• Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula

  Chairs:	Charles L. (Jack) Pritchard, President, Korea Economic Institute John H. Tilelli Jr., Chairman and CEO, Cypress International
  Director:	Scott A. Snyder, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies

  March 17, 2009 - Present

  The Council on Foreign Relations has convened a new Independent Task Force on U.S. policy toward the Korean peninsula, chaired by Charles L. (Jack) Pritchard, former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea, and John H. Tilelli, Jr., former commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea.

  The Task Force aims to assess U.S. policy toward both North and South Korea and craft an integrated approach to the peninsula as a whole. In its analysis, the Task Force will consider prospects for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy with North Korea, the stability of the North Korean regime, U.S. military and economic ties to South Korea, and the implications of internal changes in both Koreas for regional security in Asia.

  Scott A. Snyder, adjunct senior fellow for Korea Studies at the Council, serves as the project director. The group convened for the first time in March 2009, and aims to produce a report in early 2010.

   

  
  

• The Global Finance Regime

  

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

  New Council Special Reports

  
  

  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

  For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:

  James M. Lindsay
  Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
  +1.212.434.9626 (NY); +1.202.509.8405 (DC)
  jlindsay@cfr.org

  Janine Hill
  Deputy Director of Studies Administration
  +1.212.434.9753
  jhill@cfr.org

   

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