Richard N. Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Expertise
U.S. foreign policy; international security; globalization; Asia; Middle East
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Speaker:
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Author, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
February 19, 2013
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Author, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
February 19, 2013
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 31, 2013
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Registration and Reception
2:00-3:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 31, 2013
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Registration and Reception
2:00-3:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
George P. Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State (1982-89); Treasury (1972-74); and Labor (1969-70)Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 29, 2013
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
George P. Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State (1982-89); Treasury (1972-74); and Labor (1969-70)Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 29, 2013
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 10, 2012
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 10, 2012
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
Speaker:
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University; Author, George F. Kennan: An American LifePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 4, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
Speaker:
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University; Author, George F. Kennan: An American LifePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 4, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
Speaker:
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University; Author, George F. Kennan: An American LifePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 4, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Symposium
Keynote: The Arab Uprisings: How Did We Get Here?
Introductory Speaker:
Rita E. Hauser, President, The Hauser Foundation; Chair, International Peace InstituteSpeaker:
Margaret MacMillan, Warden, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford; Professor of History, University of Toronto; Author, Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the WorldPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 29, 2012 - March 30, 2012
11:00-10:30 a.m.
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Conference Panel Session
The Multilateral View
Speaker:
Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank GroupPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 12, 2012
12:15-2:00 p.m.
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
Book Party for "No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn" by Charlie Kupchan
Speakers:
Charles A. Kupchan, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 8, 2012
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with informal remarks at 6:00 PM
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Speakers:
Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 6, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Speakers:
Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 6, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Speakers:
Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 6, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Speaker:
Robert M. Danin, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsIntroductory Speaker:
Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer, Eni
June 23, 2011
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Robert M. Danin, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsIntroductory Speaker:
Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer, Eni
June 23, 2011
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, Republic of IrelandPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 5, 2011
12:15-12:45 p.m. - Lunch
12:45-1:45 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, Republic of IrelandPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 5, 2011
12:15-12:45 p.m. - Lunch
12:45-1:45 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
David Miliband, Member of Parliament; Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, United KingdomPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
April 29, 2011
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
David Miliband, Member of Parliament; Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, United KingdomPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
April 29, 2011
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIOPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 17, 2011
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIOPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 17, 2011
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, David E. Jeremiah, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Kerr, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Undersecretary of Defense for PolicyPresider:
Rick Atkinson, Reporter, "Washington Post"
February 15, 2011
6:00-6:15 p.m. - Registration and Crudités
6:15-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, David E. Jeremiah, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Kerr, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Undersecretary of Defense for PolicyPresider:
Rick Atkinson, Reporter, "Washington Post"
February 15, 2011
6:00-6:15 p.m. - Registration and Crudités
6:15-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, David E. Jeremiah, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Kerr, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Undersecretary of Defense for PolicyPresider:
Rick Atkinson, Reporter, "Washington Post"
February 15, 2011
6:00-6:15 p.m. - Registration and Crudités
6:15-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Roger C. Altman, Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners, Inc., Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, George Stephanopoulos, Anchor, Good Morning America, ABC NewsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 18, 2011
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Roger C. Altman, Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners, Inc., Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, George Stephanopoulos, Anchor, Good Morning America, ABC NewsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
January 18, 2011
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Clark Hoyt, Adviser, Bloomberg News; Former Public Editor, "New York Times", Mark Whitaker, Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC NewsPresider:
Scott Simon, Host, "Weekend Edition Saturday," NPRIntroductory Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Vivian Schiller, President and Chief Executive Officer, NPR
December 6, 2010
6:00-6:25 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:25-6:30 p.m. - Opening Remarks
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Clark Hoyt, Adviser, Bloomberg News; Former Public Editor, "New York Times", Mark Whitaker, Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC NewsPresider:
Scott Simon, Host, "Weekend Edition Saturday," NPRIntroductory Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Vivian Schiller, President and Chief Executive Officer, NPR
December 6, 2010
6:00-6:25 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:25-6:30 p.m. - Opening Remarks
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Clark Hoyt, Adviser, Bloomberg News; Former Public Editor, "New York Times", Mark Whitaker, Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC NewsPresider:
Scott Simon, Host, "Weekend Edition Saturday," NPRIntroductory Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Vivian Schiller, President and Chief Executive Officer, NPR
December 6, 2010
6:00-6:25 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:25-6:30 p.m. - Opening Remarks
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Speakers:
Clark Hoyt, Adviser, Bloomberg News; Former Public Editor, "New York Times", Mark Whitaker, Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC NewsPresider:
Scott Simon, Host, "Weekend Edition Saturday," NPRIntroductory Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Vivian Schiller, President and Chief Executive Officer, NPR
December 6, 2010
6:00-6:25 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:25-6:30 p.m. - Opening Remarks
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:00 p.m. - Dinner Reception
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Panelists:
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Google, Inc.; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010), Jared Cohen, Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 3, 2010
