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| Director: | Michael Mandelbaum, Christian Herter Professor, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University |
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July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004
The activities carried out under this study group during previous years have supported the development of the project director’s recently published book, The Ideas that Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-first Century. Throughout the Fall, the project director will promote his by holding Council meetings in New York, Washington, and across the country. Following this book promotion, the project director will begin research on a new book, building on the first, related to America’s role in the world.
Publications
September 2002
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between countries, democracy as the optimal way to organize political life, and free markets as the indispensable vehicle for the creation of wealth. While not practiced everywhere, these ideas have—for the first time in history—no serious rivals as methods for organizing the world’s politics, economics, and international relations.
Meetings
The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Panelist: | Henry S. Bienen, President, Northwestern University |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Panelist: | Edward P. Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Panelist: | F. William Barnett, Director, McKinsey & Co., Inc. |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University |
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The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Panelist: | Jane M. Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University |
World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room (Lecture)
Omni Hotel, 500 California Street at Montgomery (Dinner)
The Ideas That Conquered the World: What Is the 21st Century All About?
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| Panelist: | David K.Y. Tang, (Host), Partner, Preston, Gates & Ellis |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University |
Fear and Pity in the World’s Periphery
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| Panelist: | John E. Rielly, President, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
Conclusion of the Study
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Project Director; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Contact: David Stevens 202-518-3404 or dstevens@cfr.org
The Triumph of the Market
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| Panelist: | James R. Kurth, Swarthmore College |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum |
Contact: David Stevens 202-518-3404 or dstevens@cfr.org
Security in East Asia
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| Panelist: | Lawrence J. Korb, Vice President and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
Contact: David Stevens 202-518-3404 or dstevens@cfr.org
The Cold War Reconsidered
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| Speaker: | Michael Mandelbaum, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Explore the international oceans regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
This report explores how international legal rules regarding military force might evolve to better meet the challenges of mass atrocities.
The authors of this CSR explain why the United States needs to place greater emphasis on preventive action and how current organizational arrangements can be changed to meet that need.
This report addresses pan-Asian and trans-Pacific architectures and guidelines for how the United States can revise its approach in order to consolidate and improve the efficacy of these Asian institutions.
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Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, Charles A. Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity, and exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace.
With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine Israel's adversity-driven culture to offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
Vali Nasr 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.
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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