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September 1, 1997 - Present
The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture, inaugurated in 1969, was named for a charter member of the Council who served as its President from 1944 to 1946 and as its Chairman from 1946 to 1953. This lecture is given by a distinguished foreign official who is invited to address Council members on a topic of major international significance. The lectures are made possible through the generosity of the Leffingwell family and the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. The endowment for the lectureship was later strengthened through the generosity of Thomas Leffingwell Pulling and his son Edward Leffingwell Pulling.
Meetings
Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture: Turkish Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Stability Creating Power for Global Contribution
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Speaker: | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey |
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| Presider: | Joan E. Spero, President, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation |
12:15-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM Meeting
*This meeting will be on the record.
** Simultaneous interpretation will be provided for this meeting.
A Meeting with Manmohan Singh
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Republic of India |
**This meeting is on-the-record.
**** Seating is limited.
Meeting with President Saakashvili
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker |
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| Speaker: | Mikhail Saakashvili, President, Republic of Georgia |
The Three Key Challenges Facing the EU: The Reality of the Euro, Enlargement from the East, and Institutional Reforms
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | William J. McDonough, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| Speaker: | Romano Prodi, President, European Commission |
A Breakfast with Ahmed Rashid
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Michael J. Elliott, Editor-at-Large, Time Magazine |
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| Speaker: | Ahmed Rashid, Author, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia |
A Conversation with Ehud Barak
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Ehud Barak, Prime Minister, Israel |
This meeting was be on-the-record.
European Defense: The Only Thing to Fear is Fear Itself
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Robert E. Hunter, Senior Adviser, RAND Corporation |
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| Speaker: | Lord George Robertson, Secretary-General, NATO |
The Asian Financial Crisis
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American International Group; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Lee Kuan Yew, Senior Minister, Republic of Singapore |
Security Challenges in the Balkans and the Aegean
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Matthew Nimetz, Partner,, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
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| Speaker: | Theodoros G. Pangalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece |
Expansion of NATO and the European Union: A British Perspective
Related Project: The Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture Series
| Presider: | Richard C. Holbrooke |
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| Speaker: | Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom |
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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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