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Panelists:
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Google, Inc.; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010), Jared Cohen, Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 3, 2010
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Corporate Meeting
Meeting with Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, and Richard N. Haass on "The Digital Disruption"
Speakers:
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc., Jared Cohen, Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 3, 2010
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Corporate Meeting
Meeting with Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, and Richard N. Haass on "The Digital Disruption"
Speakers:
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc., Jared Cohen, Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 3, 2010
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chairman, Cordoba InitiativePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 13, 2010
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chairman, Cordoba InitiativePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 13, 2010
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 8, 2010
8:30-9:25 a.m. - Registration and Reception
9:30-10:30 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 8, 2010
8:30-9:25 a.m. - Registration and Reception
9:30-10:30 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, IsraelPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
July 8, 2010
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, IsraelPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
July 8, 2010
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
Book Party: The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
Speaker:
Peter Beinart, Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Former Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American HubrisIntroductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 17, 2010
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with Introductory Remarks at 6:00 PM
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May 27, 2010
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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May 27, 2010
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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May 27, 2010
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Academic Conference Call
Teaching the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars in the Classroom
Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, War of Necessity, War of ChoicePresider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
May 6, 2010
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General Meeting
William Kentridge: Five Themes
Introductory Speaker:
Glenn Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern ArtSpeaker:
William Kentridge, ArtistPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2010
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
"The Sinews of Power": Rediscovering the Foundations of National Strength
Speaker:
Paul M. Kennedy, Director, International Security Studies and Dilworth Professor of History, Yale UniversityPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 14, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
"The Sinews of Power": Rediscovering the Foundations of National Strength
Speaker:
Paul M. Kennedy, Director, International Security Studies and Dilworth Professor of History, Yale UniversityPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 14, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
"The Sinews of Power": Rediscovering the Foundations of National Strength
Speaker:
Paul M. Kennedy, Director, International Security Studies and Dilworth Professor of History, Yale UniversityPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 14, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Speaker:
Daniel Senor, Author, Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle; Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsIntroductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 8, 2009
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with Informal Remarks at 6:00 p.m.
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Conference Panel Session
Organized Crime and Transnational Threats
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, CFRSpeakers:
David Holiday, Policy Analyst and Program Officer, Open Society Institute, William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, U.S. Department of Defense, Lee S. Wolosky, Principal, International Corporate Practice Group, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; and Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International StudiesPresider:
Stanley S. Arkin, Chairman, The Arkin Group
November 18, 2009
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Speaker:
Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy AgencyPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 4, 2009
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy AgencyPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 4, 2009
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Ted Koppel, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
May 13, 2009
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Ted Koppel, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
May 13, 2009
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Ted Koppel, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio
May 13, 2009
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Registration and Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Academic Conference Call
War of Necessity, War of Choice
May 8, 2009
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Conference Panel Session
American Leadership and Global Governance in an Age of Nonpolarity
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
R. Nicholas Burns, Former Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Ellen Laipson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry L. Stimson Center, David F. Gordon, Head of Research, Eurasia GroupModerator:
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions, Council on Foreign Relations
May 7, 2009 - May 8, 2009
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Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President,Council on Foreign Relations; Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq WarsPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
May 4, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President,Council on Foreign Relations; Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq WarsPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
May 4, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President,Council on Foreign Relations; Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq WarsPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
May 4, 2009
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Conference Panel Session
Symposium on Russian-American Relations, Session One: Russia's Economic and Political Outlook
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Timothy J. Colton, Professor of Government and Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Maria Lipman, Editor, Pro et Contra, Carnegie Moscow CenterPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
January 22, 2009
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Conference Panel Session
Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, Session One: Preventive Priorities for the Next Administration
Introductory Speaker:
Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright GroupPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 9, 2008
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Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Martin S. Indyk, Director, The Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution, Gary Samore, Vice President and Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
December 2, 2008
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Martin S. Indyk, Director, The Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution, Gary Samore, Vice President and Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
December 2, 2008
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Conference Panel Session
Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership, Session One: Global Transformations and the U.S.-Japan Partnership
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPanelists:
Tanaka Akihiko, Professor of International Politics, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, and Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations, Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Funabashi Yoichi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun
December 1, 2008
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Speaker:
