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The Elihu Root Lecture was inaugurated in 1958 to honor a founder of the Council on Foreign Relations who served as its Honorary President from 1921 to 1937. This lecture invites a distinguished American to reflect on his or her professional experience and how it applies to contemporary American foreign policymaking. Past Root lecturers have included Robert McNamara, Jacob Javits, William Fulbright, George Kennan, George Ball, and MacGeorge Bundy, among others.
Meetings
Elihu Root Lecture with General Myers
Related Project: Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | John McWethy, Special Correspondent, ABC News |
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| Speaker: | Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
** Please Note Special Time**
In Search of National Security
Related Project: Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee |
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| Speaker: | Gary Hart, Of Counsel, Coudert Brothers |
Integrating Africa into the World Economy: The Challenges Ahead
Related Project: Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc. |
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| Speaker: | James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group |
Economic Task Force on Russia - Session IV
Related Projects: Independent Task Force on Russia Economics, Elihu Root Lecture Series
American Power: Hegemony, Isolationism or Engagement
Related Projects: Campaign 2000 Series, Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Samuel R. Berger, U.S. National Security Adviser |
This meeting will be on-the-record.
Contact:
Stacey Malacos
(212)434-9606 or smalacos@cfr.org
or
Anne Luzzatto
(212)434-9608 or aluzzatto@cfr.org
U.S. Defense Priorities: Engagement and Isolationism
Related Project: Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, The Blackstone Group; Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense |
Related Reading:
Foreign Affairs: "Defense's Death Spiral" by J. Hillen. July/August 1999
U.S. Trade Negotiations: Lessons Learned, Lessons Applied
Related Project: Elihu Root Lecture Series
| Presider: | Julia Chang Bloch |
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| Speaker: | Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; former U.S. Trade Representative |
Transcript: U.S. Trade Negotiations: Lessons Learned, Lessons Applied
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.
This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.
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.
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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