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home > the cfr think tank > research projects > David A. Morse Lecture Series
September 1, 1997 - Present
The David A. Morse Lecture was inaugurated in 1994, and supports an annual meeting and dinner with a distinguished speaker. It honors the memory of David A. Morse, an active Council on Foreign Relations member for nearly 30 years, a lawyer, a public servant, and an internationalist. Morse lecturers are invited to focus on one of David Morse’s many concerns, which included North-South relations, human rights, international organizations and labor, conflict resolution, and relations with Asia. The lecture program is funded by gifts from Council members and friends of the Morse family.
Meetings
The United Nations and Global Security in the 21st Century
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations |
The David A. Morse Lecture with Kofi Annan: The United Nations and Global Security in the 21st Century
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations |
** Seating Is Limited**
The David A. Morse Lecture
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Blackstone Group |
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| Speaker: | Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives |
A Conversation with Vicente Fox
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Speaker: | Vicente Fox, President, Mexico |
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A Conversation with Madeleine Albright
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Historian; former Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy |
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| Speaker: | Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute; Secretary of State (1997-2001) |
This meeting will be live webcast.
Members do not need to register for the meeting in order to view the webcast.
Beyond Border Control: New Approaches to Policing Global Commerce for Migrants, Thugs, and Terrorists
Related Projects: Study Group on Globalization and the Future of Border Control, David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Panelist: | John E. Rielly, President, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, National Security, Council on Foreign Relations |
The Challenge of Kosovo
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Reynold Levy, President, International Rescue Committee |
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| Speaker: | Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the U.N. Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo; Founder, Medécins Sans Frontières (1999 Nobel Peace Prize winner) |
Human Development: The Other Crisis
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Peter G. Peterson |
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| Speaker: | James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank |
The social repercussions of the global financial crisis have only begun to erode stability in developing countries. James Wolfensohn will address how a new development framework could make significant changes and the role international financial organizations must play.
The 50th Anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declarations
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | Arthur Schlesinger Jr. |
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| Speaker: | Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), United Nations |
The Future of Israel and the Peace Process: An Opposition View
Related Project: David A. Morse Lecture Series
| Presider: | David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman,, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Shimon Peres, Leader, Labor Party and former Prime Minister, Israel |
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In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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After two decades of liberalization, many countries around the world are adopting new restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) that could retard continued progress. The authors make recommendations for correcting this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
In this Council Special Report, the authors make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1-212-434-9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1-212-434-9753
jhill@cfr.org
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The David Rockefeller Studies Program is the Council’s “think tank.” Its work is integral to achieving the Council’s goal of contributing to the foreign policy debate. Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
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