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron CorporationPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 12, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Corporate Meeting
Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture on Business and Foreign Policy
Speaker:
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron CorporationPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 12, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron CorporationPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 12, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Corporate Meeting
Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture on Business and Foreign Policy
Speaker:
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron CorporationPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 12, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Webcast
A Conversation with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Speaker:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Argentine RepublicPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 22, 2008
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Speaker:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Argentine RepublicPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 22, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Buffet Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Argentine RepublicPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 22, 2008
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Buffet Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Symposium ⁄ Minneapolis
2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: Democracy and America’s Role in the World
Speakers:
Lorne W. Craner, President, International Republican Institute, Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., Vin Weber, CEO, Clark & Weinstock, Ken Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute for International AffairsPresider:
J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
September 4, 2008
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Symposium ⁄ Mineapolis
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, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation, Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 2, 2008
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Symposium ⁄ Denver
2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable on International Relations: Panel Discussion: 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, Jim Polsfut, Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable, Vin Weber, Chair, National Endowment for Democracy, Timothy E. Wirth, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations FoundationPresider:
Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News
August 27, 2008
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Symposium ⁄ Denver
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 Affairs; Former U.S. Secretary of State, Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor, University of Denver, 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, John Hickenlooper, Mayor, City of Denver, Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations, Jim Polsfut, Chairman, 2008 Rocky Mountain RoundtablePresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
August 27, 2008
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Center for Preventive Action Symposium: The Future of Conflict Prevention - Session I
Speaker:
Terje Rød-Larsen, President, International Peace AcademyIntroductory Speaker:
Paul B. Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 10, 2007
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Speaker:
Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (R)Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 28, 2007
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (R)Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 28, 2007
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
On Nuclear Terrorism
Speaker:
Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign RelationsIntroductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 20, 2007
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with informal remarks at 6:00 PM
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
NY Book Party: Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't)
Speaker:
Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsIntroductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 31, 2007
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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General Meeting
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Speaker:
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Author, "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World"Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 9, 2007
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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General Meeting
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Speaker:
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Author, "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World"Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 9, 2007
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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General Meeting
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Speaker:
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Author, "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World"Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 9, 2007
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Speaker:
Benazir Bhutto, Former Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of PakistanPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
August 15, 2007
12:00-1:30 p.m.
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Hungary-Suez Crisis: Fifty Years On - The Suez Crisis (Session 1)
Speakers:
Douglas G. Brinkley, Professor of History, Tulane University, David Fromkin, Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University, Timothy Naftali, Author, Kruschev’s Cold War: The Inside Story of An American Adversary, E. Roger Owen, AJ Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard UniversityPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 24, 2006
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Speaker:
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Co-Director, The Princeton ProjectPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 3, 2006
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Symposium ⁄ New York
The Emerging Shia Crescent Symposium: Implications for U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Speakers:
Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 5, 2006
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Speakers:
Roberta Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-Director, The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement; and Principal Adviser to the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Francis M. Deng, Director of the Center for Displacement Studies; Research Professor of International Law, Politics and Society, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress; and Wilhelm Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 15, 2006
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Iran's Nuclear Program Symposium: Policy Options for the United States
Speakers:
Reuel Gerecht, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings InstitutionPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
April 5, 2006
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December 7, 2005
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Speaker:
Chuck Hagel, Member, U.S. Senate (R-NE)Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
November 15, 2005
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General Meeting
Inaugural Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: A Conversation with Sadako Ogata
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow, Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
March 14, 2005
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General Meeting
Meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton
Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Member, U.S. Senate (D-NY)
December 15, 2003
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Featured Press
Post-Debate Analysis
On the PBS NewsHour, Dr. Richard Haass discusses similarities in points made by the two candidates during the foreign policy debate.
U.S. Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy
On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Dr. Richard Haass remarks that both candidates focused on the domestic underpinnings of U.S. foreign policy.
Foreign Policy Begins at Home
Ahead of the final presidential debate, Dr. Richard Haass discusses his Politico op-ed, "Why a foreign policy debate is an anachronism," on MSNBC's Morning Joe.