• Making New York Safer Symposium

  September 8, 2006 - Special one day symposium

  On July 5, the White House released an updated National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. “America is safer but we are not yet safe,” it states. The same could be said about New York, or at least that was the view expressed by many of the participants in a recent symposium hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, entitled “Making New York Safer.” In his opening remarks, Council President Richard N. Haass suggested New York could never be truly “safe,” but “one can take steps to make New York and other places ‘safer,’ and that is what we are trying to advance.” The symposium explored threats from and potential responses to both man-made and natural disasters.

  Summary Report of Sessions 1-3: Downloadable PDF

  
  

   

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  Meetings

  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  	R.P. Eddy, Managing Director, Gerson Lehrman Group; and Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism, Executive Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, The Manhattan Institute
  	Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

  7:30 to 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
  8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Meeting

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Kelly McKinney, Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Preparedness, New York City Office of Emergency Management
  	Joseph W. Pfeifer, Chief, Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, New York City Fire Department
  	Isaac B. Weisfuse, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  Presider:	Linda J. Vester, Anchor, Fox News Channel; and Independent Filmmaker

  9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Meeting

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Stephen E. Flynn, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  	William G. Raisch, Executive Director, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University
  	Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security
  Presider:	Paula A. Zahn, Anchor, CNN

  10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Meeting
  

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do

  This meeting is on the record.

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  Further Readings

  1. “Are We Safe Yet?” A Foreign Affairs Roundtable. foreignaffairs.org, 9/7/06-9/11/06.
  2. Ferguson, Charles D. Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism. Council on Foreign Relations Press, 3/06.
  3. Flynn, Stephen E. and Prieto, Daniel B. Neglected Defense: Mobilizing the Private Sector to Support Homeland Security. Council on Foreign Relations Press, 5/06.
  4. Hamilton, Lee H. interviewed by Gwertzman, Bernard. “In Five Years Since 9/11, United States Is ‘Safer But Not Safe’.” CFR.org, 9/7/06.
  5. Kaplan, Eben. 9/11 Anniversary Issue Guide. CFR.org, 9/7/06.
  6. Mueller, John. Is There Still a Terrorist Threat? Foreign Affairs. September/October 2006; Volume. 85, Number 5; pp 2-8.
  7. Simon, Steven. “Priorities for Homeland Security.” Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , 9/12/06.

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• The Global Finance Regime

  

  Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.

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  Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action

  Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.

  The United States in the New Asia

  For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.

  Complete list of Council Special Reports

  New Books

  Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

  

  In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

  In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

  Complete list of CFR Books

  David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

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  James M. Lindsay
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