chair
  Presider:	Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, Council on Foreign Relations, Task Force Director

  See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change

   

   

  June 9, 2008

  A Conversation with Jim Webb (Video)

  Speaker:	Jim Webb, Member, U.S. Senate (D, VA); Author, Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America
  Presider:	Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News

  Watch Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) discuss major issues in U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

  See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  March 12, 2008

  Global Issues in Campaign ’08: Brand America: Can the New President Rescue America’s Image? (Video)

  Presider:	Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org
  Panelists:	Peter David, Foreign Editor, The Economist Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Craig Calhoun, University Professor of the Social Sciences, New York University

  Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economist, and New York University discuss the public diplomacy challenges facing a new U.S. administration.

   

   

  March 7, 2008

  Campaign 2008 Conversations: U.S. Foreign Policy [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

  Speakers:	Susan E. Rice, Advisor to Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Democratic Presidential Candidate Mara Rudman, Advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Democratic Presidential Candidate Randy Scheunemann, Advisor for Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Republican Presidential Candidate
  Presider:	Jim Hoagland, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post

  Advisers to the presidential candidates share their insights about foreign policy issues shaping the election and the next president's inbox. This is the second meeting of the Council's Campaign 2008 series.

  See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  March 7, 2008

  Campaign 2008 Conversations: U.S. Foreign Policy (Audio)

  Speakers:	Susan E. Rice, Advising Senator Barack Obama Mara Rudman, Advising Senator Hillary Clinton Randy Scheunemann, Advising Senator John McCain
  Presider:	Jim Hoagland, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Correspondent, Washington Post

  Listen to advisers to the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates discuss the foreign policy platforms of their respective candidates.

  See more in Presidency, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  February 5, 2008

  Global Issues in Campaign ’08: the Immigration Balancing Act: Border Security, Cheap Labor and U.S. Jobs (Video)

  Speakers:	Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Adam Roberts, News Editor, Economist Cristina Rodriguez, Associate Professor, New York University School of Law
  Presider:	Thomas F. Cooley, Dean, Stern School of Business, New York University

  Watch a panel of experts discuss the role of the immigration debate in the 2008 presidential election. This is the third in a series of public meetings sponsored by CFR.org, the Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business.

  See more in United States, Immigration, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  January 31, 2008

  Press Briefing and Media Conference Call: Impact of Foreign Policy in the 2008 Election (Audio)

  Speakers:	Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
  Presider:	Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org

  Listen to experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 presidential campaign.

  See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  January 16, 2008

  Campaign 2008: The Role of Foreign Policy (Audio)

  Speakers:	Kellyanne Conway, Chief Executive Officer and President, the polling company Geoffrey Garin, President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates Douglas E. Schoen, Chairman Emeritus, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc.
  Presider:	Joseph A. Klein, Columnist, Time Magazine

  Listen to three polling experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.

  See more in United States, Polls, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  January 16, 2008

  Campaign 2008: The Role of Foreign Policy (Video Highlight)

  Speakers:	Kellyanne Conway, Chief Executive Officer and President, the polling company Geoffrey Garin, President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates Douglas E. Schoen, Chairman, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc.
  Presider:	Joseph A. Klein, Columnist, Time Magazine

  Watch three polling experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.

  See more in United States, Polls, U.S. Election 2008

   

  2007

  December 3, 2007

  Global Issues in Campaign ’08: Energy and the Environment (Video)

  Speakers:	Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Mark Tercek, Managing Director, Center for Environmental Markets, Goldman Sachs; Adjunct Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Correspondent, Economist
  Presider:	Michael Moran, Executive Editor, CFR.org

  The confluence of energy and environmental policy issues and Campaign 2008 is explored in this second of a series of public meetings sponsored by CFR.org, the Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business.

  See more in Energy/Environment

   

   

  November 12, 2007

  Globalization and the Campaign: Panel at The NYU Stern School of Business

  Panelists:	Matthew Bishop, American Business Editor, New York Bureau Chief, The Economist Thomas F. Cooley, Dean, The NYU Stern School of Business Amity Shlaes, The Council on Foreign Relations

  A Panel on world economics and the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, held at the NYU Stern School of Business and in conjunction with CFR and The Economist.

  See more in United States, Economics

   

   

  November 12, 2007

  Global Issues in Campaign ’08: Prosperity or Protectionism?: Jobs, Trade, and American Votes (Video)

  Speakers:	Matthew Bishop, American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief, Economist Thomas F. Cooley, Dean, Stern School of Business, New York University Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History, Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org

  Watch experts discuss globalization fears and the U.S. presidential elections as part of the Global Issues in Campaign '08 series, cosponsored by CFR.org, Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business.

  See more in United States, Economics, U.S. Election 2008

   

   

  May 23, 2007

  American Foreign Policy after the 2008 Presidential Election [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

  Speaker:	John Edwards, Former Senator (D-NC), Presidential Candidate

  The first meeting of the Council’s initiative entitled Campaign 2008 Series, presidential candidate John Edwards addresses council Members in a major foreign policy address.

  See more in United States, National Security and Defense, Presidency

   

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