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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 international efforts to curb nuclear proliferation with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.
This report explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Author Scott G. Borgerson examines the international negotiations that led to the convention, the history of debates in the United States over whether to join it, and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy today.
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In War of Necessity, War of Choice, Richard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq involving the two presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.
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.
As Ray Takeyh shows in Guardians of the Revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans of Iran is a nation that is far more pragmatic—and complex—than many in the West have been led to believe.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
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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