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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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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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