CFR Events
General Meeting
Update on the CFR-Sponsered Independent Task Force Report on U.S. Immigration Policy
Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Project Director, Richard D. Land, President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention; Task Force Member, Eliseo Medina, International Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union; Task Force MemberPresider:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ombudsman, NPR
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
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General Meeting
Update on the CFR-Sponsered Independent Task Force Report on U.S. Immigration Policy
Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Project Director, Richard D. Land, President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention; Task Force Member, Eliseo Medina, International Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union; Task Force MemberPresider:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ombudsman, NPR
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Andrew H. Card, Acting Dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University; Task Force Co-Chair, Thomas A. Daschle, Senior Policy Adviser, DLA Piper US LLC; Task Force Co-Chair, Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Co-Project Director, Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Co-Project DirectorPresider:
David Wessel, Economics Editor, "Wall Street Journal"
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Andrew H. Card, Acting Dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University; Task Force Co-Chair, Thomas A. Daschle, Senior Policy Adviser, DLA Piper US LLC; Task Force Co-Chair, Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Co-Project Director, Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Co-Project DirectorPresider:
David Wessel, Economics Editor, "Wall Street Journal"
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Meeting
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Conference Panel Session
Trade Tensions: Challenges and Opportunities after the Midterm Elections
Discussants:
Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, WilmerHale; former U.S. Trade Representative, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University; Author, In Defense of Globalization and Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Trade Agreements Undermine Free Trade, Douglas A. Irwin, Robert E. Maxwell ’23 Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College; Author, Free Trade Under FirePresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; former Washington Bureau Chief, Financial TimesThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Conference Panel Session
Trade Tensions: Challenges and Opportunities After the Midterm Elections
Speakers:
Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, WilmerHale; Former U.S. Trade Representative, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University; Author, In Defense of Globalization and Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade, Douglas A. Irwin, Robert E. Maxwell '23 Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College; Author, Free Trade Under FirePresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times
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Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Thomas F. McClarty III, President, McLarty Associates; former White House Chief of Staff; Task Force Co-Chair, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Frances Fragos Townsend, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Task Force Member, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration PolicyPresider:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Director, Harvard Immigration and Integration Studies Project, and Adjunct Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Thomas F. McClarty III, President, McLarty Associates; former White House Chief of Staff; Task Force Co-Chair, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, Frances Fragos Townsend, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Task Force Member, CFR Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration PolicyPresider:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Director, Harvard Immigration and Integration Studies Project, and Adjunct Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Academic Conference Call
The Closing of the American Border
Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, CFR; Author, The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11, Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Corporate Meeting
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Corporate Meeting
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
This meeting is on the record.
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Corporate Meeting
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
This meeting is on the record.
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Guest Event ⁄ Washington
The Closing of the American Border
Speaker:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11"Presider:
Warren Bass, Deputy Editor, Outlook, The Washington Post
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
This meeting is on the record.
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Symposium
CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session Two
Panelists:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas F. McLarty III, President, McLarty AssociatesModerator:
Hector Tobar, Columnist, Los Angeles TimesThis meeting is not for attribution.
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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 RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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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 RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, "National Journal"; Journalism Fellow, The German Marshall FundPresider:
Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, "National Journal"; Journalism Fellow, The German Marshall FundPresider:
Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Contact/Media Information
Location
1777 F Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
Media Bio
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, specializing in U.S. economic competitiveness; Director of the Renewing America Publication Series
Email
ealden@cfr.org
Phone
+1.202.509.8474
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Featured Press
Opinion: Rhetoric vs. Reality on Immigration 
On the Wall Street Journal's "Market Watch," Edward Alden discusses the gap between rhetoric and reality in the current immigration debate and its role in the 2012 presidential election.
Immigration Policy, Deportations, and National Security
At this Princeton University event, "Immigration Policy, Deportations and National Security," Edward Alden discusses the changed relationship between U.S. national and border security after the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Panel on Border Security
At this National Journal Conference on Border Security panel, Edward Alden offers commentary on current security and trade issues associated with the U.S.-Canada border.
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