CFR's Academic Conference Call series provides students the opportunity to interact with a CFR fellow, Foreign Affairs author, or another expert in an hour long teleconferenced discussion. Calls take place every other week during each semester and are dedicated to different topics related to international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Background readings are distributed prior to each call, and the audio recording is posted afterward below. This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
For questions about conference calls or to sign up to receive invitations, email educators@cfr.org.
Listen to CFR's Charles A. Kupchan discuss his new book, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace, with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Diplomacy, Peacemaking
Listen to CFR's Matthew C. Waxman discuss his recent Council Special Report, Intervention to Stop Genocide and Mass Atrocities, with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in International Law, Conflict Prevention
Listen to CFR's Julia E. Sweig discuss her recent book, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, as well as the Obama administration's Latin America policy with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Cuba, South America
Listen to CFR's Evan A. Feigenbaum and Daniel Markey discuss the relationship between India and Pakistan with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR's Michael A. Levi discuss priorities and challenges facing the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Climate Change, Global Governance
Listen to CFR's Paul B. Stares discuss how to enhance U.S. preventive action capabilities with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Conflict Assessment, Conflict Prevention
Listen to Bronwyn E. Bruton, international affairs fellow in residence at CFR, discuss her recent Foreign Affairs article, "In the Quicksands of Somalia," with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Horn of Africa, Somalia
Listen to Vali R. Nasr, former CFR adjunct senior fellow, discuss his new book, Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World, with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Middle East, Emerging Markets
Listen to Charles D. Ferguson, the Philip D. Reed senior fellow for science and technology at CFR, discuss U.S. nuclear weapons policy and strengthening the nonproliferation regime with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Arms Control and Disarmament
Listen to Stephen Biddle, CFR's senior fellow for defense policy, discuss U.S. policy toward Afghanistan in light of his recent trip to Afghanistan as a member of General Stanley A. McChrystal's strategic assessment group, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Afghanistan, Wars and Warfare
Listen to CFR President Richard N. Haass discuss his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, with educators as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Foreign Policy History
Listen to Anthony W. Gambino, an independent consultant for international development and foreign policy, discuss securing peace in the Congo with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Democratic Rep. of Congo, International Peace and Security
Listen to Shannon K. O'Neil, CFR's Douglas Dillon fellow for Latin America studies, discuss Latin America policy in the Obama administration with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
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See more in Mexico, South America
Listen to Roger M. Kubarych, CFR's Henry Kaufman adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance, discuss the global economic crisis with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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See more in Financial Crises, Geoeconomics
Listen to Steven Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, discuss Ukrainian-Russian relations with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
See more in Russian Fed., Ukraine
Listen to Mona Yacoubian, special adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace, discuss U.S.-Syrian relations with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
Listen to Steven A. Cook, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at CFR, discuss the recent conflict in Gaza as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Israel, Conflict Assessment
Listen to Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR, discuss his book, The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11, with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Homeland Security, Immigration
Listen to Amity Shlaes, senior fellow for economic history at CFR, discuss her book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression and lessons learned for the current financial crisis as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Financial Crises
Listen to Peter Beinart, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR and editor at large for the New Republic, discuss the election results and foreign policy priorities facing President-elect Obama as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in International Finance, Presidency
Download the Academic Initiative brochure for details on CFR's wealth of resources for educators and students.
For general inquiries, contact educators@cfr.org.
Maria Casa
Director, National Program & Outreach Administration
tel 212.434.9674
mcasa@cfr.org
Jamie Weiss-Yagoda
Assistant Director, Outreach
Academic Initiative
tel 212.434.9846
jweiss-yagoda@cfr.org
